After 71 times it’s getting a bit boring . . . another birthday . . . Now don’t get me wrong I’m grateful I’m still around to celebrate but as Groucho Marx said:
“Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.”
The good news is my birthday SEASON** is getting longer . . . and so is YOURS. In case, you’ve forgotten the rules (because you are getting old and forget a lot of things) and want to celebrate your own Birthday Season I’m reposting my repost from my reposted repost that I repost every year.
Birthday Season Rules:
- Beginning on the day of your birth your season lasts the number of days you are old. Consequently, every year your Birthday Season is one day longer. With me so far?
- You are to celebrate your birth the entire season by choosing whatever you wish to do, or NOT do, each day. So far so good!
- People give you presents the entire season. SO GOOD, so far!
- You must be over 50 to qualify for Birthday Season status. (Over 50 you need more time to celebrate because it takes you longer.)
- You may start your Birthday Season before the actual date of your birth. But you cannot exceed the number of days you are old.
- Those who are under the age of 50 can celebrate a Birthday Season as long as they don’t tell anyone or demand presents.(Gargle thoroughly after breakfast to eliminate tell-tale “Birthday Season Breath”.)
- You must eat doughnuts everyday for breakfast during your season. (If you don’t like doughnuts you can choose anything you want as long as it isn’t healthy).
- Every day of your season you must be grateful for being born and still being alive. (After your Birthday Season is over you can revert to moaning about your age).
**In case, you’ve forgotten how the
Birthday Seasons Rules came to be
(because you are getting old and forget a lot of things)
here’s how :
Many years ago my good friend Bernice and I were sitting in a motel room (don’t go THERE – we were at the motel, attending an imagery conference) eating doughnuts for breakfast. We picked this motel because it had FREE doughnuts and coffee every morning. It was just before our birthdays which are a few weeks apart.
A bit giddy from not sleeping well on motel mattresses and slightly inebriated on chocolate covered doughnuts, we decided that if we were going to get older each year we would at least take advantage of our accumulating age. We created OUR BIRTHDAY SEASON.
“Doughnuts . . . . . . .Food for thought . . . “
I find myself liking these rules, Judy. I’d been doing it wrong–celebrating ‘birthday week’ rather than season. I will fix that this year.
Happy birthday BTW!
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Jacqui,
It’s never too late to RE-edit our lives. You haven’t been doing it “wrong” you just haven’t been doing it ENOUGH.
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Wishing you a delightful upcoming Birthday Season … ❤ ❤ ❤
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Becca,
Thank you for the love hearts!
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Happy birthday, Judith!
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Kathi,
Thank you and Your clown fish! Hey everyone take a look at Kathi’s blog – her drawings always bring me a smile!
https://kathiwerner.wordpress.com/
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I am celebrating 75 days beginning Friday. 😲 Cann’t believe I’m 3/4 century young. Scary how quickly they return every year.
Sent from my iPhone Linda
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Linda,
It is scary. Last year I was 32 years old!!!!!
Happy Birthday tooooooo.
xxxx j
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Happy Birthday, Judy.
But here you go again. Your calendar setting for your blog must be off because today is February 9th, not the 10th!! However, I would suggest that you not fix the problem until Saturday (when your blog date will show February 14th when it really is the 13th) and then when you correct your blog date on Saturday to the real date of February 13th, it will be voila, a second February 13th which entitles you to another day of birthday celebrations!! You see, you are a lucky girl, and the birthday angels want to cheer you up by giving you two February 13 days this year… and you didn’t even know it! Now that is the best surprise gift any one would want.. an extra day!!! Enjoy…
Hope to see you soon, xoxoxox Jan
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Jan,
My calendar setting on the blog is correct but the posts keep showing up a day ahead . . . not sure how to fix it. However, your “mathematical calendar logic” is perfect and I shall embrace it! A day added to my birthday Season!!!!!!!!! Thank you!! You were always one of my MOST creative thinker friends . . . and a bit weird (just how I like it).
xxxxx j.
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Weird is good….
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Jan,
Weird is GREAT!!!!!!
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LOL!!!!
Have a great birthday… because you are also Weird…
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Jan,
Weirdly “weird” attracts “weird”!
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Somewhere on WordPress you can find the city your blog is synced to and change it to the city you want. For example, my blog is synced to Sydney Australia, which is near where I live. I’ll see if I can find the place to change, or you could try googling it.
And I like the Birthday Season program and will adopt it this year for my birthday.
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Here’s an explanation (I googled ‘change wordpress time zone’.
http://help.coschedule.com/hc/en-us/articles/214455448-How-To-Change-Your-WordPress-Timezone
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Leggy P.
Thanks! I think you’ve solved it for me . . . I think . . .
My Birthday Season is up for adoption and so am I if you are independently wealthy, generous with your wealth and want to contribute to making my life easier!
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I let you know when my ship comes in. 🙂
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LeggyP.
I will pray for high tide!
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We’re working on helping to fulfill Rules 3 & & (is there a Krispy Kreme nearby?). Sure you’ll work on the other applicable rules.
Did you know that 71 is the new 55?
Many Happy Returns O’ The Coming Day!
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Rick,
Don’t send Kripy Kreme unless they are gluten free!
xxxxxx j.
P.S. When you turn 71 you will understand that it is not, unfortunately, the new 55 . . . Alas . . .
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Happy Birthday Season! This is a wonderful tradition. Now I just have to think of something decadent for breakfast. Can I bend the rules a bit and eat the donuts later in the day? My tummy would appreciate this.
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Sharon,
You are not allowed to BREAK the rules but you can MODIFY them!
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Have a happy happy birthday to you, Judy, you sweet young thing. I knew when I woke up that the day felt special – now I know why. Somewhere in the world, you’re celebrating. A good thing too! But don’t try to light 71 candles – by the time you get around to light the last 20 or so, the first 50 have melted all over the icing, and that is just not acceptable.
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Shari, B-P,
Actually my birthday is Saturday so when you wake up for 71 days, starting Saturday, feel VERY special every one of those days!
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How do you do the math calculations for figuring out remaining birthday years left?
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J. Tully! There’s a government actuarial site that tells you how many years are left. I always believe the government.
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fabulous!
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