Saturday, December 29, 2012

Birthday Girl!

 

I celebrated a birthday yesterday!  When I was growing up it was a disadvantage as far as I was concerned.  Christmas presents rolled into birthday presents! It fell during the school holidays so once I was away at boarding school and home only for holidays, there were no parties. 

When my husband and I were first married he threw surprise parties for me - a quiet dinner for two at a favourite London restaurant would turn into anything from a party of six to a busload of twenty plus!  It was fun at the time and being with friends I loved was most enjoyable.  Those times are no more but that's fine with me.  They were happy times and we are still in happy times but things change, people change.   Fortunately family, even with its ups and downs stays constant and that is what is important to me.  That and the fact that I still have good friends - different friends. 

Yesterday, apart from my daughter packing madly to leave for New York later in the evening, was relatively quiet.  Her  boyfriend gave me his very own homemade Red Velvet cake which is to die for! I cut it before they left!  I had a ball on Face Book where my cyber party was in full swing.

I don't need parties and  diamond, emerald, ruby and sapphire  jewelry designed by my husband and made by bespoke Jewelers.  I need only peace of mind, a happy family, good friends and the ability to thank God for life.  

So whilst I fly from my imaginary chandelier, I thank God for all the experiences I (good and bad) that have made me into who I am today.  People may not like it at times but what you see is what you get!

11 comments:

  1. well Happy Belated Birthday! sounds like you enjoyed your day and everything else! I have an almost end of Nov. birthday and it always seems to get lost in the Thanksgiving preps.... but we all have to make the best of these things... Happiest of New Years!

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    1. I did thank you very much. I know about birthdays rolling into holidays! All good wishes to you and yours for 2013.

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  2. Happy belated birthday Bee. It is so nice to see you. I must admit I miss your poem blogs you used to do in Multiply.

    I have had so much PC problems, *now sorted* just have to work out where the tech put everything as I have two huge new hard drives now. Yikes. LOL

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    1. Thank you so much. The poems originate on here so you will see one any day now as The new Mag went up this morning. Glad your PC problems are being sorted out.

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  3. Hi Barb. Happy Birthday again. Isn't it great being secure and settled within yourself? Age is definitely not a bad thing. We were in full party mode last night with Krista's surprise engagement party. I've been on a happy little cloud all day. Life is good.

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    1. Thank you again Annie. Indeed it is. There are some advantages in getting older! Congratulations to everyone on the engagement.
      What a surprise! I like the sound of your cloud. Jump onto the chandelier!

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  4. Glad you had a wonderful day. With age comes knowledge, doesn't it?

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    1. Thank you Kathy. Yes it does - I`ve always said that age brings reason.

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  5. Happy belated birthday, my friend
    And have a wonderful new year!

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  6. Belated birthday Greetings Bee.

    My sister has hers the week before Christmas with the same problems!

    I agree fully with your last comment and add that decisions made, rightly or wrongly, also have knock on good effects.

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  7. I hope your day suited you perfectly! So nice to have memories of good times in the past...even better to be thankful for the present and the love of family is right there at the top of list of blessings!

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