My Super Great Birthday

I like birthdays.

Even though I get older and subsequently acquire more gray hair (my pops reassures me), I still think they're fun. (I always feel really selfish admitting that, though.) In any case, I like getting excited about things and a birthday is a great thing to get excited about, in my estimation at least.

Here are some of the things I have to be thankful for on this particular birthday!

• All of my wonderful 12 Days of Birthday gifts from Joey, my two new books in particular
  
• It's a beautiful day outside!
  
• My new digital oven thermometer from Mom and Dad, and I promise I won't set this one on or near any burners
• The return of my Sense and Sensibility movie from Sister, hooray!
• My very handy Double Lock Security Bracelet from Gramps and Gram Laird, complete with a lightweight pink cell phone and lovely ring (which I have been actually wearing around.) Henry, unfortunately, discovered the lightweight pink cell phone and chewed a large hole in it while trying to make it ring. He was very upset when I confiscated it from him.
  
• A whole slew of Ann Taylor Loft clothes that Joey and I got on megasale with my birthday money from Gramps and Gram
• The ginormous blueberry Frappuccino and card that my co-workers gave me. The Frappuccino even had whipped cream on it. Yummm...
  
• The very same CO Bigelow lip balm that I have been eying in the store...from Sister! She's real smart. Plus she also gave me this fancy waterless hand sanitizer foam in my favorite scent. Yay, Sister!
  
• The lunar eclipse tonight
• MY NEW PINK iPOD!!! I have christened my new iPod the pinkPod. It is a joyous occasion.

Joey is building me a cake right now. We ran out of eggs and had to go to the store in the middle of the process, so that's why it's 9:30 and we're waiting for it to cool.

I'm going to go play with pinkPod now and snitch some frosting when Joey's not looking.

But...all in all...it has been a very fantastic birthday.