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texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
Sun Nov 17, 2013, 02:17 PM Nov 2013

Tomorrow is my birthday I will be 60, don't know how I lived this long.

The big 60.

Time sure flies.

I don't look 60 but that is OK.

I am going off tomorrow and have my day.

Remember when you were a little kid and someone 20 was old.

I am lucky to be here, lots of close calls.

I can now say "Kids get off my lawn" and mean it.

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Tomorrow is my birthday I will be 60, don't know how I lived this long. (Original Post) texanwitch Nov 2013 OP
happy birthday a day early fizzgig Nov 2013 #1
I will be gone tomorrow. texanwitch Nov 2013 #3
what a lovely way to spend the day fizzgig Nov 2013 #6
Fall is a great time to take a drive. texanwitch Nov 2013 #8
you should totally road trip it fizzgig Nov 2013 #9
I have sick days to take off. texanwitch Nov 2013 #12
Happy Birthday, texanwitch! Brigid Nov 2013 #16
Clint had a way of saying it. texanwitch Nov 2013 #21
Do you need a navigator? TexasTowelie Nov 2013 #26
I am just going to get lost for awhile. texanwitch Nov 2013 #28
Happy Birthday! treestar Nov 2013 #2
Sure does. texanwitch Nov 2013 #4
Happy Birthday warrprayer Nov 2013 #5
I will. texanwitch Nov 2013 #7
have a wonderful 60th b-day tomorrow, texanwitch magical thyme Nov 2013 #10
My parents didn't go gray until very late in life. texanwitch Nov 2013 #13
I reached official old ladydome just 19 days ago, so been there and done that magical thyme Nov 2013 #15
All the good discounts start at about 60. texanwitch Nov 2013 #20
There is a herb you can take for the grey hair. texanwitch Nov 2013 #17
HBD>texanwitch Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2013 #11
I will, thank you. texanwitch Nov 2013 #14
Happy birthday! GreenPartyVoter Nov 2013 #18
Thank you. texanwitch Nov 2013 #23
An early Happy Birthday!! Kaleva Nov 2013 #19
Thank you. texanwitch Nov 2013 #24
Happy Birthday a day early, my dear texanwitch! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2013 #22
Aw, you're just a baby. LiberalEsto Nov 2013 #25
Happy Birthday! OhioChick Nov 2013 #27
Happy Birthday! Kali Nov 2013 #29
This year went fast. texanwitch Nov 2013 #30
Just a few years behind you t-witch. redwitch Nov 2013 #31
It is called living. texanwitch Nov 2013 #33
60 is the new 40 Blue_In_AK Nov 2013 #32
I felt old turning 40 but got over it. texanwitch Nov 2013 #34
That's how I felt, too. Blue_In_AK Nov 2013 #35
Yep. texanwitch Nov 2013 #36

texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
3. I will be gone tomorrow.
Sun Nov 17, 2013, 02:22 PM
Nov 2013

Going to drive around the hill country.

No better way to spend the day.

I don't feel almost 60.

Didn't our Grandparents look older or something.

texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
8. Fall is a great time to take a drive.
Sun Nov 17, 2013, 02:37 PM
Nov 2013

I might not come home for a day or two.

Austin is calling me.

texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
12. I have sick days to take off.
Sun Nov 17, 2013, 02:46 PM
Nov 2013

Getting close to the end of the year.

Just going to ramble around the FM roads.

Very little traffic.

Take some pictures if I feel like it.

Brigid

(17,621 posts)
16. Happy Birthday, texanwitch!
Sun Nov 17, 2013, 02:56 PM
Nov 2013
A drive in the hills sounds nice.

BTW, here's how you say "Get off my lawn!"



TexasTowelie

(112,101 posts)
26. Do you need a navigator?
Sun Nov 17, 2013, 05:24 PM
Nov 2013

I'd love to join you on the adventures through the Hill Country. Have a friggin' great happy birthday!

texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
28. I am just going to get lost for awhile.
Sun Nov 17, 2013, 08:09 PM
Nov 2013

My car is good on gas.

Just hit the FM roads mostly.

At best state highways, keeping off the big roads.

Looking for old weathered buildings to take pictures of.

texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
7. I will.
Sun Nov 17, 2013, 02:31 PM
Nov 2013

Get me some good BBQ somewheres in the hill country.

No shiner beer because I am driving.

I will do that today.

I don't even have gray hair yet.

60 isn't the same as it used to be.

 

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
10. have a wonderful 60th b-day tomorrow, texanwitch
Sun Nov 17, 2013, 02:42 PM
Nov 2013

with many wonderful reruns. Oh, and have a nice trip down memory lane!

I remember when I was a kid and didn't expect to make it past 30. Yeah, 20 was "old" back then and 30 was when you turned into our parents and became republicans, lol. Except somehow we didn't

I'm jealous of your lack of grey. I was doing pretty well until my last year of med lab tech school, when some of my hair turned white. Now it seems to be regaining some lost color...lots of phytochemicals and antioxidants in my diet these days. Or maybe my eyesight is that much worse...

Get off my lawn. Some day those young'ns will understand why...

texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
13. My parents didn't go gray until very late in life.
Sun Nov 17, 2013, 02:51 PM
Nov 2013

I wouldn't care one way or another about the hair.

Just so I have some.

I will be a offical old lady.

Going to score some serious senior discounts now.

 

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
15. I reached official old ladydome just 19 days ago, so been there and done that
Sun Nov 17, 2013, 02:55 PM
Nov 2013

I kind of like my gray; it was that white that worried me because it was clearly stress induced.

My mother never went gray, but I believe that had more to do with dye than anything else and my father was seriously losing hair by the time her was 65, and I'm definitely glad I still have all of mine!

Looking forward to the discounts for sure!

texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
20. All the good discounts start at about 60.
Sun Nov 17, 2013, 03:13 PM
Nov 2013

I don't feel old.

The hair thing won't bother me.

Happy Birthday to you, 19 days late.

texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
17. There is a herb you can take for the grey hair.
Sun Nov 17, 2013, 02:57 PM
Nov 2013

I can't think of the name right now.

It will come to me.

texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
14. I will, thank you.
Sun Nov 17, 2013, 02:54 PM
Nov 2013

I can say the only sad part is that my birthday is so close to President Kennedy being killed.

I had just turned 10 years old back then.

This is the reason for the road trip.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,580 posts)
22. Happy Birthday a day early, my dear texanwitch!
Sun Nov 17, 2013, 03:20 PM
Nov 2013

It sure isn't as old as it used to be...

In 10 days, I will be 70. I can't believe it either!

Your day sounds wonderful...have a lovely time driving and sightseeing...

redwitch

(14,944 posts)
31. Just a few years behind you t-witch.
Sun Nov 17, 2013, 10:39 PM
Nov 2013

All I ever wanted to be was 18, how did this happen? I hope the big 60 is good to you, Happy Birthday!

texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
33. It is called living.
Sun Nov 17, 2013, 10:45 PM
Nov 2013

I couldn't wait until I turned 18 either.

Able to vote and maybe drink.

Time now for the senior discounts.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
32. 60 is the new 40
Sun Nov 17, 2013, 10:42 PM
Nov 2013

I've been loving being in my 60s. Now, when I turn 70 in three years, I may be singing a different tune.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
35. That's how I felt, too.
Sun Nov 17, 2013, 10:58 PM
Nov 2013

I absolutely HATED my 40s. Could be circumstances of my life that decade that made it suck, but it was pretty awful.

The older you get, the more bennies. I'll never have to buy another fishing license.

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