For the first 16 years or so of your life they are celebrated selfishly, it is the day you arrived on this stage. After that you keep celebrating until one day it dawns on you, you aren't the centre of the universe. At that time you quietly acknowledge the passing years, of course expecting a few more nods for the biggies, 30, 40, 50, 60 and then 65 you get the mother of all birthday presents if you are lucky, retirement.
Roughly 10 years after that your birthday becomes something of note again. Parties are being held in honour of your sheer luck/stubborness of survival.
What you don't count on in the interim is a celebration, a day when people remind you that you really are special.
I am incredibly grateful to all who made today a special day for me. Thank you for the cards, the PMs, the blogs and the shout out in the forum and chat.
46 ain't looking so bad,
ju

I think this is one of the best pics I have EVER seen on NN and that is saying alot!!

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thank you couple.motus for such a stunning pic!

3 times to show you guys a pic I found while wandering the galleries and it broke the blogs ala my lament previous blog.
It is soooooooooo damn erotic too!!
Off to bed to dream,
ju

I hate when people "break" the blogs by making them too wide forcing me to scroll side to side or having to click on each one individually.
Don't they know I am not fully awake when I sit with my coffee to read them???
Grumpy,
ju

that pigtails are sexy.
Before I get my hair cut on Fri. I would like to know if you agree.



Keep in mind my life as a sex goddess depends on your vote!!
ju

I know what else is new right?
It was interesting because we were discussing keeping the NN peace so to speak. The reason for this is some kind of ownership some feel towards others. I am not talking stalking by a long shot I am talking about people who feel a certain "connection" for lack of a better word because they knew another first, or feel like they have some priority for no logical reason.
Friendships, alliances and acquaintances are made all the time in any venue where more than 2 people gather.
Ok ju get to the point.
Our suppositions led us to a certain point.
Let us say you have known x member for ages and y member for almost as long. You like them both, prolly for very diff reasons.
What would your personal reaction be if all of the sudden they were connected?
In some cases I have seen many good wishes and in others I have seen the claws drawn and the venom out.
Don't read more into this than you see in this blog, it's an interesting question. Could you be happy for someone you "thought" you knew or would you harbour some sort of resentment because you weren't party to what was going on?
A very curious and loving to stir the pot,
ju

It is a never ending story around here bitching about the web crap. I was talking about some of the pics that have made me gag, cringe etc and of course the web crap as a huge issue came up again.
I want to address this as a moderator.
I really don't give a shit about web crap and neither would you if you had to deal with the pics of minors, xxxxxxxxxx, xxxxxx, real and obvious harm, blood, shit and the list goes on.
While web shit rubs all real amateurs the wrong way at least it wont make you physically ill to view it.
A too well lit shot of someone with fake boobs is the least of my worries.
At least it doesn't make me wanna hurl,
ju

since I have done a food blog. To be honest I had been feeling very uninspired until I was given a magazine with a bunch of recipes in it yesterday. I didn't use any of them for anything other than inspiration.
This is the result with a few more ideas on the back burner.
It started out with some thick pork chops that I cut roughly into cubes and then marinated in soy and sweet and sour sauce.
Around this time I checked the cupboard and discovered that I only had 2 skewers in there and had to make yet another trip to the store in the rain.
Chopped some veggies and strung them on



As they were grilling I brushed them with the left over marinade. The result was super tender meat and a very subtle flavour.



They were served on rice pilaf. Everyone wolfed them down. That little creation has gone in the must make again file.
A very full,
ju

My tax refund came far earlier than I had expected. It is not a huge amount but enough that I could do one or two things I haven't been able to. After talking to the kids about it we decided that we would like to rent a car and go camping for a weekend.
So I called, inquiring about renting a car. Rates are reasonable what is unreasonable is that they require a $500 deposit on a credit card. I have neither $500 nor a credit card (((
There is a provincial park within half an hour of me and that was going to be my destination.
So now my brain is going into over drive. I really want to go!
The park is big. It is several km to get wood and to the beach.
hhhmmmmm
If I took my grocery buggy so I could get wood could we possibly pack light enough to take a taxi to and from the park?
It would be a lil unothodox and extremely inconvient but I am thinking I might just be able to do it.
Attempting to take camping to a whole new level,
ju

I was heading into Wal Mart when I heard my name called. My god it had been at least 15 years since I had seen C!!
She was my best friend thru high school and most of college before we went our own ways. Of course we got caught up with each others families and then started the reminicing.
We were SO bad but never quite bad or dumb enough to get caught, just bad enough that I would get into trouble recounting some of our escapades here.
It was so funny remembering. We really did go to Florida one day for a week. I think it took us 24 hrs to come up with the idea and hit the road. We arrived at school on the last day planning to leave right after classes but left by 10am having told our teachers we wouldnt be there cause we were going to Florida. We were both dressed in track suits and everyone kept asking where we were going of course we just said, Florida.
We got away with it just because we were us. Things like that never suprised ppl once they had been around us for more than 10 mins.
One of our trade marks in high school was to walk in one door, gather up a few friends and walk right out the other. The party had begun before the bell even rang.
We were both laughing that we would kill our kids if they even thought of doing any of the things we did!
We stood there talking so long I have a sunburn but have exchanged numbers and plan to get together. She wants to do something fun for my bday, which is also the same day as her daughter who happens to be exactly 20 years and 12 hrs younger than I.
I had forgotten there was another person on this planet who could talk as much if not more than I do!
I am still laughing about the memory of the pool at the first hotel we stayed in. All we wanted after 28hrs of straight driving was a swim. We went around the back looking for the pool. What we found instead more closely resembled a rather deep and not very clean bathtub! Needless to say we moved on. The following day we went to the beach but it was really windy and started to rain so we went and got our hair cut instead. You know the typical things ppl do when on their second day in paradise.
I could go on and on but C and I just did so I won't bore you with the details.
Smiling,
ju