Anele...with all you have going on I am so pleased you found this thread and sent your wishes. Thank you ! DH is a special guy. If it weren't for him I know I wouldn't be meditating and that has led to so much more as far as my piece of mind....which he then benefits from. A win/win situation for sure. I am so glad to hear from you and look forward to news of the new little girl when she arrives. c

Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes. I had a really great day. They raised $10,000 for the shelter and I'm sure they'll wind up with lots of donations of goods because it was made known what the shelter needs in every day necessities. The weather was kind enough to co-operate so that was a great plus. My team didn't win....we were unfortunately in the first flight and competing against some pretty low handicaps. However, we all played well enough to enjoy ourselves. I always say, I just want to play good enough to enjoy myself, winning is just frosting on the cake. In this case, the prizes were minimal. The idea was to give as much to the shelter as possible which is as it should be. I did, however, win a door prize. A one month free membership to a local gym. It is the one prize I was hoping for so that made me happy. I gave it to DH. Sure hope he uses it. This has been a really great birthday. Yesterday some friends took me out to lunch and we went to the movies afterwards to see The Help. Great acting. The movie was 2 1/2 hours long and when it was over, you were shocked to see how late it was, so I can safely say it didn't drag. Tomorrow I was suppose to go to my favorite restaurant with DH for dinner but I think Irene will be putting a squash to that. Oh well, like Glenda, I'll just keep on celebrating. There's still a few days left in the month!

Despite all the back problems, I really did have a great day. Stayed for lunch after golf even though I was hurting. One of the ladies had a hole-in-one last week and was buying everyone a drink today to celebrateâ¦..it's tradition. I was splitting a sandwich with a friend today and she insisted on picking up the bill. although we didn't go to the fancy restaurant we were planning on, it was obvious that DH was disappointed we were not going out, so I got out of my nighties and put on some slacks and a pretty top and off we went for Chinese. So glad I forced myself. I tried a new dish, whole fish flash fried and served with pine nuts and sweet and sour sauce. It was delicious. Even DH thought it was outstanding and he doesn't like fish! Thanks, again for all the good wishes.

I hope each of you has a truly happy day. H a p p y B i r t h d a y ! Shirley