thanks so much for decorating my door....i suspect it was kate, but if i'm wrong, i apologize! but if i'm right....thanks so much kate! what a great start to a great day:) i love you!!

hooray for my birthday being 2 days away....hooray for my mom coming down and drinking with me:).....hooray for warmer weather.....hooray for finally getting back to work......hooray for cute fun girls......hooray for friendly people.....

add your own "hoorays" for today:)

we love you too missy, and we're all praying for you and your family.

i love kate for explaining this template shit to me!

it's really funny (or not at all) how much life sucks sometimes, and how great it can be the next day. we all suffer loss and grief, but what i want to know is how we move past that. i mean, obviously if the pain is big enough, it'll leave a pretty big mark, so to speak, but how do you explain how short or how long it takes for you to overcome it? like, if someone close to you passes away, and you're ok in a month, did that person really mean that much to you, or do you just have really good coping skills? i'd like to think it's the latter, because we all have to learn to cope, otherwise i think the suicide rate or depression rate would be much higher than it is. i dont' know why i'm contemplating this; i'm hungry and cold and it's almost time to go to work, but i just thought i'd drop a note in light of recent events, and take the time to tell jake that we're all thinking about him and praying for him and his family. we love you jake! ok, gotta go to work.