Yup, today is my birthday. I am now 41, and I’m happy to report that it doesn’t feel a whole lot different than 40 did. Or 35. For that matter, I don’t feel all that much different than I did at 30. Well, maybe I’m a little busier now than I was back then, but I’m sure I thought I was busy then too. Anyway, a very happy birthday it was; how could it not be? God has blessed me so richly with so many gifts…I would be ungrateful to have anything but a happy birthday.
Relative to yesterday, today was boring. Aahh, what a gift; I like that word. Nicer synonyms would be calm, routine, peaceful, quiet, but I like boring too. I loved my busy day yesterday, rushing from one activity to the next with hardly a break in between, but I definitely don’t want a string of days like that. Today we did kitchen work, ironing, sewing, laundry, some gardening, and I got 2 posts done on Our Family Circus. Tori and Kate are always a few posts ahead of me; I think there’s still three ready for me to edit and add pictures to. I’m so glad they enjoy doing it, because as much as I want it done and enjoy working on it, if I was doing it solo it just wouldn’t be getting done right now. Anyway. I also read to the kids for a long time in the morning, which is significant, because I don’t get so sleepy like I do in the afternoon. And, sprinkled throughout the day were sweet birthday wishes from various friends/family – phone calls, texts, cards, e-mails. Many nuggets came my way.
Today was so cool – it was beautiful. Jewel actually wanted her jacket when we had lunch outside, and she and Sarah were playing “winter” this afternoon. This is the first time I’ve seen this game…at least they didn’t have their snowpants on!
After lunch I did a little reading that I’ve been wanting to do – my camera manual for one, and another book that I borrowed and would like to return soon. I walked with Karol while kids had a snack and started on chores, and then returned emails while I managed and directed the troops. Kind of a short supper because Dad and I had a meeting to attend; Levi and Jesse got home right before we left, so we got to catch up with them a little bit first. We had a productive planning meeting for Father/Son Night; we’re pretty excited about the agenda and the games for the evening. It’ll be a little different than before: different in a good way, we hope. Time will tell. And before we left the meeting, my dear friend Sandi gave me not one but TWO pans of Chocolate Float, which as she well knows is one of my absolute FAVORITE desserts. Dear Lord, thank you for bringing her to Tremont; bless her always and draw our hearts ever closer together in Christian love and friendship. She is a blessing, a treasure, a nugget of priceless value. Home again, we enjoyed Chocolate Float AND Texas Brownies which Tori made for me this afternoon! I really don’t know which dessert I like better – they’re similar but still different, and both are oh so good. With vanilla ice cream, it was a wonderful way to end another birthday…well, actually it hasn’t ended yet. This weekend Dad is taking all of us out to supper for my birthday gift. He gets me everything I need, so he didn’t know what to get me for a birthday gift. I suggested a family meal out, and so it is. And what fun I am looking forward to.
So ends another day...here's a recipe to remember:
Chocolate Float
Mix:
1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/8 cups sugar
2 1/4 tablespoons baking cocoa
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 1/8 teaspoons salt
Add:
3/4 cup milk
3 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Pour into a greased 9x13 pan.
To make syrup, boil for 5 minutes:
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
1 1/2 cup hot water
3 tablespoons baking cocoa
Pour syrup over batter.
Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.
This is such a fun recipe because the chocolate cake batter 'floats' to the top, and the syrup ends up on the bottom. And it is sooo good; to serve, flip pieces upside down so the syrup is on top; serve warm with ice cream...mmmmmmm. Enjoy!
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