Turning "40" means that I will have spent half of my life with Brad by my side.
Turning "40" means that I'm "OLD" according to my kids.
Turning "40" means that I'm halfway to "80".
Turning "40" means that another day has passed & life has not stopped moving on by.
So, of course, my OLDER sister and OLDER brother felt they needed to throw a surprise birthday party for me. If you know anything about me, you should know that I HATE surprises! Brad knows this. But, he still went along with the plans. Dorinda was even in on the surprise. That might HAUNT her in the future! LOL!
Dorinda was the instigator to get me there. She called in the morning and said that she wanted to go out with us for dinner. I wanted to go to the Country Inn. She and Noah wanted to go to Channel Cats ~ to see the fishing boats. Boy, am I gullible! I told her I would call back with the time. When I saw Brad at lunch time, he said that we should go at 6:30pm. WHAT?!?!?! That is SO late for us to eat. He said we always eat late. HUH?!?! No we don't. I gave him a hard time, but he said that would be better. Then Dorinda said that would work better for her too. OK, I'm still not understanding this but I go along with it.
I went shopping on Friday afternoon with Muluken & Jordan at the mall. We met Kris and the girls there, and I even invited them out to dinner with us that evening. They said that they all had plans. Hmmm. Then, I had to pick Noah up at Uncle Steve's house. I asked them to meet us at Channel Cats for dinner too. They said they would think about it. I even called Mom to meet us for dinner and she said "maybe".
So, you might be thinking how this turned out. Well, it was about 6pm on Friday. Thirty minutes before we're to meet Dorinda at Channel Cats. Everybody was getting ready to go out for dinner, but Muluken was kind of moving slow. Noah told him to hurry up and get ready for Mom's birthday party. Muluken came right to me and said, "Mom, birthday party?" What?!?! I proceeded to ask Jordan and Noah if there was a party for me. They both ran away with grins on their faces. Terrible liars! I marched right down to Brad and asked him. He started laughing and said "I knew this was a bad idea!"
Oh, I was so mad! I tried calling Dorinda and she wouldn't answer. She knew how much I DIDN'T want a birthday party. And here she was part of it! And Brad...he knew he was in trouble!
Noah started crying because he thought he ruined everything, but I told him that I was SO HAPPY to know beforehand. I gave him big hugs and told him we had a party to get too.
So even though the "SURPRISE" was missing, the party was still fun! Here are a few pics of the birthday girl and guests!
Maggie (the other birthday girl, whose MUCH younger)
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