Holidailies 31

My birthday was a lot of fun! This morning, I drove down to Sudberry House in Old Lyme to check out their boxes and needlework patterns. I should have gotten up earlier so I could have spent more time there! But I'll go back again sometime, I'm sure.

Then I went to visit Laura and see her Christmas tree. I missed it while I was in Germany, and she has so many more ornaments now! The new ones from this year are extra-special. And even though I'm very familiar with a lot of Laura's ornaments (from her December posts), it's different to see them in person. I didn't realize how tiny the cat was, for instance. And next year she can start a new "garden pest" section!

After the tree visitation we headed to Middletown (stopping at the Rocky SBUX on the way). Once there, I got a library card for the Russell Library. Happy birthday to me! Then we had a late lunch/early dinner at It's Only Natural and did a little shopping in the Main Street Market. Finally, we came to my house so Laura could see MY tree, and had birthday cake with Marty (who had just come in from work). We were laughing that Marty and Laura last saw each other six years ago today, at my 30th birthday party, which is where we first tried Laura's Macaroni and Cheese Deluxe. It's still as yummy as ever!

So it was a super birthday. Thank you to my readers and friends for the nice e-mail messages and comments, too!

And if you're wondering, that's Michel Foucault mugging among my birthday cards. Thank you, Mary! Who says grad school didn't warp our senses of humor? "The judges of normality are present everywhere!"