Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Happy birthday to me!!

Today is my birthday and I am taking the day off from blogging to celebrate! Last night I was treated to a wonderful dinner with a group of friends from school, we have a tradition and have been doing this for years, it was so wonderful and I was showered with some amazing gifts! Today I am celebrating with friends during the day and my family at night. Some have asked how old I am. Lets just say I am between 20 and 50 :)  I don't get hung up on age, I think age is just a number and its much more about how you feel and think,  many days I feel about 35, and that suits me just fine. Some of my favorite quotes about age are below and that's my post for today.  

The time I spend with family and friends means so much, because  I know whatever they plan,  it will be lovely and from the heart, as I am blessed to have some truly one of a kind friends and a very special family. And this year....I can add a fabulous group of  blogging friends and followers to the reasons I feel blessed!


Age is just a number.  Mine is unlisted.  ~Author Unknown

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.  ~Chili Davis

Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.  ~Herbert Asquith

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.  ~Mark Twain,

Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.  ~Victor Hugo

Age is an issue of mind over matter.  If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.  ~Mark Twain

It's important to have a twinkle in your wrinkle.  ~Author Unknown

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty.  ~Henry Ford

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100 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday, enjoy your day.

    Thanks for entering the giveaway. Be sure to look for another antique print giveaway starting Thursday on my blog, DesignDuMonde.

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  2. Happy Birthday to our darling Tina! One of our BFF bloggers! Hope your day is fabulous!

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  3. Happy Birthday, Tina!! Starting last night and being with friends and loved ones today and tonight is wonderful. I love the quotes. By the way, my Dad was ALWAYS 29. He was a hoot. Your post made me think of him and smile!! Hugs, Jan

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  4. Happy Birthday Tina. Enjoy the day.

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  5. Tina, wishing you a very happy happy birthday. You do an such an unparaelleled job on your blog and delivering one great post after another, I am glad you are taking "the day off" to enjoy with family and friends. Wishing you an abundance of birthday blessings!

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  6. PS LOVE the quotes, especially the "growing up is optional" and how the number "is unlisted"....fantastic!

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  7. Happy Birthday, Tina! I'm so happy to hear that you're enjoying this special occasion with family and friends. May it be a day that's filled with love and laughter!

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  8. Happy Birthday dear Tina, Happy Birthday to you.

    I love your attitude and age, like you implied, is merely a number.

    Wishing you an abundance of joy, good health and friendship always
    Helen xx

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  9. Wishing you the happiest of birthdays! You are a treasured gift to the blogging community!

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  10. Happy happy birthday Tina! Hope your day is beyond wonderful!!!

    Judy

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  11. Just want to wish you the happiest of birthdays. I see you give all you do 100% and I am a big fan of yours and your blog. You inspire me on a daily basis. So thank you for that gift that you have given to me and so many others.
    Really hope you have a great day, sounds like whatever you are doing its going to be with those you love and that is what counts.
    Happy Birthday, Tina

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  12. Happy Birthday to one of the sweetest bloggers I know! I hope you have a fabulous day!

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  13. Happy birthday to you! Tina, I hope you enjoy a fabulous day, it sounds like you are off to a great start. Whar could be better than sharing your time and special day with friends and family? While you are celebrating, toast yourself for bring your dream house to life and for the joy, friendship and beauty that you bring to us everyday! Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful dream.

    Happy birthday and best wishes for a wonderful and happy year,
    Elizabeth

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  14. Happy Birthday!!! May God's love shine on you!

    ----Avid reader ------

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  15. Happy Birthday, Tina! What a fun time of year to celebrate! Hope your day is extra special!
    Carolyn Bradford

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  16. Happy Birthday to one of my favorite people! I hope that you have a happy day and evening, and lots an fakes a great presents!
    Teresa
    xoxo

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  17. Happy Birthday to you! Know your day will be filled with specialness and good memories!

    bee blessed
    mary

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  18. Sorry Tina- if you have Mac with Lion you know that it writes sentences for you. Same with iPhone. That was supposed to say of fun, not an fakes, lol.
    Will at least it didn't change it to catheter like it did for one friend.
    Teresa
    xoxo

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  19. Happy birthday, Tina! It sounds like you had a lovely evening; I hope today brings you much fun & happiness.

    (I turned 50 last month, and don't mind admitting it - you're only as old as you feel, and I certainly don't feel as old as I thought I would at 50...)

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  20. Great quotes and you my friend, deserve all the happiness, good fortune and joy because you are a special person who has touched a lot of lives! Your blog is just amazing and its a bit of an addiction too:)
    So agree age really is just a number, nothing else and I always say if you are breathing, have 2 legs and 2 arms you can do just about anything. I tend to be one of "jump in" and try new things and have become braver the older I get! Turned 45 a few months ago and finally went deep sea scuba diving (had been a fear but my husband loves it) Didn't really love it but was proud to try it, and I am hoping to run my first marathon for my 50th!
    H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y!!!!

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  21. Happy birthday Tina!! Age doesn't matter! I turned 50 this year (october) and that was the push to start my blog and push myself even further. We are only as old as we let ourselves be! I think I am in my 30's and sometimes when I look in the mirror I wonder who on earth that lady is ... because in my mind I am way younger and cuter ... so I just ignore that lady and move on!!! Best wishes to you and so happy I met you!

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  22. Happy Birthday! This is going to be an amazing year for you in your new home:)

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  23. Tina...Happy Birthday and how wonderful this next year will be! Hope you are having a very wonderful day!

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  24. Happy Birthday, Tina! Sounds like it's going to be be wonderful. Wishing you the best.

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  25. Jane In Stratford, OntarioDecember 14, 2011 at 9:34 AM

    Happy Happy Birthday Tina!!!

    You are right - the number does not matter - I am now 49 forever.. one of my young granddaughters told me that I am going to catch up with her mom soon!!!:)

    You have a wonderful day!!

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  26. Happy happy happy birthday to a wonderful friend! Enjoy the festivities!

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  27. Happy Birthday Tina! You are a beautiful woman and your writing is full of energy and vitality! This is going to be a great year for you! Can't you just feel it? Enjoy your day!

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  28. Happy Birthday December Baby. My birthday is the 27th. Enjoy your day with family and friends and count your blessings.

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  29. HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Hope your day is fabulous.........

    ~Emily
    The French Hutch

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  30. Happy Birthday Beautiful Tina!

    Sending you tons of warm thoughts and good energy on your big day!

    Warm hugs

    Mon

    P.S And you know what us Europeans say about "mature" wine and cheese.... Nothing else even comes close!

    P.S Step away from the computer today -and just take the love!

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  31. Wishing you the happiest! I hope that you have a beautiful, festive day with friends and family, and that the coming year brings you more blessing that you can count! Happy Day, Tina!

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  32. Tina,

    How special this day begins with true joy in your heart. On my early walk (4:00 a.m) this morning I looked up because I saw a shooting star...made a wish. Then during my walk I ask for grace and flavor for a whole list of friends and family during this holiday.

    Then as I ended my list another star shot across the sky and I've never experienced two shooting stars during a morning walk. My husband and I both remarked how this star was in a hurry to get across the sky and we were amazed and wondered where it was going. Now we know why it is for a Birthday Gal named Tina of course!

    From our California sky shooting stars over to you Tina in New York may all your dreams come true. Happy Birthday to you...with many more! Make lots more wishes too!

    XOXO Bette

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  33. Happy birthday, Tina. So glad to hear you are taking the day off. I hope you are showered with blessings from your family and friends. XO, Mona

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  34. Well Happy Birthday Beautiful One!
    Enjoy all the Love.
    Lots of Love from me coming your way!
    XOX

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  35. A day off from blogging because of a birthday???WHAT!!!??? lol have a happy day

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  36. Happy Birthday to you...
    Happy Birthday to you....
    Happy Birthday dear Tina...
    Happy Birthday to you!

    Sending you Happy Birthday smiles and a hug,
    tp

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  37. Happy Birthday Tina!!! Congratulations!!
    I wish you a wonderful day!!
    Hugs and kisses,
    Greet

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  38. Happy Birthday Tina! Have a fantasticl day!

    xo
    Serena

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  39. Happiest of days to an accomplished woman! And here's to a wonderful year ahead! Cheers! (it's never too early for a toast, is it?)

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  40. Happy Birthday!
    Thank you for making our day a little more beautiful!
    Enjoy a beautiful day ,year to come!

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  41. Tina! Happy Birthday! My son turns 23 (can't believe it) on the 17th. Busy month! You have a wonderful attitude. I am 52 and love it! The wisdom we gain with our years is something that no 20 or 30 something can match! Enjoy your birthday week. You have so much to look forward to!

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  42. Happy happy Bday sweet Tina, I know you are out having a fun day and I am so glad!! I love all the quotes. I have a saying too. I don't mind aging, it is a natural process of life, but and a big but, I refuse to become OLD!!! With that I am singing you a happy Birthday to YOU!!♪♫♪♫
    xo Kathysue

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  43. Happy Birthday. I so enjoy watching your new home come together.

    - The Tablescaper

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  44. Happy Birthday
    My sentiments exactly, "its much more about how you feel and think..."
    Hope you have a marvelous day full of Relaxation and Pampering...
    Birthday Hugs... Jalon

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  45. Happy Birthday! I am also a December birthday-- many of us bloggers seems to be Sags :)

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  46. Happy Birthday Tina! I hope you have a wonderful day celebrating. You most definitely deserve your day off and much more! :)
    xoxo Valerie

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  47. Happy Birthday Tina! May you have many more!!!

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  48. Only the happiest of birthday wishes to you as your celebrate your special day. Enjoy every moment! XOXO.

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  49. Happy birthday, Tina. Love your quotes. Enjoy your day (days...week).
    Mary Ann

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  50. Happy Birthday Tina...

    Hope you have a wonderful day filled with family, friends, gifts, and delicious CAKE.

    Cindy

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  51. I can't believe this wonderful timing. Guess what? I have a gift for you ~ you won the drawing for the Fraser Fir wreath on Splendid Market! I know you are busy celebrating, but will you please send me your mailing address asap so I can have the wreath shipped to you?? Happy Birthday and congratulations. Emily ebh@splendidmarket.com

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  52. Happy birthday, Tina. Mine was on the 7th... December is a good month. I love the quotes. Enjoy the rest of your special day.
    Best...Victoria

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  53. Happy Birthday to you, Tina! Enjoy your day!

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  54. Happy, Happy birthday Tina.... I wish you all the happiness in the world... and more... xv

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  55. Happy Birthday Tina!! I know your day will be fabulous!!!

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  56. Happy Birthday, Tina. I hope you have a magnificent day. Hugs, Adrienne

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  57. Happy Birthday to you! That first quote is hilarious, and I love it!

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  58. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TINA!!!! I hope you truly enjoy your day with many more yeaars to come!

    Big Hugs!
    Debra

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  59. Happy birthday lovely! go eat some cake!!!

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  60. ooooh!! happy birthday kid!! Have a wonderful day celebrating with friends and family~I love birthdays!! Love the keep a twinkle in your wrinkle~I try to do just that.

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  61. Have a BLESSED new year of your life Tina!!!

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  62. Happy Birthday Tina! Hope you have a wonderful day celebrating!

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  63. Happy Birthday!
    Hope it's memorable and fun!
    Jan

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  64. HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TINA!! You don't look a day over 12 ;) I hope you get lots of fun presents that don't double as Christmas presents and I hope you get lots of love from your family. I'm so blessed to know you through the wonderful world of blogging! Have a fabulous day!

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  65. ohh just in my age range too hee happy birthday have a lovely time with your family :)

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  66. JOYEUX ANNIVESAIRE MA BELLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh Tina, what a BLESSING INDEED to have a huge family of friends from all over the world!!!! HUGS TO YOU! Anita

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  67. Happy Birthday Tina! Here's to the coming year and moving into your lovely new home! xo Kirsty

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  68. Happy Birthday Tina! I am sure you are laughing and spending time with those you love and who love you. If you have that...you are blessed beyond measure. Thank you for sharing all that you do with us:)

    Kim

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  69. Happy Birthday Tina! Had I known I would have designed you a cake full of sugar flowers and at least sent you a photo of it to enjoy! Hoping you have had a wonderful day...very best, Jacqueline (Petalsweet) xo

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  70. Happy Birthday Tina. Enjoy the day.


    Janne

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  71. Tina....you deserve a very special day. You are a wonderful, beautiful person inside and out. Hope your day was/is going just splendid.
    May every one of your birthday wishes come true, make sure you eat something decadent and wonderful...if not your birthday then when? I always indulge in something really really bad (like a hot fudge sundae or a Chocolate molten cake.....)
    Enjoy and Happy birthday!

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  72. LOVE THOSE QUOTES...ESPECIALLY THE NUMBER BEING UNLISTED! I HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT ONE NEXT TIME SOMEONE ASKS MY AGE!

    TINA, WISHING YOU THE HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS, LOVE YOUR ATTITUDE ABOUT AGE AND ABOUT LIFE IN GENERAL. YOU ARE A GAL AFTER MY OWN HEART!
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

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  73. We are in the middle of our move and it's all a bit chaotic as you can imagine. Still got painters crawling over the house, half my kitchen is still missing and the floor isn't done upstairs. No blinds or curtains, lights not switching on, no fences to keep in the kids, but hey we're in ! Hope you have a great birthday and get utterly spoilt by your family. You deserve to be treated like a Queen!

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  74. Happy Birthday! This post came at such a great time...I'm feeling especially old today so I truly appreciate the quotes. They're fabulous. Wishing you the best Birthday ever...the best is yet to come!!
    xo
    Sharon

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  75. Tina Happy Birthday May joy, love and peace fill your day and a blessed year to come.

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  76. Oh Happy Birthday to my dear, dear blogger friend! I hope you are spoiled today! xoxo

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  77. Happy Birthday Tina!!! Just think, this time next year, you'll be celebrating your special day in your beautiful new home!
    Birthday Hugs...
    xo J~

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  78. Dear Tina

    Wish you Very Happy Birthday may all your wished come true
    X
    Viera
    VT Interiors

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  79. Happy, Happy Birthday, Tina. I should have guessed you were a Sagi girl! I hope your day was as special as you are! xo Diana

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  80. Happy Birthday hope all your wishes come true. MB

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  81. Have a wonderful birthday, Tina! (I think you already are...)

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  82. I love it when I find someone with the same birthdate as mine! My family just left and we sang and opened gifts. So fun, Happy Birthday to you and me :)

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  83. Happiest of birthdays, Tina! I hope it has been as wonderful as you
    are!

    Keri

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  84. Happy 21st birthday Tina! (wink) Hope you've had a fabulous celebration! xo

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  85. Happy Birthday to you! And many more!

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  86. Happy Birthday!
    I love that you are celebrating for 2 days!

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  87. I hope you have (or I should say had) a wonderful birthday!!!!!

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  88. Happy Birthday to you!
    Joyeux Anniversaire...

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  89. Hello Tina,
    Me again... Can you email me at vicki@vickiarcher.com... I have a little Christmas decoration to send to you... xv

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  90. Happy Birthday! Wish you all the best!

    Nickie

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  91. Up and running on a new computer and missed your post yesterday... Happy belated birthday, Tina!
    xxoo

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  92. Happy Belated my friend. I hope your day was delightful!!

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  93. Happy belated bday, beautiful!! Sounds like you have some wonderful people in your life who truly appreciate you. Love the Mark Twain quote! xo

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  94. Tina Happy Birthday, celebrate the wonderful life and the beauty surrounding you!!

    I wanted to let you know that the Holiday Grand Finale Giveaway of the Star Cross Antique Bottle from Greyfreth is now available!

    Please Come & Enter!

    xoxo

    Karena

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  95. Well, my birthday is on the 16th so we must have similar traits - good to know! I will see my siblings (I also share my birthday with one of my sisters who is 2 years younger) and we are in the 5th year of celebrating Sagittarian birthdays in the neighborhood (with 3 others born in the same week)..a great month! Belated birthday wishes!

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  96. Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday dear sweet Tina.........Happy Birthday to you!!!!!! I can't believe I missed your birthday!!!! I've been so busy with school activities I didn't get to read any blogs yesterday!!! If we lived closer you know I would be there celebrating with you! God bless you and I pray that you have a wonderful year at this age! Kisses and Hugs!!! Love, Desiree

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  97. There is another one never tells his age: Herbert Benton "Ben" Connor, the Napoleon Bonaparte descendant. Connor never tells his age until he passes away at 12 days shy of 83 years of age. Connor has no immediate ancestors.

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