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irisblue

(34,296 posts)
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 02:48 AM Jan 2024

Breakfast Saturday 27 January 2024. Today is my birthday, there will be German Chocolate Cake for breakfast

Coffee too.

Likely bacon, potatoes and onions with an egg on top later to limit the sugar crash.

It feels very weird to be ofically an old person now.

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Breakfast Saturday 27 January 2024. Today is my birthday, there will be German Chocolate Cake for breakfast (Original Post) irisblue Jan 2024 OP
Happy Birthday! PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2024 #1
I'm 67. irisblue Jan 2024 #3
Oh, nice. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2024 #6
Long term memory stays more intact as we age, short term memory deteriorates more. Irish_Dem Jan 2024 #16
Happy Birthday! 🎁🎂 Freddie Jan 2024 #19
Many happy returns of the day irisblue! alwaysinasnit Jan 2024 #2
Thank you, I do love German Chocolate cake and it is an indulgence irisblue Jan 2024 #4
Thank you for the good wishes irisblue Jan 2024 #20
Happy Birthday Irisblue! BittyJenkins Jan 2024 #5
Thank you. Piece 1 at 6 am was wonderful irisblue Jan 2024 #21
Cake for breakfast on your birthday mnhtnbb Jan 2024 #7
💐🥳🎂🍾Many Happy Returns! 🍾🎂🥳💐 littlemissmartypants Jan 2024 #8
Thank you, it has been a fun day so far irisblue Jan 2024 #22
Happy birthday! slightlv Jan 2024 #9
Mine is next Sunday too! elleng Jan 2024 #13
An early "happy birthday" to you!!! slightlv Jan 2024 #18
SO nice! elleng Jan 2024 #35
April showers & flowers brought January babies irisblue Jan 2024 #23
German chocolate is my favorite cake. blm Jan 2024 #10
I love that cake. When I make it it is bever as pretty as a picture, but it sure tastes good irisblue Jan 2024 #24
Happy birthday 🎂. Black coffee now, later Emile Jan 2024 #11
Emile irisblue Jan 2024 #25
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! elleng Jan 2024 #12
Thank you Ellen irisblue Jan 2024 #26
Happy Birthday, irisblue! 🎂 gademocrat7 Jan 2024 #14
Thank you. I do like oatmeal with dried fruit, but today is a fry up irisblue Jan 2024 #27
Happy Birthday! Irish_Dem Jan 2024 #15
Thank you Irish_Dem irisblue Jan 2024 #28
Hope you have a wonderful birthday! Lonestarblue Jan 2024 #17
I am enjoying myself. Thank you for the well wishes irisblue Jan 2024 #29
Happy Birthday iris! Diamond_Dog Jan 2024 #30
Happy birthday, and yum! pandr32 Jan 2024 #31
Happy Birthday irisblue, January Baby, Garnet Birthstone, Aquarian asiliveandbreathe Jan 2024 #32
Happy Birthday!!! Srkdqltr Jan 2024 #33
Lucky You! You share it with Mozart. usonian Jan 2024 #34

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,730 posts)
1. Happy Birthday!
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 03:08 AM
Jan 2024

I'd show up at your house if i could.

So how old are you exactly? I'm 75, and I find that there are many benefits to getting older.

Here's one. I live in New Mexico, a very Hispanic state where the older generation, especially the older women, are honored. And even though I'm not remotely Hispanic, I benefit from this. For instance, the rare times I have a traffic stop, the officer is invariably young enough to be my son or grandson, and I of course am always appropriately polite and never get a ticket. Apparently they are never about to give mom or grandma a ticket.

Several years ago I was pulled over for speeding. It was on a roadway here in NM, and I knew the speed limit went from about 25 to 55 mph a quarter of a mile down the road, and went to the higher speed too soon. Well. Blue and red lights in my rear view mirror. Darn. I pulled over, and when the officer got out of his car, he clearly wasn't that much younger than me. Uh, oh. Again, he's Hispanic, I'm so Anglo I may as well have a giant A tattooed on my forehead.

He looked at my license, noted that I lived in Santa Fe, we had a brief discussion about my speeding, and he let me go with a warning. Wow. Yes, it is always helpful to behave politely to a police person. I also explained to my sons when they were first driving that there were circumstances in which, no matter how well and politely they behaved, they were young males, and would get tickets where I wouldn't in identical conditions.

irisblue

(34,296 posts)
3. I'm 67.
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 03:41 AM
Jan 2024

I was talking with my sister about the Sunday dinners of our childhood and I can remember the hiss & sizzle of Dad taking the roasting pan out of the.oven, Mom cubing potatoes to make buttered parsley potatoes. Then I have to think hard about what I had for dinner on Tuesday.


Memory is weird.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,730 posts)
6. Oh, nice.
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 04:05 AM
Jan 2024

I can remember our Sunday dinners and they are similar to yours. I was one of six children, so dinners involved a rather large amount of food. And LOTS of potatoes, in no small part because we were Irish (all four of my grandparents came from Ireland) and so potatoes were a very basic part of our diet.

These days I live alone, have a very small appetite, and try very hard not to waste food. Sadly, I don't always succeed but I do try to do my best.

Irish_Dem

(57,909 posts)
16. Long term memory stays more intact as we age, short term memory deteriorates more.
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 06:49 AM
Jan 2024

And we especially retain long term memories from children that are emotionally laden.
Like parents preparing a delicious dinner.

Freddie

(9,702 posts)
19. Happy Birthday! 🎁🎂
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 01:06 PM
Jan 2024

Another 67’er here. Yes “officially old” especially since I’m a cougar, DH is a child of 65.

mnhtnbb

(32,075 posts)
7. Cake for breakfast on your birthday
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 04:26 AM
Jan 2024

Is the ONLY way to start the day!
Have a delightful birthday 🎂, whether you can remember it by next year or not!

slightlv

(4,350 posts)
9. Happy birthday!
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 04:59 AM
Jan 2024

Have a beautiful day!

My sister's birthday is tomorrow, my husband's one week from today, and mine is next Sunday. Lots of us Aquarians! lol

slightlv

(4,350 posts)
18. An early "happy birthday" to you!!!
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 12:55 PM
Jan 2024

Since we'll be out late on Saturday night (hubby's birthday), figure I'll tell you now (gryn). There's a special little wine and cheese bar that's cozy and dark with the perfect ambiance. I think that's where we'll go to celebrate. Midnight on our birthdays are pretty special around here... neither his bday nor mine, yet both... time out of time! lol

I'll be turning 68 this year. Trying to let it get me down too much... hubs is gonna be 72.

elleng

(136,186 posts)
35. SO nice!
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 03:40 PM
Jan 2024

Son in law told me he likes Sunday Brunch Bar @ nearby riverfront spot, so I suggested we celebrate there, young kids, daughter and s-i-l; we don't get to do such often enough.

Happy Early Birthday to you, too, slightly! (I'll be 'plenty 9,' as suggested by a DUer, whose mother 'created' that approach!)

Emile

(29,940 posts)
11. Happy birthday 🎂. Black coffee now, later
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 05:22 AM
Jan 2024

toasted English muffin, fried egg, cheese and ham sandwich.

Good Morning 🌄

gademocrat7

(11,173 posts)
14. Happy Birthday, irisblue! 🎂
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 06:21 AM
Jan 2024

Coffee with cream now. Oatmeal with blueberries and cranraisins, later.

Good morning 🤗

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
32. Happy Birthday irisblue, January Baby, Garnet Birthstone, Aquarian
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 01:44 PM
Jan 2024

Also..29th..Monday..starting to set in when I think about just how old I am..but, still kickin' it up..77 is a very breathtaking number, I still can't believe it..still mischievous, though. Hubby turned 70 on the 11th..40 years together in May..

Many, many, more to you..truly..cake for breakfast..totally cool!!!

usonian

(13,950 posts)
34. Lucky You! You share it with Mozart.
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 02:19 PM
Jan 2024
https://democraticunderground.com/10315138

A fabulous Mozart cake would take you all day.
German Chocolate Cake will do nicely.


Only 16 ingredients and 23 steps!
https://www.food.com/recipe/mozart-cake-36227

67? I shot right past that. Enjoy.
You're as old as you think.
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