HB to moi

Turns out 2 other bloggers share this same birthday...JBS and Tami!  Happy birthday to both of them, and to the mother ship, which is me.  I think this was also Red Skelton's birthday too.  JBS probably never heard of him, being a sweet young thing.  Tami probably has - she's also a sweet young thing but has some years on JBS.  I'm the old broad of the bunch.  Don't care - I'd rather be here than not, and I love a good birthday.  Now I've officially lived to an older age than my mom did, which I've written about recently.  A long held belief of mine (since she died at 56 when I was 23) that I would also die at 56 has been disproven.  I'm grateful and wish I could talk to my mom about it all.  Hopefully in the next realm.

The actual celebration of this birthday dinner at the Dining Establishment of my choice (which WILL be good and WILL be pricey), will be delayed until next week as Hubster took off this morning for a 2 day business trip, and offspring #3 who's home for the summer has to work from 3-9 tonight.  So my party is postponed.  It's okay.  It's not like I'm 5.

I was very delighted and honored to be given the Versatile Blogger award by 2 different gals: Liana and First Steps.  Both of these gals are fairly new bloggers and are beginning to walk this walk with the blogging community, so check them out.  Both have a lot of good stuff to say.

The rules:  share 7 things about yourself, then pass on to other bloggers.  Again - ever being a renegade rule bender, I offer it to all the bloggers on my blogroll who don't already have it.  I literally love all the blogs on my roll, and countless more that I haven't taken time to add.  PLEASE feel free to grab it for yourself if I've ever commented on your blog - and boldly say I gave it to you, because it's the truth.

1.  My favorite flower is Foxglove (digitalis).  It is incredibly beautiful when in bloom.

2.  (#&*%#ing blogger won't let me get the cursor back to the left after adding the image, dammit)  I'm seriously considering buying a Kindle for myself.  Opinions?  My query about this yesterday remained unanswered.

3.  My first care was a red volkswagon beetle that was rusty in places and faded down to primer over her "haunches".  Still my favorite car ever, though it was not airconditioned and I had to fold up like a pretzel to get in.  But heck, I was skinny and 18.

4.  (why does blogger do this...centering everything after the image?) I didn't get my Bachelor's degree in Nursing until I was 48.  I went to an old fashioned 3 year Diploma program and became an RN in 1975.  The degree has made no difference in my salary, and my experience over the years taught me much more than the classes required for the degree.  This led me to term the BS in BSN as bulls**t.  Still glad I got it.

5.  Expecting to have my first meet and greet with another blogger, Tammy of From Fat to Fab in August when we take our son back to Atlanta for college.  Can't wait...love Tammy to death, and she's been a great friend to me over the virtual expanse.

6.  I have a magical thinking thing that one day I will walk to the mailbox and find either a huge check, or notification that I'm going to receive a huge check (think at least 5 figures) that was left to me by a relative of one of my deceased parents I never knew about.  And if it happens, and it's a WHOLE LOT, I will share some of my windfall with loved ones.  (so keep the nice comments coming!)

7.  A favorite but rarely avaible vegetable of mine is okra.  Kath at Kath Eats Real Food has blogged about them lately, and has roasted them to eat as fries!  If I can find them, I'm gonna try it!

I hope every one has a nice Thursday.  And if you have any idea why blogger does this centering thing every once in awhile, let me know.  Doesn't happen all the time, but always when I try and list things with numbers.  Siiigh.....it's not easy being a technoboob.