April 1st = GOOD DAY

So, I got home late Thursday night and I was exhausted!! Work was good for the second week in a row I was flying in and out of Seattle, which is perfectly fine with me. I am working on a post for all you traveling people or even people who think it would be fun to travel all the time...look for that next week.

Friday, was a busy day at the home office. I had a lot of work to do plus some catching up around the house. I needed to run a few places, but found time in the afternoon. My birthday is tomorrow but I got a ton of stuff in the mail yesterday, which made my slow tired day go 10x better. The mail lady probably thinks I am crazy, but she came to the door yesterday with a few packages. I was actually on the phone with my mom, so I signed and took the packages/mail to the kitchen counter where I proceeded to get VERY VERY excited. First thing I noticed was a package from Bella International. I squealed with delight and told my mom I got diamond earrings from Michael for my birthday. HAHA! Don't have things delivered to your house if you don't want your wife to know. My mom of course told me, I probably wasn't supposed to know, but I told Michael I wanted some awhile back and I knew Bella International on the from was them. Bella International is the guy/company in Chicagoland where we got my wedding ring, and our bands. The guy that owns it is a friend of a friend, but now I won't buy jewelry from anyone else EVER. So, of course knowing all that information means I got jewelry without even opening the package. I called Michael immediately, so he could enjoy my over-excitement and he told me to go ahead and open it. I opened it and it was what I asked for...YAY! I was also super excited to receive in the mail two birthday cards from Michael's grandparents and great-grandparents. All of my grandparents are gone, so I told Michael in my overly gitty voice that it was like I had grandparents again.

I was also very excited to receive a package from a company that I sent two old 5.25 floppy disks that my grandpa Jack had put old family pictures on. I know I am a nerd. I love genealogy, but it runs in my family, both sides. So, I have a family tree on ancestry, which is a constant work in progress. I knew my grandfather had pictures of my GGGgrandparents somewhere and I received the floppy disks from my cousin and proceeded to figure out a way to get the photos off to add to our family tree. The answer came with a quick Google search and a website called floppydisk.com. I sent these disks off and yesterday received them back along with a CD. I think there were just one too many great items in the mail for me yesterday. Anyway, I added all the new old pictures to the family tree and I love it! Some of the pictures are so old and some of the people actually look kind of scary, but since it took ten years to take a photo back then I would not be very happy at the end either. I added two below just so everyone can see my nerdy joy.

Great Great Grandfather - Michael thinks he looks like me
Picture was most likely taken in the early 1900s

Great Great Great Grandfather
Late 1800s