This is it!! Welcome to the day of the open blog and thanks for helping me deal with my forty-tenth birthday! how did that ever happen? Have a piece of cake or two, a glass of champagne (or two!), mingle - I have wonderful blog friends, cheers!!
I have never had such a difficult time looking for an appropriate name for a post... I guess a bit of humor helps when everything else fails!!
"As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two." Norman Wisdom
"They say that age is all in your mind. The trick is keeping it from creeping down into your body." Author Unknown
"The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age." Lucille Ball
And my very favorite from now on:
"Forty is the old age of youth. Fifty is the youth of old age." French proverb
Michele sent me over to wish you a very happy birthday. According to Madeliene l'Engle, the best thing about growing older is that you don't lose all the ages you have been.
ReplyDeleteI'm 56 and I'm having a fantastic year this year!
Bonsoir Mar or Perhaps Bonjour!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday Mar! Cake looks delicious! After my corse beer I'll take a little glass of champagne! I suppose you will have a marvelous sunday, on a samba's music!!!
Happy forty-tenth birthday! I hope your having a grand time being a youngster of the senior citizens!
ReplyDeleteIf I had known you were turning 50 I would have baked you a (virtual) cake.
Happy Happy Birthday!
Happy happy birthday to you dear Mar. Eat drink and be merry. May this year be filled with love,laughter and good memories.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday dear Mar...I love the fourty-ten concept! Love the quotes! Virtual hugs coming your way. Hope you were properly celebrated!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday!
ReplyDeleteAge is all mind over matter...if you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
Happy Birthday to you!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday dear Mar!
Happy Birthday to you!
(Thank you very much)
Ohhhhhhh I LOVE your new saying! And I wish that I had thought to have a Forty-tenth birthday -- but I was too excited to turn 50 and so I skipped right OVER forty-ten! Besides... EVERYone says ... 50 is the "new" 40! Soooooooo... lets PARRRRRRTEEEEEEEE!
ReplyDelete*POP!* Champagne bubbles for breakfast, I guess!
Mar, Happy birthday to ya! ~ da na na da na! I thought you looked like you are in your thirties. You look very young!!! I'll have a piece of cake of a little cup of wine. Thank you. :0
ReplyDeleteHappy, happy, happy, happy birthday to you Mar! Here's to the next forty-ten years :o)
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Mar!! Have a wonderful day.
ReplyDeleteLove the French proverb, especially as I approach 50 as well in 1-1/2 years.
Happy birthday. we don´t get old just better. let`s party and enjoy your day.
ReplyDeleteGood morning Mar, I was sent here by Melli's place.Wishing you a special "Happy birthday"....50 is a great age... Young at Heart!!!!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your day. Baba
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARvelous Mar!!!!
ReplyDeleteWow! You're just a teenager :-D
I hope that you get some upcoming marvelous years, filled with happiness, joy and laughter.
Cheers to Mar today!
I'll be back in the evening to get some more champagne!!!!
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAR!!!!! 40 you say, huh? Pshaw.......that's an age I would consider 'still wet behind the ears'!! Wait 'til you're pushin' 60 like me!!
ReplyDeleteSERIOUSLY THO---Have a terrific celebration dear friend!!! I hope all your wishes and dreams come true for you on your special day.
Celebrate in Style!!!!
Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday. The cake is delicious (I only had a bite..dieting!!)...did you make it?? I'll pass on the champagne....not good for my diet either.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your forty-tenth birthday. It's not so bad, honest, it's not, I mean it, really!
Happy Birthday dear friend. I hope your day is filled with sunshine, happiness and lots of luscious cake!!!
ReplyDeleteI forgot to get some cake! This is delicious!
ReplyDeleteHappy 40 10th!!!
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LBC
Many, many happy returns of the day. You'll see, there's nothing to it ;)
ReplyDeleteHappy, happy birthday ! I missed it this morning because my son was here over the week end and just left ! Now I saw that your birthday is today on Melli's blog ! And such an important one if I understand right you are now O5 years old ! A teenager compared to me, lol !
ReplyDeleteMelli sent me over to wish you a very Happy Birthday!!! I hope your day is wonderful!! Blessings on your Day!! Grams
ReplyDeleteVery many Happy Returns! I hope you have a fantastic day and get spoilt rotten!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Mar!!!!
Well, what are your plans for the 6th decade of your life?
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday! You are only a little over a month ahead of me and thanks for the 40 plus 10 idea. I like that. I hope you have a wonderful day and year. Best wishes!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to you! I turned 50 in August. 1957 must've been a really great year for so many of us to have been born then. :-) Hope you have a great day!!
ReplyDeleteHAPPY HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Dear Mar....This is such a wonderful day for celebrations...(My 2nd Bogaversy, today too...)
ReplyDeleteMay this day begin the next fabulous faze of your very special life and may it bring you lots and lots of JOY, LOVE, CREATIVITY, FRIENDSHIP, AND GREAT GOOD HEALTH, my dear!
Oh, such a delicious cake, I think I ate too much.... Or maybe I drank too much of the champagne... *giggles*
ReplyDeleteI hope your birthday party will go on all night, making you feel as young as you are :-)
Me, I'm too old at the moment - but just temporarily - So I'll say good night now, wishing you all luck!
Happy, Happy - I mean real Happy forty-tenth Birthday dear trustful blogger friend! Blogsphere has never been the same since I met you and its always nice to see you both here with all your spirituality and at my blog with your inspiring comments.
ReplyDeleteWhen I turned 50 I comfort myself with that the alternative is much worse LoL
Thanks for the lovely cake and hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm champagne on a Sunday evening - perfect :-)
Happy 40-10th birthday!
ReplyDeleteWell, here I am visiting for the first time and it's your big day. I'm 49. Next June.... Hey, let's trade links!
ReplyDeleteBonne Fete!
ReplyDeletealles Gute zum Geburtstag!!
feliz cumpleaños!!
Now pass me a glass of Champagne! **SMILE!!!
Here is to the next 40+10 years!
Happy Birthday!
Happy Happy Birthday, Mar!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to you!!!
ReplyDeleteAmazing post and great quotes.
I'm glad that I found your beautiful place.
You visited me last year before my birthday.
Happy 39 elleven to a MARvellous young lady and an important A-Cruiser. Hope you had an unforgetable celebration.
ReplyDeleteWhat a busy birthday week. Our Captain on Oct 5, you the 7th, my daughter (30) Oct 9 and my mother (88) on the 12th. All fabulous women.
Happy happy belated birthday, Mar! I´m so sorry I didn´t make it on time - but we celebrated your birthday anyway... without internet connection. Today we´re proud owner of a sloooooooow internet connection and your cake is finally up. Hope you like it =)
ReplyDeleteHerzlichen Glückwunsch nachträglich, meine Liebe! Alles Liebe und Gute - keep on rocking!