Thank you all so much! It was so wonderful and I began a couple of days ago, it goes until lunch on Monday when my boss takes me out. Linda, he gave me the sweetest card. The greeting was "Dear Birthday Girl". He's only 11, who is he calling girl? I had to laugh! Y'all are the best. Sol, will you sing Rockin' Robin? ;)

Happy Birthday, Diane, I hope you and Doc are still out celebrating, and that you come back here and tell us all about it. Annie

Wow. Reading these birthday greetings has made my day, lower-lip-quivering and all. Thanks to your kind and thoughtful wishes, I'm back to my ol' dysfunctional self, and I wouldn't trade this for anything. My day started out as expected. Feeling like a hammer fell out of the sky and landed on my face. You see, I stopped liking birthdays the day I turned 30 25. I digress. The day was unusually placid and uneventful. Thumper got me a beautiful basket of miniature red roses and then made sure to add: "Mom, I hope you like your present, 'cause I paid for it with my own money." Anyway, the boys took me shopping for kitchen stuff. And I hope you will forgive me when I confess that I walked out of W & S empty-handed. Instead, I went a few doors down to ... a shoe store. That's right. Momma's got a new pair of shoes! No, no sexy stiletto heels for me. That proverbial glass slipper hasn't fit me in years. Instead, I got Convies! ... with flames on the sides! I know. I had been eyeing them for months. And Jim says they match my attitude. I don't know what he's talking about. HISSSSSSSSSSS! All in all, the day turned out to be like a drug-free acid trip, punctuated by your lovely wishes, pictures and birthday songs perfomed by Luigi's musically talented amphibians. And I'm saving this entire thread. Thank you one and all! Sol

Thanks for the birthday birthday wishes, lol. No rest for the wicked...a morning of meetings, but at least they were with people I like. Cathy, it was a gorgeous day. We all sat down the street from the CdA Resort and gazed longingly out a wall of windows watching people enjoy the park outside. Annie, a long weekend sounds wonderful, but I gotta work today and Saturday. I'll do my best to catch the train to Margaritaville the rest of the weekend, hehe.