You Say It’s Your Birthday…. Well, It’s My Birthday Too, Yeah!

I’ve been awake for 18 90 minutes and have already had a bunch of wonderful birthday surprises:

MORE HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMAILS THAN SPAM! This was probably the best birthday present a girl online could get today! I had more comments (in LiveJournal) wishing me Happy Birthday than I had spam comments, and more direct emails than spam (in my inbox– we don’t even look at the spam filter). Keep ’em coming, folks– I love Happy Birthday spam!

A virtual gift (on LiveJournal) from Jo! Eeee! Thank you, Jo!

My sister emailed me, and posted in her LiveJournal wishing me a happy birthday. I am amused– she says she would have called me at 12:30 AM, but didn’t want to wake me. Guess what? We have no cell phone coverage up here, so when the computer is shut down, the phone doesn’t ring! HAHAHAAH…..

Plans for today: Do some work (yes, it’s still a work day!) Finish the book I’m reading (it’s girl porn, but good girl porn, so maybe I’ll write a review for y’all. Open my birthday presents. Prep and clean for the PARTY tonight (a friend of mine has her birthday on Monday, and we’re throwing a Luau). Get firewood for the party. Dump the septic tank (I wonder if I can use my role as Queen for a Day to get someone else to do this…. probably not).

Also, apparently I share my birthday with Compact Discs. Happy Birthday, CDs! [I also share my birthday with Sean Penn, Daniel Boon, and my friend Susan H.]

My birthday cupcake and presents:

and what did I get….?

[For those unfamiliar with yarn, that’s a skein swift and a ball winder: the yarn goes onto the skein, which rotates freely. The ball winder winds it into a little center-pull ball, making it easier to use in knitting without getting tangled.]

I’ll point out at this time that I took John to the yarn shop about 3 weeks ago after my swift and winder had already come in and pointed him at Pam, the yarn shop goddess, then politely looked at alpaca while he paid for the purchase.