{"id":631,"date":"2011-12-14T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theenchantedhome.co\/2011\/12\/happy-birthday-to-me\/"},"modified":"2011-12-14T12:45:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T12:45:00","slug":"happy-birthday-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/14\/happy-birthday-to-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy birthday to me!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Today<\/span> is my birthday and I am taking the day off from blogging to celebrate! Last night I was treated to a wonderful dinner with a group of friends from school, we have a tradition and have been doing this for years, it was so wonderful and I was showered with some amazing gifts! Today I am celebrating with friends during the day and my family at night. Some have asked how old I am. Lets just say I am between 20 and 50 \ud83d\ude42 ?I don&#8217;t get hung up on age, I think age is just a number and its much more about how you feel and think,? many days I feel about 35, and that suits me just fine. Some of my favorite quotes about age are below and that&#8217;s my post for today. ?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span>The time I spend with family and friends means so much, because ?I know whatever they plan, ?it will be lovely and from the heart, as I am blessed to have some truly one of a kind friends and a very special?family.?And this year&#8230;.I can add a fabulous group of ?blogging?friends and followers to the reasons I feel blessed!<\/span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-C6bUQq_02uE\/TuiZYryOwLI\/AAAAAAAAPeI\/7JzqBykrEHY\/s1600\/96053404522072264_NFjJ462l_c.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-C6bUQq_02uE\/TuiZYryOwLI\/AAAAAAAAPeI\/7JzqBykrEHY\/s640\/96053404522072264_NFjJ462l_c.jpg\" width=\"576\"><\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<center><span><span><i>Age is just a number.? Mine is unlisted.? ~Author Unknown<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/center><br \/>\n<center><span><span><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/center><br \/>\n<center><span><span><i>Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.? ~Chili Davis<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/center><br \/>\n<center><span><span><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/center><br \/>\n<center><span><span><i>Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.? ~Herbert Asquith<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/center><br \/>\n<center><span><span><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/center><br \/>\n<center><span><span><i>Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.? ~Mark Twain,<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/center><br \/>\n<center><span><span><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/center><br \/>\n<center><span><span><i>Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.? ~Victor Hugo<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/center><br \/>\n<center><span><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/center><br \/>\n<center><span><span><i>Age is an issue of mind over matter.? If you don&#8217;t mind, it doesn&#8217;t matter.? ~Mark Twain<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/center><br \/>\n<center><span><span><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/center><br \/>\n<center><span><span><i>It&#8217;s important to have a twinkle in your wrinkle.? ~Author Unknown<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/center><br \/>\n<center><span><span><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/center><br \/>\n<center><span><i><span>Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty.<\/span><span>??<\/span><span>~Henry Ford<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/center><br \/>\n<center><span><span><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/center><br \/>\n<center><span><span>If you missed my big post on holiday gift wrapping and could use some inspiration, click <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/2011\/12\/35-amazing-ways-to-rock-christmas\/\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/center><br \/>\n<\/center><br \/>\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photobucket\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/i1201.photobucket.com\/albums\/bb350\/littlebluedeer\/postfooter-2.png\"><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is my birthday and I am taking the day off from blogging to celebrate! 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