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Where have the days gone? Gone with the birthday wind! That’s where! I have to say that this birthday just keeps getting better and better. More on that in another post.
I had lunch with two friends and that lunch was so joy-full! We laughed, we cracked up. We talked about teetering on high-heels. I told a story about how Oprah has five minute shoes where she can only walk from the back of the stage to the front of the stage and that’s it. One of my friends said, “I’ve got shoes like that.” And the other friend said, “Hey, I only wear 48 hour shoes.” I laughed so hard and so loud that the sound echoed off of the walls at Brio, an Italian restaurant. Now, that was funny. What a great time. We were there three hours and some change, and our little waiter never once forgot about us. He kept patiently refilling our water glasses and was SO sweet. When I opened my gift (see below), he asked my friend where she got the Miracle Worker mug because he wanted to get one for his wife. *Sigh* Can’t you just love him without even meeting him just for that??? 
We did!
If you like the items above, the company is MUD and you can find these at Hallmark stores. I’ve been given many MUD items and they are all amazing and unique!
Anyone who knows me knows I love roses. My mother-in-law gave me these beauties and I put them in a vase I got from Miss Debbie and the Sales Diva last year at the Dallas Sales Stiletto Bootcamp.
This year, the cards were off the hook. A friend gave me this one and I had to share it because of how unusual it was… see the fortune… it pulls out and this is what it says (bottom left): There will be happiness in your smile, joy in your step, and your path will be filled with nothing but dreams coming true. Oh yes!!
My sweet little family made me this card (see above) and stocked me up on art supplies that I’ve already put to good use. We love them and it’s nice to be loved, too.
I love sparkly things. Can you see how SPARKLY this card is? This friend also sent me a note with glitter and stars all over it.
I believe everything is BETTER with glitter and sparkle. It matches what I see inside of people.
We are all light-filled glitter balls underneath the surface.
This card just was so yum-o.
I absolutely cracked up at this card. I was laughing so hard, I had tears rolling down my cheeks. I felt like this little girl… I had been eating so many desserts and cakes! And then… our sweet Main Street Angel added her little… Of Dreams… how perfect. Thanks, Nancine!
THEN, it came at about 3 pm on my actual birthday… just the way I felt it would. My book – FINALLY – here so I could hold it in my hot little hands! How cool… and I’m so excited about sharing it with you and the world! Happy Birthday to me… to you too… and the world as well.
Thanks to all who shared my b-day… more on some very cool, very unusual gifts this year… I hope you are inspired to do something special for others, too!
Last week on Queen of Dreams Radio, I talked about being the flow, living in the present and soaking up the amazing-ness of life. I have floated around on birthday dreams and wishes for more than a week now, and I wanted to share with you some of these.
I thought about this… and a remark someone made, actually, about someone else is what made me think… this isn’t about me and my birthday, this is about gratitude for those who make my life rich… with their creativity, with their Presence and with their loving kindness.
Yes, life is sweet! I wanted to share the love with you… to inspire you to create something for someone you love.
Can you see the quote? I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day. – E.B. White Remember E.B.? He’s the guy who wrote Charlotte’s Web, Stuart Little and the little guide book every writer MUST HAVE… Elements of Style by he and his pal, William Strunk, Jr. It wasn’t lost on me that E.B. came at a synchronous moment…as I have been pondering the intersection of the two…to both improve (or contribute to it) while also immensely enjoying it. I believe we each have an intersection in our hearts for experiencing that.
This is the first birthday card of the season… Miss Debbie and I have a big PLAY DATE planned next week, so this little card arrive in the mail with this little card tucked inside.
I went to lunch with another friend, and we had a scrumptious lunch at Houston’s (one of my favs) and then head over to Celestial Park, which is one of her favs. Now, one of my favs, and this is something no one has ever done for me – ever – on my birthday – thank you! And, yes, it is still this green here in Texas.
See that oblong shaped plaque? My friend stood at one end and I stood at the other and she sang happy birthday to me. The echo was beautiful and I felt like the Queen of the Stars! Those round plaques are the phases of the moon. If you match up the phases, then you can talk to each other across the open area.
Here’s the entryway to the upper deck area where the plaques are. Each one of the stairs has poems about the stars. This park is so special and starry!
The next day, some friends came over and brought this yummy cake… Italian Wedding Cream… can you say, “Forget the easy weight loss!” LOL So yummy.
One of the best things about this birthday has been the magic quality surrounding it that has persisted, I believe, because of where I’ve been living myself. These dear friends shared with us a project they were working on a couple of weeks ago. That was fun, cool and totally exciting, but then they asked… “Do you want to go with us? On tour?” I felt like, “How fast can I pack my bags? Oh yes!!” More details to come on that, and I can’t even wait for you to hear all about it because YOU will love it, too, and come do it with us. Shhhh, don’t tell, but it’s all about you, your dreams and getting the link up to anything that’s possible!
More tomorrow on this amazing birthday… full of love. Happy Birthday to you, too!
My birthday is this Friday, but the birthday celebrations have already commenced! Mom, a.k.a. Dusty Rose, gave me my first present (she says she has another one that she really is going to wrap) when I met up with her at the Cowgirl Paper Ball a few weeks ago (yes, I’m just like you, it has taken me two weeks to take the photo and actually get it up on the blog – no one is living in illusion here!) – see below.
She handed me this: And, said, “Hey, how do you like my gift wrap?”
I could feel wild anticipation that she wanted me to open it RIGHT AWAY! I giggled at her joke and then opened it. And, Voila!
Oh, yes, there are not many artsy things I love more than a good, sharp X-acto knife and a curing mat (these are the mats that you can cut over and over again and they always look ‘new’). When I went to her house a month or so ago, she had a set kind of like this one and I nearly slobbered over it I wanted one so much. Her’s had six or seven different knives and tips. THIS one has 56 pieces! Oh, and it has magnets to keep everything in place! Plus a sharpening stone! What???
LOVING it. Though not sure what I’ll do with all of them. LOL I use my X-acto like most people use scissors. I have had one ever since my days in journalism in Junior High when we produced the entire school newspaper old school style on an old printing press. Yes, really, with the old indigo plates and everything! It wasn’t that long ago, but I bet kids these days probably do everything fancy and digital.
Hey, wait a minute, I just thought of something. Maybe this is why I love the paste up craft of collage art and also crafting cards old-school-style. Hmmm, I don’t know, but I do know I LOVE these and thank you mom for a beautiful present, gift wrapping and all!