Happy Birthday to..ME!

It is rare that Shad will post anything so I will have to do the post on my birthday. It was yesterday. I have never caught a fish anytime I have gone fishing so Shad had the brilliant idea to take me fishing. Last year he gave me all the fishing supplies I could need or want so we were set to go. Shad talked to some "fishermen" and they told him where to go. We went up by Midway/Deer Creek area. There is a really popular spot right off the road. When we showed up there were quite a few people and they had all caught trout! We thought sweet this will be easy.....It actually took us almost two hours to catch one!! It was soo frustrating at first to say the least. I am not good at casting and you have to be to fish where we were at. Finally, Shad was able to take the spot of a guy who left and he cast the line for me. Not more than a minute later I felt a fish on my line! Like I said I have never caught a fish before so I didn't know what to do. I ended up losing the first one. Shad cast the line out again and boom another fish. This time I was able to reel it in! I was going nuts!!! My first fish and it was AWESOME!! For those of you who haven't experienced the rush of catching a fish you gotta try it! When I reeled it close to the bank Shad brought it out of the water. It has swallowed the entire line and hook. He had blood all over trying to get the hook out and he even hooked himself (ouch)! We tried a couple more times after that, but I was so excited I couldn't concentrate on getting another fish. We decided to head back home. When we came home Shad told me I was going to learn how to gut it and fillet it. If you have a weak stomach you may not want to look at the slide show. Anyway, I was a little sick at first, but I got through it! We even had it for dinner. It was a great day!!

Shad and I both worked yesterday so we went to the mall for a little bit to bum around and then we came home. My wonderful, perfect for me man got me a beautiful watch, a sweet card and portrait certificate. I am spoiled! Thank you honey...I love you! Thank you to all of who who sent me birthday wishes....it means so much to me to know people care!!