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Happy Birthday to me
Happy Birthday to meeee
Happy Birthday, dear Vanilla
Happy Birthday to meeeeeeeeee!
Yep, it’s that time of year, tomorrow is my burfday - another year younger another year stronger… Well, I can dream, can’t I? Whaddayamean, how old am I? You must be kidding, I’m not telling you that! I mean I don’t want to destroy any of your illusions, now do I?!
And now, time for some light-hearted fun. I’ve been tagged by Janey over at Whittering On to do A Meme About Various Things. It’s a title which inclines me to think that someone wanted to create a meme and be nosy without having any obvious end or purpose… Mind you, do any of these wretched memes ever have any real purpose... Cynical old me, must be a symptom of age...
A Meme about Various Things
What were you doing ten years ago?
Watching my father die, having to sell his business and discovering there was a lot more to me than I thought there was.
Realising my marriage was on the rocks.
Falling foul of and falling out with my then-stepdaughter.
Discovering I was going to be retrenched – sooner rather than later.
Reclaiming my self by starting to have a mid-life reawakening!
1998 was a foretaste to the very rude awakening that was 1999.
What are five things on your to-do list for today (not in any particular order):
Wake up
Get up
Have a shower and brush teeth
Do the grocery shopping.
Go to bed.
What are some snacks you enjoy?
I’m not a snackish kind of person – I generally exercise discipline in the snack department. Mostly, I’d sooner have a banana. But I’ll nibble crisps/chips and dark chocolate occasionally. I do love popcorn but it doesn’t love me.
What would you do if you were a billionaire?
Leave South Africa (mind you, I’ll do that without being a billionaire!).
Buy a villa in Tuscany or Switzerland.
Create a foundation to aid the environment and wildlife or choose an existing NGO with which to work and support - either wildlife, environment or child abuse.
Travel lots.
Splurge on some designer outfits. I lurve Armani and Ferretti – hey, what can I say, I have my materialist side too, you know!
Invest the bulk of it in order to create another billion... and found another foundation.
What are three of your bad habits?
Drinking juice directly from the bottle.
Procrastinating.
Piling up more and more books next to my bed.
What are five places where you have lived?
Cape Town, South Africa
London, England
Guernsey, Channel Islands
Dublin, Eire
Durban, South Africa
What are five jobs you have had?
Shop assistant/window dresser
Scriptwriter/Video Director-Producer for a corporate
Marketing executive and copywriter
Marketing and Communications Manager
Marketing Director
What were the last five books you read?
I don’t suppose you’re going to believe me if I tell you I actually can’t remember….
So, let me rather tell you what I am reading:
100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Author Author by David Lodge
What I Was by Meg Roshoff
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Emmanuel’s Book channelled by Pat Rodegast – again.
Remember, I did say there were piles and piles of books next to my bed…
What five people do you want to tag?
Um… Kimy, Taffiny, Helen, Rambler, Bart - and anyone else who wants to do this!
31 comments:
hmmm, by the looks of things i'm the first to be able to wish you a happy birthday, in advance then so...
happy birthday in advance, enjoy it and i hope it enjoys you too ;-)
thanks for the tag and thanks for the insights you've provided, a couple of things i already knew, a couple of others i hadn't suspected and a number were very revealing indeed :-))
have a nice day, keep well...
Bon anniversaire!
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=nXDuJp6NxWQ&feature=related
I'm gonna host a contest - Guess AV's age - my entry is 37. Am I close????
ANYWAY - I am uber-envious you have snack discipline. And...HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
AHA! AHA! A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!
Wow! 1998 was a rotter. Glad life got better.
I do admire your snack resistance. That's why you look gorgeous in red strappy dresses. (I may invest in a hypnotist to make me strong in the force like you when I get my billion!)
As for your bad habits .. what bad habits??? As long as nobody else is drinking from the carton who cares if you do. Put stuff off I say! (not everything obviously - that would be stupid) and OMG my bedside table..... actually I just remembered these are your bad habits aren't they?
Great fun V. So tell me - is Aerin your new best friend?
Or am I? - I think you're 36 and a bit.
Happy happy birfdie AV! I've stopped counting mine! Thanks for the meme, it will fill today's post as I have little more planned for my Sunday than lounging around today! I also have a pile of books beside my bed . . all with the first three chapters read and now collecting dust. . .god i'm lazy! And stop drinking juice from the bottle! *smack* Aerin . . I'm bagging about 42! But she'll never confess!
hippo birdie two ewe, hippo birdie two ewe... since it is your birthday I will embrace the challenge and not break the meme (however, you'll have to give me a couple days...sunday is my day 'day of rest' when it comes to putting up a post other than a pic and a quote)
now, now... whaddayamean you won't say how old you are! haven't you heard you are only as old as you feel.....
oh my 1998 was a tough year for you! my the circle and cycle be BROKEN!
I do love reading folks answers to memes, so I guess it's only right that I actually follow through and do one!
xxxxxxx dark chocolate and vanilla nibbles to you!
aerin - your contest....guess av's age....oy.....can I give a range?? between 35 and 50..... what is a number? I'm 52 (but seriously closing in on 53) but alternately i feel 27 and 72 and who knows (and who cares) what others think about how old I am.....
hey happy birthday...
may all your wishes come true..
would surely do the tag when I am back :)
Happy Birthday - to you and Simon! And I thought it was "you're only as old as the man that you feel*" ... I know, bad taste for this time in the morning but hey, I never said I was perfect ;o)
* Unfortunately said statement makes me 12 years older than I actually am!!
Happy birthday!!
i like these nosey memes, so interesting to learn more about you. and we have a few things in common, my birthday is soon (tho after the cusp) and we have in common London, the channel islands, the Anansi boys, Meg roshoff (sp?) david lodge
and a few other things...
hope you have a great day!
First off, thanks to you ALL for the birthday greetings! A lovely way to start the day after what was a supremely shitty week. Thank you my blogging buddies - you make it all worthwhile! ;-)
Hmm, I was revealing, was I, Bart...? ;-)
Thanks, Lee, good to see you around again! :-)
Off to check out the youtube link right now!
Aerin - nope, wrong about the age - by a long way! ;-) Hint, only one of your numbers was right.
Yep, definitely, Janey, Aerin is now my new best friend, along with you and Baino :-) There you, girls, still more clues.
Amd yeah, those bad habits aren't so bad, are they? ;-)
Well, has of today Bains, I'm going backwards, which means by the time I'm in my dotage, I'll be enjoying my childhood again... ;-) (yeah, yeah, I know, my second childhood!)
Hmm, well, Kimy, if it's a case of only being as old as you feel, then I am variously 12 and 27 and on bad days 40. Mostly, I rarely feel - or act - my age - who'd wanna do that! ;-) Looking forward to seeing your meme and sure, take your time, Sundays are time out days!
Hope you're not going to stay away for too long, Rambler! ;-)
Happy Birthday to Simon, Laquet! Must be a good fellow being born today. Hmm, the age of the man I feel, eh, well, then I am the age that I am! ;-) Yep, there is only a month's difference between D and me - so two big kids together!
Thanks, Lettuce - aha, so you are twinsy sort of Gemini, then, are you ;-) Always so nice when finds things in common with one's blogging buddies!
And to all, I have utterly no idea why blogger wouldn't let me log in to post as me as opposed to making me post as Anonnymouse. Tsk. Yep, yep, I promise, that was me answering all of you above.
Happy Birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! You have been through a lot in life and have obviously re-birthed yourself, blossomed and found happiness in yourself again. Brava bella!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY VANILLA!!!
:)
May you have many many more, feeling full of life, and knowing richness worthy of billions.
Interesting post.
Wow a lot can happen in 10 years.
42 I am guessing
if still in your 30's, I assume you would be confessing.
(based on your hint to Aerin, I know I am wrong, for there must be a 7 or 3 in it somewhere.)
Thanks, Ropi!
Thanks, Jeni - hopefully we get wiser and smarter as we get older :-)
Thanks, Taffiny, and you can join my list of new best friends for making me younger than I am! ;-)
Wait, AV, how am I going to award a prize if no one knows who's closest?
This is as bad as the Price is Right....
Okay, my second guess is 39.
Anyone?
LOL! Aerin, you're clearly not paying attention to the clues I've carefully scattered throughout the comments! Nope, sorry, 39 is wrong too (but thanks so much for the compliment of thinking me that young!) and you can still be my new best friend ;-)
Perhaps, though, if you're looking for someone to whom award a prize, you should give it to Kimy from Mouse Medicine!
Happy birthday to you ♪ ♪
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!!
Love the list - ten years ago sounds awful - thank goodness you're past that!!!
And procrastination is my biggest sin too, I suppose.
Off to procrastinate some more!!
:-)
Hope you had a wonderful 'Burfday'!
Like your billionaire choices.
I wish I could remember 10 years ago. It's getting much harder these days;-)
Hey! Happy birthday! May's a great month for a birthday (I've got one coming up too). Enjoy your day!
welcome
Thanks, Muriel, Sam, Lane and Sue! Birthday wishes much appreciated!
Happy birthday AV, hope you didn't have to suffer the bumps.
Addy
Happy Birthday AbVan!!!
I hope you had a wonderful day.
Darn it! I can't believe I missed your birthday! Happy, happy belated birthday!!! I hope you had a fabulous day and did something decadent for yourself yesterday. :-)
Belated Burf'day Wishes! AV
All the best people are born in May. I'm May 17th - The National Day of Norway - as my Norwegian friend takes pleasure in reminding me every year.
I was a 1957 babe. In my mind, I'm still somewhere in my 30's (where did the years go?) though my body tells me otherwise. If my sensors are correct and I'm going to stick my neck out here, I'd say you were a 1955/56 version?
Do I win the contest or am I in B-I-G trouble!!!?
Ah, another May birthday celebrator! Mine is May 3rd, my daughter's is yesterday (the 19th). Then there is Mother's Day after my BD, and our wedding anniversary the 31st of May.
an entire month of celebrations and dinner out and Patrick Dempsey on the big movie screen. Could life be better?
Happy Birthday (and I do hope you get McDreamy down there~).
Happy Belated Birthday, AV!! Hope you had a grand ol' time celebrating the day you arrived into this world.
I like your to-do list :) as for your bad habits, well, they aren't so bad. Come on, there's got to be something more "juicy" than that. :)
A standing ovation to you, just for being you!
I hope you birthday was to your heart's desire, Vanilla! Many happy returns of the day!
I loved your answers to the meme.
1998... There are years like that. I do think of certain years like good or bad. But it's good if you had a reawakening. I wish I did... :-)
Happy Belated Birthday!! :)
All the very best in your life :)
PS: it is not like i am wishing too late, right? ;)
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