Jul 21 2007
Birthday contemplations and Andee has candy to give!
I was speaking with someone today, and we were talking about birthdays. He asked how old I was going to be this year and I said 27. We were joking about our 21st birthdays, and how we drank and partied and had a general all around kick butt time. I said I wouldn’t mind being 21 again. He said something that really made me think.
He said that 25 to 30 were his best years. He got married, had a baby, bought a house and “started his life”. The more I think about it, I feel the same. I got married when I was 23, but the first year was hard. Not hard as in I didn’t like being married, I loved it, but hard because we were living together finally and my life was rapidly changing. It was difficult to adjust to.
Pete and I have never gotten along better than we do right now. My marriage is beyond solid and I am smiles all the time with him. So, for this birthday, I am not going to be sad that I am getting closer to 30, I am going to embrace the fact that these have been some of the best years of my life. I have a ton to be thankful for, and if I had not been so lucky and blessed, maybe I wouldn’t even be here. I am truly the luckiest person in the world right now.
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Time for candy!!!! You want candy!!!!
To win this candy, in honor of 10,000 posts and my birthday, I give you this:
2 of you will have the opportunity to win. Enclosed in this candy are 5 different Martha Stewart note cards (only one style came with envelopes), 4 different yummy ribbons, and an assortment of MM eyelets, in brushed pewter, gold and multicolored!!
To win, just leave me a comment and I will draw for the candy Monday night!!!
Have a wonderful weekend and I will post pics from my party later this week!
Happy Birthday Andee!! Hope it’s a good one : ]
Angela
Andee - Happy, happy Birthday! I totally agree with you - it’s so good to hear people at peace with their lives!! I am so “over” the drama of our early twenties! 30 isn’t that bad, really!!
Happy Birthday to Andee! May every birthday in the future be as wonderful as this one is for you. So glad you are in a “happy place”!
Happy birthday Andee…and I think your friend was right…that stage was my happiest thus far too!
Happy Birthday! Thanks for a chance to win!
Happy birthday! It sounds like you’ve got a great guy and a happy life - so CELEBRATE!! I hope this year is your best one yet!
That’s great that you have your life together. Mine didn’t start to come together until I was 30. Now I am two and a half years shy of 40 and I must tell you… life has never been sweeter! At least for me it did.
Birthday Blessings to you.
Happy Birthday!
I hope you have an awesome birthday! How cool.. I will be celebrating my 21st birthday this year on November 26th.. (oh boy.. hehe)
Happy Birthday!!! Are we all invited to the party? LOL
Have a good one anyway!
Great blog and great blog candy! Thanks for the opportunity at a chance too!
I understand what you’re saying…as I get older, I don’t mind it. For one thing, everyone else is getting old with me, but more importantly, I feel “comfortable in my skin”. I’m happy. And I’m glad you’re happy too. Have a great birthday!
Happy Happy Birthday to you sweet Andee!! Hope you have the bestest weekend ever!!! (((HUGS)))
Happy Birthday to you !! Hope it’s the best EVAH!
Happy Birthday to YOU! Hope it’s the best ever with many more to follow! Congrats on your hits and what a way to celebrate them together for your readers. Count me in on this! Thanks for a chance.
Happy Birthday. Enjoy your day, and spoil yourself! Love the candy.
For me the years 18-25 have been the biggest. I got married, bought a house, had three children, moved interstate a few times…I am tired thinking about it all!
It is my birthday soon too, and as I get ready to turn 26, I am ready to enter the next phase of my life, whatever that may be!
Happy Birthday!
Cass
Happy Birthday!! Well, I can tell you from experience that despite it’s ups and downs, my forties were pretty fabulous. You have a lot to look forward to! But I just turned 50, and the ONLY good thing so far is that “aunt flo” ain’t comin’ around no more!
Happy Birthday Andee!!
Enjoy your day with your wonderful husband and just have fun! Thank you for the chance at some great blog candy as well.:)
Happy birthday to you….happy birthday to you! That ribbon is oh soooo yummy! Thanks for the chance to win!
Happy Birthday Andee!
Wish you have a wonderful day!!
I loved the ribbon!!
Hugs
Marcia
Happy Birthday! You have a wonderful blog.
Happy birthday and congrats on the blog hits! Thanks for the chance to win such great blog candy!
Happy birthday, Andee, and congratulations on 10 000 hits! Thanks for the chance to win!
Great blog candy, thanks for giving us all a chance to win. congrat’s on all the hits!
Andee - Hope your birthday is full of fun and surprises. You have a great blog and it’s no wonder you have so many hits. Keep it up - I love to visit!
Happy B’Day kiddo-27 was good for me in a lot of ways. My kids were all in school for one! If you should pull my name, may I have the
privilege of gifting this forward with my favorite number? JUst because.
WOOHOO! We share the same birthday! You are much younger than I am. Wish I could be 27 again! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
You have a great outlook…now as I draw closer to 40 it’s a little harder to have such a bright outlook…LOL Happy b-day!
Happy Birthday!!! I can’t believe you are giving this stuff away!!
Congrats to you and your new way of thinking. That is just wonderful. Hope you have a wonderful birthday!!
Happy Birthday Andee. Celebration time:) You are so generous to share your special day by offering us treats.
Happy Birthday to you, Andee!! Oh to be 27 again… Actually, not. Been there, done that and wouldn’t like to visit that age again. LOL! Have a wonderful birthday!
Karen L.
What a lovely part of your life to share!! I am very happy for you and wish you many many years of continued sweet married life!! (now send me the blog candy!) lol…Happy Birthday!! hugs, Elaine
Happy happy birthday! What a great stash of goodies! Thanks so much for a chance to win!
Heather L.
I just celebrated #28 so I hear ya! My mother always said the years pass quickly but I never believed it until I recently got an invitation to my 10 year high school reunion. Are you kidding me??? Thanks for letting us share in your birthday celebration & have a good one.
Happy Birthday! I remember turning 30 and saying I was 29 for about ten years. Now my kids are older than that, so that lie doesn’t work any more.
happy birthday!! i hope it’s another year filled with joy and wonder!
Happy Birthday! Like you, I have much to be thankful for, and as my own birthday is coming in a few weeks, I will be thinking how lucky I am. Although my early 20s were fun, I’d never want to go back — I’m too happy where I am right now!