I've been doing better than most in making new posts to my blog, but I felt the pressure to make one again since so many others have.

My birthday was loverly. First the family went to Joe's Crab Shack in Greenbriar for dinner as my mom's treat. The service was painfully slow as it always is, the food was just ok, but I still had fun because I like going there and watching the servers dance in the aisles. After that was a trip to Best Buy. I got "SSX: Tricky" for the Xbox... yeah yeah I know.. I already have it for the Gamecube.. couldn't be helped. It is my favourite game and the Xbox version has slightly improved lighting effects AND hours and hours of DVD content the Gamecube version doesn't have. I also got "Mario Vs Donkey Kong" for the GBA. It's a fun little puzzle game. I like it a lot. Lastly, I got the 2-DVD Depeche Mode "Devotional" package. That's the tour we met them on and I absolutely love the staging for the show. They did a great job bringing it to DVD. That purchase when compared to the Duran Duran DVD releases and my less than stellar opinion of Astronaut has made me have to finally face the fact that I'm really over Duran Duran. Depeche Mode has been much kinder to me as a fan.

On my actual birthday Brie and I went on a double date with Michelle and Brian to Pisces in Suffolk. It's a very cool little Seafood ~ Steak ~ Raw Bar that is not what you would expect out here in the stix. We gorged ourselves on Oysters-in-the-half-shell and 2 bottles of Merdian Shiraz. Then we went down the street to Baron's Pub for some more drinks, but there was this typical blues based bar bland playing to loud for us to talk so we called it a night. They got me a bottle of Polish Potato vodka.. can't wait to try it out!

There is more to post. The kids in swim classes, Sebastian getting Foot, Hand, and mouth disease. Our plans for the holiday(s) but that will all have to wait. For now I must go make Tamale Pie for dinner!