Cactus Flower!

When I was in Nashville for my birthday, my best friend gave me a piece off of a cactus.  I came home and "stuck" it in a pot.  Viola`!  I noticed yesterday that it is getting ready to bloom!!  How beautiful!!

 

...more birthday pictures

more pictures from the birthday party....

My birthday cake was an Oreo cookie ice cream cake!  It was delicious!!  Couldn't forget the big "50" though....

Thanks so much Chris and DJ, for spending my birthday with me.  You guys are like family to me.

...and to Michelle and Annie - thanks for coming, and thanks Michelle for keeping me in line (and not writing on my face with fingernail polish!)

and to Debbie and Danny - thanks for the "Chip n Dales".... that was special!

and Trina.... thanks for putting up with all of us and for staying and celebrating my birthday with me.  I love you girl!

and most of all THANKS to Betty and Dave.  Thank you for making my 50th birthday something that I will remember (with a smile!)  Thanks Dave for not "dogging" me the whole weekend (and thanks Betty for keeping him in line so that he wouldn't "dog" me).  I love you all so much.  Thanks for making my birthday a very special day.

My best friend..

Well, here is my new blog!  I'm following in the footsteps of my friend Billie Mitchell and have accepted her challenge to take a picture everyday.  (find the official procedures here)

So here are my first pictures.  This is an Ornament Cake decorated by my best friend Betty in Nashville, TN. 

Betty, my best friend for almost 15 years, and her wonderful husband Dave, (who thinks of me as another one of the children - hmmm??).  They are such a cute couple and live just outside of Nashville.  It's my home away from home.  Love you guys!







And I can't forget Danny and his new bride Debbie... don't they make an adorable couple??