Tuesday 11 January 2011

Pressure for pleasure.

It was my birthday yesterday, to be honest it was a pretty miserable day.
I've never had the birthdays you're apparently supposed to. Everyone seems to think you should be bouncing off the walls with excitement and have an action packed day ahead of you but I invariably seem to miss the invitations to these things
As a child I remember hoping it would soon be over - as in my birthday, not life, I wasn't that gloomy a child! :)
I think being born on my brother's birthday may have had some influence on how unexciting I've found birthdays. It's not much fun when you feel like you've intruded on someone else's party.

I didn't have parties for any of my big birthdays and apparently my family has never thought I needed one as despite me organising theirs they have never returned the compliment.

But then.....

I made my own family and my two gorgeous girls came home from school with hugs and kisses, presents they had picked themselves and then took themselves off to the kitchen to bake me this...


Despite a couple of family members doing their upmost to pretty much ensure I wasn't going to have a great day I'd just like to thank my gorgeous small people and my online family who let me know in so many ways that someone thinks I do matter.

11 comments:

auntiegwen said...

A very happy birthday to you, much love from your auntie xxxxx

menopausalmusing said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Your girls did you proud. :O))))

Beki said...

You do matter, very much indeed!
Love you loads hunni!

B xxx

Lx @ Twelve said...

Belated Happy Birthday Taz,

Your girls did you proud, and that's what counts...

Sending you a virtual hug,

Lx

Twiggy said...

Belated birthday greetings to you lovely lady !! I forgot that you are 11 days older than me :) wish you lived nearer we could have a joint birthday party with a Wombles cake and everything - my Mum asked me every year when I was a kid what sort of cake I wanted, every year I said, erm Wombles please :) and she did it !!
lotsa love
Twiggy x and birthday snog from Twiglet xxx

Anonymous said...

Aaaw look at that gorgeous cake your girls made!!!
Hope you had a brill day Taz.
Lots of love
Em xxxxxxxxx

The Girl said...

Oh no that's not very good at all, you should have given us some warning, we could have organised some form of virtual blog birthday action!

Sorry to hear that it didn't start off brilliant, but looks at what your girls have done, they've done you proud.

Happy birthday.

JuicyFig said...

Awww! Happy Birthday you! I am so glad your girls made your day better. My hubby's birthday is New Years Eve, so no one ever does anything for him, I think I feel worse about it than he does though!

Kath
x

Unknown said...

Happy Happy Birthday!!
Dont worry about the people who dont matter... your special people came out tops....they Luv Ya! thats what matters!

Enjoy your week!

Vicky x

Jude said...

Happy Birthday. sorry I missed the day....lovely cake...your kids did you proud, as they will always!!
Take care
Jude
x

Nearly there Claire said...

Awww, that cake looks totally scrummy!!! I think I neeeeed some cake now.
Lots of love for my very gorgeous and special spouse on her birthday and forever more. Life would be a much duller place to be if you were not in it Hun...you matter to me. xxx