Thank you for the birthday wishes!!! It was a good one, I must admit! I went shopping with Claire & Dayton to get Freya some presents (and a couple of little things for Dayton because spoiling is part of a grandparent's duty!). I bought Freya a package of sparkly stud earrings - I know, lazy of me to not make them, but they're hypo allergenic, there's about 15 pairs, and I couldn't do it for $10 - time just does not allow! lol). I also bought her some 'Littlest Pet Shop' toys - cute little plastic things that she's interested in right now. I was under strict order to buy myself the fm tuner/charger/handsfree thingy for my iphone/car, so I picked that up (dh has no time to shop and he sucks at it anyway! LOL). So I get to listen to my tunes in the car again - YAY!!. We had Mark, Freya, Claire, Kevin and Dayton over for dinner and ended up getting take out Chinese, and a cheesecake. Life is good if you can include cheesecake!

So yes, all in all, a wonderful birthday!
Claire, well it was bound to happen if Leon is a chaser - eventually they become catchers. Silly dood!! Hope he doesn't make a regular habit of it!!
Pam, that sucks for Frank, that's for sure. Hope there's some light at the end of the tunnel soon for him. Love the little blue notebook you bought! too cute!
Andee, I'm with Claire, holding out hope that it might get better for you eventually. Fingers crossed, one week closer to hols anyway.

to everyone else! Oh, good news, the Stellars Jay is just fine!! He was very feisty when we took him to the rehab place. They were going to give him a shot of antibiotic, let his wound heal and turn him loose, they were VERY optimistic. Yay!! On a sad note, Mark found another bird in his house that wasn't nearly so lucky - there were only bits left. *gag* I think his cat needs a collar with a really loud bell on it!! I'm so glad mine aren't mighty hunters - well, they'll occasionally bring something home, but its usually a dead rat on the front lawn, not nearly as sad as pretty birds!! Anyway, guess I best head to bed (since it's nearly 3am on Friday morning and I have to get up in a few hours!!). Have a great Friday everyone!! Cheers!