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My Birthday Weekend

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My husband treated me to a two-day birthday celebration this weekend! On Friday night, we ate dinner at Olive Garden, one of my favorite restaurants. Mr. Handsome isn’t a fan of pasta, so that was a sacrifice for him.

On Saturday, we toured The Hermitage, President Andrew Jackson’s plantation home. That’s something I have always wanted to do, but the tickets are a bit pricey ($20 per adult), so we saved that outing for a special occasion. I posted a photo to my Facebook page and will share more pictures soon.

On Saturday evening, we met a group of Mr. Handsome’s parents’ friends, who were driving through our area, for a last-minute dinner at a Mexican restaurant. Then on Sunday after church, my husband grilled the fish he caught last weekend. We spent the rest of the day hiking.

I wasn’t expecting a present, but Mr. Handsome surprised me with a card, a bouquet of roses, one of his paintings (pictured above), and two donuts. It was by far the best birthday I have ever had. 🙂

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  3. Mr. Handsome doesn't like pasta?! That's possible?? Haha all kidding aside, happy birthday Ellie! I too celebrated my birthday this past weekend, though my actual birthday is March 31st. 🙂

    The Hermitage looks like such a neat site, I'll have to add that to my to-travel list!

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  4. I love the birthday card he made for you! Your husband is so talented. I still say he could sell/give his paintings and now cards for profit, donations, etc. I certainly would buy an assortment of gift cards from him.�� (And happy belated birthday��)

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    • I bet you love the card and will save it. After awhile you will have a bunch of cards and stuff. I can see taking a photo and saving the photo. If you do what I did you will have your heart set on plastic bins full of cards you got.
      You will never have the heart to throw them out and they will sit in a cupboard or closet, just sit there and seldom be opened. I do that, and I think I have made a mistake doing that all my life. But it is still like that. What will you do?

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  7. Happy Birthday!! Seems like you had a wonderful time celebrating your birthday!! Getting to do things that are special to you can make the occasion even better. Mr Handsome did a very good job making your birthday a special one. Praying many blessings for this coming year.

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  9. Is that the blue bird of happiness? It is cheering and heart warming to read episodes from your loving life. Thanks!

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  11. Happy Birthday Ellie,
    This is not regarding your site, but the Duggar's site. in the past few weeks, I seem to be having trouble getting on to their site. It begins to load and then stops and a message pops up saying that a long running script is going and then the site sometimes crashes. If I leave the site open for awhile, it will eventually load, but by then I have usually moved on to another task. Is this something new with the site or is something wrong?
    Thanks
    Sharon

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  15. Happy birthday! Ellie, have you considered getting a PO Box? Your readers would love to be able to connect with you that way! We could send recipes or post ideas, or just fun mail. 🙂

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  19. Happy late birthday Ellie! May we know more about the book you are outlining regarding your grandma's WWII stories.

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