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Hear ye, hear ye, this is my first "official" post since I've turned 35. A normal person would think that I turned 35 at the stroke of midnight on the day of my birth however my mother has always informed me that I don't "turn" a year older until 6:15 pm. So, I am officially 35 now and it's been painless so far.

My birthday didn't bring much in the loot department. Actually, the only "gifts" I got that day were the two lovely floral arrangements I posted about earlier. I brought the flowers home and oh man my house smells so good from my sisters hyacinths. I don't know if you plant those suckers outside or if you keep them inside...... gotta figure that one out soon though....... either way thugh my house smells so nice.

(UPDATE!!!!!!!! While I didn't get much loot the day OF my birthday, I did receive lots of loot before and after my birthday! My wonderful friend Cruella got me some snazzy jewelry and other trinkets earlier in the month and she mailed me the sweeeeeeetest hand made card with a Build-A-Bear coupon and some spendin' money and my dear, fantastic, multitalented, amazingly awesome friend Mrs. Coach gave me a much needed, incredibly wonderful vanilla scented candle that says, appropriately, Happy Birthday!)

Bob gave me a very nice card with some extra money in it for my upcoming Branson weekend. MWH gave me a card too but she also gave me a "coupon" good for one free ear piercing. I really want to get my ears pierced again. Bob thinks it's a bad idea, he doesn't think I need another hole in my head..... whatever.

After work Wednesday, Bob and I hit the casinos for my birthday free play. It wasn't a spectacular night, nothing really stands out now, but I did come home with more money than I left with and I bought dinner and gave Bob cash to gamble on. Not bad night but not a 1099 night either. LOL

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Saturday MWH and I hit a few garage sales. Again, nothing spectacular, but anytime I spend with my kid is time well spent. I did ruin a perfectly good pair of pants, which totally chaps my ass, but oh well, live and learn. I can NOT eat and drive at the same time. LOL I was eating a breakfast burrito from Braums while driving and got grease all over my pants right in the lap area. Granted, a year ago my big, fat gut would have collected the greasy drippings but not that my gut isn't what it used to be, the drippings fell into my lap and landed on my Wardog sweats. I've washed them but the stains are still there........ I guess I'll try one more time and then they're going into the garage sale box.

After changing clothes, MWH and I went to Joplin to get our ears pierced. Did you know that Wal-Mart, Claire's and Icing are the ONLY places to get your ears pierced? I do not find this good. Not at all. While I don't want a doctor to pierce my ear, I do want someone who has been trained a little better at piercing flesh than some 19 year old who has no experience in life or anything relevent let alone who learned to pierce ears from a computer training session.

In the end, MWH decided to NOT get hear ears pierced and since I wanted to do it together, a mother/daughter bonding thing, we both are now unpierced. It's all good though, we may do it next weekend.

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Today we went to a birthday luncheon in honor the birthdays of both Bob and myself. You gotta love great friends who cook spectacular meals for you just 'cause they love you. I made a damned near sugar free trifle and it was OUTSTANDING if I do say so myself. I do not like the seeds in the blackberries but next time I'll just leave those little fuckers out.

After our delicious lunch and hours of mind boggling chatter, MWH and I went to see Disturbia at the local theater. I must admit it was very good. Shia Lebouf is growing up and he really looks good. David Morse, who I adored in The Green Mile, was sooooooo deviant, I LOVED IT! OK, I just love movies. Really, I do....... I wish I had the eye to know how to shoot scenes and stuff like that. It would be so awesome to be gifted like that.

My weekend is nearly over and I didn't do half of what I planned to. Why can't I figure out how to stop time? I just want to finish a few things....... When did finishing just ONE thing get so hard? Today I looked at my calendar for May and nearly fell over. I desperately need to be cloned. I don't know how I'm going to get it all done.

Mrs. Coach and I have a trip planned next weekend with out precious girls to go to Branson and Silver Dollar City. I'm sooooooo freakin' excited. I don't really have the TIME to go but dammit I'm going anyway!!!!!!! I'm going to get my hand made into a candle and ride on the rides I didn't get to ride on last week. WOO HOO!!!!!!! Silver Dollar City, HERE I COME!!!!!!!