On Thursday, I turned the big 21! Pretty exciting! It was a pretty good day. Got several birthday wishes throughout the day. Brian sent me roses at work! They are so pretty! He's such a sweetheart. Dan Roberts (the Utah Jazz arena announcer who rents space from our company for his Kitchen and Bath design company) gave me a check for $75.00! He's way too generous!

We were going to go out that night for dinner, but Spaghetti Mama's was reserved for a highschool dance and a wedding! So we went out last night. Love that place! My grandparents, parents, Arianne and Erika came along with me and Brian. It was so yummy! My parents gave me a Betty Crocker cookbook because I've been trying to find one that's inexpensive, but no dice. It was actually one my mom got for her wedding, so it's nice to be able to have that handed down. She also got me a cross stitch pattern (Frankenstein), that I'll have to start this summer if I'm not too overloaded with what I just ordered!

After we got done with dinner we went home to drop off our leftovers. Brian and Kim planned to take me to a club because Thursday nights are not the best nights, especially having to go to work the next day! So we went to Club Allure last night. It was really fun! They've got pool, music, dancing and of course, it's a bar too. Started the night off with a "Fruity Pebble". Brian was asking me what I wanted, but I don't know drinks well enough yet. The bar tender asked if I liked sweet or sour. Of course I like sweet. I really liked the drink. I was bought drinks periodically through the night, all of which were good. Kimi, B.J., Kim, Travis, Travis' friend, Brian and I all went. None of my other friends could go with, but we still had fun! We left about midnight because I was feeling a bit sick. Kinda happens after 4 drinks and a shot (it was more like 3 shots in one!)!

Brian's got one more gift on the way. He ordered it on monday, and it said to allow 2-6 weeks for delivery. I don't know what he got me! I'm clueless! I told him not to get me anything since we're heading to Vegas next week. But he doesn't listen! LOL! I have such a wonderful loving hubby!

All in all, my birthday was really good! I'm getting impatient for Vegas next week. We really need a vacation!

Early this morning, we woke up to Sadie barking, and huffing and puffing (she does this every time someone knocks or rings the doorbell at the front door). Brian gets up and looks out our window wondering who the hell is ringing our doorbell at 5:10 in the morning. We weren't expecting anyone, and if we were, I'm sure they would've called us first. Anyway, as Brian's looking out the window, there's an SUV parked on the corner of our house with their lights on. The guy gets back into his vehicle and drives around to the back of our house. Brian told me to get my phone, and be prepared to call the cops. As the guy drove around our house, he backs up and faces his SUV at the back of our house with the lights on. He then starts honking. Brian told me to call the cops, and so I did. I told them that there is a possible home invasion that could happen, and we needed someone there. They ask for the description of the vehicle (it was dark, so you couldn't see much, but he knew it was an isuzu in a dark color). They asked if we could see the person in the vehicle, and of course we couldn't. Then they asked for a license plate number. We couldn't see that either. So they sent some cops over.

Brian decides to turn on the light to let him know that we are aware that he's there. The lights that we have out back are motion censored, so when it detected that there was no movement, it turned off. The guy gets out of his vehicle and walks around the side of our house. I was getting a little nervous by that time, but the cops showed up right then. The guy ran back to his vehicle, but the cops had his lights on as if he had pulled him over, and I believe another cop's vehicle was blocking so he couldn't leave. They talked to him (I wish I could have known what that guy was doing there), and they took some of his papers. They were out there for about 15 minutes or so. I don't know if the guy thought he knew who lived here or not, but I did not recognize him at all. I don't think the cops thought he was a threat because they let him go. But 2 cop cars stayed behind for a while, I think just in case.

We both tried to get back to sleep, but my heart was pounding with fear of what could have happened. Brian was also coughing up a storm, so every time I'd get somewhere close to sleep he would cough =(.

I always worry that something bad might happen. Sadie may bark at someone, but I don't know if she would ever attack. I don't think I'd want her too, though, because what if they shot her? She is part of my family, like my own daughter, and I would be distraught if anything happened to us or her. Brian doesn't believe in having a gun, and I am with him on that. People tend to shoot people they know, rather than someone who's breaking in. I told him we need to get a baseball bat though. I'm also thinking of getting an alarm system set up for my house.