A Glutton for Good Wishes ;-)

Happy Birthday to me. So far the day has started uneventfully with at least three of my kids my husband, and 54 Facebook friends wishing me a happy birthday, along with 4 who sent texts, and a couple more who emailed. Grateful for a wonderful family, for great friends, and even for Facebook acquaintances who are always good about saying Happy Birthday.

But now I must get to work... After an update or two for oyu:

Things continue to go the wrong direction for Ricardo - hoping he'll turn things around.

Jimmy is doing a great job of keeping up with housework in exchange for his room and board while everyone else is at school. The house hasn't been this clean in years. I know he really wants to start work... but....

Isaac's first birthday party and Gabby's baptism are coming up in October...

Dominyk thinks he is starting football today. I know all the coach sees is "6'1, 240 lbs" but he is going to be an organizational nightmare and has NO idea the rules of football....

The next book -- which is the one everyone has been waiting to read for years -- the one that is going to include lots of my quirky sense of humor -- should be out by mid-october.

I have so much work to do!