What's the best thing you have done for your birthday?

Be born.

Start getting into paganism, the occult and psychedelic narcotics. Then Everyday will be a holiday. You're 30 now, you've earned it

Nothing

Stayed in and 69ed myself.

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

hey Minera,
Sorry to sound like buzz killington :pac: but when you hit 30 everyone goes 'i can't believe I'm 30!? What have I done with my life so far'... Just a heads up :pac:

No way, when I hit 30 I was like, "Finally, I feel like a real grownup and I can be taken seriously, here's to the rest of my life".

I'm 50 this weekend and I was planning to celebrate it, even looking forward to celebrating it, privately in a small way at home with my husband (make a steak for dinner, stick a single candle into one of those little cakes that looks like an overgrown square muffin, drink a dram, have an early night). But nooooooo, my husband's mother counts me as the oldest of the "middle children" (the firstborn is a little more than two years younger than me, my husband, born a bit too closely after, is three years younger than me, and the rest of the cohort and their partners fall at random in the next decade down). So I get to be the first "50th" in the family, and they have decided to make it an event. Big ass barbecue, three chefs/trainee chefs in the family participating, and they all went in on a gift that my notoriously loose-lipped mother-in-law is prohibited from speaking to me about. It was supposed to have been a surprise party so thank the fairies my MIL spilled the beans on that one. I am not a "surprise" sort of person. My husband bought me a Kenmore stand mixer I'd had my eye on for a while (he'll be the third chef when he completes his training). I also buy him kitchen appliances. In a year or two we will run out of new types of appliances to buy, or we'll have to cook in the fireplace for lack of room in the kitchen.

I wonder in passing how many cakes I will be the excuse for making this year. I know of four, including a raspberry cheesecake, a pear galette, a croquembouche, and a sort of overly elaborate strawberry mousse layer cake with strawberry puree on top (the French name of which I forget; it's not a "fraisier", though). Ironically I am a diabetic. An amused diabetic.

I'm thinking of going to sziget next year for mine

I haven't been to Budapest in nearly 40 years, since my father took me to meet his parents. Like many other Hungarian Jews, we avoid going to Hungary these days as a gesture of protest.

pickarooney wrote:

Got three jumpers and took a half day off yesterday. An unforgettable fortieth, I can tell you.

It's still better than the alternative! Congrats.

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

I went to New York, it was fantastic.

Ditto...spent the day strolling around Manhattan with my OH, great day.

Monart is fabulous. If you book 4 or 5 months in advance you can get brilliant deals. I've been twice and loved it.
I'll go back again next year

San Francisco for 10 nights with my ex-girlfriend. She was my current girlfriend at the time.