Ok I won't say anything nasty...just Happy Birthday again!

Happy Birthday!  Do you have specific plans?

Happy B-Day, Susan!

No smart alleck remarks from my end... at least not right now;-)

Hey birthday girl! Happy B-Day! Whatcha gonna do bay-bay? :-)

Happy Birthday Susan.  From one who crossed the half century mark this year, it's not that bad!  We are looking damn good for our ages don't ya think?

Happy Birthday ma'am and may you have many more VISIBLE YEARS!

Mel and C, I plan on celebrating my birthday like I do every year.  I celebrate for the entire month of September.  My friends take me out to various lunches and dinners.  I started last night with my two best friends and my mom.  My 3 best friends exactly!  We went to a wonderful BYOB Italian restaurant.  Today is lunch at my neighbor's.  Next week I already have a lunch and a dinner scheduled!  I love September!

And Neal... I'll say it for you little brother.  I am older than you!!

Jason, you are so young!! That's smart alek enough!

Paddy, I am right behind you.

Don, thank you!!

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SUSAN!   You look great.  Here is wishing many many more to come.

Happy Birthday, Susan!  I'm glad you enjoy your birthday and hope you have a wonderful one....and a terrific upcoming year to go with it!

Susan ~ Happy Birthday!  You're lookin' pretty good for 49 lady! 

Tanya and Kathy... the picture was taken when I was 47!  I guess it's time for a retake.  Thanks!

Carole, thank you for the great birthday wishes.

Wow Susan, that sounds like a good book your friend got you there. They must be someone who really loves you for them to think of you like that. It is the friends and family we gather in our life who make life so sweet. Just like you. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Susan. I'll be thinking of you today. It's a special day like YOU!!!

Now I understand Gary's post a bit better.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY!  If you are feeling down about it, just consider the alternative.  :)

Happy Birthday, Susan!  I love it that you take the entire month for your birthday!  Me, too!

Hope you have a fabulous day month!

Susan ~ You forget that we all saw your lovely face (and another body part we won't mention that you were not happy about) from when Carolyn came to visit you and did her video.  You don't look that much different from 47!

Susan - happy 49th!

It is never too late to be what you might have been.     George Eliot

Happy Happy Birthday Susan!  I'm a September baby too, as is my mother.  You don't look a day over 29, no worries! 

Susan...

A great big Happy Birthday to you! You are now the same age as my lovely wife! Yeah, I married a young one, what can I say?

Well, it looks like we made it home just in time. :)  Hey Darlin'!  Happy freaking 49th birthday.  Welcome to the almost 5 0 club.

I would get you cake... but cabernet goes so much better with slingbacks than cake, don't you agree!

Pardon the interruption please....

Dammit, Jesse!  Next time you go on a fishing excursion let us know!  I was worried about you until I talked to Kathy the other day! 

You may now resume birthday festivities.

Happy Birthday Susan! Celebrating the whole month. I should try that, wonder if my hubby would go for it.

Gary, I think the person who sent me the book is a great guy! xxoo

Jason, Thanks!  The alternative to aging is to stay this age forever, right?? Lol!

Amanda, my love!  Thank you so much for sending me your stapler!!  Now I can love lamp too!

Kathy, thanks but I am still so gonna get Carolyn for plastering my butt all over the Internet!!  In a plaid/stripes pair of pants no less!

Mike, it's not to late to be a cabaret singer?

Chris!  Thank you.  What day in September?

Richard, thank you.  My husband has you beat.  He's 65!  I guess I wasn't very good at math when I was 22!

Jesse, thanks for the invitation to your almost 50 club and for the Cabernet.  If I am joining this club, I'll need more wine darling!!  Thanks for the call too!  You are the best!  xxoo

Sandra, I always celebrate for the entire month.  My kids do too.  They are July babies!

Amanda, thank you for the interruption.... I second that.  Jesse, did you hear Amanda?

Susan - I am 23rd, my mom is 29th, and my grandpa's was the 6th, we used to all celebrate together.

Yes, Ma'am.... I heard ya loud and clear.  Sorry I didn't check in while we were gone but we were busy chasing whale tail.... no, I'm serious. :) (Click the photo to enlarge)

Unbelievable, Jesse.  If I had photo opps like yours, I'd disappear without notice, too.  You are forgiven.

I wanna be you when I grow up.

WHAT! I am sorry but I do not like Paul Dickson's quote.

Welcome to the 49's club! Hope you have a wonderful one!!

Happy Happy Happy Birthday Season Susan.

Well Well, Look what the wind blew in from the great state of Alaska.

Back and still misbehavin'. :)

Hi Jesse Darling!  Thanks for hanging out with me on my 49th birthday!!

Cameron, many thanks for all of the booze.  Jesse and I were running out!

Teresa, like it or not, we are now too old to die young!  I think no matter how old you get, you can die too young, but 49 is no spring chicken!  But I am happy to still be here.

Hey, a girl can dream, can't she?

Susan - Happy Birthdaymonth.  Wishing you an endless bottle of cabernet!

Happy Birthday Susan.  You certainly don't look your age, and you are not old, Mrs. Robinson.

Hmm... the entire month of September. Lovely. I shall have to bring the minions back so we can take you out for a serious Italian meal. Wear black. You can spank me later. <3 C  ;-)

Happy Birthday Susan!  You are such a beautiful woman inside and out!  ; )Is size 7 the right size? 

Happy Birthday Susan! I am another September baby. I hope you have a very special day!

Adam, how old was Mrs. Robinson, exactly??  Thanks for the compliment.

Pam, thanks sweetie but I have big feet... 8 1/2!

Michael, Happy Birthday right back at you!

Thanks Erik!!

Birthday's are for people who remember how old they are.  You have but to look to the future to forget about your age.

Mike

Birthday's are for people who remember how old they are.  You have but to look to the future to forget about your age.

Mike

Sweetie Pie! Happy birthday! You are anything but invisible. You are beautiful and you are like a fine bottle of wine...you grow better with age. In fact, you're still hot even though it comes in flashes! If a man is looking through you then he is either too young to know better or he needs glasses. Enjoy your world and enjoy this life. It's about what we feel in our hearts not the lines on our faces...you can tell I've explored this already!

Happy Birthday Dear!

Later in the rain~Deb

Well, I gotta chime in here... I second Deb's comment...

If a man is looking through you then he is either too young to know better or he needs glasses.

We have a good friend who got divorced a few years ago and seems to love nothing better than the company of 20 something's. (He's 50 something). Personally I think he's a fool.  There's something incredibly alluring and provocative about a mature woman.  My lovely wife, for example... won't pass for a 20 year old anymore (yes, I know that comment could get me killed) but those laugh lines and what's not grey hair make her the most incredibly beautiful woman on earth. 

The hell with the fools who look through you... they haven't got the sense God gave a cooked goose.

Mike, I like to know how old I am, so I know how far I've come.

Deb and Jesse, you two are so sweet!  Jesse, will you marry me?  (Sorry Kathy, but a man who appreciates an older woman is just irresistible!)

Susan, when's the wedding? Should I be making my travel plans for Fairbanks or West Chester?

Hey Susan sweetie, I've always said I would get a neck whiplash with you walking down the sidewalk if I saw you. You are definitely not invisible and you know I appreciate you. Darn if Jesse didn't find you first and steal your heart. But hey, maybe I can be his best man. But Kathy's not going to let him go. I'll get Jesse to convert to being a Mormon and then he can accomodate the two of you. Just remember I'm here on deck. See Susan, you've still got it. Men standing in line for you LOL.

Gary, what I would like to know if how come only Mormon men get to take more than one spouse?  I think that the Mormon women should start crying out for fair marriage practices.  Thanks for the compliment sweetie!  But men who like middle aged Italian women are not all that plentiful in these parts!  Oh well.  Everyone gets a turn.  Now, it's pretty little Italian nieces! 

Gary... more than one spouse?  What are ya trying to do to me man.  These high quality brides are expensive to maintain... It's all I can do to keep up with the one I have.

Susan Darlin' I would say yes in a heartbeat...  maybe we should just clone me. haha

Congratulations and Happy Birthday.  Even if it is a little late.  Can never get enough Birthday wishes?  Hope the upcoming year is great for you. 

Well my gosh 49'er! Happy, Happy bEARTHdays! May the spirit of renewal continue to bless your journey with wisdom, beauty and grace... you are such a lovely relection of these qualities... but difinitely, always, HAVE CAKE! ;-)

Susan... Happy Belated 49th Birthday.  You don't look a day over 30.. truly.  The men that past you by were looking at your niece because they thought you two were sisters.

Dear Eric, Is it still September?  If so, you are not late.  I celebrate all month!

Valerie,  here is a picture of my niece and me.  She's a beauty!  This was taken 2 summers ago.  She is my first baby!

Mara, Thank you for the wonderful birthday wish and the cake!!  I've missed you!

Now that's two fine looking women! 

Wow, nieces and aunts in this family sure are the good lookers.

Susan,

Belated Happy Birthday!!! Thanks,   Fran

It's a good thing you celebrate all month, because I just got here!  Happy Happy Birthmonth, Susan!  I love birthdays, too! 

May you have a wonderful journey to your next.  You are fabulous!

Jesse and Gary, thanks for always being so sweet!

Elaine, I think you are pretty fabulous too!

Fran, thank you for the birthday wishes!!

Still celebrating.  Next week I have a lunch and a dinner scheduled with friends!

Susan- I know I am commenting on this late but I hadn't seen this post until now. My son just turned 28. I haven't felt old until his birthday when I realized I have a kid who is almost 30. That made a big impact on me. Even with 3 grandkids I was uneffected. It was that boy turning almost 30! Funny what sets us off huh?