Thank you all! You are officially the first people to wish me happy birthday!! I get a great celebration today. We are driving to Novato (about an hour) to pick up a Horn Sewing Cabinet that I found on Craigslist! No more dining room table! Woo hooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I almost have DH talked into letting me take over the dining room as a sewing room...we'll see what happens when we bring it home!! I'll take photos and post 'em.
Thanks for all the good wishes...it's not easy inching my way toward 50, but I will try to do it with grace and humor (and lots of trips to my wonderful hairdresser!!)