I hear you on that, Treadhead. The last time I endured a big 'to do' on my birthday was for my 40th- the wife insisted that we invite half the town, spend 100's on food & drink, and trash the house. After that, I was done celebrating my birthday.We all have certain goals and things on our bucket list and birthdays tend to mark progress, but you can't predict what will be going on when your birthday comes around. Unless you go out of your way to plan something big, perhaps it's better to spend the day building models and thinking of all of the joy that this hobby has brought you and promises to bring in the future. This year, if I have but one birthday wish... for a WNW Dolphin and markings for Bannerman.