First of all, thank you to everybody who sent me birthday wishes. It was a lovely weekend and I appreciate all the warm thoughts. We took the family and headed to Nacogdoches to visit the in-laws for the weekend. Nacogdoches is home to Stephen F Austin University, and a hospital. It is also in the middle of East Texas. This means that it is a magical combination of educated, cultured individuals and completely ignorant, back-woods citizens who don’t understand the dangers of in-breeding. (It makes for one heck of a Christmas festival). It is this kind of unique combination of cultures that led us to dine at “Asian City” where they have large hibachi grills and the waiters play harmonica. Yes, I said harmonica. We watched them slice & dice our vegetables and then they played “Happy Birthday” on the harmonica. We had some dear friends join us and as I wore my birthday, princess tiara (thanks, Rennie & Chris) I could not have felt more blessed or appreciated. Overall, it was a fantastic birthday. I ate cake, my mother-in-law let me sleep in, and I got to watch the Olympics.