Birthday Extravaganza!

Since Jarrod and I have birthdays within a week of each other all of our celebrating is done together. There has even been a year where we received a joint gift! I guess we've been together long enough we are used to it! This weekend we spent time with our families and ate WAY too much!

Saturday night we had our birthday dinner with the Staggs. Terry, Margie, Jennifer, Daniel, Keith, Wendy, and Tori all came to Jonesboro to take us out to dinner. We ate at O'Charley's and then came back to our house for coffee and dessert which Margie had brought with them. We had a birthday cake and a layered brownie trifle, YUM-O! Let me tell ya, I was miserable Saturday night!!!  We had a fun time and it was really good to see Keith, Wendy and Tori.It was the first time they'd been able to visit us since we moved!

 

Today we went to church in Hickory Ridge. After church we had dinner at my Mom & Dad's house with the Wilson's. Mom made Jarrod a cheesecake and me a brownie cake! Whew! Can you imagine how much I've gained this weekend??  Birthday's are still pretty fun for us. We get to see our families and eat lots of good food and receive some nice presents! I don't dwell on the getting older part I like to concentrate on the dessert part!

Happy Birthday Jarrod!

A little embarrassment on your b-day is expected, right?

He's gonna kill me for this.  .  .  .

Jarrod turns 26 today!

And still as cute as ever!

Happy Birthday Honey!

I love you!

xoxoxox

Valentine's Day continued. . .

. . . about 2:30 a beautiful bouquet of Gerber daisies were delivered to my office. Aren't daisies the happiest flowers, you can't help but smile when you see them!

This picture really doesn't do the flowers justice. There  are hot pink, yellow and white ones  in the bouquet. They are so big and pretty.  And they smell great!

Every year Jarrod sends me flowers. Most of the time he sends me a dozen roses. There have been a few exceptions, like the year before last he got me a huge bouquet that had Star Gazer Lilies in it, I just adore those!. I love daisies, too and Jarrod has twice attempted to send them to me, once they brought me roses instead, and another time they forgot to bring me anything! That was the only year I didn't get flowers on V-day. It was really funny, but I remember it made Jarrod furious!  Ah, the memories!

Last night we decided to eat at O'Charley's (we had a coupon, haha!). They, not unlike every restaurant in Jonesboro, were packed. Luckily, we only had to wait about 30 minutes! 

We snapped a quick picture before ending the evening. Oh, and  if your wondering what I got my wonderful, thoughtful husband in return . . .  well, I made him a card of course, and then when we got home last night I made him sugar cookies from scratch!! I got my sparkling Pink Kitchen Aid stand mixer out and even broke in my fabulous lime green ceramic rolling pin!! Those of you who know me well, know this is a pretty big deal! I love to cook, but don't like baking as much! You have to be so exact and follow a recipe, which annoys me because I like to make things up as I go! Well, Jarrod LOVES sugar cookies, so I have been searching for the perfect sugar cookie recipe for years. And I think I have almost got it!  I  I should have taken a picture of my cookies. I think they turned out really great. I didn't get a chance to ice them last night since they were still warm when we went to bed, but Jarrod still loved them. He said they ranked right up there with his Mema's. Which is a huge compliment!

We had a great day and hope you did too!!

Valentine's Day!!

Happy Valentine's day! I just love V-day, and not just because it's the one day of the year that I usually get flowers!  Ha! I like the idea of so many couples taking the time to acknowledge their love and appreciation for each other. In today's busy world there are so many things vying for our attention that I think sometimes we may simply forget to take the time to share with our spouse how much we appreciate all the things they do. Today is an entire day devoted to just that! I think we need more days like today!

Jarrod and I usually don't exchange gifts/cards until V-day night, but there was a sweet card beside my freshly made pot of coffee when I got up this morning. It was such a nice surprise. I have to admit that he's a pretty thoughtful guy sometimes! 

To all my friends and family, since it's V-day, the day of love, I just want to say that "I Love You! " You mean so much to me and bless my life everyday! I hope you get a nice, unexpected surprise today and if no one else tells you that they love you today, at least I will have!! Have a wonderful Valentine's day!

I got tagged. . .

I got tagged by Kristen with these instructions: Pick up the nearest book with at least 123 pages. Find page 123. Find the first five sentences. Post the next three sentences. Tag five people.

Haha.  .  .  just my luck, my excerpt would have to be about something completely ridiculous! Honestly, you can't make this stuff up .  .  .

"In an effort to increase its international presence, Anheuser-Busch Companies are targeting the fast-growing markets of Argentina, Brazil and Chile.  But breaking with its promotion strategy at home, the brewer is positioning Bud as a trendy drink for affluent youth, peppering the hottest night clubs and bars with giant banners, neon signs and other promotions. The result: Some rivals jokingly refer to Bud as a North-of-the-Border Corona. "

Since I am at work, my selection of books is basically a few old college text books that I use for reference and some graphic design books that contain mostly pictures.  So, I didn't have much too choose from, as I am sure you can tell! It's not exactly recreational reading material!  This  particular selection of text came from "Marketing 5, by Charles W. Lamb, Jr., Joseph F. Hair, Jr., and Carl McDaniel, 2000" .

I tag Christina G., Amber S., Jennifer S., Brandy G. and Shea C.  Some choices I think will return interesting results.  .  .

A Scary Super Tuesday

February 5, 2008

Election day tornadoes kill 13 in Arkansas

In Arkansas, tornadoes that touched down on Primary Election Day took the lives of at least 13 people and disrupted voting.

The twisters, which also slammed Tennessee, Mississippi, Kentucky, and Alabama were part of a line of storms that raged across the nation’s midsection at the end of the Super Tuesday primaries.

As the extent of the damage quickly became clear, candidates including Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee paused in their victory speeches to remember the victims. "While we hope tonight is a time for us to celebrate election results, we are reminded that nothing is as important as the lives of these fellow Arkansans, and our hearts go out to their families," Huckabee said.

Authorities went door-to-door early Wednesday searching for more victims of deadly tornadoes that ripped the roof off a shopping mall and blew apart warehouses as they tore across four states. The Associated Press reported at least 50 fatalities throughout the South.

It was quite a night for us! Our first big storm in our house in Jonesboro. After hearing sirens and news that there was rotation in a storm headed for Valley View, we barricaded ourselves in a hallway with a mattress and couch cushions. Luckily we received no damage. It was scary for me, since I am terrified of tornadoes! Jarrod was as cool as a cucumber throughout the whole thing.

 

After the storms were all over Taki perched herself on the mattress we had been using earlier in the hallway.

 

Jarrod is getting filled in on the recent damage, he is talking on his cell phone via bluetooth, listening his work radio and watching TV all at the same time!

The Wedding Singer is coming to Memphis!

I got us tickets today for the 2 pm show on Saturday, Feb. 16th at the Orpheum.  The Wedding Singer is my favorite movie, partly because I love Adam Sandler and partly because I love 80's music! I can't wait to see it on stage with the music and choreography!! I just hope Jarrod doesn't think this gets him out of getting me something for Valentine's Day. . .