Quote Originally Posted by Flybye View Post
I love parties with friends and family and decided this year that I am going to quit waiting for my husband/family/friends to throw me a party - I am going to start having my own. I don't think I will regret it. I DO think that I will regret waiting, being disappointed, and feeling sorry for myself. I am a long ways from 50, but it will be an especially fun party!
You won't regret conjuring up your own plans for marking your birthday! My own celebrations are always more fun than 'waiting' for others to step up to the plate. For one thing, it allows you to inject whatever meaning into the occasion YOU want. For many years, when I lived in the D.C. area, I used to take my birthday off, pack up a small box of sinfully-rich chocolates, the best strawberries I could get my mitts on, a tiny bottle of champagne and head for the Monocacy Aqueduct, along the Potomac River. A nice long stroll on the C&O Canal was usually the centerpiece of the outing, preceded or followed by the tasty treats. Yum!

Now that I live near the mountains, I take the day off and go for a wonderful long hike with my best (furry) buddy, Sam, and take a picnic lunch along........My 50th this year was the only exception to the rule. Sam had to stay home while I headed to Mississippi with my bike.