The Twin and Me Now 33...

One of the big projects I plan to do sometime is to scan in family pictures and give copies of the CD's to my family. I'm the unofficial family historian of sorts. I was looking around the other day and found the aged Polaroids of my and the twin’s second birthday.


Me, Joe the Twin, and Our Sister Rhonda

( Another Polaroid Shot of Us )

To this day, I am amazed that my mom held it together with three small children in the house at the same time, each driving the other crazy on a daily basis. Even more amazing I’m surprised that we’re not wearing that cake in the picture (or maybe we were after the Polaroid photo was snapped).

Hard to believe that was 31 years ago today. Eek, that means the twin and I are now …. *gasp* … 33!

Unlike my older brothers Donnie and Ronnie (yes, they’re identical twins), Joe and I never exhibited the unusual psychic twin stuff. While the older two could often read each other’s thoughts, know when one was hurt, and speak same sentences at the same time (they are creepy sometimes), Joe and I were very different. However, it was like having an in-house partner-in-crime.

( Among our hi-jinks )

Hmmm.. maybe Joe is the evil twin…

Birthday Surprises...

Several good things happened today at work. It started with a phone call from the adorable susobear who wished me a happy birthday all the way from London.

Around mid-morning, a tall, muscle-bound, handsome black man (he's our receiving clerk) came down the aisle carrying this:


Oooh.. look at the cookies!
I looked at him and asked who that was for and he pointed his finger directly at me. I was stunned. I wondered who would have sent them and was pleasantly surprised. The very handsome, incredibly sweet fritzsea sent them from Cookies by Design! Five cinnamon, bear-shaped cookies iced as a fireman, a cop, a football player, a fisherman, and a doctor, with one large sugar cookie with "Happy Birthday Mark" at the top. It's honestly the first gift I've ever had delivered to my work, I was stunned and very happy. Low carb diet be damned... everyone got a bit of cookie to try and they were awesome.

( More pics of cookies and me behind the cut )

I went to the gym after work and worked off the cookies and the lunch my co-workers bought me. When I trudged into the house I noticed the blinking light on my phone. It was a call from one of my dearest and oldest friends, bleuvalentines, all the way from Germany, wishing me a happy birthday.

This birthday is going down as one of my best, thanks to all who wished me a happy birthday :)