Leigh + BJ = LeighJay

Well December we were BUSY doing shows, so we didn’t have much time for fun stuff other than Christmas, which freakin ROCKED.
We got a little tree at Target, and we bought a star for the top, lights and little disco balls for ornaments!  Now let’s talk about the important stuff: PRESENTS.

BJ got me a “love” tree ornament, and I got us a “1st Christmas” ornament!!!  BJ got me a friggin gorgeous ass digital camera, little tiny and silver, with like 7 times more mega pixels than my old one that was like 10 years old, and I LOVE IT!!!!!  I got BJ a surround sound system for his frigging X-Box which he can also use for DVDs!!!  He loves it!!!!  We rock at gift giving!!!! 

I also got him some lottery tickets (he won $2), the Blake Lewis cd (awesome), and some gas and food and Game Stop gift cards, and my parents got us both WalMart gift cards.  BJ got me chocolate!!!  And a cute little statue of a girl hugging her dog, which is so me (I hug the crap out of my dog). And he got me a MEMORY STICK for the camera, he is so thoughtful!!!!  And a carrying case!!!!!!   Ahhhh!

I got to have Christmas at BJs parents and they INCLUDED me and gave me presents!!!  Can you believe how lucky I am???  I got a Vanilla bath set (little did they know that Vanilla is one of my favorite smells ever, along with Lilac), with soap and body wash. Me and BJ got an Olive Garden gift card!!!  They got me frames and printed out pictures for me!  They got toys for my dog and my cats!  Bluie loved his, see below. BJs family is so good to me!

On New Year’s Eve it was our 1 year anniversary.  We had a rough night at work and didn’t really celebrate other than just smooching at midnight at our Avenue gig.  I’m just so glad the company that booked us got the 10 piece so we could be together.

The last two weeks of October were crazy, and then on November 1 I had to go take BJ on an airplane ride to the land of my birth: Minnesota.  My parents picked us up and drove back to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where I grew up.  I was so happy to take BJ to my home town to meet my family and bestest friend Tammy!

We went shopping at the mall (Oakwood mall, I remember it was a huge thing when it opened during my 4th grade year), and got an awesome game called Tri-Bond!!!  The game gives you three subjects and you have to find out what the common denominator between the three things is.  It’s addictingly fun!!!  We took it over to Tammy’s house to play with her and her husband Blake, and I got to meet Tammy’s daughter Hailey for the very first time!!!  I LOVED Hailey!!!!

I also got to meet my youngest nephew, Elliott, for the first time ever, who was 2, but I don’t have any pictures with him because he wasn’t quite as personable as Hailey.  I also got to see my first ever nephew for the 3rd time ever (I don’t get home much) who is nine now!!!

We got home from Wisconsin on Sunday the 4th. On Friday the 9th, me and BJ drove to Pittsburgh to see Stevie Wonder!!!!!  It was both our first times seeing him live and man did he rock!  He didn’t stop all night.  He even stood on a piano bench singing at one point, which I think made everyone more nervous than it made Mr. Wonder.

My Cutlass started acting funny right as we pulled into the parking lot.  After the show we got it started, but then when we stopped for gas right outside town the battery died.  We got a jump and got home fine.  I found out that the new alternator I had put on about a month earlier was bad…..AFTER I put on a new battery.  Oops. Note to self, check alternator before running out and buying a new battery.  Luckily the shop replaced the alternator for free.

The very next day, on the 10th, we went out to Dave N Busters for the first time with BJs cousin and his girlfriend!!!!  We had so much fun!!!  Little did we know, it would be the first of like 4 visits in the next 3 months!!!  I think we won about 1400 tickets that night.  Amateurs.

On the 15th and 16th I missed work due to a sinus infection. The first of two this winter :-(  BJ was so sweet to me when I was sick.  I love him.

On the 22nd I got to have Thanksgiving at BJ’s parents house!!!!  I got to me his cousins and aunts and uncles.  We had yummy food and played Tri-Bond! 

On the 29th it was my b-day.  BJ got me the most beautifullest necklace (that I tipped him on to).  Hey baby, I just saw on the web site they have matching earrings and a ring!!!!!!!!  (www.evesaddiction.com “Tiffany Paloma Picasso Inspired Daisy” set hint hint.)  We went out to eat at Carraba’s!!!   Mmmm, dericious.

OK, this was like the best October ever. 

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This month we decided to take a big step forward in our relationship….the family plan cell phones with a 2-year commitment!!!  We love our new phones; it was quite an upgrade for BJ!  He started taking pictures of everything!

On Labor Day we went to the Geauga County Fair. I LOVED this because we got to pet SO MANY animals!!!  Of course, BJ took lots of pics. We petted horses, little teeny tiny horses, bunnies, donkeys, and piggies!  We ate fudge, and calzones, and I remembered to ask for marinara sauce to dip them in!!! County fairs rock.

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On August 6th, BJ took a big step and moved into his very first apartment all on his own!  Yay!!!  When he first mentioned it to me I didn’t think he’d actually do it.  He mentioned it once, then nothing happened for a month or two, but then he mentioned it again and this time he meant business. He ran out and took the first place he saw!

The week after he moved in, we went to Geauga Lake on the 15th. Again we did this on a Wednesday. Do it. We didn’t know at the time that Geauga Lake would close in just a few weeks, forever!!!  Luckily we got this shnifty keepsake to the left.

Alrighty, in this month Leigh performed in Sandusky with The ReBeats, The Avenue played in Put-In-Bay for two nights and Columbus, (not to mention the more local Rocky River, Solon, and Lyndhurst), and BJ’s Green Leif played in North Carolina (which meant he was unable to come to Put-In-Bay, but he didn’t miss much).

Aside from all that, BJ and I still managed to make a little time for us.  We saw two movies, Evan Almighty on the 10th (our 78th date in case you’ve been counting), and I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry on the 27th.  Both movies ROCKED!!!  We love Kevin James!!!  And Steve Carell or however you spell it!!

June 6th, Great Lakes Science Center. Man is this a fun place to go on a date!  It is not for the kids at all.  First of all we saw a dinosaur movie in the iMax, which was incredibly fun even tho it made me feel nauseous.

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On May 4th, we went to see Spider-Man 3 with BJ’s mom, dad, brother and sister! We loved the movie, even though we never spotted myself in it (I was an extra).

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Our 35th date was Easter over at BJs parents. It was so nice and I was very grateful to spend it with them. Great food too!

On April 21st we had our first show together in The Avenue as a couple! A wedding at Signature of Solon. We got to play the next weekend as well, a corporate event at the InterContinental. Before the show, my parents came into town and met BJ for the first time. That was when BJ and I got to see the A Christmas Story house for the first time!

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March 1st - oh yeah!  I bought us tickets to see comedian Brian Regan for our 20th date!  Man, did we have a good time!!!  I remember BJ laughing so hard he almost fell out of his chair.  Get this…I don’t know how I did it but I got us front row center. I think I bought the tickets like a week before the show.  We were looking right up Brian’s nose.

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