First off: A HUGE thanks to everyone of you who have sent birthday cards for my husband and/or myself, it is so appreciated! We feel so very seen and cared about through your very happy mail! :)

to: u/relax455, u/cookalot, u/monetmonkey, u/kimmylubs, u/twerptwo, u/imhereforthememes53, u/blacksmithequivalent, u/sledgehammertoe and a mystery sender who sent this Rose Wong postcard - Here's a group thanks from my husband: "Thank you all for all the birthday wishes! It was unexpected and I loved being surprised! You are all too cool for school 😎"

u/cswl - OMG thanks for the puppy birthday card! For my birthday, I usually like to go out, but more of a casual "let's go on a picnic" or "let's drive to the beach and stop for pizza at Mario's" kind of out! This year it was a picnic, and a visit to the wildflower center to walk around and see how its recovering after our crazy winter storm. It's recovering, but very weird to see so much decay in Spring!

u/cookalot - Thanks for the birthday card and the cute stickers! I fully planned to to put a slice of cake in each hand based on your suggestion, but didn't make a cake (yet!) :D

u/blacksmithequivalent - Thank you for the birthday postcard! I fully intend to enjoy my special day with something delicious to eat, and a cake! (Had been planning to make this one but haven't actually made it yet!)

u/monetmonkey - OMG. This is maybe the most PERFECTLY ME postcard I have ever received, let alone seen. This is so cool! I love all of these bears, and the yellow is exactly my shade. (I am literally wearing a t-shirt in that same shade right now.) The panda and birthday washi tapes were a great touch, and I love the way you wrote my name, also in yellow! :)

u/Gigi700Gigi - I love the birthday card and coordinating envelope! So springy, with the springy stamp too! I looked up the weather where you are - it is NOT Spring there yet! (OMG, it is 82 degrees here, and your high temperature today is TWENTY-NINE.) I hope you get some warmer Spring weather soon (unless you are not a Spring person in which case, I hope you get the weather you most desire!)

u/luxsloth - This birthday postcard is right up with the one from u/monetmonkey in PERFECTLY ME perfection. I am a huge fan of all things citrus, and I love lemon trees! (Speaking of citrus, I have an Arnold Palmer in my "Rise and Shine" lemon cup and key lime pie flavored M&Ms to snack on! Proof.)

u/xoxounityoxox - Thank you for the birthday card and the fun stickers! The card is so bright and colorful. I love the flowers! I particularly love the "Save me!" floppy disk sticker though it really makes me feel old. (I kept my old 3.5 disks for years because I had written stories on them, but then I finally ditched them because what was the point when I can store those things in the cloud and use less than 1 MB instead of 10 diskettes? Ha!)