How to spend a birthday...

Mom's birthday was a couple days ago. As is customary to our family tradition, we spent the afternoon in a local restaurant discussing which foods we were unable to eat. My sister Shelley naturally did the most talking, her digestive system being incapable of accomodating anything with milk, cream, butter, sugar, and/or chocolate. My father, too, was proud of the many varied food groups his gout and diabetes prevent him from eating. As a vegetarian, Raegan felt confident she could surpass both of their dietary restrictions, until I pointed out that she only chose not to eat meat.

The discussion became heated, and eventually, I was forced to disqualify her from the competition.

Then it was back to my folks' house for cake!!



PS: I'm not sure about the specifics on this, but I'm pretty sure it's now illegal to sing the National Anthem in a language other than English.