one of the best realisitions of my life as a male was "its not all about you " single parent hood does that to a man ,, hence the different perspective..you and uni have always given your all to yours I am sure .. we men arrive at that in a different direction ..not saying we dont get there.. merely from a different view point .. never tell a man its all about him on any day ,,, he has always been sure of that.. you have a legacy ..your kids..its your day .. its never just about us .. sigh .. happy Bday .. not to be inplied as criticism of anyone ...just ruminations ..every B day is precious .. we all go .. enjoy the ones you have..Life is sweet

Whatever with the past has gone,
The best is always yet to come.
~Lucy Larcom

Enjoy your day!!

--
MrsOldGuy
"He is alive, but only in the sense that he can't be legally buried."
--Geoffrey Madan

My birthday was ok!! bout the same as usual I guess. Another year older none the wiser. My grandkid asked me, "Meemaw do Grandparents Live to be 101 years old?" I said "yup, as long as the Grandchildren Dont drive em nuts." She said well, "I guess you wont be livin to be that old then huh?" 'I said oh no I'm an exception to that rule. I'm gonna live long enuff to drive everyone nuts." She didn't say nuttin more but from the looks on her face I could tell she thinks I'm doin a pretty good job of just that!!

I'm a big one for puttin stuff off til I GOTTA!! do it. I had to renew my plates and tags and license yesterday. I walked into secretary of state. looked to see what number they was on. #27 was on the marquee, I pulled my number, it was #60.. I thought I would be celebrating my next birthday or at least christmas there., fianlly got to the counter and the lady checked my eyes. I got a restriction on my license for glasses this year she tells me. Really? no surprise since I think I'm half blind!!

One kid (my middle called me two times to tell me happy birthday. Once on the 17th and once on the 20th. I told her thanks but it's not my birthday. told her "tell ya what, call me everyday and say it to me yur bound to get it right at least once."

My oldest came out last weekend with her two lil curtain climbers. they got me a cheeses cake, ice cream and some really good coffee.so we actually celebrated my birthday on that sunday.

I had day off from the hell hole I call a job.. so I did four or five loads of laundry vacuummed the house. fried up a mess of catfish, fried taters, and made a big ole salad. with oreo pie for dessert.

I got half dozen phone calls yesterday wishing me happy birthday.. tons of emails.. And lots of instant messages from folks I've talked to on here for the past two years. had one "friend" tell me, dont do nuttin all day!! go to movie or do something for you!!! yah right like thats gonna happen!!! LOL how funny!! Betcha that "friend dont do nuttin for themselves either but it's a nice thought!!

My son was in here last night eatin dinner!! he says "hey ma how was yur day?" I said "it wasnt bad and I dont feel a damn bit older either.' He says "ma is today yur birthday? I thought it was the 29th"
I said "well, damn . maybe it is and I been wrong all these years!"

As far as it being all about me,, Nice thought but it aint never ever been all about me since February 1981 when I gave birth to my first Kid!!! Last summer was the first time I ever did a "It's all about me vacation from here and my responsibility here... and they are all still thinkin i was/am going nutty in my middle life. I'm thinkin bout another trip this summer. But... I'm planning to drive it. So wish me luck..

Once again to all my well wishers Thank You very much!!!

Oh and to top off my day yesterday!!! my internet went down while I was in the middle of something.. And it didnt even really piss me off like it usually does. I got a cup of coffee and read a book and watched a movie on t.v. (never have been one to do just one thing at a time)

Sorry I missed your b-day yesterday. I've been away for a few days.

Happy Birthday!!!

THE SENILITY PRAYER

Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference.

Happy Birthday, Sanura!

I need to come around this place more often. Maybe I need to mount my laptop to the steering wheel ... hmmm ...

... to the Queen of the Walmart panties! I sure hope someone in your family had the common decency to buy you the prettiest, silkiest, sexiest, "narrowist", pair of panties Walmart has to offer. And a Fredrick's hoist-'em-up-for-cleavage-ooglers to boot!!

Hope you had a great day yesterday, and may you spend all of today explaining the big smile on your face.

:-) :-) XXOOXX!!

"Old Age Is Not For Sissies"