Yo Brenda. There's a history and protocol for the Jarhead Red wine. If you go to their .com website you can read all about it. Hiya Horton. Hope all is well in the permafrost. Ahhhh .. The snow be a melted now, so I suspect that would slog down the dog teams. The RCG could have dropped the poop about the BDs but they were busy here with a raid on the TN this last week. Bless them all! :-) Ya didn't miss much. Same ol' same ol' at Camp Nappy. Thanks for the BD greeting. Mr. Nixon is indeed peachy. Rumor has it that Hawaii may soon be added as a State. We'll see. Mr. Semper is trying to avoid his real BD I suspect to distance himself from the Bastille Day celebrations. He is MORE than welcome to become a 13th Day Adventist or Celebrant with us. When ya think of it ... One cannot celebrate the birth of Mr. Fi enough, can one? 13 oooooRAH!salute! Hi Sarah. Thanks for the wishes. How's your boo boo foot / ankle bootie coming along? Hi Herb! Speaking of which, when IS Herb's BD? We should celebrate him too! :-) C3D

2 bumps: Jessy: I have to leave soon , so I got all the guys to come here and sing to all the ones that I have missed. Ok Jessy ??? Thanks !!! Ready guys? Ready Lou ! OK LOU , Here we go ! Happy BIRRRRTHDAYYY!!! to YOUUU!!! Happy BIRTHDAYYY to YOUUUUUUUUUUuu~~~~~~~~~~~~ HAPPY BIRRRTHDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaa Evvvvrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeebbbbbbooodddddddddddyyyyyyy !!!!!!!!! Happy BIRTHDAYYYYYYYYYYYY !!! to youuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!! DOO WOPA DOOO OOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RAY ! WHOOOOO !!CHEAR! CHEAR ! CLAP! CLAP! HOOT! HOOT!!! BOOM ! BOOM !!!WOOOHIEEEEEEEEEE !!!!! YAE DOOO WOPA DOO ! Haaaappyyyyy Birrrrrthdaaaaaaaaaay tooooooo youuuuuu Tweeeeeeeeetttt!!!!! YAHOOOOOO!!!!!!!! LOU Wuuuuuooooeeeeeee!!! Stop that Jessy. Kermit did you see that ?????? Yeh! She is something else.

I'm definitely still celebrating, so no problem with being late to the party - it's still going on today!! The stove is scheduled to arrive today between 2:45 and 4:45 PM Pacific Time, and so it's not due for another hour and a half at the very earliest. I cleared a path, and now all I have to do is finish cleaning the rest of the kitchen, which is not essential, but will be nice. We got most of the path cleared yesterday, but there really wasn't a whole lot we had to do. Everything I moved today is easily portable - a couple of things are on casters, and so they roll in and out of place. It might be too dark by the stove is in place to take pictures today, but I can always use a flash. I think winter is over, however, as it is supposed to be 75° by tomorrow, but it will still be cool enough here for me to do some serious baking! Actually, it's usually not hot in the summer either - and anyway I have A/C. I'm still excited about the stove! Lars

Thank you again, everyone! Jessicavanderhoff, with Winter Sowing, your seeds are planted inside of a milk jug (or other plastic container). Some of my more tender annuals (Cosmos, Mexican Sunflower, Dill and a few others) look as if they did get a little cold but all my perennial seeds and hardy annuals held up fine! Sharon, I'm glad that I do :). People tell me I'm a funny person. A sense of humor is one of the best things anyone can have. Teresa, it's a gorgeous cake with an even more gorgeous flavor LOL. Thanks for the well wishes in my cooking adventures! Jessyf, you're wonderful doing all of these birthday threads! Glad to know I'm at a place where I belong :) Brad AKA Moonwolf