The Perfect Birthday

Today I turned 37 years old. Today I had, truely, a wonderful birthday...the best one I can remember. As part of my birthday gift, Erich gave me the day off to do whatever I wanted to do. Ahhhhh...what to do........I gathered a few of my closest friends and we went to Daisey Lane (a scrapbook/craft store) from 10am until close to 5pm. I have the most amazing friends here in Mattoon, I really do. They are just so much fun and they all really 'get' me. It was enough just to have them take time out of their busy schedules to scrap with me but on top of that they brought a cake and gifts. Then after a fun day of scrapping I came home to a house enriched with the aroma of some kind of italian dish. Apparently McKinley made stuffed shells (the girl loves to cook) with just a little help from 'daddy'. So we all sat down as a family at the dinner table to eat...yes another of my gifts. Then we had cake and watched American Idol. The perfect finish to a perfect day. I feel so blessed today for wonderful friends and family. Thanks to all of you who are in my life!