11/14/09 Em loves bday dinner, birds, movie night

Called Em. Just wanted to know what she thought about her bday party. She loved it. Well, what's not to love at Villagios and the company was great. Luke and I shared our fav memories of Em as a baby and little girl; Bobby shared his fav memories of Em when they first met. It was fun and the food was amazing. I skipped lunch so I could have a pasta in cream sauce dish. I got one with juicy shrimp and scallops. Good scallops are one of my fav foods ever.

But I was happy to hear her say that she loved it.

I went to a new location in Carmel to pick up the cake I ordered for Em's family bday on Sunday.

Directions are not easy for me. I get nervous when I'm going somewhere that I haven't been before. I followed the simple directions that Luke got for me and voila . . . . I found Classic Cakes. I was thinking of getting a cookie while I was there. As I drove up, someone was leaving in their dark red car. I pulled right in. Thanks angels and I pledged not to eat a cookie. Surprizingly, Classic Cakes doesn't make cookies or any other sweets. They specialize in cakes. I held my breath as they brought out Em's cake. It was . . . . better than Taylors. Much more creative and prettier with more roses.

The woman who helped me out with the big box asked me how old our Princess was (I had them write--Happy Birthday to our Princess--on the cake). I said 21. Well, why not. She looks 21. Then the woman shared about her family. Her daughter is getting married very soon. She told me that they are planning to have over 300 people. That's a lotta cake. Then she wanted to tell me about her up coming operation. I know that she was really sharing that part with Bapuji.

By the time I got home, I was tired and needed to rest. Soon Linda came by to help set up our heated bird bath. It was fun. She nestled the bath near our cactus plant between some decorative rocks. And we put out peanuts (in shell) for the squirrels.

Carl was there working on the trees. I quess he doesn't like (like) Linda. I thought they'd have a lot in common but . . . not. Oh well.

Movie night. We decided to see, "An Education, " which got 3 1/2 stars. We had dinner at Chipotle, and went on to the movie just in time to get decent seats. MKate, Luke and I all loved the movie and will be thinking about the message for sometime to come. MKate and I had decaf coffee. I fixed the popcorn with sweet surprises. Yummmy.

This is a period movie about a young girl's search for meaning in a world that undervalued women. Just before taking her college exams, she meets an older man who charms her and charms her parents as well. He shows her an easy way into a glam adult life. He takes her to concerts, bars, on week-end trips and finally to Paris. Only . . . at the end, he turns out to be married, and the girl almost loses her chance to go to college. She says . . . I wanted to do things the easy way. . . . it doesn't work that way. I'm thinking about that message.