Yesterday I truly was The BIRTHDAY Queen. I'm thrilled to say that my birthday was positively wonderful and I relished every moment of the day. I woke up early intending to start writing "The Bumpy Ride," but when I checked my email and saw how many well wishes I had; I was delightfully detained. I would be remiss if I didn't start off by saying how overwhelmed I was by EACH of the birthday greetings that I'd received on Facebook; in addition to the encouraging responses regarding yesterday's post and my new endeavor. It seems that a lot of people on Facebook play a numbers game and they add "friends" that they never even communicate with, but that's NOT me; so it was so touching to see how many people wished me a Happy Birthday. There were tidings from childhood friends, and new acquaintances; from Junior High pals, and High School cohorts, from College chums to work buddies, from old neighbors to scrapbook sisters, and from EVERYONE that I love and cherish in between. The birthday wishes abounded; and though this is typically true for most people who use Facebook - on this significant birthday, it meant THE WORLD to me. My friend Judy (who I've known since I was 4) wrote "Happy Birthday to my dear friend! Hope it's a slendiferous day!!" Well, I thought that this was a FABULOUS comment; though I have to admit that I wasn't really sure what slendiferous meant. Loving to use the dictionary and thesaurus as I do; I Googled the word and was just about to "assume" that Judy made a typo on SPLENDIFEROUS when I found that according to the "Urban Dictionary," slendiferous is A little known term that denotes "the coolest of the cool." Well who knew that Judy was so in the know... and that's pretty much what I wrote back to her. I thanked her for thinking of me and gave her props for her progressive phraseology. And so class, SLENDIFEROUS is our word of the day; and I DID indeed have a SLENDIFEROUS Birthday!!!
What I think I enjoyed most about my day was that I didn't do anything remarkable - I just did things that make me happy; with people that I enjoy. I went to Starbucks with my friend Lori, went home and made the kids lunch; went for a pedicure with my friend Shannon; which was a double pleasure since we went to Pure Elements which is our friend Jenny's salon. Unfortunately, Luis had to work; but The kids and I had a terrific time when we met Michelle M & Max at Red Robin for dinner AND I got to use my FREE birthday burger coupon. As if that wasn't enough; Luis brought me a Tiramisu cake and I finished my slice along with my blog and I felt VERY satisfied on all levels.
I woke up today, happy to take on day 2 of being 43 and was surprised to procure even MORE birthday salutations and some gifts that I NEVER expected.. The generosity of my friends was / is just astounding and I feel SO BLESSED to have the kindest, most thoughtful people in my life. Now what could be more slendiferous than that???
Till next time...
Queen of EVERYTHING
Ok...that is one COOL word! LOVE it!!! And glad you had a good bday! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
ReplyDeleteGlad it was a cooler than cool day! Hope that it's the same for you all year!! Mmmmm...RED ROBIN......(YUM!) -- (singing their slogan)
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