Valentines Day

I have to laugh...I guess it's a part of getting old. Ed and I both heard a lady talking on the radio about Valentines day. (even though we were in two different places that day) The lady was talking about how she thought this day was disgusting. She went on to say, these young people in love buy flowers, candy, lavish gifts for those that they love, go out to fancy restaurants..... She said - all I will get, if I'm lucky is a 99 cent card from Walmart that says your lucky to have a husband like me.

When Ed and I got home we both at the same time said, "sorry - I didn't have time to get you anything for Valentines day, but I did get a card." We both laughed out loud = not knowing that the other one had heard the same lady on the radio. No we didn't have lavish gifts or eat at a fancy restaurant. Ed teasingly said - and here is your flower (the one on the card)...again we laughed out loud. We exchanged cards and said...I guess we could at least go out to eat dinner - so we did at Olive Garden.

It's not that I don't enjoy Valentines day - because I very much do - I always have and always will let my girls know how much I love them and will send them a card, and will always give my mom a card and some chocolate candy, and will continue to celebrate loving my husband every day with starting the morning and finishing the day saying I love you!

Stressed to the MAx

This is how my week has been! Our company investers were in for the week - meaning long long meetings of why we didn't do well in sales last year, what we plan on doing differently this year, etc etc etc. This is the first time I had to sit in. Last year, the meeting was held before I started. Talking about intense. There was one night when I went in at 7:30 and didn't get home till after 10:00 PM.

All in all - the board members were happy, my boss was happy with my presentation ... and we all still have a job!

Superbowl Sunday

What an exciting superbowl game; New Orleans vs Indy Colts. I love Peyton, but I will have to say that I was hoping the underdogs - the Saints would win. Way to go Drew!

Wayne, Shelly, and mom came over to watch the game and celebrate my birthday. It was a great night.

Guess who we saw at lunch

Don't know if you are an American Idol fan or not - but this is Danny Goakie. He was in the top 10 of the show last year. Ed and I were eating at Panera for lunch and he and some others were sitting right beside us. Apparently he is a struggling artist! He talked alot about believing that God had a plan for him and the band and that he just had to trust that God would lead him where he is suppose to be. He said, "We've made it through this year and we are still breathing and our head is still above the water - that's a good sign, I think." Pretty interesting conversation that we overheard.

My Birthday

Yeah! Today is my birthday...the big 45! I was so glad to see the Sun shine all day today. Sun always makes the days better. Ed bought me a small birthday cake, some flyer's, a gift certificate to get my nails done and a 1 hour massage this weekend. Jillian and Christie sent me flowers and chocolate covered strawberries - YUM!

I enjoyed reading all my birthday greetings on facebook from all my friends and "surrogate kids". I even received email birthday greetings from our adopted friends in the Philippines. (acquaintances from our Mission Trip) My brother and mom both called to wish me a wonderful birthday, and we will get together this weekend.

At work, my boss took me out to lunch and gave me a book, "The Prayer of Jabez", and later on the day the office surprised me with a birthday cake with my name on it. We all sat back in the conference room for about half an hour laughing, sharing stories, and eating birthday cake. It was a lot of fun....and yes a Surprise!

I finished the night playing a game of scrabble (by myself) My favorite game! and catching up on all my DVR'd shows. Overall, it was a great birthday.

ICE TROUBLES

We had our snow - now we are dealing with the ice. We have about 1 1/2 inches of ice on top of the snow that everyone is having to deal with. This morning we watched from our kitchen window cars trying to make it up the modest hill of our street only to watch many of them slide back down. It's solid ice.

I can work from home for the next few days since I have internet access and can use that, but Ed will have to go in to work in the morning. He decided to try to shovel the snow/ice off the driveway to see if it will make it a little easier to melt and get our in the morning. Let's keep our fingers crossed.

SNOWBIRDS

YES...we are snowbirds! We got 4 inches of snow (and ice) last night. We are definitely inside for the weekend. It is sooooooo cold, 9 degrees.

Church services cancelled, and malls closed at 2:00 yesterday. I was lucky to be able to work from home yesterday when the snow started, and Ed is off on Friday's so we didn't have to venture out in the bad weather.

More pictures in the shutterfly folder to the right. Stay warm!