High Time

So much good news going on around here:

Saturday was my birthday and it was a significant one. It was the first one that I ever had trouble with, because in general, I love me some birthday. Thanks to some good friends who are excellent listeners, I got OK with it and am enjoying the celebration. Sparkelstone's amazing gift of some sparkly stones certainly take a lot of credit for the happy vibes too.

We spent last weekend in Florida for a big family to-do. I really had a great time hanging with the entire extended family - even before the honoree of the party said that SparkleFlash and I are the coolest of the cousins. When a 13-year-old says that aboutcha, you can't help but feel like you got it goin' on.

My sister just found out that her divorce is final! She's been separated from her ex- for years now and we just weren't sure that he was ever going to make a move. She made a call on Friday and they told her that it's a done deal, effective July 14, 2006. Now she can get on with her life. Way to go, Sisto!

We got a contract on our house last nite. Mind you, we had a contract on our house back in June, but that cratered for real. This contract looks really good and the buyers were actually anxious to hear from us (their realtor called our realtor to just get a feeling for which way we were leaning b/c they loved our house!). And the contract actually provides us with a decent amount of time for house prices to drop a bit in the town where we want to move.

The person in this world who has been my voluntary friend (that is, not my sister) for longer than anyone else on the planet called me yesterday after a long silence. He called to tell me happy birthday. I've missed him so badly and am so glad he called.

What's goin on wichoo? What kinda good news is happenin' in your sweet world? Do tell!