I'm glad I'm not the only one guilty of missing things like that. I'm also so glad though that I did end up seeing it! It is such a heart warming feeling when one finds out people have been thinking of you even when you don't realize it.

Pam, thanks for asking about David. He has been having a difficult time with finding anything so far, but he's really trying. He has put over 50 resumes/applications out there and recently bought a book one of his former co-workers recommended on finding jobs/careers that is supposed to be very helpful. One thing that has really become evident to me is how loved he was at his last job. He has former co-workers calling him 3 or 4 times a week, asking him how he's doing, or inviting him out to lunch and so on. Even his boss (not the one who laid him off, it was someone even higher than his boss who made that decision) from their corporate headquarters in Minneapolis called him to see how he's doing last week. They threw a little birthday lunch/party for him on Thursday. Some of them are even trying to help him look around for any job leads and letting him know anything they think he might want to look into.

We had a wonderful day for his birthday yesterday. I didn't really get any expensive gift due to us keeping a tight rein on our finances, and rather than get some cheap useless gift, I tried to give him a wonderful memorable day instead. The night before while he was sleeping, I set up the table with a vase of roses, a card, a bottle of champaign, and two champaign glasses. He rises very early, always before I do. After he had been up a bit, I got up and showed him the real treat, a cheesecake with fudge swirled in it . I took him to a movie he really wanted to see, one I normally might not have gone to (Alien Vs Predator), he really enjoyed that. Then we spent a big chunk of the afternoon sitting out in the back yard in lawn chairs with the dogs and talking about the yard and ideas and plans we might want to do with it. Then we came in and I ordered pizza and we had pizza and settled in the den downstairs to watch some TV. Afterward we had the yummy cheesecake of course. It was a very peaceful and pleasurable day.

Tonight his family is throwing their party with a dinner at his Mom's and I think then his brothers are taking him out to bar-hop or something but I will probably bow out of that since I'm not a big bar fan. They are often too loud and crowded for my taste and I usually am ready to come home much sooner than everyone else. But I think he will enjoy it.

Were you expecting a large essay as an answer Pam? LOL . Isn't it odd that although this year things are more insecure than they have been in many years, it seems like he is having his happiest birthday in a long time? I'm so glad. It makes me feel like God is definitely watching over us, and that everything is going to be just fine.