Re: Well, Happy Birthday Ms. Lee/Qsis!
Ohhhhhhh, thank you so much, everybody! What lovely things to say to brighten up my already-bright day!
For the first time in AGES, I actually have my birthday off from work!
QBro and I got up at the crack of dawn and drove down to my aunt's house on Cape Cod (for the last time, after spending 8 months cleaning it out! But it's SOLD!) to pick up our family's Oriental rug for our living room, and a chair for my mother's assisted living apartment. We were down and back early enough to escape Memorial Day traffic, both on the Cape and through Boston!
Dropped off the rug at a professional cleaners, then my brother took me to an ENORMOUS garden center to get a plant that I've had trouble finding (a trumpet vine), some Ichiban eggplants, and more parsley to finish off my garden.
I planted everything I had, and we're just sitting in the "Back 40", in the lovely weather (73 and breezy), listening to oldies radio. Rob has gone to get some booze and appetizer-stuff for a little backyard cocktail gathering with the neighbors this evening.
He will make my birthday dinner request: Mom's Baked Chicken Wings with white rice and brussels sprouts.
My father and stepmother will call and all will be pretty damned well with the world!
I have to work tomorrow, but on Monday, will pick up my mother and take her to the nursing home to visit my aunt, and maybe bring her back here for a bit.
I hope everyone is having a nice a day as I am, but probably not, since birthdays are special, no matter how old you are!
Thanks again!!
Lee