Hey's Been A While... But Who CARES? Cause da Birthday Month is here!!
44years of Luscious Endurance and Triumph entitles ME to a WHOLE Month of da Celebratin'!

My month long celebration isnt just about the usual self indulgent random partying, cash spending nap taking acts that folks generally cram into 1 day...
*Heck no! There's Nothing Random here...I MEANT TO DO IT ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL.....
-OAKY DOAKY, I do randomly choose to play the birthday 'card'...
I mean i think it's just Great being to answer conventional questions with the
best Selfish Answer EVER : "Because it's my Birthday!"
(Not that I would know,) but to me it ranks right up there with the "I'm engaged , expecting, just graduated, just bought my first home so I really need a price break , or just got that promotion" card that i'm always forking over my own well wishes and gifts for! Yeah... and it's an annual event too! Sweet.... Say dat again... Sweet...Oh Hell - I'll say it next year!

So far I've said it 'quietly' as if it's the most sane answer possible. While I'm grinning - well aware that it will entitle me to the 'exception' of what ever 'rule - gauntlet' has just been thrown down.. even Randomly, but not too loudly so as not to muffle the returning Random well wishes echos too...

Yeah November is a gooood month...
Each year, with little effort on my own, i find myself aware of how fortunate I am to have the life i live just by plain ole paying extra attention to the 'good' "LITTLE" things in life we often dismiss as unremarkable because they dont cost money,bring us money, or require manipulation to be 'good'....
Sounds silly, but just remembering that the sun shining - in November is a gift...Ask the New Yorkers! I got to sit in my lawn chair sunbathing while AAA repaired my flat tire in my driveway last week... Something little - but what a gift to get a flat at home, and kick it in the sun! (I didnt even have to use up my talk time on my cell phone to call for help!)

Decided that November can be the dog's birthday too...So Pharoah - the wonderful everlasting AlphaBetaDisco Doggie is now celebrating like a glutton with extra doggie snacks for any or no trick performed, and being let off easy when he gets into the kitchen garbage..
Oh yeah.... he actually got a real bone to chomp on...from my Morton's Steakhouse doggie bag! Dat dinner was pretty good too!
What can I say, - we both dont get food like that at home! What a treat...

I've also been blessed with extra time to come out to support and see artist James GAYLES fabulous watercolor paintings while on exhibit at the Oh so charming Cock-A-Doodle Cafe, downtown Oakland. (Brunch there is definitely on the Happy Birthday schedule) * this place's cheeri-ness is only matched by it's proprietor's happy smile!
Birthday wishes...
Many Loved ones rang me on the phone to extend their greetings, or popped personally to give a hug and a kiss. It was so nice to hear each and everyone of their voices. "being worthy of anytime minutes is really something" - Just ask me - I'll tell ya!

Along with eating cake- i've been treated to some fabulous "my mom cooked it" food from Ms. Gwen & Ms. Tessie at da day job! -- yummmmm... between the greens and Philipina food - i havent had to scrap for lunch yet! - I really thank them, and it's nice to send a hug via another daughter to a 'MoM in lieu'.
I thank them, and give them the same hug i would have given my own mom.
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Do something for 30 days it becomes a habit right?
Happy Birthday to Me,Pharoah, and to YOU....
My purposeful 'well wish' for you...
"I just Hope you dont wait til you're 40yrs to start a new habit."
My party continues until the end of November2006.