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Happy birthday to me

May 14, 2006 at 6:03 AM

I am now older than my friends Sydney and Colleen combined. And I now need SIX bits for my age. Waaah!!!

On a happy note, however, my husband bought me a 30 GB iPod Video, and---this is the real gift---loaded a whole bunch of photos and my favorite albums onto it for me. When I saw it, I immediately said, "So THAT'S why I haven't been able to find my Glazunov CD for the last two days!" :) It was apparently a painful process for him, which makes me all the more grateful. (Warning: iTunes does not play well with Windows operating systems.)

I also got the soundtrack to "Pride and Prejudice", which I had not realized was played by Jean-Yves Thibaudet. In the liner notes, composer Dario Marinanelli writes, "We were fortunate enough that Jean-Yves Thibaudet was interested in performing on the sountrack of the film, and at that point I just knew I could really let the piano be the heart of the score." I remember thinking that it must be wonderful for composers like John Corigliano (who wrote the soundtrack to "The Red Violin") and Nigel Hess ("Ladies in Lavender") to have someone like Joshua Bell on board, someone who is capable of playing whatever they might wish to write. I believe Hess compared having Bell play his score to stepping into a Rolls-Royce. I suspect this is a trend we will see more of in the future, having top-rated classical musicians play film scores.

In non-music-related gifts, my husband and three-year-old daughter planted me an herb garden in the backyard, which is wonderful since I've never been able to maintain an indoor herb garden. I think that one was actually supposed to be a Mother's Day gift for tomorrow, but Kiera blew the surprise early.

Happy Birthday! You're only 20 in hex!
Ah, Jim, I love you. :) I have a hacker friend, a bit younger than I am, who recently commented that he's "only got two bits left." When I asked, "two bits until what?" the answer was "Death." What a depressing thought. And now I'm down to one...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!
YAY!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! AND MOTHERS DAY!!! :D
How exciting :)
You honestly are not old AT ALL!!!! just wiser :) But really, im excited for my 30's, when im still young but mature and have a young happy family hehe... thats definately what you have so you should be SO blessed!

And we'd love to hear you play sometime too!!

May you live to be 0x7F!
Happy birthday and happy Mother's Day. The best gifts are gifts of the spirit, and you've got them.
Colleen, thank you! Your comment made my day...I'm glad you don't think I'm old. :) And Pauline, you are so right. I'm blessed in so many ways.

This morning I commented to a friend (aka Clueless Male) that my birthday was yesterday, and he asked, "Is your birthday always the day before Mother's Day?" Uh, no. Mother's Day is the second Sunday in May. My birthday is not always the second Saturday in May. Should I feel sorry for the women in his life? ;)

Haha, wow Karin! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! And echoing what Colleen said, you are not old! That's sweet of your kids and husband :-)
Happy birthday (sorry for being late)
I just remembered a joke, there are 10 different types of people, those who know binary and those who don't.
Thanks, Sydney. :) Jesús, I know that quote, in fact I just bought my brother-in-law a T-shirt with that on it. He got the same one from his parents, so maybe my hubby will take it and I can borrow it!
Do you think your husband and daughter will help you maintain your herb garden? Do you believe in miracles?
I guess I didn't explain the herb garden clearly. I tend to forget to water my plants, then I drown them and wonder why they die. :) But with the herbs outside, they will get watered appropriately by the sprinkler system, as well as having plenty of sun and being safe from my indoor-only cats.