i'm enjoying a very happy, and fun time celebrating my 45th birthday with family and friends :)

Happy Birthday Smiles! :) i'm enjoying a very happy, fun, spirit soaring, and awesome 45th birthday with family, friends, and sweet celebrations all throughout the day! :) DS birthday party! :) i'm very happy, excited, and thrilled! :) i'm enjoying a very special and super fun time celebrating my birthday with everyone :) You all have been with us in spirit, throughout the day, our dear angel friends :) Thank you all, so very much for celebrating with us :) This morning, i had an awesome DS birthday party, opening my very special birthday deliveries :) my DS birthday party is a very special tradition :) i enjoyed opening my envelopes, and packages :) i recieved wonderful happy birthday cards, gifts, and treasures, from our dear friends all around the world :) i'm very heart happy and excited! :) my mom took pictures of me opening my birthday mail :) i love all of my wonderful happy birthday cards, gifts, and treasures, and will always treasure them :) Holly and Tiger girl, and our family wished me a happy birthday this morning, and i've been enjoying all of my wonderful happy birthday wishes from friends, all throughout the day :) i'm enjoying a birthday iced coffee, Cheers! :) family has been visiting at times today :) Holly and our family gave me nice birthday cards, gifts, treasures, goodies, and treats :) i enjoyed opening my envelopes and gift bags from them :) i'm smiling and smiling, enjoying sharing in my very special day, celebrating my 45h birthday :)We enjoyed some foods, snacks, and ice cream cake :) We also enjoyed having ice cream cake :) i made a birthday wish :) i make the same wish each year :) We've been hanging out today, we put the college basketball games on, and i've been recieving nice happy birthday texts, emails, ecards :) You all have made my birthday very special, and memorable :) i'm cherishing and treasuring all of the spirit soaring and heart warming moments, all throughout the day and lots of great birthday memories being made :) Thank you angel friends,and my family, so very much! :)the birthday party celebrations are continuing into the evening! :) i'm gonna have some homemade lasagna this evening :) i'm enjoying celebrating my birthday to the fullest :) i'm very happy, excited, and thrilled to share all about my birthday in my birthday journal and lots of pictures to share :) i'll be sharing more pictures in the upcoming days too :) i'll forever remember my 45th birthday and will always cherish all of the great memories being made :) A very special Thank you to everyone :) Thank you angel friends, for celebrating with us all, and for all that you all do for us :) We love you all bunches and bunches, and appreciate your wonderful kindness, and generousity, with all of the love of our hearts :) Celebrating an awesome, fun, and very happy birthday! :) Happy Birthday Smiles! :)

March 22nd, Celebrating my 45th birthday, with family, friends, and lots of happy birthday smiles being shared! :) Iced Coffee Cheers! :) Hi angel friends :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a great day :) We love hearing from you, and we think of you all often :) Thank you angel friends, so very much for your sweet happy birthday wishes, and for celebrating my birthday with us all :) You all are very nice, sweet, and are wonderful friends :) You all have been with us in spirit, throughout the day :) i'm having a very happy birthday, and having lots of fun and a very special time celebrating with everyone, sharing lots of smiles, and spirited birthday cheer :) it's a very special gift to my heart, and the most wonderful birthday gift to me, getting to celebrate my birthday with everyone :) Thank you all, for making my birthday very special and memorable :) i'm cherishing and treasuring all of the spirit soaring moments, with family, friends, and lots of happy birthday smiles being shared :) i'm very heart happy, excited, and thrilled to share all about my birthday with everyone, and lots of pictures to share in my birthday journal :) i had an awesome fun DS birthday party, and we've had family coming over at times today :) i'm enjoying my birthday iced coffee :) i had lots of fun opening my very special birthday deliveries, envelopes, packages, and cards and gifts from Holly, Tiger girl, and our family :) i'm smiling lots, and very heart happy :) i feel very appreciative, and very blessed and thankful to be able to celebrate with everyone :) i'm treasuring all of the great memories being made :) our nature friends even joined in on the birthday party fun! :) i put lots of goodies outside for them this morning :) We're enjoying some nice foods, lasagna, mac and cheese, and my favorite ice cream cake from Dairy Queen :) i made a birthday wish! :) Thank you all so very much, our dear angel friends, for sharing in the day with us, celebrating my birthday :) i'm very blessed, and thankful to have a wonderful family and wonderful family of friends to celebrate my birthday with :) This is one of my favorite journals of the year to write, and sharing :) i love it!!! :) Happy birthday smiles, sent with lots and lots of love across the miles, from our hearts, and home to yours :)Wishing everyone continued joys of the season, as the month of March continues to shine :)

Birthday Morning, Sweet Birthday Moments, and spirited cheer! :) yesterday evening, Holly and i enjoyed some nice lasagna and also had some ice cream from Dairy Queen :) Holly had a dilly bar ice cream, and i had a peanut buster parfait, it's soft serve vanilla ice cream with hot fudge, and peanuts :) my mom and dad have been getting one for me each year since 2003 :) We watched a movie last night, and got a good night's rest :) This morning, we had an awesome new day rising and shining :) March 22nd, my birthday! :) i've been looking forward to celebrating my birthday with everyone :) i was up early this morning, enjoying a nice birthday morning here on DS, writing to friends, enjoying my sweet happy birthday wishes from everyone, and getting ready for my birthday morning nature walk :) i love including our nature friends in on my birthday celebrations party day :)nature is one of my favorite joys :) This morning, i gathered a huge bowl of goodies, peanuts, raisins, crumbled cookies, and went outside for my early morning nature walk :) our nature friends greeted me with birthday cheer! :) awww :) i love seeing our nature friends :) i put lots of goodies on the bird feeders, and in the bird sanctuary area for our nature friends :) They're enjoying a nice birthday party feast in honor of me, on my birthday :) awww :) It's an awesome joy, the spring season blossoming, and lots of seasonal spirit in the air :) Happy spring nature smiles :)

It was a sweet birthday morning :) Holly, Tiger, my mom, and family wished me a happy birthday, and friends wishing me a happy birthday :) We enjoyed a nice birthday sunday morning breakfast :) Holly had yogurt and oatmeal, and i had a cinnamon raisin bagel with grape jelly :) Tiger girl enjoyed her breakfast, and some treats :) We brewed some dunkins vanilla iced coffee, i'm using my nice happy birthday tumbler cup :) we also had some water, and i made a hot chamomile tea :) Tiger girl was very excited, running around our downstairs apartment, she loves joining in on all of the birthday party fun :) Lisa stopped by this morning :) She, her bf, and Kayla gave me, a nice happy birthday card, peanut butter cookies, a pepperidge farm chocolate cake, and a $25 ebay gift card :) it's very nice of them :) Alyssa stopped by this morning too :) They gave me homemade mac and cheese :) i lovei t! :) it's very nice of them :) i love to check in on my birthday emails, i recieve birthday emails from some of the sites i'm a member of, including sports cards forum,earning sites, and more :) it's great to see the happy birthday emails each year :) i began to get ready for one of my favorite birthday traditions, my DS birthday party :) i'm very heart happy and excited! :)

DS BIRTHDAY PARTY! :) A Wonderfully Special and Fun birthday tradition! :) i love my DS birthday party! :) i'm smiling and smiling! :) i had an awesome fun time having a DS birthday party this morning :) i've been enjoying a very special time, since 2008, having a DS birthday party each year for my birthday :) it was my early days of being here on DS (2007), and exchanging addresses with friends across the miles :) i remember in 2008, was the first year i began to recieve very special birthday deliveries, and it became a wonderful tradition to share in each year :) it's one of our favorite joys, getting to share in and celebrate everyone's birthday's, family and friends across the miles :) beginning that year, in 2008 i began to save my mail deliveries, beginning around March 10th, until my birthday on March 22nd, and began having a DS birthday party on the morning of my birthday :) it's very exciting, recieving birthday mail and looking forward to opening my envelopes and packages i recieve :) i love and appreciate everyone's wonderful kindness, and generousity :) it's very heart warming to me, getting to celebrate my birthday with everyone :) i've been recieving some very special birthday deliveries in recent weeks :) it's wonderfully nice, and sweet of everyone :) i've keeping my special deliveries next to my writing area, and counting down to my birthday :)

This morning, i brought all of my very special birthday deliveries upstairs, on our dining room table :) my mom, and Holly gathered with me :) You all were right there with me in spirit :) i enjoyed a very special, fun, and exciting time opening my birthday mail :) wow! wow! wow! :) i love reading my wonderful happy birthday cards, notes, and being in these heart warming moments :) i think of you all, our dear angel friends, and you're right there with us in spirit, while i read my birthday wishes, notes, and opening my gifts :) my mom was taking pictures of me opening my envelopes, and packages :) i recieved wonderfully heart warming, very special, and sweet birthday awesome, happy birthday cards, gifts, and treasures :) i'm smiling lots! :) awww! :) i'm very blessed, and thankful to have a wonderful family and wonderful family of friends, all around the world to celebrate my birthday with, and to share in very special times, all throughout the months, and seasons :) i love all of my wonderful birthday cards, gifts, and treasures :) i was so very deeply into the sweet spirited moments,opening my envelopes and packages :) Sharing lots of happy birthday smiles and spirited cheer :) i'll forever love, cherish and treasure all of my wonderful birthday cards, gifts, and treasures :) You all have made my birthday very special and memorable :) i'm very heart happy, excited, and thrlled to share with everyone, about my very special birthday deliveries :) i look forward to displaying my birthday cards, gifts, and treasures in my writing area :) Happy Birthday Smiles! :)

Stephanie (Coolgal) and her family sent me, a wonderful bird feeder, with suet cake cages on each side, a bag of bird seeds, hummingbird flowers seeds packet to plant in our garden, and a cool Washington Commanders tumbler cup :) i love it! :) i look forward to making some iced coffees in my tumble :) It's gonna be so nice, putting my new bird feeder in our yard, and our nature friends and us all getting to enjoy it, seeing the birds visit, and seeing our flowers sprout, grow, and blossom :) Thank you Stephanie, and family, so very much! :)

Laurie (Laurie32), Ed, and their family sent me, a nice walmart order! :) it arrived this morning, wow! :) They sent me, birthday cupcakes, chocolate and strawberry ice cream, frozen pops, chocolate dipped ice cream cones, cheese slices, wheat thins crackers, m&m's candy, popcorn, and a nice tumbler cup :) We look forward to enjoying the goodies and treats: ) Thank you Laurie, Ed, and family, so very much! :)

Judy (Ladybug7), Denny, and their family sent me, a cool Washington Commanders pennant banner :) i love it :) We're going to display it in our home :) Thank you Judy, Denny, and family, so very much! :)

Emma (ZenEm), and her family sent me, a nice happy birthday card :) Thank you Emma, and family, so very much! :)
Snowgirl and her family sent me, a nice happy birthday card :) Thank you Snowgirl, and family, so very much! :)

Shirley (Squarley), Bruce, and their family sent me, pears :) we love pears :) Thank you Shirley, Bruce, and family, so very much! :)

Donna (IDonna), Steve, Justin, Candy, Max, and their family sent me, oreo cookies :) Thank you Donna, and family, so very much! :)

Jean (JeanCarlin), and her family sent me, a nice happy birthday card :) Thank you Jean, and family, so very much! :)

Our friends in Canada sent me, a nice cat/dog themed windchime, 3 birds decoratives, and halloween themed cookie cutters: ) Thank you friends, so very much! :)

Elizabeth (Gratefulgrandma123), and her family sent me, a nice happy birthday card, and a dollar tree gift card :)We love the dollar tree :) Thank you Elizabeth, and family, so very much! :)

Judy (LivingWater), and her family, sent me a nice happy birthday card :) Thank you Judy, and family, so very much! :)

Carolyn (Cypher), and her family sent me, a nice solar windchime :) we look forward to putting the windchimes outside in our yard and garden area :) Thank you Carolyn, and family, so very much! :)

Holly's brother Robert, and his wife sent me, a nice happy birthday card :) Thank you Robert, and family, so very much! :)

THANK YOU EVERYONE!!! :) Very special thanks! :) i love my wonderful happy birthday cards, gifts, and treasures i recieved, and will always cherish and treasure everything :) it was so much fun opening my envelopes and packages :) i love these very special surprises, and being in the heart warming, spirited moments of celebrating my birthday with family and friends with us in spirit :) i'll forever be grateful, appreciative, and thankful for all of my cards, gifts, treasures, and sweet happy birthday wishes :) You all have made my birthday very special, and given me many very special memories to always treasure :) it's gonna be lots of fun displaying my brithday cards, gifts, and treasures, in the upcoming days and weeks :) i love decorating a nice happy birthday themed writing area :) i love everything very much, and i love you all very much :) Thank you angel friends, so very much! :) You all are family to us, and always have a very special place in our hearts :) i'll always treasure all of the smiles and spirited cheer shared, and all of the great memories being made, celebrating my 45th birthday with everyone, March 22nd, 2026 :) Happy birthday smiles! :)

As the morning went on, Jenn and family came over :) they wished me a happy birthday :) they gave me, a nice garden gift set, including planters, packets of garden seeds, garden soil, and packets of garden seeds, plus some dunkins vanilla iced coffee :) it's very nice of them :) it's gonna be so nice enjoying some iced coffee, and planting our garden seeds :)

Birthday Afternoon :) in our upstairs living room, we all gathered :) my mom set up my birthday table with gift bags :) it's a special birthday tradition :) my mom, dad, Taylynn, and Holly gave me nice happy birthday cards, gifts, goodies,and snacks, including doritos chips, popcorn, candy, Holly gave me a tumbler cup, shirt, dunkins vanilla coffee, she also painted a cool "Day of the dead" movie themed helicopter, also gave me granola bars :) Taylynn baked peanut butter cookies for me :) Holly gave me a vanilla visa card :) my mom and dad gave me money, ebay gift card, a lottery ticket, a new pair of sneakers, a new digital camera, topps 2026 baseball cards, a League of their own movie on dvd, Miami Vice season 1 on dvd, and also gave me new computer speakers:) i love all of my gifts, goodies, and snacks, and appreciate everything very much :) i thanked my mom, dad, Taylynn, and Holly for everything :)

We're enjoying an awesome, super fun, spirited, and sweet happy day, celebrating my 45th birthday with family, friends, and sharing lots of happy birthday smiles with many great memories being made :) Thank you angel friends, so very much for celebrating with us :) i'm enjoying a very special, and super fun time celebrating my birthday with everyone :) my brother Bobby stopped by, he and his family gave me a nice birthday card, and money :) it's very nice of them :) i'm very heart happy and excited :) i've been so very into the sweet moments of the day, sharing lots of smiles and spirited cheer :) it was so much fun having a DS birthday party today, family coming over to visit at times, and friends with us in spirit :) it was so nice enjoying some homemade lasagna mac and cheese, and having ice cream cake :) i love all of my awesome and wonderful birthday cards, gifts, treasures, goodies, and treats i recieved :) We're settling into the evening, and gonna continue celebrating my birthday this evening and tonight :) i look forward to spending the upcoming days, reflecting back upon a wonderfully happy birthday,. shared and celebrated to the fullest with family and friends :) a very special and happy, 45th birthday i'll always remember :) We look forward to blossoming into the new week with everyone, enjoying our nature walks, writings, sports radio, plus we have sweet treats tuesday, super wednesday mailing envelopes here from home, plus our ghost hunters party and lots more, leading us into another super fun spring time baking friday adventure :) i look forward to sharing our days, weekly festivities, and pictures with everyone in my daily journals :) Thank you angel friends, for always being here for us, and for the special joy you all bring us :) We're very blessed, and thankful to have you all in our lives :) We appreciate you all very much, and will always be here for you all too :) Big group caring, happy sunny sunflower friendship hug :) We wish everyone a nice peaceful evening and night :)

-never lose hope :)

my mom, Holly, and our family says hi :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a great day :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We're having lots of fun and a very special time celebrating my birthday with everyone, and all of the excitement of the month of March, with lots of seasonal festivities, and tradiitons :) i'm very heart happy and excited, sharing in a wonderful birthday with everyone, i'll always remember my 45th birthday :)

A Wonderfully happy birthday to remember! :) Thank you everyone, so very much, my wonderful family and wonderful family of friends for celebrating my birthday with me :) i'm enjoying a very happy, fun, and spirit soaring birthday with lots of great memories being made :) i'm cherishing and treasuring all of the sweet moments, and lots of happy birthday smiles being shared :) having a DS birthday party, and celebrating throughout the day :) i'm enjoying my 45th birthday to the fullest :) i'm very happy and excited, to share pictures from my birthday, and will be sharing lots more pictures in the upcoming days :) A wonderfully happy birthday to remember! :) i'm very heart happy and excited :) Happy birthday smiles :)

My Birthday Cake! :) Dairy Queen Ice Cream Cake :) my mom and dad got this nice birthday cake for me from Dairy Queen :) it's my favorite :) i've been getting an ice cream cake each year, since i was 13 years old :) A special thank you for my mom and dad, for this very nice birthday cake :)

Happy birthday wishes, sent with lots and lots of love, from all around the world! :) Thank you all, so very much! :) i'm very heart happy, excited, and thrilled! :) i enjoyed a super fun, and very special time opening my very special birthday deliveries :) each day the mail came, it was very exciting recieving the mail and very special deliveries :) You all were with me, Holly, and our family when i opened my birthday mail :) i'm smiling lots, and very happy, excited, and thrilled to enjoy my wonderful happy birthday cards, gifts, and treasures i recieved :) i love everything, and appreciate everyone's wonderful kindness, and generousity, with all of the love of my heart :) it's one of my favorite birthday traditions, having a DS birthday party and opening my very special deliveries on my birthday :) You all have made my birthday very special, and memorable :) i'll forever love, cherish and treasure all of my wonderful cards, gifts, and treasures, and all of the heart warming moments, opening my birthday deliveries :) Thank you everyone, so very much! :) i'm very happy and excited to share pictures of my wonderful birthday cards, gifts, and treasures i recieved :) Happy Birthday Smiles :)

Thank you so very much, Stephanie (Coolgal), and family! :)

Thank you so very much, Laurie (Laurie32), Ed, and family! :) 

Thank you so very much, Emma (ZenEm), and family! :)

Thank you so very much, Judy (Ladybug7), Denny, and family! :)

Thank you so very much, our dear friend from Canada! :) 

Thank you so very much, Elizabeth (Gratefulgrandma123) and family! :)

Thank you so very much, Jean (JeanCarlin), and family! :)

Thank you so very much, Shirley (Squarley), Bruce, and family! :)

Thank you so very much, Snowgirl and family! :)

Thank you so very much, Judy (LivingWater), and family! :)

Thank you so very much, Carolyn (Cypher), and family! :)

Thank you so very much, Donna (IDonna), Steve, Justin, Candy, Max, and family! :)

my mom took pictures of me opening my wonderful birthday cards, gifts, and treasures during my DS birthday party :) Hi Everyone! :)

It was a neat surprise recieving the walmart order with goodies, snacks, and tumbler, from our dear friends Laurie (Laurie32), Ed, and their family :) 

Hi angel friends, i'm very happy and excited, enjoying a great birthday :) i'm looking forward to sharing lots more pictures in my journal tomorrow, including pictures of my birthday cards, gifts, goodies, and snacks Holly, and our family gave me :)