Birthday celebrations should last for several days!
Hoping this day of celebration is a good one.

Happy Birthday Ed...have a lovely day! x

Karen UK

Happy birthday Ed, hope your day is filled with joy!

Happy Birthday Ed. This is the second time but you deserve it.

I think in Sweden they celebrate for at least a week. I celebrate for a whole month. Happy Birthday Ed. I hope you have a wonderful birthday and that you receive lots of birthday wishes. Its your special day enjoy.
Mary

Now this is enough celebrating, Ed!! Hope it's a great one.

Happy Birthday. Hope it is a good one.

Happy Birthday OJ!!!

Happy Birthday, Joyful!!

Happy Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday Joyful!

Enjoy your special day. Happy birthday.

Happy Birthday!!!!! Have yourself a great day!!!!

Happy Birthday, I hope its a great day...

"As an Aquarius born on January 30th, your personality is defined by openness, wit and imagination. While others may have a hidden agenda, you prefer the "what you see is what you get" approach. In all your dealings, you value honesty over all else"

Happy, Happy Birthday, Ole Joyful!!!!! I hope you have a marvelous day, Ed. Thanks for your constantly encouraging and always entertaining posts--you really liven up the joint. :)

Happy Birthday Ole Joyful. Have a blessed great day!

Happy Birthday OJ....I, too, enjoy your posts. I do not post a lot but read GW everyday. I think it is a real blessing for us here at the KT.....to have access to your wisdom, your kind and caring advice has helped me in the past. Have a wonderful birthday and make 2014 one of your best years yet!

Happy, happy, happy birthday to one of my very favorite KTers!!!

Happy Birthday, Ole Joyful! And many more healthy, wealthy and happy years for you!

Drumming up some birthday wishes for ya, Ed!

Thanks, thanks again, everyone.

Car licence must be renewed today, had emissions test the other day (required every two years) and wasn't sure where I put the paper ... found it on the dash of the car.

Did some paper work and decluttering last night till late ... then played some ocmptuer mages till evne ltear - so raelyl late to bde.

Up a little fater nine, put on squeezy socks (the tightest of the three, today), got some breakfast, tried getting out the back door - it wouldn't open. For the last two or three days turning the handle the usual way wouldn't pull out the tongue from the door jamb ... today, turning it the other way wouldn't work, either.

First birthday gift ... an intangible ... unwelcome!

So I put the cat's water to heat, to help thaw some of the water that froze, after yesterday, and got her feed, then headed for the front door ... that I doubt has been opened even once in the past year. Second trip to get some paper work that I needed, to park by the door, to avoid trailing snowy boots through the house.

Haven't found the key to the front door, that I'm aware of ... none labelled, so tried several, only one would agree to enter the channel ... and the channel, being unused for so long, resisted ... so I went to the basement to get a jug of motor oil for the car that had a bit of residue in the bottom ... after a few pushes, the tumblers loosened up somewhat ... but the key wouldn't turn ... so the door's sitting there unlocked, should anyone want to plough through the snowbanks to get to it. By the way ... the snow shovel was in the back porch, which I hadn't got to, at that point.

Second gift of the day, also intangible - also unwelcome.

Storm door was willing to open, with some resistance due to piled-up snow. Third, rather inconsequential, gift of the day ... but welcome. How does one slide out the narrow opening if the storm door will only open about a foot, due to piled up snow? (Remember my story the other day about how to deal with it if a naked man offers you a gift)?

Car started - fourth (somewhat inconsequential) gift of the day - welcome!

Picked up the mail at the gate - fifth gift of the day - tangible: birthday card from niece, a sweetie who's a nurse in Alberta, her Dad killed in a car smash en route to work when she was a teen ... a welcome gift! (She's a year younger than my daughter - so to be 50 next year).

Almost a half hour late (after picking up native smokes for a friend who has bad lungs and shouldn't be smoking) to the ROMEOs' coffee and talk hour at the church that I attended as a boy.

The church secretary has birthday in January, and one of the Romeos, who liaised with farmers for several thousand acres of tomatoes for Heinz for quite a number of years: his birthday is today, also. They celebrated our birthdays last week, gave each of us a cupcake with lighted candle on a bread and butter plate. Standing in the middle of the circle of about 18, I held mine out at arm's length ... and blew a substantial blast, as much as my rather decrepit lungs would allow. I figured that if I managed to snuff the flame, there'd be some attention paid ... and if I didn't succeed, also .. and a bit of fun for all.

Did I succeed in blowing it out?

It's somewhat warmer today ... about 5 degrees F., I think ... but still substantial wind.

I have some beer and liquor bottles in the trunk (for the same friend, who, with peanut-level income, can't afford the luxury) to turn in for credit ... but not sure that I want the bother, in this chilly weather.

And I have to get the licence renewed today. Then give a list of several agencies to which I want to contribute, to United Way, for them to forward a major portion of the value of the stock that I contributed last year (which, transferred to a charity, avoids capital gain tax).

Dinner later with son and his lady.

Probably some talk with you folks, later, from the library. This is from the church.

Isn't it interesting how many gifts life brings us, daily? Lets' be thankful daily for them.

Thanks again for the good wishes.

Oh, yeah - I figure that the best gift of all is the good health that I'm able to enjoy, in that, as I've said before, it's seldom that my body tells me, "Listen you darned old fool: I can't DO that for you any more!"!

It's up to me to make that gift useful, not just for myself, but for others, as well. We're all part of one web/tapestry of life: let's add to, not pull out the threads!

ole joyfuelled.

Hah! Poor you, starting your day with a wicked variation on that saying: "If one door closes, another opens." At your house, if one door won't open, neither will the other!

But you soldiered on, and your day started improving. Enjoy your birthday dinner and the company of people who love you.

Happy Birthday!

Hey, Ed, wanna tell us how old you are? I'm sorry your day started out with difficulties and hope the rest of it is much nicer!

got enough cake for all those candles???? love you and wish the besrt

Minnie

You've had quite an eventful day... hoping the rest of it is perfect!

At the investment group last night, said that I had onl.y 4 hours left to enjoy being 84 ...

... and, they didn't even sing "Happy birthday ... " to me ...

... plus, at the after-meeting for a few to continue the discussion at the arches fast food place, after ... I had to buy my own coffee!

As for that candle on the cupcake at the ROMEOs last week, that I held at arm's length ... I did get it blown out! To some merriment ... who thought that there was a blow-hard ... in this august group!

'Twould be quite a job - to get 85 candles on a cupcake: wall-to-wall fire, right!

The temp. around here is warmer today - about 20 F.

I goofed, earlier - drove right by the licence renewal place and forgot the need to go in. Looking for another place in the city at present.

Half decent day, all told.

ole joyfuelledf

Happy Birthday, Ole Joyful.... :-) And many more!!!

Happy Birthday Joyful!

Happy Birthday OJ....I, too, enjoy your posts. I do not post a lot but read GW everyday. I think it is a real blessing for us here at the KT.....to have access to your wisdom, your kind and caring advice has helped me in the past. Have a wonderful birthday and make 2014 one of your best years yet!

Happy Birthday OJ....I, too, enjoy your posts. I do not post a lot but read GW everyday. I think it is a real blessing for us here at the KT.....to have access to your wisdom, your kind and caring advice has helped me in the past. Have a wonderful birthday and make 2014 one of your best years yet!

Cannot understand why my post repeated twice! And the last two times I was not even on the computer. Strange!

Happy Birthday, Ed! I always look forward to your posts. Keep posting for many more years to come! HUGS

One more Birthday Wish before the clock starts a new day. I'm sure you will cherish the good parts of the day, the family gathering and, especially the fact that you so capably handled all those little road blocks that keep you on your toes. Best, best Wishes for your continued good health and the wisdom and humor that I (and we) look forward to every day. Many Hugs, OJ...... Nanny