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June 22, 2007
Hello, it is Friday!
Yes I know I said I wouldn't be writing or even sitting in the same room as a computer but I tend to lie about these things. Liar liar pants on fire! Except I am not wearing pants, so there's that.
It's just that some folks emailed me about the deadline for the essays for Chicken Soup For The Divorced Soul. I double-checked with my Top Secret Chicken Soup Insider, and the deadline for entries is definitely July 30, 2007.
Here are the details again if you missed it:
The guidelines: Share your insightful, hopeful and heartfelt stories in Chicken Soup for the Divorced Soul and you’ll have the chance to win the Grand Prize of: • $350.00 cash • Publication of your story in Chicken Soup for the Divorced Soul (spring 2008) • Ten (10) signed copies of the book • The chance to become a local celebrity by having a book signing at your favorite local bookstore • Don't forget to read the Contest Rules
Also I think they should include a call for "witty stories" in there because I would like to hear some funny stories myself. I could have used that in my divorce, and frankly ya'll are funnier in the comments than I ever am, so get cooking! I mean, writing! And even if you don't win the Grand Prize but your essay is accepted, you get a small cash compensation and of course the coolness of being a published author in a well-known bestselling series.
If this sounds good to you, submit your essays to:
divorcedsoulcontest@comcast.net
(Please make sure you put CAP in the subject line so they know to read ya'll essays first. heh.) Oh! And you can submit more than one story. This works well for us wordy types.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA:
And also there is this thing called the Blog Reader Project and even though ya'll know I detest the word "blog" because I think it sounds like something you'd hork up while having a bad case of flu, they do have a neat survey that I guess is trying to figure out who reads what and why and also what brand of toothpaste you like. I don't know. I only know I am a terrible sucker for online surveys, so here it is if you are looking for Ways To Seem Busy At Your Desk:
Take the Blog Reader Project survey >
And finally, if you were wondering what I may be having for breakfast on this, The Day I Turn Old, well I am not telling you. But if you did happen to guess "cheeseburger from In-N-Out" you would not be very wrong. That is all I have to say about that.
Have a great weekend!
Posted by laurie at June 22, 2007 09:53 AM
Comments
Enjoy that cheeseburger!!
Happy, Happy Birthday to you!!
Posted by: Valerie at June 22, 2007 09:57 AM
Happy Birthday, sweetie!!!! I love you!!
Posted by: Liz R at June 22, 2007 09:57 AM
Happy birthday!
Posted by: Lauren at June 22, 2007 09:57 AM
Happy Birthday Auntie Purl! Here's to another wonderful year!
Posted by: Brigitte at June 22, 2007 10:00 AM
Happy Birthday, Laurie! 36 ain't old, child - I'll be having my 36 wedding anniversary in two months! Of course, I was a child myself when I married (insert fluttering eyelashes here).
May your next 36 years be filled with love, happiness, good health and only good things for you and those you love. You go on now and enjoy your day (((hugs to you)))
Posted by: Leslie in Mass at June 22, 2007 10:05 AM
Best birthday wishes to you! I remember 36 with fondness--37 is even better!
Posted by: Anita at June 22, 2007 10:07 AM
Happy birthday, favorite aunt!
You're not old yet! You'll know it when you are!
Head on out to the beach now and have a great day.
Posted by: Martha in Kansas at June 22, 2007 10:09 AM
Oooooh, In-N-Out! Portland, OR will be the perfect city to live in once we get us some In-N-Outs. Sigh. In the meantime, have a double-double for me (with a chocolate shake!) for me, would ya??
Oh, and Happy Birthday!!!!! :)
Posted by: Kat at June 22, 2007 10:10 AM
Happy Birthday Laurie! I hope you enjoyed your birthday breakfast cheeseburger. It's your day - do what makes you happy!
Posted by: Laura at June 22, 2007 10:11 AM
Happy Birthday!!
Enjoy your healthy breakfast! And your interesting wardrobe choices! See example:
"Liar liar pants on fire! Except I am not wearing pants, so there's that."
Unless, of course, you could be lying again.
:)
Enjoy some whine. I mean wine! And not even from a box - you know, the *real* fancy stuff!
Maybe even some cheese with the mold scraped off to go with it!
hee hee.
And it sounds like Frankie is preparing something special for you....
Posted by: Julianne at June 22, 2007 10:11 AM
YUM! Cheeseburger....
Happy B-DAY! My two favorite aunties have birthdays in June.
Posted by: Trixie at June 22, 2007 10:12 AM
Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Jessie Mae at June 22, 2007 10:13 AM
Happy Birthday, Laurie!
Posted by: Kim in CT at June 22, 2007 10:16 AM
Holy crap--first, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! second, I can't believe that someone else also dreads the badness that is their birthday--not the actual birthday, but the badness that is anticipated to occur! I was so totally like that until IT HAPPENED--oh yes, the very worst birthday badness--at the beginning of a 9 hour car trip back home from our vacation-my ex told me --ahem--"I don't want to be married anymore." And that was it!! The very worst birthday EVER of my life!! But the funny thing? it's been uphill from there!! that was 3 years ago, and my last birthday, which was a month ago? I went to Scotland--the one place I have dreamed of my entire life--where "he" didn't want to go because it was too rainycoldexpensivedepressing--I spent my 37th birthday in Glasgow, where all of the people on the tour sang "happy birthday" to me, and 4 strangers who had become my friends had given me a present and a card. Huh. And then I got home, and my new man, the man I can't believe exists--asks me to marry him. Yeah, I'd say that's turning a sow's ear into a silk purse. Have a spectacular birthday and thank you again for my daily "holy crap, that so happened to me!" moment.
Posted by: Shannon at June 22, 2007 10:18 AM
Oh yeah...it's b-day time...for both of us. Mine's in a month...argh. Oh well. I think having an In 'n Out Burger on your b-day is an excellent choice. I just may follow suit!
Happy B-Day, Dollface!
Posted by: Ellen Bloom at June 22, 2007 10:26 AM
Oh yeah...it's b-day time...for both of us. Mine's in a month...argh. Oh well. I think having an In 'n Out Burger on your b-day is an excellent choice. I just may follow suit!
Note: I've been to practically every In 'n Out on the West Coast and the one on Lankershim in North Hollywood is still the best!
Happy B-Day, Dollface!
Posted by: Ellen Bloom at June 22, 2007 10:26 AM
OK, here's a story, not terribly witty but birthday-related *and* with inappropriate content, because as you know I have never been divorced and therefore can't tell you anything about that, witty or otherwise.
When I was about 14 my whole family went to the circus. It was one of those fairly low-budget ones where, if you look closely, you will notice that people change nationalities every five minutes, so that the acrobats from Italy become the tightrope walkers from Romania, or was it the other way around? Also, the ringmaster was incredibly obnoxious, coming *this close* to baby talk a lot of the time although there appeared to be few babies in the audience. So at intermission he said,
"Have *I* got a *treat* for *you*!"
(calling offstage)
"Could you bring out Big Babe, please?"
(They do. She's an elephant.)
"Would any of you kids like a ride on Big Babe?"
(A line eventually forms, and some kids eventually get atop the elephant, and someone starts leading her around the ring.)
"This is a very special day for Big Babe, kids, because you know what? It's her birthday! Big Babe is 21 years old today! Can you kids sing
Happy Birthday to Big Babe?"
(Silence.)
"Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday tooooo youuuu,
Happy BIRTHday Big Baaaaaa-abe..."
(Big Babe, who by now has walked around next to the ringmaster again, squats and lets loose enough elephant poop to fertilize your entire garden, and probably most of your neighbors' as well. The ringmaster looks around desperately for a hole to crawl into. My dad practically has to be helped up off the floor, he is laughing so hard. The rest of us are not too far behind him. I remember nothing whatsoever of the second half.)
So there you have it, a birthday story with poop. Happy 36th! May it be a very good year.
Posted by: Lucia at June 22, 2007 10:30 AM
Happy, Happy Birthday! Hope you're on the beach with a book, a burger, a beer and a cabana boy!
Posted by: susannahs at June 22, 2007 10:34 AM
Happy birthday!
Here's to choosing happiness. Cheers!
Posted by: Shananigans at June 22, 2007 10:35 AM
So will putting CAP in the subject line REALLY make 'em read it faster??? Not that I would ever, ever doubt you, Our Very Own Aunt Purl, but the corporate publishing giant(s) are large and scary and cold and cruel....
Posted by: AlliMack at June 22, 2007 10:36 AM
Happy Birthday, Girl! For my birthday breakfast this morning, my daughter the vegetarian made me BACON and eggs...it was a monumental thing. I loved it. (Then she made herself some FAKE bacon...)
Posted by: Shelly at June 22, 2007 10:37 AM
Happy Birthday, Auntie! ♥
Posted by: Cookie at June 22, 2007 10:38 AM
Happy Birthday lovey!
Posted by: Christine G. at June 22, 2007 10:39 AM
Happy Birthday!! I hope something really good happens for you today. I'm sending you happy thoughts!!
Posted by: Rayleen at June 22, 2007 10:40 AM
Hope that cheeseburger has a candle in it!
Happy birthday!
Posted by: melly at June 22, 2007 10:42 AM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! You deserve a great day!
Posted by: Debbie at June 22, 2007 10:43 AM
Happy Birthday!!!
Posted by: lisa at June 22, 2007 10:44 AM
Happy Birthday, Auntie Purl! Your posts always brighten my day!
Posted by: Adrienne at June 22, 2007 10:44 AM
HaPpY bIrThDaY ~
And I just LOVE Shannon's birthday story. I'm all about having one day a year when "it's all about me!" For the whole day I go around and tell everybody in a happy squeeqy (but not childish) voice "It's my BIRTH-day!!!!"
And then I get drunk and have a designated driver take me home and tuck me in. And once in a while hold my hair back while I blog, er, puke.
Posted by: Imaginary Maggie at June 22, 2007 10:47 AM
The Chicken Soup for the Divorced Soul contest. $350.00? And you license them to use your name & photo forever? No. The $350 covers about 1 counseling session, and you know I'd need 10 more after my story, name and photo are plastered all over the world.
Posted by: Friendly One at June 22, 2007 10:49 AM
Well, f course you aren't wearing pants! They were on fire. Any fool knows that pants in that state are unwearable! Happy birthday!
Posted by: Carol at June 22, 2007 10:51 AM
Happy birthday, Laurie!
Wish I could write a story for the contest, but my first husband died before I could get a divorce (true story), so I don't think I qualify. And I am very much hoping that my current marriage sticks, because I'm not doing this again!
Enjoy your beach day. . .
Posted by: Tara at June 22, 2007 10:52 AM
Happy Birthday Laurie! I'll toast you with a cheeseburger tonight, lol.
~Di
Posted by: hifidi at June 22, 2007 10:52 AM
You are suppose to be on the beach in your string bikini!!!!
You didn't bring a burger for Frankie or give her a bite? She looks like she needs something, maybe it's the poop.
Have a wonderful birthday, Cheesburger head!
Posted by: psychomom at June 22, 2007 10:56 AM
You can wear pants or not! It's YOUR BIRTHDAY!
Posted by: Frank at June 22, 2007 10:58 AM
Happy birthday, Laurie! :)
Posted by: Samantha at June 22, 2007 10:59 AM
Happy Birthday, CAP! :-D
Posted by: CL at June 22, 2007 11:00 AM
Happy Burpday, I mean Birthday...(but after eating that greasy cheesy stuff I'm sure it will be a burpday)...glad you blogged instead of hiding out.
Posted by: Pink at June 22, 2007 11:00 AM
Happy birthday mama! This Cancer's birthday is Tuesday! YAY!
Posted by: Valerie at June 22, 2007 11:02 AM
I've been reading your blog for some time now but have never posted so I figure that today is the day to start! I absolutely love reading your posts; your honesty and humor and willingness to share your life with all of us is very much appreciated. You make me laugh and sometimes even cry (in a good way though! because you are so inspiring!)
Wishing you the very happiest of birthdays!
Posted by: Heather at June 22, 2007 11:03 AM
Just thought I would suggest the following website, seeing that this post has cats and cheeseburgers in it...http://icanhascheezburger.com/
It's got weird, online gamer-speak, but if you can read phonetically, it's hilarious. As a cat lover, you'll probably like it. My kids and I love it.
Posted by: Wendy at June 22, 2007 11:05 AM
mmmmm... cheeseburger.
Happy Birthday! You are a spring chicken.
Posted by: rb at June 22, 2007 11:05 AM
Happy Birthday!!! Maybe you'll round up some helpful birthday cabana boys on the beach today....
Posted by: Terri at June 22, 2007 11:08 AM
Dear Laurie:
I wish you a wonderful birthday and most of all, a year of happiness and achievements.
Lise (Giulietta)
Posted by: Lise (Giulietta) at June 22, 2007 11:08 AM
Happy birthday, Laurie! I turned 40 on Father's Day and I'm still trying to figure out how I feel about the whole thing. Perhaps if I'd had a cheeseburger (or somethin' like it) and gotten some peace, I'd be at one with the world. At any rate, have a happy birthday for me too!
Posted by: Lori at June 22, 2007 11:10 AM
cheese burgers AND the beach while I'm inside "working"?? *way jealous* I hope your day is super special :) PS: I prefer Tom's Natural toothpaste.. I think he's from Maine.. or some M state. Just fyi.
Posted by: Justin at June 22, 2007 11:11 AM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! It isn't my birthday, but can I have a cheeseburger for breakfast? Can you send me one from In-N-Out? Burger King just won't suffice..but...vanilla root beer from Sonic...mmmm...ok see ya...going to Sonic....(Lesson Children, don't post when you are hungry!)
Posted by: Fianna at June 22, 2007 11:13 AM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Enjoy your day off at the beach. Much love!
Posted by: marissa at June 22, 2007 11:14 AM
Happy Birthday, Laurie! Mmmmm, In-N-Out cheeseburgers. Sure wish I could get one of those here! Or maybe a Whataburger.
Posted by: Anna-Liza at June 22, 2007 11:17 AM
Happy, Happy Birthday, Laurie!
Posted by: gatorgirl at June 22, 2007 11:19 AM
Happy Birthday!
Now we're the same age! For, oh, nine days anyway. :) Much fun for the day, and much satisfaction for the year!
Posted by: Sarah at June 22, 2007 11:25 AM
Happy Birthday Laurie!
Posted by: Jenny at June 22, 2007 11:34 AM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, girl!
Posted by: Juliana at June 22, 2007 11:39 AM
I get the feeling you're having the most fantabulous b-day ever right this moment. And you deserve it. :)
Posted by: Alicia at June 22, 2007 11:44 AM
Here is a thought to brighten your birthday:
It is my birthday too, and I am OLDER THAN YOU. I am turning FORTY TWO YEARS OLD.
So every year on this day, whenever you are thinking about getting older, just remember: THERE IS A FELLOW KNITTER AND FAN OUT THERE WHO WISHES SHE WERE AS YOUNG AS I AM.
Happy Birthday to us.
You kid, you.
Posted by: YTT at June 22, 2007 11:44 AM
Laurie,
You have 55 comments before noon on a day you said you wouldn't post. I don't think anyone believed you in the first place. ;) Happy birthday and now take your gorgeous self to the beach!
Posted by: Lucy at June 22, 2007 11:49 AM
Oh, love the beautiful Frankie photo! She is my favorite!
(don't tell Soba)
Posted by: Jennifer W. at June 22, 2007 11:50 AM
My birthday gift to you...a song about Cheese Burgers. I actually have this song on my Ipod.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5RwcBzIZos
I hope you have a fabulous birthday! Live it up, paint the town red, get down with your bad self, get back up again!
Posted by: TamiW at June 22, 2007 11:55 AM
Happy happy day to you! It's going to be a great year!
Posted by: Jennifer at June 22, 2007 11:56 AM
Happy Birthday!
Eat chocolate!
Posted by: Andree at June 22, 2007 12:09 PM
Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Gussie at June 22, 2007 12:12 PM
I know youll probably get sick of hearing this but..
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Posted by: Cammie at June 22, 2007 12:18 PM
If you're old I'm decrepit (sp?) and honey, I am not decrepit (sp?)!
Happy Birthday Laurie, and get back to me in 13 years about whether you're old or not.
Posted by: kim at June 22, 2007 12:18 PM
Happy birthday!
Posted by: Chris at June 22, 2007 12:32 PM
Leeme tell you - 36 was so great I couldn't WAIT to be 37, and 38? Well, so far it's the BEST YEAR EVER! Your best years are yet to come, my dear. Happy Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Amanda at June 22, 2007 12:37 PM
One more voice singing Happy Birthday to ya.
I bet you wish we could sing in tune... hehe!
Posted by: wilsonian at June 22, 2007 12:58 PM
Happy Birthday, Laurie! Have a wonderful year.
--Kathy
Posted by: Kathy in Hollywood at June 22, 2007 12:59 PM
Happy birthday. Frankie the Cat is quite the poet.
Posted by: Asaknitter at June 22, 2007 01:06 PM
Happy Birthday, darlin'. And you don't turn 'old' until at least 37. Which I turned earlier this year.
Posted by: Rachel H at June 22, 2007 01:10 PM
On your birthday you can eat whatever you want, whenever you want and it doesn't count.
Honest to God's truth.
I just turned 39 and it's way scarier than 36.
trust me.
Posted by: suetreiber at June 22, 2007 01:10 PM
oooh Laurie - I'm so sorry!
I wasn't thinking when I wished you good wine & cheese.
I hope you have lots of fabulous drinks with little tiny umbrella's in them, brought to you by cabana boys in tight red swimsuits.
(did i get the fantasy right?)
:)
Have a great one!!
Posted by: Julianne at June 22, 2007 01:19 PM
Happy Birthday Laurie! Hope you enjoy the beach, the wine and whatever else your birthday brings you. Most of all I hope your 36th year is as great as mine was!
Posted by: Amy in StL at June 22, 2007 01:24 PM
Happy Birthday to you!!!! have wine and Cheetos to celebrate. ;)
Posted by: lynette at June 22, 2007 01:27 PM
Happy birthday! I hope you are having a wonderful day. [cake], or as the case may be [cheeseburger] :0)
Posted by: Angela in Ontario at June 22, 2007 01:29 PM
Hey Laurie!!
Have a Happy Happy Birthday at the beach! Read your book and hell even knit a little!!
Enjoy your cheeseburger or whatever you decide to eat!!!
<3
Posted by: lesley at June 22, 2007 01:42 PM
Happy Birthday to you!! It's going to be a good one, definitely :)
Posted by: M at June 22, 2007 01:47 PM
Happy friggin' birfday!
*dance dance dance*
Posted by: Jessi at June 22, 2007 01:56 PM
Okay, it's been said a gazillion times already, but hey, I running behind today ...... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Posted by: Carol's Art Magic at June 22, 2007 01:57 PM
I loooovve In'n'Out Burger! Have a great birthday:)
Posted by: cactusneedles at June 22, 2007 02:14 PM
Happy, Happy Birthday Laurie!
Posted by: Dachsiemom at June 22, 2007 02:26 PM
Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Pam at June 22, 2007 03:01 PM
Have a lovely Birthday - to the beach with you!
A day starting with In'n Out has got to be good. [I can taste it now; I'll probably have to drive by there before the sun sets now... yumpie yumpie!]
Posted by: cecelia at June 22, 2007 03:03 PM
Happy happy birthday! [again]
Posted by: The Other Ruth at June 22, 2007 03:11 PM
Oh honey, 36 isn't old. Wait until you turn 40. Then 41. And then you're looking at 42 coming up shortly...
My 9 year old niece recently asked me how old I was. When I told her she says, kinda smugly, "my mom's in her 20's". I said (more smugly) "missy, you're mom is 7 years younger than me - you do the math." She thought about it for a second, then her eyes got very big and she shot an accusing look toward my sister. So there!
Happy Birthday and best wishes for many many more!
Posted by: Hissyfit at June 22, 2007 03:12 PM
Not to be anal or anything but I just realized I typed "you're" instead of "your". And not to be paranoid but I can't stand it that all you folks on the internets would actually think I have no sense of proper grammar. That will teach me to hit Post instead of Preview first.
Posted by: Hissyfit at June 22, 2007 03:17 PM
Happy Birthday!
The ladies at SnB WeHo suggested I check out your blog, and here it is your special day . . . Lady, you are a riot! Coffee almost came out my nose when I read about the burger-for-breakfast :) I hope you enjoy the day and the weekend.
Posted by: Lindsay at June 22, 2007 03:25 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
and Congratulations and Thanks for being my favorite self help author ;-)
Love and Laughter,
Amy
Posted by: Amy at June 22, 2007 03:33 PM
ummmm.... did you have pants on when you bought the cheeseburger?
Posted by: Amy at June 22, 2007 03:35 PM
Happy birthday, Laurie! It's my boss's birthday today, too, and maybe there's something about having a June 22nd birthday that makes people awesome, because you both are.
Enjoy that burger! We loooove In N Out and make it a point to have a Double Double, fries, and a milkshake every time we're in California. Portland has Burgerville, which is really good in its own right, but really, there's nothing quite like In N Out.
Cheers,
Helen
Posted by: hellahelen at June 22, 2007 03:40 PM
Happy Birthday!
I won't mention your age if you don't mention that I've finished a whole bottle of Thousand Island salad dressing in 2 days. ;)
Posted by: Arianne at June 22, 2007 03:43 PM
Happy Birthday!
I turn 40 in August and was all worried because my best friends (who all turned 40 this year BEFORE me, making me the baby... yaya!) all did something huge and I was feeling pressure. One got a boob job and got married for the second time, one got a tatoo she still hasn't shown her mother (at 40!), and one got cancer and shaved her head. I am going to change jobs and move and my son graduates from high school; that's quite enough. Shoo.
Thank you for making us all giggle!
Posted by: Mia at June 22, 2007 03:46 PM
Happy, happy birthday!
Posted by: Mellanie at June 22, 2007 04:10 PM
¡¡¡FELIZ COMPLEAÑOS A TÍ!!!!
See, I really am bilingual. Sort of.
And for your birfday gift, I give you
llama, llama, llama, DUCK, b/c I can't get it out of my head!!!
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama.php
Posted by: MonkeyGurrl at June 22, 2007 04:14 PM
Happy birthday!!!
Posted by: Liz at June 22, 2007 04:37 PM
Ooooh, I think I'll celebrate along with you and go get a cheeseburger..... and thanks for the beeeyoootiful Frankie pic!
Posted by: Peeve at June 22, 2007 04:37 PM
Happy, Happy Birthday, Laurie!
Posted by: sakurasaku at June 22, 2007 04:51 PM
Hippo birdie two ewe!
Now I know why I like your blog so much, you're a Cancer right on the cusp of being a Gemini. Geminis (like myself) are nuts and anyone on the cusp of being one has to be nuts too, but since you're on the Cancer side it's in a good way!
Posted by: Sally in PA at June 22, 2007 05:07 PM
Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
I'm laughing like hell
cos I'm younger than you!
(but only by a year)
I thought it would be different than saying Happy Birthday. I'm random, what can I say?
Posted by: Bonnie UK at June 22, 2007 05:14 PM
My first husband is now a very tall woman living in the Pacific Northwest, but no matter how hard I try, I can't seem to turn it into a warm and fuzzy chicken soup kind of story! I hope you had a chocolate shake with that In and Out Burger! Happy birthday!
Posted by: Kim at June 22, 2007 05:53 PM
Happy birthday, Laurie! You brighten up my day with all your posts, so I hope your birthday was a bright day, too!
(Oh man, I'm such a nerd. Sorry.)
Posted by: Trace at June 22, 2007 06:01 PM
Have a wonderful birthday!
Posted by: Elizabeth at June 22, 2007 06:04 PM
You are not old, yet. Wait 4 years from now when you turn 40. THEN you are old! LOL
Posted by: Lynn at June 22, 2007 06:18 PM
Happy birthday once more. And was it a Double Double Animal Style? Because that's how I roll at In 'n' Out.
Posted by: Dagny at June 22, 2007 06:38 PM
Happy Birthday Laurie!!! Have a much much deserved beautiful day :-)
Posted by: Lori at June 22, 2007 06:41 PM
H B 2 u
take all these wishes and putm on a cake and you'd have a fire
I hope we have lit up your birthday and made it nice and bright.
Posted by: anna at June 22, 2007 06:48 PM
Well now see?? You've learned one of the Big Advantages of growing older (and believe me, you're so far from "old" that it's all I can do to not call you "baby"). When you're a grown-up, *you can have ANYTHING YOU WANT FOR BREAKFAST!* And by the way, next year, you can also have anything you want for LUNCH. But you have to be over 50 to have whatever you want to eat PERIOD.
Happy Birthday, Baby! >> PS give frankie some hangerbarg. signed evangeline
Posted by: Dale-Harriet in WI at June 22, 2007 06:53 PM
Of course you didn't have any pants on. You went to the beach! You were still in your itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini.
And you can feel even younger (!) because I am more than 10 years older than you and I had the 45RPM single of that song when it came out! "It was an itsy bitsy teeny weenie yellow polka dot bikini, that she wore for the first time today..."
Hope you had a great day.
And thanks to pretty Frankie for the Moment of Zen. I will got sit on my zafu now, and contemplate both cheeseburgers and poop.
Posted by: dez at June 22, 2007 07:06 PM
Hey Laurie!
Happy Birthday!!!
I hope you enjoyed your day!
Posted by: Sarah at June 22, 2007 07:14 PM
Happy birthday Laurie!
Posted by: Brooke at June 22, 2007 07:46 PM
Hope you have the best-ever cheeseburger-y beachy lazy relaxing birthday weekend. :-)
[Oh, hey, Laurie - have you signed up for Ravelry yet? (Go to Ravelry.com and check it out - it's like a big stinkin' database for knitters, and is way cool.)]
Posted by: Mary in Virginia at June 22, 2007 08:17 PM
Happy Birthday hope it was a great one. I can't wait to read the book when its available. KnitTech will be reading it also.
Tag!
Posted by: GrillTech at June 22, 2007 08:29 PM
Happy Birthday, sweetie! Have the best birthday ever and even better days to come.
Posted by: Leslie too at June 22, 2007 09:14 PM
Happy Birthday Dear Laurie! I just joined the 36 year old divorcee category 5 days ago...it feels grand! Hope you had a good in and out breakfast.
Posted by: tracey in toronto at June 22, 2007 10:20 PM
Oh, sure -- "you're not blogging on Friday." What a liar. You just wanted to get more birthday LOVE!
Posted by: Neil at June 23, 2007 12:21 AM
Happy Birthday!
(waves to Frankie)
Posted by: mrspao at June 23, 2007 02:11 AM
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! I too hope that 36 and a recent divorce make sme as wise. Witty- not so much right now! Hope you are having a great time and a gentle breeze, warm sunshine, and a cute guy with wine.
Posted by: heather at June 23, 2007 03:45 AM
Yeeeeeeeey, No-Pants-Friday! Whee!!!
(one of the radio stations here actually has a show called no-pants-friday... no idea why)
Happy happy birthday, dear Laurie! *insert inappropriate birthday MWUHs!*
Posted by: Xeres at June 23, 2007 04:10 AM
Happy happy birthday!
Posted by: Dorothee at June 23, 2007 04:46 AM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAURIE!!! Frankie, staring at the carpet is one of my favorite things to do.
Posted by: jann at June 23, 2007 05:17 AM
Hippo birdie two ewes! This year, I turn *gasp* 45. But you know what? Every year, I turn older no matter what. I still feel 20-something, and mostly act it (though I don't dress it 'cause that would be wrong on soooooo many levels). So I decided I'm living my internal age. Because time goes by much too quickly to do otherwise.
And the elephant poop story? Lucia owes me a new, non-coffee covered keyboard. Stat.
Posted by: Dusa at June 23, 2007 07:05 AM
Layrie, I forgot to say yesterday that, in honor of your birthday week, my blog post has both Deadliest Catch and hurricanes in it. I'd be tickled if you stopped by.
Posted by: dez at June 23, 2007 07:08 AM
Um, there's no Y in Laurie. Clearly I haven't had enough coffee yet.
Posted by: dez at June 23, 2007 07:09 AM
Not having checked your blog for the past few days (as I am on vacation), I had no idea it was your birthday yesterday. But my DREAM SELF knew, apparently, because I had a dream last night that you came to visit me out in Seattle! We were BFF and had our arms chummily around each other as we were walking down the strreets of my old neighborhood near downtown. I was taking you clothes shopping in my two favorite thriftstores and I was SO EXCITED to show you all the neat stuff. They were both gone. I'd been away from that neighborhood so long that I didn't know they'd closed. I was almost crying from sadness but you, my dream BFF, were there to comfort me. I think me taking you clothes shopping was my birthday gift to you. Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Shannon at June 23, 2007 08:12 AM
happy birthday laurie!
Posted by: gray la gran at June 23, 2007 01:57 PM
Tell Frankie you both can haz cheezburger!!! Happy Birthday, with cheese on top!
Posted by: Jeanne B. at June 23, 2007 09:10 PM
Mmmmm cheese burgers
Happy Happy Birthday! All these June Birthdays....October must be the real month of love.
Posted by: Scrapper at June 24, 2007 11:19 AM
Happy birthday!!! I hope you enjoyed your birthday weekend!
Posted by: Aileen at June 25, 2007 05:58 AM
Here's what I posted on the blog survey...
"Crazy Aunt Purl's blog sent me here. And let me tell you, she inspires me to blog with more wittiness that I am really capable of IRL. She's amazing. And I want a free book, too."
Posted by: Rachel at June 25, 2007 06:58 AM
Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Meg at June 25, 2007 07:18 AM
Happy (Belated) Birthday!
I love your blog and I am glad you are on Earth! :)
Posted by: Emma at June 25, 2007 07:40 AM
Bossy agrees: the word Blog seems like something interesting spelled backward.
Posted by: BOSSY at June 25, 2007 08:50 AM
Happy birthday! Best wishes for a fantastic year to come.
Posted by: Lori at June 25, 2007 10:17 AM
Hope you had a great birthday!Someone that shares so much fun with the rest of us surely deserves it! Hope it's still going on! Use my rule for birthdays - the more you feel you're getting older (and I'm looking at 40 veryvery soon)The more you get to stretch out the cake, ice cream, cheeseburgers, beach trips (pants optional)and being a big, spoiled kid.
I like my rule
Posted by: Monkey Princess at June 25, 2007 10:29 AM
Happy Belated Birthday! I hope you had a wonderful start to signify a wonderful forthcoming year!
And I'm sure the cats helped you celebrate!
I hope you don't mind if I add you to my links on The Tactile Muse.
Best wishes from a freelance writer and struggling knitter,
Devon Ellington
Ink in My Coffee: http://devonellington.wordpress.com
The Tactile Muse
http://thetactilemuse.wordpress.com
Posted by: Devon Ellington at June 25, 2007 12:17 PM
Happy Birthday Season! (Yes, you are so special you get a Birthday Season.) And congratulations on the 7th anniversary of your 29th Birthday!
Ugh. You know what's rolling up before July is out? My 50th birthday. It's not as if you can even congratulate a woman on her 50th birthday - not if you have any kind of heart at all.
You are younger than springtime still, kiddo!
Posted by: La BellaDonna at June 25, 2007 12:21 PM
That was poetic. What the cat said.:)
Posted by: Nik at June 25, 2007 01:39 PM
I second (or third or fourth or whatever) the recommendation to http://icanhascheezburger.com
Frankie and Bob would be perfect for the site!
Posted by: Pickles & Dimes at June 25, 2007 02:57 PM
Happy very belated Birthday!
The more birthdays the longer you have to get "it" right. Whatever it is. 36 is not old at all. Oldness is all in your head anyway.
Posted by: dotty at June 25, 2007 04:47 PM
Happy Birthday! Love your blog, so fun to find a new entertaining site to check in on every now and again. I found you through the Blogger's Choice Awards, you're nominated for Best Humor Blog. Hell if you add a Brag Badge and got everyone who wish you a Happy Birthday to click on it I think you'd be in fist place. The code is really easy to get. http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/876
Posted by: Dani at June 25, 2007 05:19 PM
Happy Late Birthday!! (I'm late for everything).Love to Frankie and all the kitties!
Posted by: mary at June 25, 2007 06:19 PM
Happy Birthday, Crazy Aunt Purl!
I am a faithful reader of your blog, but a very infrequent commenter. I did, however, send you an email today w/ a picture from the loverly Texas Hill Country, and as soon as I sent it, I remembered how bad you claim to be about email. So, I decided to give you a heads up here, hoping you will search out the picture. I know you will love it.
COMFORTable in TX,
Leslie
Posted by: Leslie at June 25, 2007 07:03 PM
Hello, it is Tuesday!
It must have been some birthday weekend!
Posted by: cursingmama at June 26, 2007 07:25 AM
