It was a good birthday. I had coffee with a friend this morning. My husband and I had a nice dinner, and then we had Italian cream cake. He had the beagles gather around before he sang happy birthday to me. We gave the beagles their own small slices of cake.
There were some happy dogs in this house tonight.
My husband gave me art to hang in my office. It's a big parrot surrounded by lots of tropical foliage, and there's also a toucan with the parrot. Parrots are special to us because of the parrot we created together, the one I've written stories about ... it's kind of an ongoing dialogue we have. He's now a real parrot for us. We have a parrot collection going... quite a few parrot pieces around here.
My Dad sent a beautiful card in the mail and a check. I can tell he put thought into the card. It's really pretty ... has a peacock and sparkly stuff, glitter, etc. on the outside. The message inside seems genuine. I will thank him tomorrow.