They say its your birthday

It's my birthday too, yeah! People always ask if having a birthday so close to Christmas means less gifts or at least more Christmas wrapping paper. Yes, I do get a lot of Christmas wrapping paper, but I really don't care. I mean, I love gifts and all, but I don't really care about that part of it as much as other people. In the book "The Five Love Languages" they talk about gifts as being a love language, so I suppose that is not really how I see or express love. For Therese, on the other hand, it is a very important love language to her. So she generally gives me great, thoughtful gifts because she appreciates getting them herself and enjoys finding something people really like. This means that if I am trying to speak her love language, I need to do better on gift giving. It is something I am working on... This year I specifically told her I didn't want any gifts, so instead Marcus Aurelius got me a big bottle of Russian vodka - my favorite! There will be martinis tonight! Anyway, let me be the first to wish everyone a great new year. God bless!