Yes it is! It’s my birthday today and so you’re stuck with me on the blog. Y’all don’t mind, though, right? I mean, really? We’ve had some awesome people visiting, there are new followers, readers have found some new authors to try and there’s a lot more to come. Not to mention, we still have presents to give out at the end of the party!!!!! There will be physical presents as well as e-presents. I’ll be drawing names at random from those that have been commenting all month. It’s been a blast for me to sit here and read the posts and see the different ways people have celebrated their birthday’s. Everyone is so different with their quiet celebrations to their surprise parties to their yearly costume parties.
I fall more into the quiet celebration. Yes, I do want my birthday to be all about me. My kids don’t do school on my birthday or theirs or their father’s. He doesn’t work on mine or his if he can swing that one. I don’t know why I think it should be a whole day celebration or even a whole week celebration, but it should. So many of us do for so many others all year, this one time should be for us. Of course, I throw a month long bash on my blog, but as much as it might see that it’s for me, it’s more for my friends and my readers. And I love giving presents to people. I don’t spend the money for conferences (though with my husband traveling every month this year and in most cases during the weeks that cons are going on, that would be my reasoning this year for not going.) So, this is one of my ways of connecting with readers and authors and bloggers. I have a party.
This will be a blog post that I add to throughout the day. I believe I may make cupcakes here soon. I usually order a cake for my birthday each year and this year, I didn’t. I didn’t want to make my own, but I just might make some cupcakes. Chocolate with vanilla buttercream. My favorite. And I believe I’ll do it all from scratch. At the same time, a Dairy Queen hot fudge chocolate covered strawberry sundae is sounding pretty damn good. I mean, birthday calories don’t count, right? I’ll go back to walking my 3-5 miles a day tomorrow. And resume Weight Watcher’s tomorrow.
For now, here’s a picture of the birthday girl. And yes, you should feel special because I don’t generally put up a picture. I hate pictures, but it’s a special day…
And I haven’t gotten any presents, but for those still looking for what to get me, here are a couple of ideas…
I’ll be adding to this post today here and there, so, stay tuned… For now, though, LUNCH!
I’m back again. And lunch was delicious. My family and I are headed out to spend the evening together and will have a nice dinner in a little while at a wonderful place I’ve only been to once, but the food is heavenly. The cheesecake is DIVINE!
It’s called Firebird’s. I can’t find a good picture of the outside of the building, but this is the Firebar…
And here’s a pic of the cupcakes my friend’s daughter made for me. Out of 12 there are 4 left. Don’t look at me like that. If you’d gotten them, you’d have eaten them, too. Though, I did share with the baker, the boyfriend, the sister, the mother, the father, my daughter and my son…
My friend Eliza gave me the following book… OMG! I LOVE this series! I need to read the 3rd book in the series, Delicious, but our Border’s nor our Barnes and Noble ever had it when we went looking for it. I’ll be ordering it off of Amazon. And these are books that I want in print. I study them, much like I study Eden Bradley’s books. There are many, many, many books I read in eBook. I read mostly in eBook, but certain ones, like these, are ones I want in print.
Other books in this series are Wicked Ties, Decadent, and Delicious…
Cecile Smutty Hussy, whom all of you met yesterday in her fun and sexy costumes, sent me a birthday care package which arrived today. Check out the tea light candles that say Happy Birthday!
It’s been a wonderful birthday, y’all! I even managed few words on the next racing series book this morning and I started putting together the one after that in my head, so…
Headed out for some birthday shopping and dinner. I’ll be back a little later…
My birthday is over and I just want to say, thank you. I have received the most wonderful emails and messages and tweets and comments here from so many people and honestly, thank you doesn’t even seem to match the feeling I have. I appreciate each and every one of you that wished me well today…
~lissa
Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday babe! I hope it’s a good one 🙂
I would NOT have minded getting those first 2 as bday presents! Dayum!
Nice pic, btw…very festive! LOL Birthday calories ABSOLUTELY don’t count & as Scarlet O’Hara said “Tomorrow is another day”.
Eat, drink, & be merry on your bday!
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Happy Birthday!! I will be celebrating mine in three weeks and thinking I should take the day off too but I am going to RT this year so I am kind of pushing it with the days off from work lol
Happy Birthday to my sweet candy!!!!
I hope you get all you deserve on your day my love!
That is a beautiful photo of the birthday girl!! Hey, we both still look very young. 🙂 I’m impressed with your wish list…I’ll take them all too. Have a fabulous 40th birthday!! *big hugs*
Have an awesome 40th birthday!! I love being in my 40’s – so much better than the 30’s.
There are few things better than fresh made-from-scratch cupcakes – YUM! Enjoy them. I am a WW member I distinctly remember that birthdays don’t count towards points! LOL
ENJOY!! This has been an awesome birthday celebration you have thrown!
Have an awesome 40th birthday!! I love being in my 40’s – so much better than the 30’s.
There are few things better than fresh made-from-scratch cupcakes – YUM! Enjoy them. I am a WW member I distinctly remember that birthdays don’t count towards points! LOL
ENJOY!! This has been an awesome birthday celebration you have thrown!
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Happy Birthday Lissa!!!!
I hope you are having a fantastic day.
I’ll take one of those birthday cup cakes 🙂
I got you something….err someone 😀
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Happy Birthday Lissa.
Love your birthday wishlist sign me up for the first two 🙂 and made from scratch cupcakes just can’t be beat. Hope you have a wonderful birthday you.
Happy Birthday Lissa! I can barely remember 40, it’s been a while, lol, but I think it involved a weekend at the beach with my hubby and kidlets.
I can never pass up cake and frosting, and haven’t made one from scratch in forever. Please share your recipe with us, I just might get inspired for my birthday next month.
You deserve to be spoiled today, have fun.
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Happy birthday! Hope you have a great one! I love DQ birthday cakes. I told my family that’s what I want for my birthday cake.
Happy Birthday cutie pie! Nice birthday pics. May you day be filled with all your hearts desire. And your night be filled with…. well, be filled with all the naughty things a birthday girl deserves. It’s your day. Hugs to you. I don’t have any cupcakes here, but I do have girl scout cookies, I’ll think of you when I eat one.
And enjoy your 40 licks with one to grow on! 😉
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to a most awesome and wonderful person I know. May it be splendiferous one for you!!!
*bigsmooshyhugs*
Happy Birthday, Lissa!
Happy Birthday and enjoy your day.
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Happy Birthday Lissa! Have a great day………Love the eye candy…YUM!!!
Oh, oh, I need a new flogger and handcuff set, too. The flogger/handcuff set comes with those two men to wield it, right? I sure hope I win that/them!!!
Have a cupcake for me, please. And then I would be appreciative if you would walk off the calories for me, if that’s not too much to ask.
Enjoy!
Donna
Happy Birthday beautiful! Welcome to the 40s. All is wonderful over here. 🙂
I haven’t made cupcakes myself today, but later in the week my daughter and I will make some from scratch ones… I’ll post the recipe of the ones I’m going to try here tonight.
Y’all are really amazing. Thank you so much…
~lissa
Happy Birthday!!! I hope it’s a great one. I’ve really enjoyed coming on everyday and viewing the post. I have come across lots of great authors that I definitely want to try out. Hope your cupcakes come out good.
Happy BDAY!!!
I hope you have a GREAT day!
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Happy Birthday. I hope you have a wonderful day and get everything that you want. You’re not the only one that hates to have a picture taken of them. My pictures never look good. I also take off on my birthday. I always save a week of vacation just to make sure I don’t have to work.
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Happy Birthday Lissa!!! What wonderful looking cupcakes. Great happy color and chocolate – yummy!
Happy Birthday! There are 4 cupcakes left?! How is that even possible? Enjoy making that number ZERO!
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nice pics thanks
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Those cupcakes are too cute! Enjoy them while they last…LOL
Decadent by Shayla Black is one of my fav books, just love Deke! It was also the very first erotic book I ever read. Addicted now! LOL I love Shayla Black’s books! Thanks
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Yay!! Happy Birthday Lissa! I had so much fun celebrating with you this month! Thanks!
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Oh boy I just love when we get some eye candy to look at. Thanks
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Lissa –
Sounds like you had a great day!
Happy 40th! And many, many more to ya!
Lea Ellen {night owl in IL}
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happy birthday
Happy Late Birthday Lissa!
Hope you had a great day, I would so like those men for my birthday too. 40 is the new 30…that is what I am sticking with and I am older than you…so go with it 😉
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Happy Belated Birthday!
It looks like you had a grand ol’ time. Thanks for sharing the festivities with us! 😀
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I am a day late but my phone wouldn’t let me post… grrrrr!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! You look so cute! *hugs* Love the cakes and the candy!
Yay for Birthdays!
Happy Belated Birthday, Lissa.
I hope you had a grand and wonderful day!
Happy Belated Birthday! It looks like you had fun!
Happy Belated Birthday! Thanks for sharing your day’s events with us!
Happy Late Birthday! Sounds like you had fun.
I hope you had a wonderful day full of celebrating! Have a wonderful year of being older, it’s not so bad actually.
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Happy Happy Birthday and holy crap those were some hot pics 🙂
Sorry, I forgot to put my email address-
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love the pic of the guy with the tattoos. just does it for me every time!
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thanks for sharing. I abolutely love shayla black
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thanks for sharing
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The first three pictures are hot thanks
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I most definately not be telling my my kids that yours don’t go to school on the birthdays. LOL bet they love that
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Good that you had a fun birthday.
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I love the picture of the lips. I wonder if that was uncomfortable for the model?
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Looks like a fantastic day, Lissa! Thanks for sharing the fun–you look wonderful! Glad you enjoyed such a special day of celebrating!
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