Other than it being “Jungle Madness Friday”, today is a VERY special day! It’s Julie birthday!!! Whoo-hoo!!! Happy Birthday, Julie – - from the Plotmonkeys! Of course, no birthday would be complete without your own personal cabana boy, so here he is.
He’s happy to fulfill your every request – whether it’s a nice, long massage, or painting your toenails, or feeding you chocolate, or anything else you wish. 
He’s at your beck and call, 
so kick back, relax, and enjoy your day!!! You deserve it. 
And now, for today’s contest. Before I announce what will be given away, all of us Plotmonkeys wanted to make a quick announcement. We truly love all our readers and friends who visit us, but we’ve noticed on Fridays that there are some entrants who are entering more than once, using a different name each time – and we know this because we can see every ISP address that comes through when a comment is posted. So, we’d like to kindly request that each person enter the contest only once. If we see someone entering multiple times under different names, then your entries will be disqualified – it just isn’t fair to those who enter our contest honestly.
However, we do understand that there are going to be Fridays when discussions get started during the course of the day, and we don’t want to hinder that at all. We love our busy conversations! So, when that happens, we will enter only the first post that the person makes, and not count the other “discussion” posts. Fair enough? We hope so!
Now, on to the good stuff! This week I was going to give away a box of chocolate truffles, but considering the heat wave we’ve been having here in California (like temperatures reaching the 100′s!), I decided that mailing chocolates was just too risky! 
So, I’m offering up something equally tempting, but no calories or fat involved! This week’s winner will receive a Jaqua gift pack that includes four delicious body washes: Buttercream Frosting (My personal favorite!), Maple Syrup, Tuscan Orange, and Caramel Cappuccino. I’m also including a YUMMY Strawberry Shortcake candle and my very first Blaze book, HEAT WAVES. I thought that book was appropriate considering the weather here, LOL! But if you already have this book, you may choose another.
All you have to do to enter today’s contest is post anything below, then check back on Sunday to see if you’re the winner!
Janelle Denison finds it hard to believe that it’s been nearly 25 years since she first started writing romance novels. At first, it was a way to pass idle time while her husband worked swing shift, but before long it became an obsession to get published. Luckily, she kept at it (it took her over 5 years to get that first book published!) and is now a Waldenbooks, Barnes & Noble, and USA Today Bestselling author! Now, after selling over 45 plus novels, she finds that her Plotmonkey pals help to keep her stories fresh and unique, and she can’t imagine writing a story without their input. Janelle lives in Oregon with her husband, Don, along with two teenage daughters that keep life interesting.
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I hope your day is fabulous, fun, and filled with all sorts of suprises!
:cake::cocktail:
Love ya! Janelle
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LOVE you LOTS! Enjoy … especially the Cabana Boy! :love2::love2::love2:
Carly
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Happy birthday JULIE!!!! Maybe it be a fabulous weekend of celebration!
I think the Plotmonkeys are extremely generous with their Friday prizes, often times giving away more than just one of their books, but also including other lovely gifts, and shipping isn’t cheap. I appreciate all you do for your readers, and I hope the Plots will always be around – please don’t ever dis-band – we would miss you way too much!!!!
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Have a good weekend everyone! What a great prize again this week.
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Happy Birthday Julie!! I hope you have a great day and you used that cabana boy well! LOL!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!!
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Happy Birthday, Julie – Nice Hunk.
Eat lots of cake!
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Woohoo, love it when one of you guys has a birthday – we all get treated with the eye candy!
Hope it’s a great weekend for everyone!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE! Hope you have a wonderful day!
Thank you all for your giveaways and have a great weekend.
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Happy Happy Birthday.. I hope you have a wonderful day.
Brandi
:D
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Oohh!! Happy Birthday, Julie!!
Fabulous prize as always. Good luck everyone and have a great weekend.
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Hope everyone is having a wonderful
day!!
Happy Birthday Julie!!
God Bless
Trish
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Happy Birthday Julie:party:Thank God it’s Friday. I can finally sit down and relax. LOL
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hAPPY Birthday Julie.
I can’t wait for the next Wilde book
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Happy Happy Birthday Julie!!!:party:
If I win can I have a cabanna boy too…to go with the butter cream frosting! LOL
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Happy Birthday Julie! Looks like you’re a cancer, like me!
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Happy Birthday Julie
:cake::present::cocktail:
Makre sure tha cabana boy takes really good care of you today:bowdown:
Great prize
I too like Stacy appreciate
all you do for your readers especially on Fridays and will :cry: if you go away
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Leslie,
I got She’s No Angel yesterday and can’t wait to start it today:thumbsup:.
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Happy Birthday Julie!!!!:party::cheer::party:
Thanks for th efriday contest guys. I do have that book Janelle. I agree with you, that it is a pretty HOOOOT book.
Nice weekend everybody!:thankyou:
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Happy Birthday Julie. Hope you do something fun to celebrate.
Cool prize as always. The body wases sound YUMMY!!
Hope everyone has a great weekend.
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Happy Birthday, Julie!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Hooray for Wilde books!
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Happy Birthday Julie!! Great prizes as always. Have a great weekend.
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My best wishes to you for the comming year and may you get spoiled rotten today *G*
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Ok, prize is great as always. I hope everyone has a great weekend!
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I hope people treat you extra nice today Julie! Happy Birthday!:cake::present:
I also wanted to mention that I’m towards the end of Vicki Pettersson’s book
The Scent of Shadows and it is amazing, if anyone’s looking for something to read over the weekend this is a great choice!:party: I hope everyone has a great weekend!:D
Anna
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:wallbash:Hopefully, ev, I’ll finish my book this weekend. I love it. Don’t know why….it’s just a fun book. Then, I am off to read CONFESSIONS OF A DEMON HUNTING SOCCER MOM (since I don’t have any pm books, this is the next best thing, I guess :))
Happy Friday, Everyone….:cake::cake:Loved the Ocean’s 13 boys last night. Highly recommend….:cake::cake: (I also had a sinful piece of truffle pie, so that’s why all of the cake).
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Great prize. Have a great weekend everyone.
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Happy Birthday Julie!!!
Eat some cake, Have some Ben & Jerry’s too! (Might want to have that cabana boy feed you 
:kiss: ) Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
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Janelle please don’t enter me in this weeks contest were I won last week. I just wanted to wish Julie a Happy Birthday.
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Happy Happy Birthday Julie! :wave: Best wishes for a great day and wonderful year!!
Happy Friday Janelle~ please don’t enter me either. I just won yesterday and only wanted to wish Julie a happy birthday.
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Some people have all the luck..no-one sent me a cabana boy for my birthday…you know to cut the grass and take out the trash:happy2:
Enjoy:cocktail::cake:
Have a great weekend everyone:thumbsup:
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:love:Cool prize always room for your books Janelle.:thumbsup:
:love2:Hugs:love2:
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Happy birthday, Julie!! And Janelle, thanks for the yummy cabana boy for all of us
Couldn’t we all use a present like that!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE!
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Happy birthday, Julie!!! Make a wish
I even got you a gift
Open it up & inside is a big :kiss:
Hee hee! Hope you have a great day, girly, and be sure to party hardy!!!
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sending extra special birthday wishes your way Julie:cheer: have a piece of cake for us, hope its chocolate..lol:cake:
what another wonderful friday gift… i sure hope you all know how much we love this site and you all for what you do for the readers here.. :love2:
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I hope you all have a great weekend. Just don’t forget the sunscreen.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JULIE!!!!!!!:party:
Hope you get everything you wish for. The cabana boy is a start.:devil:
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Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Julie…Happy Birthday to you.
Enjoy your day and do what you love best. :)
Great prize as always this week. Yummy scents…gives all kinds of ideas for the wip.
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Great prizes as usual! Have a great weekend everyone!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE!!!! :wave:
Hope you have an awesome birthday Julie, my bestfriends birthday is today too, she turned 30. So we are out celebrating at the beach!
Have a great weekend everyone, I will be at the beach till Tuesday.:D
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http://www.plotmonkeys.com/wp-images/smilies/cocktail.png HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JULIE. I am enjoying birthdays more and more as time goes by.http://www.plotmonkeys.com/wp-images/smilies/cake.png
What are you doing to celebrate? I love the peddicure & message idea, even if it doesn’t come witha cabana boy. MY DH will just have to rise to the occasion.http://www.plotmonkeys.com/wp-images/smilies/icon_happy2.gif
I hope that some good books are included in your birthday haul. You know, just under the little boxes of jewelery.
Have a great party.http://www.plotmonkeys.com/wp-images/smilies/multiplespotting.gif
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Have a great birthday! What a fabulous day for it. The summer is here. Great prize. Have a wonderful weekend.
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What a delicious prize!
Happy Birthday Julie!!!! I hear your a big Harry Potter fan. Me too! Not many days left for the movie or the book!
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Happy Birthday Julie!!!:party::present::cake: Hope you have a great one! Have a great weekend everyone!
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Happy Birthday Julie! Enjoy the day!
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happy bday julie. love that boy.:party:
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Happy Birthday to Julie! It’s your special day so kick back and relax. As always another yummy prize from the plotmonkeys! Hope everyone has a great weekend. Janelle, hope the heatwave ends soon.
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HAPPY B-DAY JULIE!
Great prize Janelle,the body washes sound sooo yummy.:love2::love2:
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Stacy & Cherylann, we plan to stick around for a good long time. You all are too much fun!
Darla — Sorry, but the cabana boy doesn’t come with the Buttercream Frosting. But man, what a great combination, huh?
Jodie — Everytime I post a hunk, I think of you! :wink:
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE.
NICE PRIZE–HOPE I WIN.
ALICE IN TEXAS
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Happy Birthday! Hope you have a great time. Love your books! Keep on writing!
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Happy Birthday Julie! May all your birthday wishes come true. Have a great day! Save some cake and ice cream for us!…………..Holly
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Wow!!! What a party! Can’t believe I’m late…sorry! I was out to lunch…nothing fancy–take out with my daughter!–but a reason to get out of my pajamas, LOL!
Dinner tonight with family is going to rock! We’re going out this year…the chicken parmigiana at Carrabbas is calling to me.
Someone asked about my Harry Potter fan status–it’s major. I asked for the CD of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, as well as Chamber of Secrets, for my birthday. I’m currently listening to Sorcerer’s Stone for the first time in years. Wow, it’s fabulous revisiting the characters from the very beginning.
Anyway, now I’m off to write! Even birthdays can’t get in the way of a few good pages!
THANK YOU ALL!!!!!!
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Happy Birthday. . . and ooh, nice bday present on the blog there. Yummy eye candy there.
Lois
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Happy Birthday Julie!
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Happy Birthday Julie.
A very appropriate book b/c we also have high temps here in Canada. Love the prize pack.
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I don’t think I am eligible for today’s prize as I just won a book from Julie earlier this week. She said it is on the way! Can’t wait. Thanks Julie & all the Plotmonkeys for being so generous to us. :)
That is some cabana boy! My heart rate went right up! :kiss: :)
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The first weekend of summer-have a great one everyone!
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Liz
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE!!!
The prize package made me hungry!!
I am not officially on vacation until July 3rd!!!!
Jersey Shore, here we come!! Someone warn the lobsters!!!
:zzz::cocktail:
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Happy, happy birthday to you! Have a great day!
I so need a vacation! June 29 can’t get here fast enough.
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Happy Birthday, Julie. Enjoy your Special day.
What a terrific prize and that buttercream frosting sounds lucious….hmmm!
Wishing everyone a wonderful week-end and a great summer now that it is officially here.
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Hi all,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Julie!!! Enjoy your weekend!!! Thanks to all the plotmonkeys for all the great prizes. Please don’t enter me.:-) I’m still very excited from winning an ARC from Janelle. Thanks for being so generous and making this a fun place to come to.
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Happy Birthday Julie.
Hope it is a wonderful day for you.:cocktail:
What a great sounding gift pack.
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Happy B-Day Julie!:party: I hope you enjoy your special day and weekend!
What a awesome prize pack! Good luck to everyone!:thumbsup:
Have a great weekend everybody!:cooldance:
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Hey everyone…HAPPY BDAY JULIE!!!:party: I hope that you have a wonderful time today…Janelle, you are a great friend…I wish I had a friend who would send me a present like that…a cabana boy…I like the prizes for this Friday…this is the first time I have actually “entered” a contest. As you know, I am new to the plotmonkey scene…I am still trying to work my way through all the pages that I missed and haven’t explored yet…Julie Happy writing and enjoy dinner with your family tonight…Oh Janelle, when you mentioned the body creams, my mind went straight to the gutter…thanx…ttyl…Peace:wink:
Aside…I added my myspace link…it is in the rough stages because I am not that great with creating wonderful webpages…like Jen’s for instance…Jen loved your page and I found that we like a lot of the same tv shows and music…
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Hey guys, I noticed that there is another Paula in the group…my response was number 76 and I am changing my response name to Paula R. I hope that I did not confuse anyone….
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Happy Birthday Julie – hope you have a wonderful day!
Love the prizes Janelle – the body washes sound divine.
Have a great weekend everyone.
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Happy Birthday Julie! Hopefully you get some good prizes! The ones Janelle is giving away are great! Yum Strawberry!
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Have a great time with the family.:love2:
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Hope you have a Happy Birthday and you get what you want. Enjoy your day.
From a fellow Gemini (mine was on the 11th)
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Happy birthday!
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First & foremost, Happy Birthday, Julie!!
Second…Janelle, awesome prize!! I have some of the buttercream frosting body spray and it’s abso-friggin-lutely lush!!!
Happy Friday, everyone!!
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Happy Birthday Julie:party:
May all your birthday wishes come true:cake:
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Happy Birthday Julie, Wow….I want your prize.:party:
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Happy Birthday Julie!!
What a great prize package ~ with no guilt
Have a great weekend
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Happy Birthday, Julie!
Fabulous prize!
Thank goodness it’s Friday! I hope everyone has a great weekend!
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Chiming in late, but couldn’t pass up an opportunity to say Happy Birthday Julie!! Hope you’re celebrating in style!!
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Happy Birthday Julie!
What a wonderful prize for the Heat Wave you guys are having in California. I actually have your book on my Pick Up list, I would definetly read it if I won this Wonderful prize. Count me In! 
Happy Friday Everyone!!!
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Happy Birthday Julie
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Happy Birthday, Julie!!!
I hope you have/had a wonderful day!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE!!!!!
Janelle, I know what you mean about those teenagers…I really don’t know where they get off thinking the world owes them a living and I hate when they think they must perform and act like idiots my kids too know to hold a door open for others especially when you see its a old person or someone handicapped…. they just like to show off for their friends I guess and think its not cool to be considerate…they will learn soon, I am sure…
Donna
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Happy Birthday Julie! I hope you had a fabulous day! :)
Janelle those are great prizes! You guys always come up with the coolest ideas! I’ve heard of Jaqua from you guys before and checked out their site. Their lotions and everything on there sounds so delicious! I would LOVE to win this prize! Have a great weekend. :)
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Janelle, Please don’t consider me for the giveaway. I recently won the ARC of your anthology (BTW, great story), so, want to give others a chance.
Julie, want to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY–have a great evening with the family, & hope the upcoming year is terrif & healthy for you & the family!
Patricia A.
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Hope you have a fun and wonderful day! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!:present::party:
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Happy birthday!
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Happy Birthday!!
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Happy Birthday, Julie!!!!
I love the prize, Janelle! Yummy but with zero calories lol.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE!
:present:
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Happy birthday JULIE. Have a great weekend everyone.What a great prize package .
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Have a great weekend, and I hope you find a way to keep cool, just like you giveaway.
Happy Birthday Julie.
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Happy Birthday to youoo…..Happy Birthday to youooo…Happy Birthday dear Julie, Happy Birthday to yoouuuuuooooooo!
I sang along with my birthday candle that plays the birthday tune. It is so cute! Also, I am playing a musical card that has the tune also. Love those Hallmark cards! I have one that plays, Walking in Sunshine. Love that tune!
Have a Walking in Sunshine day on your Birthday! I hope you get a fantastic birthday present!
I would love to be entered in your contest for the book and wonderful body washes. I will slather them on just to tempt my tempting hubby with!
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happy birthday julie!
the book will make the heat wave even hotter! and i’ve been wanting to try Jaqua. 