I was DREADING 41... why? I dunno.... but my plans for the BIG day were to stay in bed... AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.... Which I did.... Until the smell of coffee was just too much for me to bare.. & I had to crawl out of my hole... I stumbled down the stairs to find my children had laid out a birthday feast to surprise their old mom.... BEST & CUTEST waitress E V E R... The table was set... flowers... cake... and a gift on my plate.... A couple of weeks earlier while out shopping.. Dane had asked me what I wanted for my birthday... I replied (just as my mother before me) "just want you and Eva to be good kids" thats all... Dane: "No mom, really... what do you really want for your birthday?" Me: "Well if Daddy asks... tell him I would like this wallet... :-) " - pointing to the Michale Kors in the store " About a week before my birthday.. Dane started asking if I would like my gift early... - Nope.. I'll wait Thank you......