Actual Comment My Spam Filter Picked Up Today

“Bonjour I’m Sarah.  I’m a blonde but I still think your posts are fantastic.”

Quality use of the word “but” there, Sarah.  And I like the French bit too.  Very sophisticated.

In other news, DISNEY ON ICE TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!

I Don’t Think I Can Explain This – It’s Possible I’ve Been Possessed

Sometimes I really surprise myself by my reactions to things.  It’s like there’s this whole other person in me who I barely know but who sometimes just takes over and gets her way.  (And she’s pretty fabulous, so I’m cool with it.)

So yesterday, I was skimming through the daily free commuter newspaper that they give out at the seabus and I saw an ad for this:

Quick, It’s Sunny! Run Outside!

Summer in Vancouver is a fickle thing.  Our winters aren’t all that cold, but they are long and dreary and by July we are pretty desperate for vitamin D.

This year has been a major summertime disappointment.  Three nice days here, a morning there, but nothing consistent, or even over about 22 degrees.

Paradise Found

Sorry for disappearing on you there.  I am in Hawaii for two weeks with limited access to internet.  And by limited access, what I mean is that I’m in Hawaii and have no intention of spending very much of that time in front of a screen.  It’s not that I don’t love you.  It’s just how it’s got to be.

It’s My Birthday! Yay!

I am 32 today.

My husband has a thing for attractive wrapping paper. I dig that about him.

It’s sunny, so that’s an excellent start.  I also just opened all my presents, and there were some really cool things in there, so also good.  I have lunch plans and dinner plans, so there’s more to look forward to yet.  This day has quality potential.

It is 7:15 am.  I have to go to work, which sucks because I truly believe that one’s birthday should be a personal holiday, but because I work in accounting, I can’t take days off near month-end.  But I will not let it get me down.

I actually am having some of those gloomy birthday thoughts that other people always seem to have and that I have never had before: thoughts about getting older and figuring out what to do with my life and whether I should start investigating wrinkle creams and seriously committing to a financial plan for my retirement or something.

Whatever.  Today there were presents and cards for me.  Later there will be cake.  Life is good.

Happiness Is.

Kitten photo that has nothing to do with this post besides the fact that cute kitten photos make me happy and it's my blog so I can do whatever I want.

Today was an excellent day.  If you have a super attitude, I suppose every day you are alive can be construed as an excellent day.  But I guess I don’t have a super attitude, because I do have bad days.  Today though, I am giving a gold star.  And there are many reasons: