My mom celebrated her 80th birthday this week! We had a surprise family party for her at my brother's house on Monday as part of our Labor Day celebration. Some of her children and grandchildren wrote poems in her honor. My father's poem was a song to the tune of the Jeeves and Wooster theme music. His performance was quite entertaining. My sister also put together a Jeopardy game of questions about my mother. Since my mother has some entertaining idiosyncrasies, these questions were pretty amusing. For example, one question was "Mom's name for the so-called family member that is actually a grocery store." Answer: Who is Uncle Harmon's? I also held a luncheon for her on her actual birthday with some of her friends in the neighborhood. I served grilled chicken, rice pilaf, tomato salad, spinach and berry salad, green beans from my garden, lemon bars, some sliced peaches, and zucchini muffins. This is the best time of year for food from my garden. I think ev...