b day

Earlier this afternoon, before my friends came over, our toilets were suddenly all plugged. Normally Dad would take care of that, but he's in Kazakhstan. (They are starting a Christian radio station there!) So Mom and Melissa rented a snake, which Chris (Elona's boyfriend) then used to clean out the pipe. I came to watch, and when Chris looked up and saw what I was wearing, he said, "That's my shirt!" Oops. Elona gave it to me!






We had baguettes with olive oil and balsamic vinegar dip (Gabi's recipe), sheep cheese, olives, fresh basil, cucumbers and tomatoes from our garden. And Mom made two Germans cakes - one with cranberries - SO good!