Hey all...
Thanks Squirrel for the new couch, it's lovely.
((mastodon)) you are wonderful, kind, thoughtful and intelligent.

The party went off without a hitch...I had a little old Italian woman rave about my eggplant, she went on and on about it. I didn't have the heart to tell her it wasn't real cheese, and there was no egg in it. The "family" came, and it went fine, I actually got some insight from my daughter about dealing with the older, rude girl in the family. My dog almost tore the father's hand off though (Sadie is quite a good judge of character!). My absolute favorite nephew came (don't tell the others he's my fav) all the way from CT, a 4 hour drive. So good to see him.