I love my precious rose buddies!!!! Oh yes...David wined and dined me! Very romantic and sweet. Patricia you are such a love!!! We just went out for a nice supper...we're planning on a trip to Washington DC to see the Smithsonian so we're saving up every penny we can. I want to see a part each day and take our time...not be rushed. I want to savor every minute!!! I haven't decided exactly WHEN we will go but I know we will! Deb

Carla, You know, I should go out there sometime and count them all...I really don't know just how many there are! I know I have well over 200 mature bushes, (possibly 250) but if cuttings I've rooted and suckers taken on our rose-rustles count, then I have closer to 300. Yikes....I have no idea where I'll put them all. And there's so many more I just HAVE to order for Spring...lol. Celeste

Happy belated Birthday Deb :) In my defense... I was able to wish her Happy Birthday yesterday AND receive hugs and kisses as reward. Sorry about the confusion. I didn't think about that when we registered the diggerndeb account. I must have thought everyone knew my birthday was 9/29.... LOL. Our anniversary was the 28th so we have had a grand time the last week. Deb got her snow before Thanksgiving and it was a wonderful weekend. We had more snow yesterday for her birthday. She is in 7th heaven :) *I'm worn out and bet not a soul feels sorry for me* Can't wait to show her this post. Y'all are great :) Harry, Deb is gonna say "You must be drunk" and will love your comment. dave

Oh! Thank you everybody!! ItÂs wet and soggy here, but IÂm having a nice dayÂkids are at school, LOL! IÂm celebrating my 50th birthday today by having all the kids have a "spend the night" guest. WeÂll have spaghetti and birthday cake. Yippee! I AM counting my NYC trip as part of MY birthday celebration, even though it was REALLY for She and I spent 4 days in NYC! We took the Acela train from DC. It was wonderfully civilized! Lindsay liked (Ã la Star Trek) between the cars. Having already done all the obligatory monuments, etc, we got to really travel the city like locals. The first night we stayed at the Hilton on 53rd & 6th (Avenue of the Americas). The other nights we stayed at an apt on 55th and 2nd. WeÂd leave at 8:00 in the morning and didnÂt head "home" until 9:00 or 10:00 p.m. I knew it would be a good trip by bedtime the first day. We wandered upon filming for a We watched on the street for a couple of hours. He never got out of the car, but we were thrilled to see him. Finally we decided to head to our hotel. We walked down the street that had all the trailers. No one was around. Suddenly Nicolas Cage walked out of a trailer, right onto the street right in front of us! We squealed like little school girls! He walked up to us, chatted with us for a few moments (well, HE chatted; we babbled and drooled and shook!). He let me take a picture of . Ugh! I couldnÂt even hold the camera still or see the view finderÂI took a picture when he blinked! He was SOOOO gracious! I LOVE him even more now! But hey, Lindsay was so excited! We could barely sleep that night! We saw Mamma Mia the next day! Fabulous! We spent a day and a half in Central Park (and even ), walked all over the place. We didnÂt actually do a lot of shopping. We wanted to be out on the streets and see the sights! We walked through most of the neighborhoodsÂ.Lower East Side, Chinatown, Little Italy, Nolita, TriBeCa, East Village, Soho, Greenwich Village, Chelsea, Meat Packing DistrictÂwe logged some serious miles! We tried to eat something in every neighborhood. We were stuffed by the time we left! Our last was breakfast at Max BrennerÂs, (OMGosh!) Âall the time!! We had a GREAT time! A wonderful 13th (for her) and 50th for me!! Thank you again for the wonderful wishes!