Today Is The Day....

Happy Birthday To Me!!!!



After some thought I have decided that you are all going to have to put up with me talking about me for a while longer. After all you are only 60 once in your life, and it takes a long time to get to this point so I'm entitled to go on for a while.



I thought that I might give you 60 things about myself that you would not know. It was nostalgic making this list.

The order is random:

1. I was born at St. Luke's Hospital in Denver, Colorado, on Palm Sunday 1949. Joe, my son, was born in the same hospital 20 years later.

2. I went to catholic school grades 1-7, and then public school 8-12.

3. My favorite toy as a child was my grown up doll. I played with that doll into my teens.

4. I have always loved to read.

5. My favorite subject in school was history.

6. My first memory is bringing home my sister Dianne from the hospital, I was about 2 years old.

7. I loved to eat toast, jelly, and cheese when I could get away with it. I had to sneak my dad's cheese.

8. My worst childhood memory was when I put my brother on the clothes line, he fell off, and broke his arm. It was awful.

9. We had hamburgers every Saturday night, and my dad would cook them.

10. We always had ice cream and cake on Sunday nights.

11. I loved to play with my Lennon Sister paper dolls. The Lennon Sisters were on the Lawrence Welk show.

12. I was a champion jacks player in 5-6 grade. We would have tournaments during recess at school.

13. Sister Mary Magdalene was my 2nd grade teacher, she must have been 90.

14. My parents liked to trout fish. We would go to Basalt and Aspen every year so they could fish.

15. I had my first communion in the first grade. I accidentally started my veil on fire in the kitchen after the ceremony.

16. In my teenage years, I worked with mom for a Jewish caterer. He made the best meat blintzes. His name was Peter Bloom.

17. I had major skin breakouts all of my life.

18. In my teen years mom gave me shots for those allergies.

19. I loved Valentines Day as a child. I would keep my valentines all year long.

20. I liked to write cursive in school. I never liked printing.

21. I had braces for 2 years in my teens. My orthodontists was downtown in the Republic Building.

22. In the 6 grade my favorite outfit was my "Ben Casey" shirt. He was famous T.V. doctor.

23. I was always the tallest in my Elementary class. I know because sister would line us up according to size. I was always last in line.

24. I wanted to be a nun. I lived with them for a few days. I didn't like the long periods of silence. Not long after I met Art and I forgot that idea.

25. I didn't date much in school. I never went to prom or homecoming.

26. I loved my mom's danish sweet rolls. She would make them from scratch, and they were sooo good.

27. I never learned to swim.

28. In college I took a swimming class, but I never could quite get the hands and feet to work together,plus I was scared of the water. I hated that class.

29. On my 16th birthday mom had a tea for me.

30. My little sister Joanne was born when I was 13 years old. I loved to babysit her.

31, We had desserts with every meal growing up, but during Lenten season we would give them up.

32. One year we got baby chicks for Easter.

33. Every Easter mom would make us a new dress, and we would get new shoes and a new hat.

34. My favorite 45 record in high school was " Bobby's Girl".

35. I had 2 favorite movies growing up: Ben Hur and Blue Hawaii with Elvis Presley.

36. My best friend in grade school was Mary Margaret Rogers. She had a pool in her back yard.

37.I was in French class study hall when we heard that JFK had been assassinated.

38. I met Art when I was 18, we worked at the Taco house together.

39. I went to UNC for one year.

40. Art and I got married on Feb. 1, 1969. It snowed that day.

41. I was 7 months pregnant with Joe on our first anniversary.

42. Art was drafted into the Army when Joe was 6 months old.

43. When Art went to Basic Training in Washington State, Joe and I lived with his parents.

44. My 2 boys were born on the same day 2 years apart.

45. Erik was premature. He was born at 31 weeks, weighing 3lbs. 4 oz.

46. Art was in the Army for 18 months when we came home. Erik was only 2 months old.

47. Erik had pneumonia 3 times before he was 3 years old.

48. For years we had Bronco Season tickets, we went with Richey and Beth.

49. Art was an alcoholic for the first 15-16 years of our marriage, he has been sober over 20 years.

50. Art's parents were killed in an auto accident, Labor Day weekend 1978.

51. I accepted Christ as my Lord and Saviour when I was 29. Art followed about 3 years later.

52. I have been to Europe.

53, I went back to college in my 30's.

54. I was diagnosed with Lupus in my 30's and had to quit school because I was so sick.

55. I have never been hospitalized with my Lupus. That is pretty unbelievable.

56. I have never had a full time 8-5 job. I have worked part time.

57. I was a grandmother at 40.

58. I have 8 grandchildren.

59. I have been to Vanuatu 2 times and will be going again in May.

60. Okay, I'm over it. My birthday is over, I turned 60 and survived.
With all my complaining I have to say that I am really thankful.
I have many blessings in my life.