birthday_cake ovenbird “I always had to make my own cake,” she said. “I would bake it during the day and ice it after the kids went to bed and then hide it for myself so it seemed like a surprise on my birthday. That's just what it is to be a mother. And finally there was a year when he bought a cake for me. I was so excited that I wouldn't have to plan my own birthday or make my own cake. He left it on a low counter. And the dog ate it. Figures.” 260411 what's it to you? who go blather from