Today is Joshua's birthday. For his special birthday dinner, I've constructed a beautiful lasagne made with Andouille sausage from The Organic Butcher of Charlottesville. Two things of note about this particular sausage:
1) It smells awful when raw.
2) Nearly no fat cooked off of the meat (which smelled much better cooked). Yay for healthy meat!

The lasagne is in the frigde, awaiting baking later. I'm rather proud of my culinary self. :o)

In honor of Joshua's 24th birthday, I'd like to post a list of things I love about him.

1) He has the most beautiful blue eyes, which are the very first thing I ever noticed about him (before I even knew him!) In high school, I swore that I would marry a guy with brown eyes, but I was wrong - and I'm happy about that.

2) He's the smartest person I know. He knows something about everything.

3) He's tall. :o)

4) He loves Moses Jones more than he would admit to anyone but me - and the Bible says that good men care for their animals. Therefore, Joshua is a good man.

5) He's always willing to sacrifice anything for my happiness, even when I wish he wouldn't.

6) He's the perfect blend of "old school" masculinity and "new school" metro. He knows how to fix things, build things, do hard labor, etc. But, he also knows what to wear to nearly every occasion and likes to have neatly pressed shirts. :o)

7) He comes up with fun things to do - like going to the Fork Union Drive-In last minute, or driving all over town until we find out how to get to that big house on the mountain!

8) He loves my family very much, and cried almost as much as I did when Grammy died.

9) He thinks I'm funny and he gets my sense of humor.

10) He strives hard to be a Godly man and works to know exactly what it means to be a follower of Christ.

I could go on and on, but I think 10 is enough for now. When all is said and done, Joshua is my best friend in the whole world, and I wouldn't want it any other way! Everyone should send him and email and wish him a very happy birthday!