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About Table for Five:
First there was me and my husband, and then there were two wonderful sons. And then there was a new baby coming! One day, we walked into a restaurant, and the waitress asked how many? I said, table for four, please. Then I turned to my husband and said, when the baby comes, we'll need to ask for a table for five. And the rest, as they say, is history. I hope you enjoy my posts, reviews, photos, and giveaways!
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I had a surprisingly good day yesterday. I’ve been building it up in my mind for so long, how I was going to turn Forty, and how that would mean I was so old, and not knowing if that would mean a whole day of being completely bummed out. Instead, I ended up having a pretty darn good day.
I went to my favorite coffee place for a birthday Mocha and Cinnamon Roll, then spent some time reading blog comments, then went to lunch with my best friend at Red Lobster, followed by some thrift-store shopping. Here’s a photo the waitress took at Red Lobster, you can see Kaitlyn’s black eye that she got running into our computer table on Saturday.
When I got home and checked my blog post, I found that I already had over a hundred comments wishing me a Happy Birthday! Thank you so much everyone who mentioned it on your own blog, or emailed your friends, because you made me feel really, really special. I honestly thought I might not even get forty comments!
Chris took us out for dinner, and I picked Red Robin because I knew the kids would like their food and I also knew I would get a free birthday dessert. I did not intentionally choose two restaurants with the word “Red” in the title. The photos are on my Flickr page, but here’s my favorite:
Best Dad in the world
So now I am 40. I have to check a different set of boxes on questionnaires, and it’s only ten more years until I can join the AARP. And yet, I still feel like I’m in my twenties, and I guess that’s what really matters.
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Oliver’s got a black eye too — we should get these two together. LOL!
You are so cute!
And is it bad that I’m giggling at Kaitlyn’s black eye because mine do the same thing? Sometimes I swear people think we beat up our kids, but in reality, the kids do it to themselves as we gasp in horror…
Like I said yesterday, you are twenty… just two twenties!
And I’m actually looking forward to being able to check off that box on all the job applications I’ve been sending out. Apparently there must be some sort of preference in hiring over 40.
Happy belated birthday, and be glad you aren’t as old as the amount of POSTS you got! Glad to see you are feelin the love!
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!!! You look rocking in that photo. and 117 birthday wishes from the blogosphere, that’s GREAT!
That first pic of Kaitlin with her eyes at half mast? Looks like she had a couple of the old Red Lobster, if you know what I mean. “Hey Sully, pour me anuddah white russian in my sippycup, willya?”
over 100 comments? what are ya, …Dooce?
I SUCK AND KNEW I WOULD FORGET! OMG.. HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY! SO MUCH HAPPY FOR YOU! i hope this year is awesome and it’s great and and and and i’m soooo sorry for being late!
I thought about the “red” think before you mentioned it in your post. We think alike. 
I’m glad you had a great day—people waiting on you for lunch and dinner is THE BEST! Cute pictures!!!
Late, but still heartfelt.
Happy day!
Can you send me the name of the painkillers Kaitlyn is on in that lunch picture? I could use those most days at work!
Just kidding.
Glad you had a great day!
Hey Elizabeth!
Great to see you today. Happy belated birthday. You look great for 40 (weak smile) who would have thunk it. Hope to see you around.
Sarah
YOU LOOK GREAT for 40!
Hell, you look great for mid 30s…….so rock on sister!
You look really happy in that photo. I’m glad you had such a great day and there is definitely something to be said for not having to cook at all!
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