I turned 34 today – in hexadecimal! My brother emailed me from Florida to let me know he had bought me a birthday cake and that it was darn good. He aslo planned to take me somewhere special for lunch – he is supposed to let me know how that went. I hope we left good tip, I’m sure the service was wonderful and that I had cheesecake for dessert. Dale and the kids got me my favorite chocolates and a lapdesk – I had asked for one of my own since my daughter and I have been sharing hers. Now I’m drinking a “buttery nipple” . Dale and I ate at Applebees Saturday night for an early celebration and we had spent most of the day just yard-saling and hanging out. All in all, not a bad birthday LOL. Everyone is fairly healthy right now and that is the biggest blessing. Thanks to Sally and Sharon who provided pizza goodness at lunch.

We also had our lockdown drill today. The only black spot in the day. Too much reality – it could and does happen anywhere. I can’t spend too much time thinking about kids with guns or I would lock myself and my kids in our home in some kind of safe room and probably end up dead from starvation. Lots of choices these days, guns in school, North Koreans with nukes, and health food that will poison you – good reason to stick with Baileys.