Big Birthday Recap

There's nothing quite like waking up in the morning to 148 comments! Surely, it must have been a dream....

Nope!

Here is the REAL chocolate cake from yesterday. My hubby made German chocolate cake with chocolate cream cheese frosting! I wish you all were closer, because we still have quite a bit in the refridgerator. CJ put on the flowers and did her first cake writing. It's really hard to write "Happy 45th Bday" when your purple (it comes out black) gel icing is almost gone. I thought she did great!

Had all kinds of surprises. The kids I work with at church in the music ministry sang and played chimes for a Palm Sunday processional. The co-director told them it was my birthday, so they sang to me. That was cool! And she had this adorable lamb container with a cranberry-orange muffin mix in it. Yummy!

Then, one of the gals from the bell choir stopped by my house with a gift certificate to The Melting Pot (for fondue dinner!!) and babysitting money. They are too good to me....

The barbecue was really, REALLY good. It's a local place that does it right time after time. Collards with just the right amount of pickling! Hmmm....

I have more cows for the kitchen and a barn, too! A 4-disk set of the "Sound of Philadelphia." (Think O'Jays, Delfonics, Spinners, TSOP, etc.) A cool book on journaling (which is kind of the precursor to blogging). A beehive cake pan. Some yummy food items, too. I have some 50+SPF sun protective clothing on the way....

Special E-mails, phone calls, and lunch with a friend on Friday...and a playdate with the Chatty Girls today!

Not to mention 148 comments on the blog yesterday, and some wacky, loveable (and sometimes anonymous...and browniful) friends!

Thanks again!