Happy Birthday...

to me!  Yes, it is. Today is my birthday. Ya wanna know how old I am? I'm not telling.  Sometimes, I feel a lot younger than I am, mostly because I have children a lot younger than most people my age do.  Most of my peers have children in junior high, high school or even college. One gal I went to high school with is actually a grandmother. Yikes. I can't imagine that.  But, I did start late getting married and having kids and all. Oh well.  So, what am I doing on my birthday. Oh, the usual. Laundry. Cleaning house. Yelling at my kids to get their school work done. You would think, being my birthday and all, they would be nicer to me. Maybe get their work done without being told 40 million times. But, Duh-duh keeps going around saying things like, "It's your birthday, Mom. You're -- years old today." and he keeps saying it. Over and over again. And I'm like, would you just get your school work done and stop reminding me how old I am!  Oh, but I have had a few calls with birthday wishes from my mom and my mother-in-law. And my dear friend had us all over for lunch. That was very nice. My favorite birthday party I ever had was when I was in Brazil. See, I've had a winter birthday all my life. I hate winter birthdays.  But, in Brazil, being south of the equator and all, January is mid-summer. So, I had a bbq for my birthday. We had these little Brazilian kabobs,that I can't for the life of me remember their names, but they're really good and you eat them with this salsa stuff and this other stuff, I can't really remember what it was. I can see it in my mind.... oh, forget it. But it was really good. You, know, when you get to be my age, and you have five kids, your mind really goes to pot! I can't remember squat anymore. Brazilian food is awesome. Have I mentioned that before? I mean, it really is.  OK. So, that was my favorite birthday. And now, this is just a birthday.  But, I did tell Hubby that I was not cooking dinner on my birthday, so we're all going out to eat to this little Mexican restaurant in town. We always go there with the family because they serve you chips right away and the kids can just sit and eat those. And the service is fairly quick.  Anyhow, so Happy Birthday to me. I'm going to go make myself a cup of coffee.