Today is my 50th birthday!!  I have to admit I am pretty darn happy I have lived this long! So here is my joy list from the past few weeks:

• Getting a bunch of small, lingering tasks done.
• The public library (this would be on every joy list of mine!)
  • Some recent books from the library:
    • “Rebecca” (Daphne Du Maurier)
    • “A Fall of Marigolds” (Susan Meissner)
    • “Dead Wake.  The last crossing of the Lusitania” (Erik Larson)
    • “A Walk in the Woods”  (Bill Bryson)
    • “The Hiding Place” (Corrie Ten Boom)
• Sitting on my swing at dusk watching the bats swoop around and knowing they are eating all those pesky mosquitos.
• Two (in my lifetime) inventions that I find really useful:
  • the debit card
  • the DVR
• Our local classical public radio station
• Rain helping my rosebush bloom
• The start of football season (Go Wildcats!  Go Broncos!)

• My son getting to play outside more with the cooler weather in the evenings and the neighborhood bully moving away.
• Cake for dessert tonight!  Specifically  Coconut Pecan Upside Down Cake (which my son and I are making together after school today)

Happy Birthday to me! And to YOU whenever your birthday is!