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Todd's birthday is today, and he is 30! Wow, that seems so old. I will be 30 soon as well, but I'm sure then I won't say it is old : )

I decided I wanted to make it really special this year. So, 30 days ago, I started giving him gifts. Now, I must confess, I wasn't the best at it, and some of them were pretty small or not even really a gift, but more of a gesture. 30 things are hard. If you ever attempt something like this, I highly suggest you have it all planned out ahead of time, because as it went on, I sort of ran out of ideas. Here were a few of them though-
I started with a weekend of no yardwork. I had arranged to have all the leaves raked and bagged by the time he came home Friday afternoon. I also got him things for the computer- travel case, cooling stand. A few of his gifts were geared toward the triathalon training or goal- I guess we haven't officially started training yet. So, I got him a helmet, some swim goggles etc. Like I said, some gifts were small- so one day was his favorite candy bar. One gift was a 20 minute back rub. I got him some new dress socks. I met him at work one day for lunch. You get the idea. Again, to forewarn you, if you decide to try something like this, it can get expensive if you do a lot of gifts.

Speaking of gifts, I am pretty excited to give him his gift tonight. Last night I surprised him with dinner with our friends. Tonight we are going to a hotel to swim, but first, I am going to show him this-

So, this isn't the exact one, but I'm sure all you ladies (and I'm guessing it is mostly ladies that read this) don't really care about the specs. You all know what our winters are like. It seems like pretty much all of our neighbors have snowblowers or a plow service. For the first couple years after we moved in, I think they felt sorry for us and would do our driveway once in a while, but not as much the last couple of years (and I don't blame them). So, we were due. Hopefully, he will think it is pretty cool.

Well, have a great Thanksgiving and here is to getting some more snow!!!

Oh, and I love you very much Todd. I am so happy to be your wife and to be celebrating your 30 years of life- almost half of which I have been a part of!!