A Wonderful Birthday to remember! :) Thank you everyone! :) More Birthday Pictures, Smiles! :)

A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY TO REMEMBER! :) THANK YOU!!! :) i'm smiling big!!! :) Happy sweet treats tuesday!!! :) Iced coffee Cheers!!! and very special thanks!!! :) We're enjoying a super sweet day, and i'm enjoying a wonderful time, reflecting back upon my awesome, super cool, wonderful, and very happy birthday you all gave me yesterday :) Thank you my wonderful family, and friends, so very much!! :) i'm so very tickled happy, excited, and thrilled!!! :) i had so much fun, and had the time of my life celebrating my birthday with everyone :) During the evening, my family and Holly had a birthday party for me, and you all were right there with us in spirit, our dear angel friends :) it was such a fun spirit soaring day! :) my niece Alyssa, family, and my brother Bobby, and family came over :) We enjoyed dominos pizza, sandwiches, breadsticks, salad, chicken tenders, and also had some lasagna :) the food was delicious! :) We have lots of leftovers to enjoy :) my family and Holly gave me wonderful birthday cards, gifts, treasures, and goodies :) awww! :) i recieved birthday cards, money, clothes, dvds, oven mits, kitchen towels, teas, snacks, treats, gift card, hummingbird feeders, solar decorative lights, and lots more! :) i'm so very heart happy, and appreciate everything :) i love all of my beautiful cards, gifts, treasures, and goodies, from family and friends :) You all gave me such a wonderfully happy birthday! :) i'm so very happy, and delighted that everyone enjoyed my birthday journal, and pictures :) it warms my heart, and brings me smiles :) i took lots and lots of pictures of my birthday cards, gifts, and treasures to share with everyone :) we were all hanging out in our living room, the kids were having lots of fun playing :) my brother Bobby and i were talking coins, stamps, collectibles :) Holly and i went outside for a few minutes, and saw a beautiful red cardinal singing :) Awww! :) it was beautiful spring weather :) We all got ready to enjoy some birthday cake :) i made a wish, when i sliced the ice cream cake :) We all enjoyed some cake, it was delicious! :) i'm so happy and excited! :) we sent some birthday cake to Jenn and family :) i thanked my family and Holly, and spent some time here on DS last evening/night too :) a wonderful, very special, and very happy birthday i enjoyed, every moment to the fullest! :) Thank you angel friends, so very much for celebrating with us :) i'll always cherish and treasure, all of the very special memories made :) i love all of my beautiful cards, gifts, treasures, goodies, it was so much fun opening them :) i'm feeling very thankful, appreciative :) i'm so very happy and excited to display my birthday cards, gifts ,and treasures in my writing area, and will be writing very special thank you cards :) this morning, we got some treats at dunkins and mcdonalds, i used my birthday coupon dunkins gave me, to get a free blueberry iced coffee, a coconut caramel iced coffee for Holly, and i got a breakfast burrito :) my mom and Lisa for breakfast sandwiches :) i've been taking in some sweet moments today, reflecting back upon my birthday, and continuing to celebrate my birthday week :) i've got my birthday balloons here in our living room :) i have some more sweet cool pictures to share, from my birthday! :) the spring season is beginning to blossom, and there's so much more to look forward too :) A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU!!! :) i appreciate everything, with all of the love of my heart :) THANK YOU EVERYONE for making my 40th birthday very special, and memorable :) i'll always and forever remember my 40th birthday :) CHEERS!!! to wonderfully sweet, beautiful, and spirit soaring happy times with family, friends, and the awesome spirit of the season! :)

SPECIAL THANKS!!! :) blueberry iced coffee cheers!!! from my glowing, very thankful, and happy heart! :) Hi angel friends! :) i'm smiling lots and lots, and i'm loving the beautiful moments, of being in these heart-felt moments of spirited cheer :) i feel like my heart is dancing with every word i write! :) hehe! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a great day! :) i want to take this time, to thank you all so very much, for all of your wonderfully heart warming happy birthday wishes, hugs, messages, comments, texts, and emails, and for making my birthday very special, and memorable :) i was thinking of you all often yesterday, and so very deeply into the moments of spirited cheer, as i celebrated my birthday :) Thank you all so very much! :) i had such a wonderfully fun, exciting, and spirited time celebrating my birthday with everyone :) i'll always and forever cherish, and remember my 40th birthday :) it was a birthday party celebration from sunrise to moonrise! :) hehe! :) i'm very heart happy! :) i've began to display my birthday cards, gifts, treasures :) i have 1 birthday balloon next to my writing area, and my other birthday balloon next to our door :) i'm feeling all of the love, and i'm feeling very thankful, and appreciative :) i have lots and lots more pictures to share, today, and throughout the rest of the week :) i'm so very happy, and excited to share more pictures from my birthday :) my family and Holly had a birthday party for me during the evening yesterday :) You all were right there with us in spirit :) We had dinner, ice cream cake, even an evening nature walk! :) it was such an awesome, spirit soaring day! :) i'm very happy and delighted that everyone enjoyed my birthday journal, and pictures :) it warms my heart, and brings me lots of smiles :) last night, i was getting ready to go to sleep, and was thinking about how i had such a wonderful birthday :) You all gave me such a wonderful birthday, that i'll always and forever remember, and will always treasure the very special memoreis made :) i'd love to take this time, to share with everyone, about my birthday party during the evening :)

BIRTHDAY PARTY DURING THE EVENING! :) BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY SMILES!!! :) Hi angel friends! :) i'm so very tickled happy, excited, and thrilled to share with everyone, about my birthday party during the evening yesterday :) this was so much fun, and very special! :) we had family over to visit, my niece Alyssa, and family, and Bobby and family :) Everyone wished me a happy birthday :) aww! :) You all were with us in spirit :) We were in our living room, lots of great spirit, and excitement :) The kids were having lots of fun playing :) We all enjoyed a nice dinner :)we had dominos pizza, sandwiches, salad, breadsticks, chicken tenders, and Holly and i each had a slice of lasagna :) The food was delicious! :) We have lots of leftovers :) everyone was so happy, enjoying dinner :) We were hanging out, talking, and enjoying the awesome festive spirit :) i'm so happy and excited! :) i was getting to open my birthday gifts :) i love these very special moments, and was taking in the moments of birthday spirit, and excitement! :) i loved seeing my birthday table :)

my family and Holly gave me awesome cool, and wonderful birthday cards, and gifts :) Awww! :) my mom and dad, gave me a birthday card, with $100, and a daily number lottery ticket :) They also gave me, an album to put my collectible stamps in, new towel, a new leather belt, soap, and socks :) my mom and dad also gave me, a big bag full of goodies, chips, salsa, banana peppers, pickles, olives :) they also gave me, oven mits, kitchen towels, 2 hummingbird feeders, a frog solar light, and 2 solar decorative lights for our garden :) awww! :) my niece Alyssa and family gave me, 2 awesome halloween/friday the 13th figurines, for my halloween town collection :) Michael Myers, and Jason characters, wow! :) these are awesome collectibles! :) Holly gave me, a birthday card, with a $20 amazon gift card, 2 hummingbird feeders, a dvd set, featuring 3 classic movies, with Richard Pryor, and Gene Wilder! :) "The Toy, "Stir Crazy, and "see no evil hear no evil" :) wow! :) we're huge fans of Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder! :) they are quite the duo in the movies, comedy classics!!! :) Holly and i are going to watch the movies :) Holly also gave me, a cool mug, featuring pictures of the superbowl cake we baked, 2 boxes of Chai apple tea, it's delicious tea! :) Holly also gave me, some cool sunflower wall paper border, for our downstairs apartment :) my brother Bobby, and family gave me, a birthday card with $20 :) my sister Lisa, and Kayla gave me, a birthday card with $50, and Taylynn gave me a birthday card with $10 :) my mom mentioned, she ordered some gifts on amazon for me, that will be arriving soon :) Dvds, pretzels :) i love my wonderful birthday cards, gifts, treasures, and goodies :) i thanked my family and Holly :) i'm taking lots of pictures of my birthday cards, and gifts to share with everyone in my journal today :) Big happy birthday smiles :)

We were all hanging out, enjoying the birthday party :) my brother Bobby and i were talking coins, and stamps :) i showed him my new coins, and stamps sets, and also brought up my stamps album :) my dad, Bobby, Holly, and i were talking about treasure hunting :) it was a cool talk :) We got ready to enjoy some birthday cake :) Everyone wished me a happy birthday, and i made a wish when i sliced the cake :) We all enjoyed some nice ice cream cake :) it's delicious! :) we all enjoyed some cake :) i thanked my mom and dad for the nice dinner, and cake, we all thanked them :) Holly and i went outside for a few minutes, we heard, and saw a red cardinal! :) the weather was beautiful yesterday, a classic spring day :) We got some ice cream cake slices for my sister Jenn, and family :) 5 slices of cake :) i thanked everyone for coming, and thanked everyone again for everything :) Alyssa, and family went home, and Bobby and family made their way home :) my mom and dad brought the cake to my sister Jenn, and family :) we were all hanging out last evening, i was reflecting back upon all of the wonderful moments of my birthday :) i had so much fun, and such a very special time, celebrating my birthday with everyone :) i sent out texts last night to thank my family for my birthday party during the evening, and also spent time here on DS, writing to friends, sending special thanks :) i'm super pumped up and excited to share more picture of my birthday gifts, with everyone :) You all gave me such a wonderfully happy birthday, with many very special memories made, that i'll forever cherish and treasure :)

Happy birthday wishes, sent with lots and lots of love! :) awww! :) i'm recieving some wonderful special birthday deliveries! :) i'm very happy, excited, and thrilled to share about my very special deliveries i'm recieving :)birthday surprises, bringing lots and lots of spirited excitement, and all of the wonderfully heart warming sharing :) i deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of my heart :) i feel very appreciative, thankful, and super spirited, with my heart glowing with lots of happy birthday smiles :)
Linda (Lilysawyer) sent me, a wonderful $20 Dunkin Donuts gift card! :) awww! :) i love dunkins, and i'm so happy and excited to enjoy my gift :) i look forward to getting lots of nice treats, with my gift card :) 2 of the first treats i'm going to get are, a blueberry iced coffee, and some munchkins treats to dunk in my iced coffee :) This is so nice, and very sweet of our dear friend Linda :) Thank you Linda, so very much! :) Big happy birthday smiles and cheers! :)

i'm feeling this amazing excitement! :) i've began to display my birthday cards, gifts, treasures :) it's so much fun! :) i had an awesome time taking pictures of my gifts, that my family and Holly gave me :) we have a table in our living room near our front window, where i'm taking pictures of my birthday cards, gifts, and treasures :) i recieved wonderful cards, gifts, goodies, treasures, that i am getting lots of enjoyment from :) i love them, they're very special :) my writing area is gonna glow, with all of my birthday cards, treasures gifts :) i'm super thrilled also, to have some cool new coins, stamps, collectibles, keychains, figurines, mugs, treasures for my halloween town :) i'm super pumped up and excited!!! :) over the course of the week and upcoming weeks, i'll be taking some more very special time, to display my wonderful cards, gifts, and treasures :) my DS birthday party was rockin and sunshine rollin yesterday! :) i'm so happy and excited, and was so very deeply into the moments of reading my birthday cards, opening my birthday deliveries :) my birthday party all day, was so big, i think i could have written 2 or 3 journals! :) hehe! :) i love to write!!! :) i'm having so much fun, writing about my birthday, reflections upon the days :) my birthday journal is my favorite journal to write, and the days afterwards, i love to write and write and write, reflecting back upon all of the moments, and sharing that wonderful heart-warming joy my heart feels :) i've been thanking family, Holly, and friends :) You all gave me such a wonderfully heart warming, and happy birthday that i'll forever remember :) We love sharing in, and celebrating birthday's with everyone :) March is a big month, and we have some friends who have birthday's coming up, in the weeks ahead, plus Easter, and Spring blossoming :) Spring is just getting started, and there's so much more to look forward too :)

This morning, we had another sweet new day, rising and shining :) i was up early, seeing my birthday balloons, gifts, cards, treasures, and enjoyed some nice time here on DS, writing to friends :) i love hearing from you all, and reading my journal comments, hugs, messages :) it's very exciting, and wonderful joys of sharing in that heart-felt feelings of the season, it's very special gift, and treasure, and so many beautiful memories being made to cherish :) it was an awesome cool morning :) i was talking with my mom, Lisa, and Holly about how i enjoyed my birthday so very much, and all of the excitement of celebrating with you all, our wonderful family of friends, all around the world :) As the new day was blossoming, i gathered a big bowl of goodies, and went outside for my early morning nature walk :) i put lots of goodies in our backyard for our nature friends :) they were a part of my birthday celebrations yesterday :) hearing the birds singing throughout the day, it was like they were singing happy birthday to me :)awww! :) lots nature joy :)

Cheers!!! to sweet treats tuesday, spring time, celebrations!!! with family and friends! :) it's one of our favorite days and traditions, sweet treats tuesday! :) this morning, my mom, Lisa, and i enjoyed a nice car ride over to get treats : )Dunkins sent me a free coupon, for the DD perks club :) it's a cool promotion that dunkins has, they send members a free coupon, for their birthday's :) it's so nice of them :) we first went to dunkins this morning, i got a free large blueberry iced coffee, and also got a large coconut caramel iced coffee for Holly :) my mom got some munchkins treats, and Lisa for an iced coffee :) we then went over to mcdonalds, across the parking lot :) Lisa and my mom got breakfast sandwiches, i got a breakfast burrito with picante sauce :) Holly was all set, she had some cereal :) We then made our way home :) on the way home, we were enjoying a nice talk, seeing nature sights :) it was so nice getting to go out to get treats :) Cheers!!! to enjoying spirited times, and simple joys :) we have lots of nice leftover foods, and cake, from my birthday :) we're enjoying the foods and honna have more cake soon :) 

Today, we've been hanging out :) We put the sports radio on, and i've been sorting, organizing my wonderful birthday cards, gifts, treasures, and goodies :) i brought my birthday bags up into the living room, and took pictures of all of my birthday items :) i'm so happy and excited to include the pictures in my journal today :) for my birthday, i recieved some very nice money, and gift cards, that i'll keep in an envelope, and will buy items for myelf :) i'm very appreciative :) i'm going to buy some very special thank you cards soon, and i also will be stocking up on more stamps :) with some of my birthday money, gift cards, i'll buy some new shoes/sneakers when i need a pair, and i also will buy some iced coffees, and collectibles, coins, stamps, as the year goes on :) The money and gift cards i recieved, for my birthday will last a long time :) i love finding sales, deals, and will share with everyone when i make a purchase, with some of my birthday money and gift cards :) my mom's very excited! :) She ordered some nice gifts for me for my birthday on amazon :) There's "cobra kai" karate kid series, seasons 1 and 2, plus, police academy movies, "batteries not included" movie, "an American werewolf in London" movie, "the dead zone" movie, a Trick R Treat Sam funko pop, and a huge container of pretzels" :) awww! :) the gifts will be arriving soon :) i'm so thrilled also, about enjoying my stamps album, that my mom and dad got for me :) i'll be adding more stamps to it :) i'm loving all of my gifts, and so excited to add everything to my collections, my decorative displays :) it's so much fun!!! :)

We're enjoying a Super Sweet Day!!! :) Treats, Sweet Reflections back upon my wonderful birthday party celebrations day, and sharing lots more pictures from my birthday :) my family, Holly, and i are doing well, healthy, and in great spirits :) We're enjoying the days of the week, so very much! :) i'm so happy and excited, writing in my journals about my birthday, and gonna continue to enjoy a great birthday week, as the week goes on :) it's such a wonderful time of the year :) i'm so happy, and excited to display my wonderful happy birthday cards, gifts, and treasures in my writing area, and enjoying my goodies, snacks, i recieved for my birthday :) i'm super pumped up and excited to share many more pictures today, and in the upcoming days :) it was so nice getting treats today, enjoying some nice time here on DS, writing to friends, and all of the continued excitement of celebrating the month of March :) There's so much more, to look forward too as the week goes on :) Thank you again angel friends, so very much, for celebrating with us :) We love these very special times, and all of the great memories being made :) Tomorrow's super wednesday! :) i'm going to share more birthday pictures, and we're also going to be mailing some envelopes, here from home :) Holly and i are going to have a ghost hunters party tomorrow night :) keep healthy, safe, and strong everyone :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us, and for the very special heart warming joy you all bring to our days, our hearts, and our lives :) You all are wonderfully nice, sweet, and very caring :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) big group warm caring happy sunny March sunflower friendship hug and cheers! :) You all give us strength, hope, inspiring us to enjoy each day to the fullest :) Thank you all, for brightening our days and making each day very special :) We're so happy, thankful, and blessed to have you all in our lives :) We look forward to sharing in many more very special times, adventures, and all of the seasonal traditions and festivities with family, friends, nature walks, and the wonderful spirit of the season, and more special times to share in, as we continue to celebrate the month of March and blossoming into spring season! :)

-never lose hope :)

To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, we're enjoying a super sweet day! :) i'm enjoying reflecting back upon my wonderful birthday party celebrations day yesterday :) Everyone made my birthday very special, and memorable :) i'm so happy and excited, to display my wonderful happy birthday cards, gifts, treasures, and enjoying all of my birthday gifts :) i'll always cherish and treasure the very special memories made :) i'm very happy and excited to continue to share lots of pictures, as the week goes on :) We got treats this morning, enjoying some journal writing time, and the beautiful spirit of the month of March :) the nature is glowing :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)

my mom says hello :) She says, "i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a really nice day" :) awww! :) She says, "have a good evening" :) We love you all very much, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a great day :) We think of you all often, and are so very happy, thankful, and blessed to have you all in our lives :) Thank you everyone, so very much for making my birthday very special, and memorable :) We love sharing in, and celebrating these very special times with everyone :) Cheers!!! and big happy birthday smiles! :)

BIRTHDAY GIFTS FROM MY FAMILY AND HOLLY :) awww! :) my family and Holly gave me some nice birthday gifts, goodies, and treasures :) During the evening yesterday, i opened gifts from family and Holly :) i'm smiling lots!!! :) i'm so very tickled happy, excited, and thrilled, to share pictures with everyone, of my birthday gifts that my family and Holly gave me :) wow! wow! wow!!! :) i'm very happy, and excited, enjoying my birthday gifts, goodies, and treasures :) i love everything, and appreciate everything very much, with all of the love of my heart :) i'm having such a wonderful time, celebrating my birthday week with everyone :) i'll be sharing lots more pictures, as the week goes on :) i feel very thankful, and appreciative :) my family, and you all, our dear angel friends have given me such a wonderfully happy birthday, that i'll forever cherish and remember :) Big Happy birthday smiles! :)

i recieved sweet happy birthday cards, money, clothes, dvds, snacks, treats, hummingbird feeders, solar garden decorations, and lots more! :) i'm smiling and smiling! :) A very special thank you for my family and Holly, and friends :)

Wonderful birthday cards, from my family and Holly :) i love my birthday cards, and i'm so happy and excited to display them in my writing area :)

my mom and dad gave me these nice hummingbird feeders, a solar frog light, and 2 solar light decoratives for our yard and garden :)

my mom and dad gave me this cool stamps album, to add my collectible stamps in :)

my mom and dad gave me, this nice towel, leather belt, socks, and soap :)

baking friday supplies :) my mom and dad gave me these nice oven mits, and kitchen towels :)

treats and goodies! :) my mom and dad gave me these nice goodies and treats bag, with chips, salsa, olives, pickles, banana peppers :)

Holly gave me, these nice hummingbird feeders, 2 boxes of Chai Apple Tea, a dvd set with 3 classic comedies movies featuring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder, i use too watch these movies when i was younger, a $20 amazon gift card, a cool mug, featuring pictures of our superbowl themed cake, and also gave me some sunflowers and nature themed wallpaper boarder for our downstairs apartment :)

Alyssa, and family gave me, these 2 cool halloween/friday the 13th, Michael Myers, and Jason figurines :) these are awesome new collectibles, for my halloween town collection : )

Jenn, Mike, Mikey, Hunter, and Carter gave me, a beautiful bird house, bird feeder, bird seeds, a cool nintendo 64 t-shirt that i wore on my birthday, caramel almond crunch popcorn, and a new digital camera with memory card :) Hunter also collected some cool rocks, during their nature walk :) awww! :) Thank you Jenn, Mike, Mikey, Hunter, and Carter, so very much! :) We look forward to putting the bird house, and bird feeder in our backyard :)

my mom and dad gave me this nice peanut buster parfait from Dairy Queen :) it's my favorite dessert there :) vanilla soft serve ice cream,with hot fudge, and peanuts :) it's delicious! :)

Holly's relatives, Margie and Chet, sent me this nice happy birthday card, and $10 :) awww! :) it's very nice, and sweet of them :)

These are some close up pictures, of the nice 1981 US mint proof coin set, and Boston tea party stamps and coin set, that our dear friend Stephanie (Coolgal) and her family sent me for my birthday :) The coin in the Boston tea party set, is dated, 1754 :) it's the oldest coin in my collection now :) i love holding coins, and stamps, it's like holding history in my hands :) it's fascinating, and exciting :)

Our dear friend Gwen (Kajunaire), and her family sent me these nice chocolate covered fruits from the edible arrangements store :) There's oranges, strawberries, pineapple, and bananas :) these were delivered yesterday, on my birthday, and came with a happy birthday balloon :)

Our dear friend Linda (Lilysawyer), sent me this beautiful nature themed happy birthday ecard, and a $20 dunkin donuts gift card :) Thank you Linda, so very much! :)

Happy sweet treats tuesday! :) Cheers! :) We enjoyed a nice time going out to get some treats this morning, at dunkins and mcdonalds :) i used my coupon dunkins gave me, for my birthday, to get a large blueberry iced coffee :) we love this very special tradition :) Cheers! to family, friends, to sweet celebrations, to sweet treats tuesday, and to enjoying the wonderful simple joys in life :) 

hi angel friends! :) Lots more birthday week pictures coming! :) i'm going to be sharing more pictures in my journal tomorrow, and also on thursday too :) big happy birthday smiles :) Thank you all so very  much, for all of your beautifully heart warming comments, and for sharing in, and celebrating these very special times with us :) in my journal tomorrow, i'm going to share more birthday pictures, including a picture of one of my new bird feeders, that Holly and i put outside today, it's in our front yard :) we enjoyed a nice nature walk this afternoon :) i'm having so  much fun writing, and sharing :)