[Nfb-krafters-korner] Free birthday stuff

[Paulette Vickery]

Thanks, Ramona. Please do the same on your birthday and have a lot of fun,
then tell us about.

Paulette

-----Original Message-----
From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Ramona Walhof
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 9:52 AM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Free birthday stuff

Happy birthday, Paulette!  You are doing it right!

Ramona
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paulette Vickery" <paulette at evickery.com>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 7:12 AM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Free birthday stuff


> Hi all,
>
>
>
> Today is my 61 year old birthday! So, as a birthday present from me to all
> of my safety pin beading, knitting, crocheting and other crafting  friends
> here on this list, I want to tell you what I just discovered.
>
>
>
> If you type in, free birthday stuff, in Google, you find all sorts of free
> things you can get on your birthday. I haven't looked at them yet, but I 
> am
> going to do that right now.
>
>
>
> I love my birthday. I just love to celebrate it all day long in little 
> ways
> starting with my very own special birthday air that I breathe when I wake
> up. I guess part of this all day special birthday feeling comes from when 
> I
> was a child. I attended the Illinois Braille and Sight Saving School, they
> have changed there name now, but that is what it was then. Anyway, on my
> birthday I would get a phone call from my family and a gift in the mail, 
> but
> that was usually all, unless I was home, every now and then. So, I decided
> that instead of feeling sad because nobody really focused on my birthday 
> in
> the manner to which I would like to become accustomed, I would do it 
> myself.
> I have now developed my birthday celebration into an art form.
>
>
>
> This  morning, I got up, loaded the dishwasher and pretended that the
> loading just didn't happen, poured myself a diet coke into a cut glass
> tumbler from my china closet, got out a delicate small hot chocolate china
> cup and saucer from the same china closet and am now looking forward to
> having some luscious, creamy decadent hot chocolate later in the morning. 
> Of
> course, I am also going to peel some birthday carrots and wash and wrap 
> some
> birthday potatoes for twice baked potatoes for a birthday meal with the
> family later this evening. I also told my cat that he has already given me

> 3
> birthday presents because he jumped into my lap 3 times this morning 
> without
> me trying to coax him to do so. I will try to celebrate the entire 
> birthday
> like this. It will be lots of fun!
>
>
>
> So, if today is someone else's birthday on this list, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Come
> and celebrate with me! What do some other people like to do on their
> birthday? Let's just make this a double celebration! Let's celebrate all 
> of
> today's birthdays and, let's have a happy unbirthday celebration for
> everyone else! Does anyone have a pattern for a safety pin beading, knit 
> or
> crochet birthday cake with candles?
>
>
>
> Paulette
>
>
>
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