A lovely day overall...

Today (or should I say yesterday, since it's after midnight?) was my birthday. I try not to work on my birthday as a rule (been pretty successful, avoiding working on August 17th for 17 years...except for a half day three years ago) so I spent the day puttering around the apartment with the cats.

I wasn't in the mood to finish my crack!fic, so I added some lace to one of my blouses, played on the computer and did not get out of my pajamas until I had to get ready to go out to dinner.

Hubby, me, the kids and the grandkid went to Carrabba's Italian Grill and had a lovely meal. (Well, once the kids actually got there. They had car trouble, so hubby and I waited for 45 minutes--with a screaming baby at the table next to us--for them to arrive.)
( I asked the waiter to take a picture... )

The kids look a bit stunned, don't you think? Poor things, they had a rough time this evening...the compressor went on their a/c, which is bad since we've had two straight weeks of 100+ temperatures. My son is going to try to repair it (with help from a mechanic he has befriended here) and I hope he can get it done because otherwise, they will be suffering.

( Here's a picture of my dessert )

Which was awesome and I couldn't finish it, so I brought the rest (along with the rest of my supper) home with me.

The loot...a check from my mom, hubby is having my engagement ring repaired and paid for dinner and, if you look closely, you can see beside my plate in the picture--Season Two of the Muppet Show! Squeee! My sister told me she has posted my gift, so I'll be extending this birthday a little. :)

Tomorrow afternoon I'm having dinner with a good friend I haven't seen in ages. Can't wait!