Happy Day

I have never blogged in the morning.
          but, it is my Birthday and I can do what I want to.
     So, I decided I could treat myself to 1/2 of a coconut cupcake. 
                                           

 So I head outside.  No one seemed to notice.  The man I live with was reading the paper and did not hear me go outside three times. 
 First. to check the temperature
 Second to bring my "breakfast" out.
 Third time I was carrying a little devoltional book.

just a note: I am sure most women know where all the family members are at any given time.  The phone rings for your son, you know he is outside shooting baskets. The dishwasher needs to be unloaded and you know where your kitchen helper of the week is hiding.  Neighbors come to play and you know exactly where to send them.    ( p.s. be glad, soon enough no one will be coming or calling because they have all grown up and flown away )


  I love to sit in the sun in the morning and read and pray and drink coffee.  And today the sun is calling me.
That  1/2 cucpcake was so good and so small, I thought it would be a good idea to eat another.  Breakfast !   There is protein in that butter I put in the cupcake and icing.

 So I have started my day talking to myself.  The man I have been living with has gone.  He cuts wood.   But I want to give him credit for having a birthday gift for me on the breakfast table. 
  A cookbook from  England.   He bought it last month when he went to England without me.  But  next year, when I have a bigger birthday he is going to take me with him. 
London.... Paris.... Zurich.                       
   I do love cookbooks. And this one is all about baking the way Mum bakes. I love it already.            
  I would add a photo, but I must get on with my day.

Happy Day to YOU ! ( or me, since I am talking to myself )
 There are still two cupcakes left over from last night..
                 It was a  Happy Birthday to Beth 

     The coffee is on,  come on over   ..........

It started with a short road trip to Vancouver Island at 7:00 Friday morning.
I say short, but when you are on the road for 5 or 6 hours in one day and 5 or 6 the next, you bring along something to do. I brought along some Holiday letters that I have saved during the past 4 or 5 years.
Also 3 books
Look Great Feel Great ( Joyce Meyer ) I snagged that from Martha's free table
What Einstein told his cook ( Robert Woelke ) Did you recommend this or did I?
Respectable Sins ( Jerry Bridges ) Gift from Alice
That said, I will leave you to guess what I spent my time on.
O, I brought my journal, too.
Back to the road trip.
We were getting close to the Twassen Ferry dock, with about an hour before take off, with a police car right behind us, when Darrell thought we were going to miss the ferry if we did not hurry through ...... a red light. Yes, I said there was a police car right behind us. A very nice officer ( they look so handsome in a uniform) came to the window and asked a few questions. He must have realized that the driver was just old, and not on drugs or anything, so he just said " It would be better to miss the ferry, than cause an accident". So we did. Miss the ferry. By 13 cars. So this gave us another two hours to read, eat, read some more. Once we arrived in Nanaimo, it was another hour to our friends, Charlie and Marilyn (about 3:00 in the afternoon.) We had a great visit,despite some rain showers on Saturday
All too soon it was time to start back. We wanted to make sure and get to the ferry dock early so we left the house at 3:30. We got to the dock by 4:15 ( went through one red light ) the ferry left at 5:45 . We should have left at 3:00. We missed it by 8 cars. We pulled into our garage about 1:00 Sunday Morning.
End of story. ( do you think that missing a ferry is like punishment for breaking the law?)