Can You Take One More Birthday Celebration?

Good morning and welcome Through My Back Door.Of course there is coffee and yellow cake with the world's best caramel icing! My mother's reicpe and it can't be beat and is soooo easy. Anyway I want to share my  birthday celebration with you, that Deb and the girls planned. AS you know Beth, Ryan, and Amelia moved back while I was at the beach. You know also that Curt and Linz did too. With me gone, them moving, then when I got home, helping Beth get settled, we have all been extremely busy. Curt and Linz have bought a house too, but won't get to move in for a while, so they are staying with Beth. They were at the beach the week I got back, soooo, to make a long story short we had to wait until yesterday to celebrate. There had been several celebrations and I knew this was the last one.
The day started at 10 am with all of us getting pedicures.

Deb took this picture, so she is missing. We had so much fun and laughed ourselves silly. The technicians were delighted to have all 5 of us and bantered back and forth with us,

After that we headed for our favorite store Marshalls. Beth did some house shopping, Amanda did some kid shopping and Deb, Linz, and I just shopped.
The next stop on our agenda, was Lulu's for lunch.

We love Dena and her tea room. The food is so good. I invite you to eat there if you are in the area. You won't be disappointed.

All of us. Why do the people who are closest to the camera, look the biggest? lol
Well we ate our lunch, laughed and talked, and talked and laughed. We had such a good time and I knew it was the last birthday celebration of this year for me, so this happened. I just can't give it up!

I am NOT faking! I stood up to go, my knee popped and I got so sick I thought I was going to die! Beth and the girls were fanning me, and Deb is taking pictures! Hello, what was wrong with that picture? The servers were quite upset, but Deb explained we had a doctor and a nurse(Linz) with us. It was so darned funny, we all had to laugh.Beth asked if I was having any chest, arm pain, etc, and I said no. In between the feeling I was going to pass out I was laughing too. Oh goodness and we had just commented on how healthy I am!!!!!   I know most people wouldn't share this, but what the heck! I thought you might enjoy it.lol
After about 15 minutes, I was fine and could walk down the stairs. We went back to Debs and I put ice on it for about an hour and now it is fine. This has happened a time or two (not the nausea from the pain) so I foresee a visit with an orthopod when he gets home! Where is the Mr. Dr. Dabbs when I need him.lol
After we rested a bit, Deb and I went down to Beths and with help from Curt and Linz got Caroline's room set up. BTW guess who kept Amelia for Beth to get to go yesterday? Her uncle Curt. Is he not a jewel?
It was a wonderful day, even with the knee episode, and it is always a wonderful day when YOU come Through My Back Door where life is good.
betty
PS:FYI We were in a private room and no one saw the shennanigans I put on!lol
PSS: I redid my front porch and have to say I am happy with it.

PSSS: I want to share one gift. A few months ago Amanda called me one day and said she had an idea she wanted to share with me. She was giving me a journal and we would both write in it and pass it back and forth. I was so touched by this. So she gave me a beautiful leather journal for my birthday with an inscription and the first post, which I will reply too and give it back. Some of you may want to do this with family members. I will keep you posted on how it is going.