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CindaBee wrote:Last year was my 60th and I retired shortly afterward. My family (hubby paid, daughters and sons-in-laws planned) threw me a huge pig roast party with a DJ et al. It was a huge blow-out!!! Normally birthdays (except the milestone years) are a bit more low-key.

This year I hope to celebrate in California wine country by meeting my half-brother (brother from another mother) and his family for the first time in my life.

that's so cool! All of it!

On my 50th b-day, Hubby's brother was in town from AZ. They surprised me by arranging a trip from PA to MD. We stayed on some boats owned by a good friend of my BIL.

This year, my b-day is the day after the Saturday Camden show (father's day), but don't think I am going to the concert....

phjrsaunt wrote:

CindaBee wrote:Last year was my 60th and I retired shortly afterward. My family (hubby paid, daughters and sons-in-laws planned) threw me a huge pig roast party with a DJ et al. It was a huge blow-out!!! Normally birthdays (except the milestone years) are a bit more low-key.

This year I hope to celebrate in California wine country by meeting my half-brother (brother from another mother) and his family for the first time in my life.

that's so cool! All of it!

Thanks! I'm really looking forward to this year and enjoy looking back on last year!

ScarletB wrote:

C-Dawg wrote:My birthday is in late September, the same week that Stowe Vermont does their Oktoberfest. We make a weekend out of it and stay at a hotel in Stowe, and go listen to the Polka bands and drink lots of beer. Last year, as we walked into the beerhaus, the band was playing a polka version of "Margaritaville". Marilyn looked at me and said " You guys are taking over the frickin' world" while rolling her eyes.

I left just before that and my friends called me and held up the phone so I could hear it. I'm sorry, there are just SOME things the polka bands should NOT play. We'll have to meet up next year! I love Oktoberfest!

add to that: Stairway to Heaven; Smoke on the Water; and Musicbox Dancer

Last year my birthday was spent in Boise with a bunch of belly dancers. One of my daughter's troupes was performing in Boise, so I drove up the day before my birthday, with the three youngest dancers in the troupe. I spent the weekend hauling them around, taking them out to eat and making sure that they made it to their performances on time.

This year, I expect that I will probably end up doing the same thing, or in otherwords, we don't celebrate my birthday anymore.

I am going to totally snob it up at a friends house at a party. She lives in a waterfront Sydney Harbour property - worth millions - and there are quite a few well known entertainers that are friends of hers coming along! she does a Taurus party every year as it is her partners birthday then - which is at the same time as mine.

I have my little experience seeing how the "other half" live ......

I then go up home to NEwcastle the next day to celebrate my nephews birthday and mine - which is the following day. Our birthdays are two days apart so always go visit the family.

I sent my parents flowers on my 40th birthday, thanking them for giving me life and for all their love and support through the years. They were very surprised and touched. I forgot about that until reading these posts.

I am shameless about my birthday.....I remind people.....and suggest that gifts are appropriate. I love presents.....and I love birthdays!

I will always do the same thing for someone else if I know it's their birthday.
I think they ARE a big deal.....it's the day you were gifted to the world.
The world changed the day you were born......that's worth celebrating!

I prefer not to celebrate my birthday. In fact, for a long time I never told anyone when it was. It's just another day.

LIPH wrote:I prefer not to celebrate my birthday. In fact, for a long time I never told anyone when it was. It's just another day.

That's why I've never posted mine here either.

ScarletB wrote:

LIPH wrote:I prefer not to celebrate my birthday. In fact, for a long time I never told anyone when it was. It's just another day.

That's why I've never posted mine here either.

just another day for me too

as a child My Birthday was never much ( our Family does not do anything big for anything)
so as an adult I have always tried to "do something"
a few years back I drove down the Keys on my BD
I have seen Jimmy, Nickelcreek and the Stones
next year I will be 50 so I am going to spend a week or so in Key West..
maybe not right on my BD.. but for my BD..

My b-day is this Sunday...and we just got back from Key West, which was a most lovely early birthday gift! This weekend, since it's supposed to be about 80 and sunny on Long Island, we're going to pack a picnic lunch of wine and cheese, hike up through a beautiful park to the Long Island sound, relax, and enjoy the sunshine.

My birthday celebrations are usually low key. For my 50th (a few years back) my sister threw me a Buffett theme party at her house. We had a cookout on their back deck. The weather was actually cooperative (May is sometimes "iffy" in Michigan)

My niece and Tom's aunt share the same birthday.

I especially like it when it falls on Mothers day and Mom and I celebrate together.

check out my sig line for what i am doing to celebrate this milestone birthday

Just had my 60th and I played golf and drank and ate and had cake and cards with my favorite 12 golfing buddies! It was a surprise. One of my BFs never lets a birthday go by unnoticed. Kinda celebrated all month.

pema wrote:

ScarletB wrote:

LIPH wrote:I prefer not to celebrate my birthday. In fact, for a long time I never told anyone when it was. It's just another day.

That's why I've never posted mine here either.

just another day for me too

I think it's a big deal.....the world is a better place with you guys in it....so the day you were born is important......

My 40th (quite a ways over the stern at this point) was one of the best: I had moved to RI but my family had not yet joined me, so I was alone. I drove up to Boston, went to Fenway Park and bought a box seat behind the Red Sox dugout. The Tigers (my 2nd favorite AL team) beat the Sox in 12 innings but it was still a great b'day.

On one b'day in my 30s I was escorting some big-wigs during an exercise, so I got to watch an amphibious landing, catch a helo ride out to a ship at sea, and watch people blow all kinds of sh*t up.

Another year it was Kenny Chesney on Thurs in MA followed by JB on Sat in FL followed by a couple of days in KW.

Last year? Not a clue.... Couple of years ago Mac and Fingers did a mini-tour in NC, SC, and GA (ATL). I hit the road for a few days and caught three shows.

This year? Dunno yet. This economy is putting a crimp in our fun....

pbans wrote:

pema wrote:

ScarletB wrote:

LIPH wrote:I prefer not to celebrate my birthday. In fact, for a long time I never told anyone when it was. It's just another day.

That's why I've never posted mine here either.

just another day for me too

I think it's a big deal.....the world is a better place with you guys in it....so the day you were born is important......

Maybe Pam and Erin make it a better place. I just make it a grumpier place.