I’m 35 today. No streamers needed, although confetti is always nice. Confetti and lots of wine.
I’m not sure why, but 35 seems like a pivotal year, mostly because it’s halfway to 70. Every time I think of my new age I automatically multiply it by 2. I am then unfailingly pleased that I never got a tattoo, because the thought of the shape of ink on my body at 70 is a mindworm of astounding proportions.
The year that was 34 was no mere collection of days. I feel the need to document it in some way, and will likely update this as the day progresses, and my aging brain begins to fire. That or the wine kicks in.
34: A Year in Review
Had my heart broken.
Quit softball.
Tried forgiveness on for size.
Gave my 12-year-old car up for adoption.
Voted for Obama.
Developed high blood pressure.
Ate more wasabi.
Caught the decorating bug.
Discovered Oregon.
Met up with new and old friends in Seattle.
Went to Waco, TX. Twice.
Rode a vaparetto and snapped pics with wild tourist abandon.
Gave up cable; Became addicted to PBS.
Didn’t give up On Demand; became addicted to Mad Men.
Quit smoking.
Roofied myself on a flight to Munich.
Ate crow when my relationship with my mother meant more than anything else.
Fell in love with Kristen Wiig.
Thought about having a child.
Hiked a national park in Croatia.
Let more than one friend down.
Went to Opening Night and left early.
Gave in to Twitter. And Facebook. And Grey’s Anatomy.
Had great and mediocre sex.
Started smoking.
Cut five inches off my hair.
Missed mowing the lawn.
Lost my father, the finest gentleman I have ever known.
Went to a Greek island without waiting for a honeymoon.
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Although I don’t blog, I think I’ll make a similar list on my next birthday. So many things happen within a year (big or small), that it’s impossible to not forget them eventually. Great idea :)
(I hope one of my lists can include as many places around the world as your ‘34′ list does! Wow!)
I’m pretty sure the Nats gave up early this year as well.
Now if you give up mediocre sex, you’ll have a great 35th year.
It was quite a year.
Happy Birthday; I hope 35 brings you a lot of joy and happiness and very little sadness.
Happy Birthday, this is going to be a great year! Lovely Year In Review, I recall at least one post for each event / emotion / experience.
And, I would like to add one, if I may…Made some great new friends. =-) and then, one more! Welcomed in 35 with a great party. Hey, this is fun. Can I think of a bunch more stuff and add it to your list for you??
That whole 35 is half-way to 70 thing? Yeah, that’s not a reminder I needed. ;-) (I am older than you!)
Happy Birthday Beautiful. Hope it’s a fantastic day.
xoxo
Quite a year you’ve had. Congrats on 35!!
I will be making a similar list in three days - thanks for the idea.
Happy Birthday from half of 82. :)
Happy birthday, honey. Age is but a number. Harumph.
Happy B-day! Sorry I missed the celebration!
And don’t forget, you meet me! That totally made your year, I know.
Happy Birthday! Hope 35 brings you much awesomeness.
Happy birthday! 35 is the best.
Happy birthday! The list is a very cool idea. Hope your next year is great.
BTW ~ I enjoy reading your blog.
Happy Birthday. What a great list!
Happy 35th, Krisser!
Don’t give up the mediocre sex unless you are replacing it with great sex. Mediocre is still better than none. Trust me.
Happy birthday, Kris! I hope your celebration this weekend was a ton of fun. :)
I like the idea of making a list of things you done/seen/accomplished in the past year. I might have to do that on my next birthday!
You’re uber hot for an old broad. I’m sorry I didn’t get to give you 36 smacks on the behind. I’ll get you next year…
And those 6 inches? They made a huge difference (but they always do, right?).
xoxo Happy Happy xoxo
Happy birthday!
That’s quite the 34! Lots more good things than not so good things if you ask me. Losing your father had to be rough, but I’m sure he’d get a kick out of this post. Happy 35, welcome!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!
Great list! I haven’t been looking forward to my own 34 coming up in a few days, but I think if I make a list like that for 33 and then think of all the great things that will make it to next year’s list, 34 will start to look at whole lot better!
Many happy returns of the day. The older I get, the more fun I’m having. I’m 40 and it’s way more awesome than any of my twenties.
So rock on with your bad self.
What a list! So many accomplishments in such a short time. I can only imagine what this year holds for you. Happy Birthday!
Seems like a pretty big year. Here’s to a fabulous 35!
Happy Birthday!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! My wish for you is to have some great sex this year. Loads of it.
By the way, 35 is really pretty much fun.
Happy Birthday, baby!
Since I had a few month jump on this new number, one that represents a decent speed in the suburbs and a new age box on forms, it’s pretty darn good. Perhaps we should mingle and compare notes?
Happy Happy Birthday! May the year ahead be the best one yet (or at least not suck the big one)!
xoxop
Happy Birthday, Kris! Wishing you another 35+ years of adventures (at least one of which should be visiting Vancouver!) I’ll have a glass of wine in your honour tonight!
Happy Birthday!!!!
That’s a pretty eventful year (that might be enough events for two, maybe three years)….
Happy 35th.
Your year was huge. Jesus. Wow. I think 35 will be MUCH better than 34. You seem to have earned a stellar year. No more mediocre sex, for one thing. Also, I would vote for Oregon being a highlight of 34. Oregon kicks ass. One question remains: Do you smoke?!
“A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age”
Robert Frost
Happy Birthday, you shiny young thing, you. Since you will live to 100 (especially once you give up the sticks), you’re not even halfway to anywhere. Except probably contentment.
You’re just a baby! A whole 18 months younger than me. I understand about the tatoo thing. But I had that perspective when I was a teenager. I just kept thinking about grandma with a big butterfly on her butt. Not so much…
I love your retrospective. It sounds like quite a year. Happy Birthday!
Hooray for Mad Men! You can’t be sorry about that.
Happy Birthday ;-)
Happy, happy birthday!
And, you got ME hooked on Mad Men. Well done and what a year!
Happy Birthday!
i kind of love you AND hate you looking at this list.
happy birthday.
p.s. smoking? really? no, no, no…
Happy Birthday, honey.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! Here’s to 35! Much love, kris
Hope it was fantastic!
Hey, Happy Birthday! I’m not too late am I? I can remember if time zones run north/south or east/west. Is it even November where you are?
Happy birthday!
I shall have wine for you tonight!
It’s still your birthday here for another 3 minutes. Happy birthday, woman. I hope you had a great day. 35 looks fabulous on you.
PS) Admit it. It was my son’s adorable fat cheeks that made you contemplate children, wasn’t it.
Happy birthday, slighty late! May 35 be even better than 34. :o)
Happy Birthday!
What an amazing year you had! Even if you did have to go to Waco, twice.
I don’t know you personally but enjoy your blog…I think you have accomplished a ton in year 34 and gone through a great deal…you need a nap!
I hope 35 is a good for you as it was for me!
Happy Birthday,
Tex
Happy birthday! 34 was a full year and I’m sure 35 will be a great one!
Wow! You have done ALOT in just one year.
Happy (late) birthday.
Happy Belated Birthday! Love your blog! :)
Happy belated birthday!
You’ve had one heck of a year, hope you enjoy being 35!
By the way, I enjoy reading your blog, you are wonderfully insightful and honest. :)
I don’t like lists. I hate quantifying things and thus limiting what I can do. If I made lists, I’d never stop because there would always be “something else” to add to the list.
So I just let everyone else make lists and I poach and poach.
It’s a good policy for me.
Things on your list that I will talk about:
Voted for Obama - Not that you needed to, but it would have been awesome if you could have voted for him on behalf of each person in Canada who wanted him to win. This would be pretty much the population of Canada. ;)
Caught the decorating bug - Did you throw it in a bottle and hide it in the back of the pantry to stop the influx of decorating TV Shows?
Let more than one friend down - What an odd thing to write. And yet, the fact that you wrote this probably means a lot to a great many people. I don’t know how you let people down, but you’re probably just being hard on yourself.
Gave in to Twitter. And Facebook. And Grey’s Anatomy - If that last one had been Private Practice, I would have given you a gold star.
Had great and mediocre sex - At the same time?
Cut five inches off my hair - Hopefully the ends and not the roots.
Lost my father, the finest gentleman I have ever known - I wish I had met him.
Went to a Greek island without waiting for a honeymoon - I’m not even touching this one with a ten foot…ha ha!
Happy Birthday my dear! I loved your year in review - I hope 35 is wonderful and that you experience even more awesome things than you did this year!
Such a comment whore–you know we have no choice but to wish you a happy birthday. I’m late, though, so my bad. I hope it was a good one.
You gave up cable? I’m thinking of making that leap myself. Good for you for watching PBS. That’s so much more cultured than watching Robot Chicken.
I love Kristin Wiig. She’s mine.
35 is grand! Adds up to 8, which is the magic number. I hope your year, and your next 35, are beyond fabulous!
happy belated birthday lady!
Hey there — belated Happy Birthday! My 35th year was one of my happiest, and I wish you the same kind of year. Keep writing, and keep being yourself!
Holy!! That last one? is amazing.
I’m three days late but happy birthday nonetheless, love. Here’s to a brand new year.
Mad Men is the best show on TV. Period. Glad to find someone else on the planet who can appreciate it.
Happy Birthday. And don’t worry, 35’s not nearly as bad as 36. I speak from personal experience.
Shit, forgive me, I’m so fucking late. I just added you to my blogroll this morning, does that help?
Your year was a lot more exciting than mine.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Your thirty-fourth year was rich in highs and lows, just as it should have been. Cheers to 35 treating you just a bit better. :) *raising glass of blue crab red wine*
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