Here’s the birthday cake I bought for myself, on the kitchen table at Casa del Garrett. Vanilla cake with vanilla butter icing! In retrospect I should have asked for a shot of insulin to go with it…

I really appreciate them coming out with those number candles!

In the background is the Glenn Close Cruella de Vil doll I inherited from mom’s collection. I found it while going through mom’s things deciding what to give to Greensburg Historical Society. I’m keeping it. I’m still trying to decide where to place her which is why she’s on the dining room table, but I’m tempted to let her oversee the bookcase in my den between where I keep some Disney World memorabilia and the shrine to my three strikes.

The crab is an Alebrije I bought in Epcot Mexico a few years ago. I’d never seen an Alebrije crab and I live in Maryland near the bay, so…