My loving husband made me a cake today! I had a very large piece. I told little Isaac Shaw (4years old) that "Miss Jamie only gets to eat cake once a year for her birthday". And he said to me "That's a bad year." I have to agree! But, alas, I have to get back on Weight Watchers tomorrow!
We had friends over on Valentines Day to celebrate my birthday which is the 16th. We had lots of fun! My friend Annie brought her extra newspapers and handed out lots of extra coupon inserts. I said I would rather have all those coupons on Valentines Day than a romantic dinner out! 
Jamie installed a central vacuum system for me today as part of my birthday gift. It is very cool. All I have to do is sweep the dog hair into a port installed in the cabinet near the floor. You can also plug in a hose to it and vacuum all the way into our living room. I have never had more fun cleaning our carpet!
Check out all the free stuff I got today! I got 20 Soft soaps, 4 pringles, 6 chex mix, 2 frostings, 2 eye make up removers, 1 fusion razor, 1 shampoo, 3 packs rubber bands thanks to Meijer, CVS and Staples!!
Jamie took off three days this week to do some modifications to his mobile sharpening van. He is always trying to tweak his set up to gain efficiencies and make his workspace more comfortable. He is a very hardworking guy!
Friday night Jan. 30th I helped out at the slumber party for the Wednesday night kids of faith 2nd and 3rd grade girls class. I have been helping in that class on Wed. nights all this school year and we had a slumber party at the community center last Friday. This is me and Abbie Shaw. She is my special friend. We had lots of fun eating, doing crafts and playing games and, of course, the girls stayed up half the night!
Saturday evening we had friends over. The Boltons and their 4 kiddos and the Shaws and their 2 kiddos. Jamie I had been together for 10 years on that date. Our first date was Jan 24th, 1999. had a really good day that day. Lots of fun with friends!
I was recently in a TV Commercial!! Danny Little, the director of our church's community center asked me to be in a commercial that the center is doing for their Lafayette Top Loser program. Check it out! (There is a loud beep at the beginning when you hit play, beware.)
We hung out with Heather, Dave and Christopher Cleveland on New Years Eve.
For those of you who know Jamie well, this next picture will not suprise you. This is what he was doing to ring in the new year.......
Jamie and his big bro Matt
Jamie and his mom Molly
Molly got us slippers and gift cards for Christmas.
This is my goddaughter/cousin Genni (the cutie in the red shirt). She was born when I was in the hospital having my first bone marrow transplant. Her parents asked me to be her Godmother. We always exchange gifts at Christmas. She is a sweetheart!
One of Jamie's gifts from my dad was jumper cables. It's hard to believe, but he actually didn't have a set, so it was a perfect gift for him.
We played CatchPhrase after opening our gifts. My dad doesn't like games much but he was a good sport.
Every year we take a photo in front of the tree with just my dad, me, and my brother and sister. We have a photo album with just the pictures we take at Christmas each year. It's fun to flip through them and see how everyone has changed from year to year.
My bro Bud and Leah (aka Precious.)
My sister's birthday is Christmas eve. She blew out the candles on a pumpkin pie. It's hard to believe she's my sister, right? I don't think we look alike at all. : )
Jamie and I opened our stockings together before we headed home to see my family for Christmas. We got each other lots of cool stuff!
