August 19: Happy Birthday to Me!

Answers to Yesterday's Trivia Challenge:

The 70's

1. "She's got electric boots, a mohair suit" - Elton John - Bennie and the Jets

2. "I'm runnin' down the road trying to loosen my load." - Eagles - Take it Easy

3. "Well, the rain exploded with a mighty crash As we fell into the sun And the first one said to the second one there I hope you're having fun" - Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run

4. "Brown sugar, how come you taste so good?" - Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar

5. "Evil woman" - Electric Light Orchestra - Evil Woman

6. "I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain?" - Credence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen the Rain?

7. "I'm gonna take you on a trip so far from here I've got two tickets in my pocket =, now, baby we're gonna disappear." - Eddie Money - Two Tickets to Paradise

8. "I've been really tryin', baby Tryin' to hold back this feeling for so long And if you feel like I feel, baby Then c'mon, oh, c'mon" - Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On

9. "Well, I tried to make it Sunday But I got so damned depressed." - America - Sister Golden Hair

10. Just yesterday morning, they let me know you were gone Suzanne, the plans they made put an end to you." - James Taylor - Fire and Rain

11. "Stayed in bed all morning just to pass the time There's something wrong here, There can be no denying" - Carole King - It's Too Late

12. "You probably think this song is about you." - Carly Simon - You're So Vain

13. "I would give everything I own Give up my life, my heart, my home I would give everything I own Just to have you back again." - Bread - Everything I Own

14. "Wake up Maggie I think I've got something to say to you." - Rod Stewart - Maggie May

15. "He says, son, can you play me a memory I'm not really sure how it goes But it's sad and it's sweet, and I knew it complete When I wore a younger man's clothes." - Billy Joel - Piano Man

16. "Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?" - Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

17. "Ground control to Major Tom" - David Bowie - Space Oddity

The 80's

1. "She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene." - Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

2. "Touched for the very first time." - Madonna - Like A Virgin

3. "Do you really want to hurt me?" - Culture Club - Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?

4. "I was dreamin' when I wrote this Forgive me if it goes astray." - Prince - 1999

5. "That's all I wanted Something special, something sacred In your eyes" - George Michael - Father Figure

6. "She's ferocious and she knows just what it takes to make a pro blush." - Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes

7. "Turn around Every now and then I get a little bit lonely and you're never coming 'round." - Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart

8. 'We are young Heartache to heartache we stand." - Pat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield

9. "Now I gotta cut loose." - Kenny Loggins - Footloose

10. "I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord" - Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight

11. "Loving you isn't the right thing to do How can I ever change things that I feel?" - Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way

12. "You should have seen by the look in my eyes baby There was somethin' missin'" - REO Speedwagon - Keep on Loving You

13. "In my life, there's been heartache and pain I don't know if I can face it again." - Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is

14. "Oh we're halfway there whoa" - Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer

15. "Now and then when I see her face She takes me away to that special place And if I stare too long I'd probably break down and cry." - Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine

16. "I come home in the morning light My mother says, when you gonna live your life right?" Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want to Have Fun

17. "I'm lying alone with my head on the phone Thinking of you till it hurts" - Air Supply - All Out Of Love

18. "When the truth is found To be lies And all the joy Within you dies" - Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love

I hope you had fun with this. Sooooooo many memorable songs to choose from. I could have made the lists way longer. It was hard to choose the ones to keep on the list and the ones to just love.

Today's post is dedicated to Mother Nature who pours rain down on us then shines her light through the after mist - giving us her gift of all the beauty of her colors in the form of a rainbow. Just gorgeous and oh, so inspiring.

"The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears." - John Vance Cheney

"If you want the rainbow you gotta put up with the rain." - Dolly Parton

"I am giving you a sign of my covenant with you and with all living creatures, for all generations to come. I have placed my rainbow in the clouds." - Genesis 9:12

"Just be with me. We'll figure out the details later." - perry poetry

"Cry, my love, cry like you never have before. The sky paints beauty for those broken enough to feel." - Angie Weiland-Crosby

"You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down." - Charlie Chaplin

This is my cart only in red and I only paid $30

Watching the rain

The rain stopped

Where's Bobby? He is the same color as the sand.

Someone left this very cool sandcastle

The wind misshaping my umbrella

I found this blue feather at my campsite. Bluebird of happiness must have visited me when I was gone.

Because it is my birthday, I went to Starbucks and got my free drink and a slice of lemon loaf. I haven't had this for literally months. It was sooo yummy! I also bought myself a birthday present. It's a beach cart that was 50% off at Target. It has the huge wheels that roll over every type of surface and tons of room to put my stuff, even an umbrella and the dogs' things, as well. The other think I bought wa a mallet to help put the umbrella deep in the sand.

I am loving Biloxi. Uncrowded beaches and hardly any bugs. No bug bites, no flies in the camper. There must be something around here that is eating them. The cottage houses close to the beach are only about $150,000. If I could, my goal would be to put a house on my brother's property and buy a cottage here. It's doable. Of all the places I've been I like this place the best. That is, besides the farm. I just don't want to live in Granville in the winter.

The rain stopped and I took the dogs down to the beach to hang out for a while. The water is so lovely and warm. I used my Wonder Wheeler to roll my stuff and all the dog stuff down to the beach. It worked like a wonder. Haha. I put up my umbrella, got the dogs situated, went in the water, then laid out for a bit. There were only two other families on the beach; so peaceful. The clouds were gorgeous. The breeze was nice. The sand so, so white. The water looks brown, which threw me off until I looked up why; "The waters are clean but brownish in color...because the waters are diluted by other water from the Pascagoula and Pearl Rivers which drain into the sound." (traveltips.usatoday.com) While I was sitting and soaking up all the good vibes, my umbrella was pulled from its stand (which is screwed into the sand deep) and just kept tumbling away from me. As I ran after it, the dogs just sat and waited so nicely. I was afraid that it was going to cross the highway and cause an accident, but a nice man got out of his car and caught it for me. I thought that it might fold itself up and put itself away by the way it was headed straight for my truck. If I'd been holding on while it was fully up I would have had a fun ride like Mary Poppins, but in a bathing suit and screaming, "HELP!" because I really hate heights.

I'm making myself my favorite dinner for my birthday. Gluten free pasta with grilled chicken, sun-dried tomatoes, fresh peppers, in pesto sauce and freshly grated parmesan on top. BTW, this is one of the boys' favorites, as well. They deserve it for being so good at the beach.

Funny story. The sand wasn't hot, but it was warm. Bobby figured out that if he dug a hole, he could be cooler. What a smart little guy. Jean-Luc, the old man just kept sneezing and every time he shook his head he would get sand stuck on his nose. Goofy dog.