so, yeah..it happened i turned 40. All that 'trying to stop it' didn't work and it happened, like the tide coming in…its downright inevitable. Happy to report, however, nothing changed…much..nothing fell off, nothing drooped (anymore than normal), nothing ached ..(er…again anymore than normal) and I haven't, as yet, started fantasising about riding off into the sunset on a big harley….
actually thats more of a blokes mid life crisis thing isnt it?
so whats the female equivalent?
Probably best not to know…and don't suggest toy boys people. 'cos i already have me one of them *heh heh*
Speaking of the hubster, he managed to somehow correlate a book of memories from my friends and family and presented it to me on my birthday. Hand on heart, i didn't look through it much on the day, didn't want mascara running down my face before the party got going and since then life has been frantic and its one of those things that im saving for when i have a bit of 'me time'
*insert hysterical laughing* yeeeah…right..
Anyway to those of you who did contribute I am so incredibly touched and honoured that you would spend time to write down and send me your thoughts…thank you thank you
One not so good thing about my actual birthday was the downright torrential weather ALL day. One of those days when the weather forecast was BANG on and it started raining when they said it would and stopped when they said it would about 7 hours later just as the last couple of friends were leaving….i think there were people in the garden planning construction of an Ark!…and the kids turned the garden into a mini glastonbury…using all the outdoor play stuff even in the throwing it down rain, even using water pistols. Northern kids are just plain tough.
Sadly I have hardly any pictures from the day…i know..how lousy is that for someone who takes photographs but i guess if I'm not behind the camera then it, sadly, won't get up and take some pictures for me. But there were a few.
opening cards first thing. Which i have to say was incredibly early.
I so fell in love with this cake when i saw it. We asked Lizzie Harris to do this cake for me. You can find her incredible cakes here. So, so incredibly talented. We all adored it. The kids loved checking out their 'icing' counterpart. Just.so.clever.
Another birthday surprise was my aunt, my mum's sister, arriving by train in Liverpool from Brighton and surprising us…which was such a lovely treat..she is a crazy lady =)..just about blew my mum away i think!
So our party ended late afternoon, you know it was a school night n'all. In fact, these days parties don't end in the wee small hours, its sensible times, designated driver, kids need to nap type parties…So for us, when it all died down, when we had waved folk home with our thanks, appreciation and hugs, tidied up, mopped the floor, put tired and sugar filled children in bed, turned off the wii and the 80's music, retrieved a few hundred sausage and lolly sticks from under the sofa, recycled the empties and packed up the left overs……
I sat with a cup of tea and a piece of birthday cake and wondered what the next decade of my life will hold….
bring it …..
=)
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