$4.7 Million & Happy Birthday

My husband's company participated in an auction of domain names this past week. The sales totaled $4.7 Million. None of my husband's client's names were included in the live auction and we are waiting to see if any were sold in the silent auction. Nonetheless, it was very exciting!!! The biggest sale was cameras.com which went for $1.5 million.

We are going to invest in some names ourselves -- maybe we'll come up with the next million dollar name!!!

Today is also my honey's birthday...

Happy birthday to the greatest man I know! You are my very best friend and I will follow you to the ends of the earth (except Alaska). I appreciate your strength, loyalty, hard work, commitment, and dedication. You are so intelligent and practical and logical. You are a great leader. You make me laugh -- especially your impersonation of Horatio Caine!!!

I love being married to you. I love seeing your cute face every day. And I love YOU beyond words!!!!!

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The things in bold are the things I’ve done! Copy it and publish your list!!Make bold what you've done then copy and paste into your blog post. Easy-schmeezy!

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said “I love you’ and meant it!
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables (in my mom's garden)
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Visited all 50 states
40. Taken care of someone who was drunk
41. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
42. Watched wild whales
43. Stolen a sign
44. Backpacked in Europe
45. Taken a road-trip
46. Gone rock climbing
48. Midnight walk on the beach
49. Gone sky diving
50. Taken a train through Europe
51. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
52. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table, and had a meal with them
53. Milked a cow
54. Alphabetized your CDs
55. Sung karaoke
56. Lounged around in bed all day
57. Gone scuba diving
58. Kissed in the rain
59. Gone to a drive-in theater
60. Started a business
61. Taken a martial arts class
62. Been in a movie
63. Crashed a party
64. Gone without food for 5 days
65. Gotten a tattoo
66. Got flowers for no reason
67. Performed on stage
68. Been to Las Vegas
69. Recorded music
70. Eaten shark
71. Buried one/both of your parents (my dad)
72. Been on a cruise ship
73. Spoken more than one language fluently
74. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
75 Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
76. Had plastic surgery
77. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
78. Wrote articles for a large publication
77. Lost over 100 pounds
79. Piloted an airplane
80. Petted a stingray
81. Broken someone’s heart
82. Broken a bone
83. Eaten sushi
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Parasailed
86. Skipped all your school reunions
87. Shaved your head
88. Caused a car accident
89. Pretended to be "sick"
90. Surfed in the ocean
91. Saved someone's life
92. Fainted
93. Been in the room while someone is giving birth
94. Hitchhiked
95. Adopted a child
96. Been caught daydreaming
97. Been to the Grand Canyon
98. Called off a wedding engagement
99. Donated your blood
100. Saved someone’s life

::Orlando Gala::

Hi everybody! I know I haven't posted in a while....

I just wanted to give you all an update of my first event with FFP. Saturday was our gala in Orlando and it went really well. We drove up Friday morning and went non-stop the whole time. Friday evening we went to dinner with Dr. Lynne, the event chairwoman. She is really sweet and genuine. She loves the Lord and has such a heart for the poor!!! Fr. John joined us for dinner, too. We ate at Bahama Breeze (yummy!).

Saturday morning we started set-up at 8 am and went all day. It ran VERY smoothly. We didn't have any major issues except that we didn't have enough room in the ballroom. It was a good problem to have -- too many guests. Dr. Lynne kept trying to add tables and we just couldn't.... All told, there were 260 guests. There was a silent auction that raised about $17,500. Then we did a house rally that raised $120,000. In total, we raised over $250,000!!!! AMAZING!!!! All of this money goes to build houses in Haiti!!! When I get them, I'll share some pictures....

We got done tearing down and re-packing everything around 1:30 am. I was in soooo much pain with my back. It was too long of a day and I did too much lifting. So, I couldn't wait to get in bed, do my stretches and go to sleep. Unfortunately, my roommate was sick ALL NIGHT! I was up every time she went to the bathroom. On top of that, the stretches only helped so much with my back. At some point, I got up and asked her if I could pray for her. In the morning, we stopped at the drug store for a icy/hot patch for me and Imodium for Denise. I wish we both would have had those things the night before -- what a difference?!

Yesterday, I was wiped out and so happy to get home. I missed my honey so much and it was really good to see him!!!