"SURPRISE"..........A Letter from My Friend.

SURPRISE......

Once upon a time there was a Georgia Blogger named Sue who was turning the Big 60!

Now Sue said she wanted no fuss for the big occasion and her blogging friends said Hogwash!

The Blog gals always look for any excuse to throw a party and Sue's 60th. is one party the blog gals all wanted to celebrate.....Plans were made far in advance...There was much chatter going on about the exact date of the party....So much chatter on emails and phone calls that the blog gals were causing more chaos over at Yahoo and AT&T then Nancy Pelosi causes in D.C.

The Plan was to pin Sue down to a definite return date from the "Motherland" to visit her daughter and her littlest clone sweet Sophie.....Joyce tried and tried and one day when they were out to lunch with Cheryl to find out a date...Sadly no return date was uttered by Sue....Usually Sue utters quite often about all sorts of nonsense but that day Sue's lips were sealed....After many e-mails and sneaky ways of finding an ETA back to Georgia a date was finally set with a few days to spare.....

Joyce decided to tell Sue the party was a Halloween luncheon.....Betty (aka Joyce) was hanging out playing with flour for a month to create some edible treats for the surprise 60th....

All sorts of cookies and cakes and a meal of Pumpkin Lasagna were prepared to satisfy Sandra Lee's (aka Sue) discerning pallet....The Amazing Tablescape, which would have made Susan from "Between Naps on the Porch" envious, was set a week before the big EVENT......

Between moving and house hunting...Cheri was searching for the perfect crown to adorn Sue's locks at the birthday bash....Gals rearranged schedules...including some of Sue's home town friends....to be there on time....Cards were collected for a month from bloggers both here and afar....

Everyone wanted to be part of Sue's 60th. birthday celebration....

Ah....the best laid plans of mice and men were not to be....Rose sent Joyce an important FYI...An e-mail from Sue arrived in Rose's e-mail stating Sue's return from the Motherland was going to be delayed....Joyce and Cheri immediately investigated this information and sent Sue some bogus e-mails inquiring Sue's exact return date....Sue's response sadly confirmed the party was not to be....

Knowing this crazy group of Bloggers it was not surprising that everyone laughed about Sue missing her own Surprise Party....Guess you can say the Surprise is on all of us....

Moral of the Story is never plan a surprise party.....As they say in Joisey....

"Just Fagetabouit".....

Sue.....I wish you a Happy 60th. Birthday....

Joyce.

Not only did Joyce plan this wonderful party in my honor she took the time to contact all my blogging friends who surprised me with wonderful cards from all over the

Country!!.........and Canada!

The one above came all the way from my dear friend Eli in Italy.....

I want to thank everyone who took the time to think of me on my birthday and to send your best wishes.....I was truly touched by your kindness........

And to Joyce and Cheri......You guys are the best and I am very grateful that through the

Magic of Blogging we have become friends.....

Because of events due to the passing of our Boo we decided to extend our trip rather then return to a Boo-less House...

I am very sad that I missed the party.......

Thank you from the bottom of my heart.