I turned 40 the other day. I only knew Laura was up to something on the computer just prior to us leaving for the cottage, since she as much as admitted it, but I also knew it couldn’t be anything very big, because SHE HAD TOLD ME THAT. Oy. I’m not too bright.

So we get home from the cottage and an hour or two later she casually sends me a link to “a cute site” called http://projectbegonia.ca. Which it turns out most of you knew about already. Suddenly she’s sitting beside me, watching my reaction. Which is fairly gobsmacked, quite frankly. It was amazing! Astounding! So many people got creative! And it was a fitting revenge for the 40th Birthday DVD I gave her last year.

Thanks to everyone who was part of it, and apologies to anyone who missed out because of bad email addresses and such. Both Laura and I agree that future projects, surprise or otherwise, will be a lot easier when you can share the trials and tribulations with the other creative in the house.

My sister Pam showed up the same afternoon with her hand-created hardware version of my life: an amazing series of collages recollecting my life to date and peppered with layers of references from our childhood. Wow!

Thanks everybody!