Surprise!!!!!

Yesterday, the 5th day of the dreaded rural count, I got home around 5 and Pam got here shortly after. Since we both had to get up at 4:30 this morning we had decided that we would go out for my birthday dinner tonight. We were standing in the kitchen talking and I had already started to change into my flannels and Pam said I needed to put some pants on since we had company. I still had no idea what she was talking about and put a pair of jeans on. About this time Lauren, Malcolm and Allie showed up at the back door. Surprise, they had come down for my birthday. It awasn't long that one of them let slip that Amanda, Nick, Hailey and hayden were also on the way. The rest of the night was great except I did not get to bed early enough to be getting up at 4:30. Today has been great and we are enjoying our visit. I will post some pictures later.

Top Chef

Well we are down to the top 4. I know that some of you are happy with who is left and I am surprised at the late run that Carla has made to move into the favorites role. Last night also surprised me when Tom made the statement that some people like their (in this case squab) cooked differently. What a novel idea! Now you can imagine that if you eat in Tom's restuarant that you can actually request your steak to be cooked some other way rather than just the way one particular judge likes their's. Now on to New Orleans for the next round. Anyone venture to go out on a limb and declare the winner.