Happy Birthday to me!!

What a wonderful day...started with a lovely dinner last night, and a terrific day today. So many thoughtful emails, phone calls, and cards from all around DC and the rest of the country. I'm so lucky to have such amazing friends and family who always know just what to say. Thank you, everyone, for making me feel so special.

'Tis the season

For updating blogs, apparently...some that haven't provided us with new reading material in many months have once again sprung into action - which I very much appreciate.

So, Happy New Year to everyone...it certainly is for me and mine. The start of a new decade for me, with a kick-ass birthday party to celebrate my new round number...A new house in a new city in a new state (yet commuting distance to the nation's capital), which my husband is currently painting...his diligence due in no small part to the other "new" news, which is that we will be expecting a new baby, come sometime in July. Which, handily, gets me out of painting and other activities involving toxic fumes. Heh. Well-played. I'm sure this year is going to be full of all sorts of new-ness, and as everyone tells us, "Your lives will change more than you could possible imagine." Well, sure. Or as Joely would say, "Obvy."

So, I guess I'll go make cookies or take a nap or something...now that the first-trimester queasiness has for the most part waned, I'm waiting for that burst of energy everyone assures me is just around the corner.