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Well, Friday the 13th was fun, but our February the 14th was miserable. Not only was it the worst Valentine's Day in our recorded history, hubby claims it was possibly the worst weekend of his life. I came down with a horrible flu bug at about midnight on Friday night that kept us up till 3:00 in the morning and then laid me out flat the rest of the weekend. Poor Mike had to help me in and out of bed and worse. . . (skip ahead past gruesome details). . . at one point he had to hold my drinking glass for me because I was having severe muscle spasms in my back and shoulders. And as if a sick wifey wasn't bad enough, that threw Lucy off and she seemed upset all weekend and bored of being cooped up and had the worst diaper rash I've ever seen AND a continuously runny nose. So you can imagine, Mike could've been featured on the Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs for all he had to clean up and put up with over the weekend. That's love. This pic is a little tribute:

Some smart web designer created this site in time for valentine's day. Anyone can add their statement and it shows up on an "I love you more than" heart. Some of my favorites are: I love you more than bulldog puppies. I love you more than frito pie. (I'm intrigued. . .) I love you more than Settlers of Catan. (And it does take love if your lover beats you at it) I love you more than Pam loves Jim. I love you more than you love your Xbox 360. Anyhow, feel free to leave your "I love you more than _____'s" here in my comments. . . not about me, but about the one you love more than anything.

. . . from Trophy Cupcakes in Seattle.

I sold thirteen of my little soft books on Etsy before Christmas! 23 people Heart me ! Mike and work-out buddy Noah (who belongs to April ) were accepted into the training program at Gym Jones . . . you know, the ones who trained the actors for 300? O' Falafel, etc. These boots . . . I know, I know its only taken me two months of constant snow storms to admit I need all-weather boots. nood a fantastic little modern store that we ran into during boxing week and got some of the most outstanding deals! Audrey wins for the best kid story of the week. . . this one has had me chuckling all day.

Some pics from our Christmas. . . we spent a week in Seattle at my parents house. Let's start with an outing to Trophy Cupcakes in Wallingford. Seattle had more snow than they knew what to do with. We made the most of it and played in the snow a little everyday. And yes, its true. . . they sled on the streets in Seattle. Why not? Certainly noone can drive on them! Lucy in her princess fairy skirt, with her magic wand. . . riding a rocking motorcycle in converse. It says everything. These are my nephews, Tanner and Ethan, anxiously looking for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. Sleighbells were definitely heard ringing as he visited our neighbors and the boys were sure they'd spot him any minute. My sister, Jenn, and her little Tori. Below are pics of making sugar cookies with my mom. . . a favorite Christmas activity. Lucy was more interested in eating them than frosting them. One day, we braved the snowy roads and made it out of the house and went to Alderwood Mall just to let the ...