serendipity

note: i started this post on sunday a.m., then couldn't add the photo because my computer kept kicking me off the internet! arghh!

it's going to be a beautiful sunday; highs about 70 and sun---not too shabby for the 21st of october, a date more notable for being the birthday of dennis dieck. 53 today!

it will be a bulb planting day for me and leaf mowing day for him. funny how birthdays lose their day-long glow after age 40. they are just another day, but with cake!

to get back on point, we had a wonderful ( as always ) visit with our dear friends the pizzos this weekend. the time magazine on their coffee table featured an article on the effects of birth order in families. it was an ok article, nothing awesome or surprising. it didn't make me thunk myself on the head and say " so that's why i ended up this way! mom should've had me first!"

then this a.m. i checked my emails as i was way behind in deleting junk.

i opened one titled "how to tell if you are mom's favorite" and saw this photo--could there be a message about birth order here???