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Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | (show all) I told it not to come, but it did! I'm thirty!       #247220 - 02/19/06 11:34 AM Edit Reply Quote _Willow Reged: 04/06/05 Posts: 2090 Loc: Canada. Yikes. i have a big dinner with family planned tonight, then am going out with a bunch of friends while Kay stays at Nanny's house, and Daddy of course, has to work. Then on Tuesday we are taking off for Banff, and I am getting a spa afternoon after all! We're staying in a five star hotel and eating at four star restaurants. And most importantly, we will spend THREE WHOLE DAYS ALONE TOGETHER. The last time, and only time that's ever happened is our honeymoon. Five years ago! So I'm happy about that!! Big time. he never over-spoils me, so this is like, over the top! Hopefully my 30s are as good to me as my mid twenties. The early twenties were OK, the late ones, after kayleighs birth have been unlucky and sick, and I'm sort of happy to walk away. Shannon -------------------- Keep on keepin' on... Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Re: I told it not to come, but it did! I'm thirty!       #247222 - 02/19/06 11:54 AM Edit Reply Quote Sara-Sage Reged: 02/04/04 Posts: 5508 Have a great birthday and time at the spa!!! WOW! Being thiry is not bad AT ALL! Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Happy Birthday       #247231 - 02/19/06 12:14 PM Edit Reply Quote Portageegal Reged: 06/28/05 Posts: 940 Loc: Massachusetts Thirty ... you old hag. LOL.. I was thirty so long ago I don't remember it. Enjoy your spa va-cay. Live it up ... -------------------- Carol nós somos o que nós somos e o descanso é merda Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Thanks Tina,       #247232 - 02/19/06 12:21 PM Edit Reply Quote _Willow Reged: 04/06/05 Posts: 2090 Loc: Canada. It's just hard on me because I've got all these perfectionistic should haves running through my head. I should have a mortgage, I should have a teaching contract, i swhould have baby #2 over and done with...and I should be 40 pounds lighter, LOL! That's the only reason it is at all stressful. Age itself is no biggie. I'll never get Botox, (maybe a tummy tuck) I'll proibably be OK with grey hair, and I won't mind hiking my pants up to my nipples some day, lol. But when i look at what I feel I should have accomplished by now, that's when i get mad at myself. Like these things are ALL under my control or something. Very silly, I know. That's what makes perfectionists like me so retarded!LOL! -------------------- Keep on keepin' on... Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Thanks Carol!       #247233 - 02/19/06 12:22 PM Edit Reply Quote _Willow Reged: 04/06/05 Posts: 2090 Loc: Canada. Nice pic there, you cutie pie with the flower!!! -------------------- Keep on keepin' on... Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Re: I told it not to come, but it did! I'm thirty!       #247238 - 02/19/06 01:05 PM Edit Reply Quote Snorkie Reged: 02/15/05 Posts: 1999 Loc: Northern Illinois, USA Hope it's a happy birthday indeed! Thirty's not so bad, not so bad at all. So far, my 30s are MUCH better than my 20s were. A week after I turned 30, I got out of a bad relationship and got my career back on track. Then I got my self & my confidence back, met the man I married, and all sorts of good stuff. I'm sure your 30s will hold all sorts of good stuff, too! Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Thank you! I hope that's the case for me too!       #247248 - 02/19/06 02:30 PM Edit Reply Quote _Willow Reged: 04/06/05 Posts: 2090 Loc: Canada. not that I don't have a ton of blessings I didn't have when I turned 20, believe me, i've come a very long way!! I know that in the next few years, i will get pregnant, have my career, buy a house and HOPEFULLY get weightloss! -------------------- Keep on keepin' on... Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Re: I told it not to come, but it did! I'm thirty!       #247252 - 02/19/06 02:41 PM Edit Reply Quote LittleLisa Reged: 06/22/04 Posts: 2018 Loc: USA Yikes! Wait till your nearing 40! I'm gonna be 39 in July. Closer to 40! Hubby is going to be 40 next month and he's not handling it very well! Hope you have a great time. You are still a youngin yet!!!! Being 30 is FINE! -------------------- ~~~Lisa~~~ Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     I always swore it wouldn't be a big deal...       #247254 - 02/19/06 03:06 PM Edit Reply Quote _Willow Reged: 04/06/05 Posts: 2090 Loc: Canada. but then again, i expected i'd have done more, so that's all. Actually, today it doesn't feel so bad. The big get together with the girls is JUST what i need. i ahven't tied one on in YEARS! -------------------- Keep on keepin' on... Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Re: I told it not to come, but it did! I'm thirty!       #247255 - 02/19/06 03:13 PM Edit Reply Quote rn21666 Reged: 09/01/05 Posts: 255 Loc: Maryland I hope you have a great birthday and your trip sounds wonderful! Enjoy every minute of it Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Re: I told it not to come, but it did! I'm thirty!       #247300 - 02/19/06 05:49 PM Edit Reply Quote Angela E. Reged: 10/14/04 Posts: 2518 Loc: Michigan Hey Happy Birthday Shannon!! Trust me 30 is not so bad. I turned 30 in June and well I was dreading it. But now that it is here I am over it. It does still sound weird to say that I am 30. Actually I guess well.. ugh I am going to be 31 here soon! Blah! Anyways what was my point? Oh yeah 30 isn't too bad. You'll get usd to it!! Have a great one! Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Happy Birthday, Shannon!       #247307 - 02/19/06 06:50 PM Edit Reply Quote Augie Reged: 10/27/04 Posts: 5807 Loc: Illinois Have a great birthday, sweetie. Thirties are much better than the 20's! I hope this year is a good one for you!!! -------------------- ~ Beth Constipation, pain prodominent,cramps, spasms and bloat! Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Re: I told it not to come, but it did! I'm thirty!       #247312 - 02/19/06 08:00 PM Edit Reply Quote Dr. Spice Yamin Reged: 04/15/04 Posts: 3286 Loc: Maryland Happy Birthday Shannon! I totally feel your pain. I'll be 25 in August and I'm dreading it. I was supposed to be married with at least one kid by this time. haha.. I can't even get a date, nevermind a fiance. I do understand though.. its hard not to plan for the future with high hopes.. its ingrained in us since birth to have unrealistic expectations.. and of course we feel crappy when we really just how unrealistic they are. -------------------- Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Spicey...       #247326 - 02/20/06 03:17 AM Edit Reply Quote _Willow Reged: 04/06/05 Posts: 2090 Loc: Canada. LOL you would think with all our psych background, and you know how into psych I ambut really...you'd think we'd know how to SOLVE our own problems, and compulsions and obsessions, eh?? Why can't we? I do every survey i can get my hands on and it is a damn good thing I can't get a hold of the actually psych administered assessments, because it'd be ugly... I often wonder if that's why we didn't get into ed psych.(well, my original and still standing plan is to be a child psychologist)in the first place... to solve our own problems from our own mentality/childhood!!! Whaddaya think? Analyze this!! maybe it's just me. i'm VERY close to being OK with my childhood and my past. God bless that. -------------------- Keep on keepin' on... Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Happy 30th Shannon!       #247337 - 02/20/06 05:25 AM Edit Reply Quote cailin Reged: 08/12/04 Posts: 3563 Loc: Dublin, Ireland Your celebrations sound fantastic, have a great time. I turn 30 in May so I know all the "ought to have dones" that you are talking about, big birthdays reallymake you start checking up on your "to do by" list. Let me know how 30 goes so that I can prepare myself for it! Must start writing our "to do by 40" lists now! -------------------- S. Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Re: Spicey...       #247368 - 02/20/06 07:56 AM Edit Reply Quote Dr. Spice Yamin Reged: 04/15/04 Posts: 3286 Loc: Maryland haha... I dunno! thats a good question.. I'm not sure that thats why I went into educational psychology though.. because I was a very lucky child. I grew up in a cookie cutter middle/high socioeconomic status household, two parents still married, without abuse, or fighting, mental health problems or learning disabilities. So I dunno if your theory works for me... but I bet it does apply to many people! I know I went into it beause I love psychology, and I love kids! it went together like bread and butter. haha -------------------- Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Re: Happy Birthday!       #247380 - 02/20/06 09:54 AM Edit Reply Quote michele Reged: 06/02/03 Posts: 6886 Loc: southeastern michigan Don't be so hard on yourself!! Don't get so worked about up goals and work that you forget whats important, family and friends! Have a great time on your trip, it sounds wonderful!! -------------------- Taking it one day at a time..... Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Thanks for the well wishes!       #247381 - 02/20/06 09:56 AM Edit Reply Quote _Willow Reged: 04/06/05 Posts: 2090 Loc: Canada. And I will certainly keep you up to snuff. I think I'll just have a year of very hard work and getting that list accomplished. -------------------- Keep on keepin' on... Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Ooh....       #247382 - 02/20/06 09:58 AM Edit Reply Quote _Willow Reged: 04/06/05 Posts: 2090 Loc: Canada. I wrote that post last night after getting home...and I had had a few drinks... I got personal there. I'm GLAD you came from a cookie cutter family! That's what my plan is for my daughter. You know, considering my neglect/abuse as a kid, I think I turned out pretty well. Sorry to put you on the spot. That was just a drunk woman's ramblings. Ha ha, so not what a 30 year old should say!!! -------------------- Keep on keepin' on... Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Re: Thanks Tina,       #247395 - 02/20/06 10:56 AM Edit Reply Quote Sara-Sage Reged: 02/04/04 Posts: 5508 Shannon, don't be so hard on yourself. If it makes you feel any better, before I married Tommy I didn't have a mortgage and was still renting too! Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Thanks Michele!       #247396 - 02/20/06 10:56 AM Edit Reply Quote _Willow Reged: 04/06/05 Posts: 2090 Loc: Canada. Just a little OCD in me but not enough to actually get a diagnosis, that's all. And a little anxiety. I know it'll be fine. I think this forum was so important in helping me talk through what I was worried about, and it will all be OK now. -------------------- Keep on keepin' on... Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Hugs, tina.....       #247397 - 02/20/06 11:00 AM Edit Reply Quote _Willow Reged: 04/06/05 Posts: 2090 Loc: Canada. Can you teach my inner voice to say that? That's my biggest struggle. My psychologist said that EXACTLY. -------------------- Keep on keepin' on... Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Re: I told it not to come, but it did! I'm thirty!       #247417 - 02/20/06 11:52 AM Edit Reply Quote torbetta Reged: 01/24/03 Posts: 1451 Loc: New York Happy birthday. 30 hasn't been too bad the last month, lol. You sound like me. My mid to late 20's were terrible being sick so much and I gained so much when I was pregnant with my first at 21. I've been doing so much better and I actually lost all my baby weight plus 6 lbs depending on the day. I actually weigh less than I did when we got married 9 year ago. Enjoy your time away. Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Re: Ooh....       #247418 - 02/20/06 11:54 AM Edit Reply Quote Dr. Spice Yamin Reged: 04/15/04 Posts: 3286 Loc: Maryland haha no worries! but thanks! I thank my lucky stars every day for the fabulous family I was raised in! I was wondering if you were a bit tipsy.. I didn't fully understand the post! hahha.. looks like someone had fun ringing in the big 3-0!! -------------------- Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Happy Birthday Shannon!!!       #247434 - 02/20/06 01:12 PM Edit Reply Quote retrograde Reged: 04/15/04 Posts: 1569 And holy crap, enjoy Banff! I love Banff... my family used to go there nearly every summer... Anyway, enjoy your spa weekend and *wink wink* alone time! And HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     My god, even I didn't totally understand it.       #247441 - 02/20/06 01:53 PM Edit Reply Quote _Willow Reged: 04/06/05 Posts: 2090 Loc: Canada. I was, ahem, loaded. Guess who's a little D today!!! For all sins we pay our price,lol. -------------------- Keep on keepin' on... Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     I need THAT to happen.       #247442 - 02/20/06 01:54 PM Edit Reply Quote _Willow Reged: 04/06/05 Posts: 2090 Loc: Canada. And I guess it might be that 30s are about making your wellbeing a priority, rather than your fun, you know? -------------------- Keep on keepin' on... Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Mmm, I love Banff.       #247443 - 02/20/06 01:56 PM Edit Reply Quote _Willow Reged: 04/06/05 Posts: 2090 Loc: Canada. Were you raised on the "conservative" side of the country?LOL! I can say that knowing we're both NDPers. or did you guys pack up and go all the freaking way across CCanada every time? I can't wait. I love being in Banff. LOVE IT! It's been 3 years and it's way too long for an Albertan. no excuse. -------------------- Keep on keepin' on... Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Re: I told it not to come, but it did! I'm thirty!       #247444 - 02/20/06 02:01 PM Edit Reply Quote TommyNY Reged: 04/29/04 Posts: 1530 Happy Belated Birthday Shannon. I also turn thirty this year! Only 42 days left until the BIG THREE OH for me. Hope you had a great day! -------------------- Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Hugs Tommy,       #247450 - 02/20/06 02:11 PM Edit Reply Quote _Willow Reged: 04/06/05 Posts: 2090 Loc: Canada. and may your transition be peaceful and happy. Hey,y ou found true love this year!! it only gets better! -------------------- Keep on keepin' on... Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Re: I told it not to come, but it did! I'm thirty!       #247462 - 02/20/06 03:31 PM Edit Reply Quote Vicam Reged: 02/24/04 Posts: 1955 Loc: Ontario, Canada That sounds like a lot of fun (I love Banff) Enjoy yourselves and what a sweet hubbie you have! I'm wishing you a wonderful birthday and I hope all of your thirties go great for you. Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Aww, happy birthday, Shannon dear...       #247468 - 02/20/06 03:49 PM Edit Reply Quote melitami Reged: 02/23/04 Posts: 1213 Loc: Ewing, NJ, USA (IBS-D, Vegetarian) I know I'm one to talk, I just turned 23, but between the fibro and the fact that my little brothers, who I helped raise, are a junior and a senior in high school, I feel a bit old as well. But, I hope you have an awesome time with your hubby, he sounds like a real sweetheart! -------------------- Melissa Friendship is thicker than blood. ~Rent Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Re: Mmm, I love Banff.       #247498 - 02/20/06 05:33 PM Edit Reply Quote retrograde Reged: 04/15/04 Posts: 1569 Haha nope, I was raised here in centrist-cental-Canada, and yup, we packed up everything (in our VW van no less!) and drove the 4 days to Banff every year! But that was all part of the fun... and part of the tradition... my mom's family had been doing it since the 60s! My partner grew up in Edmonton though and he's NEVER BEEN to Banff! Well, you know where WE'RE headed once we get some money in the bank... lol Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Happy birthday, Shannon!       #247502 - 02/20/06 05:38 PM Edit Reply Quote ChristineM Reged: 05/31/04 Posts: 1662 Loc: soCal I'm a perfectionist, too, so just try to remember that it's about the journey, not the destination! (Easier said than done, I know.) I think there are a few of us all around the same age. Like Sinead, I will also be 30 in May! -------------------- Christine Those who can do; those who want it done better teach. Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Thanks Shannon -nt-       #247520 - 02/20/06 07:21 PM Edit Reply Quote TommyNY Reged: 04/29/04 Posts: 1530 -------------------- Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Actually, the thirties are much better than the twenties.       #247523 - 02/20/06 08:14 PM Edit Reply Quote Wind Reged: 04/02/05 Posts: 3178 Happy Birthday, Shannon. The thirties are much better than the twenties--I guess there's more of a perspective. Kate. Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Happy birthday, belated!       #247532 - 02/21/06 05:09 AM Edit Reply Quote atomic rose Reged: 06/01/04 Posts: 7013 Loc: Maine (IBS-A stable since July '05!) *hugs* Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Re: Happy Belated Birthday!       #247570 - 02/21/06 09:21 AM Edit Reply Quote lalala Reged: 02/14/05 Posts: 2634 Hey, Shannon! Yay for 30! Everyone tells me that your 30s are great, so let's hope it's true. Have a great trip! Enjoy your three day celebration! Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Wow!       #248216 - 02/23/06 05:34 PM Edit Reply Quote _Willow Reged: 04/06/05 Posts: 2090 Loc: Canada. And your honey has mnever been to banff, growing up as an "edmonite?" Yikes, I'm very sad for him./ I'm in sherwood Park, juuuuuust a half click outside of Edmonton. I grew up in E town. Glad to be out, but glad to be near still! -------------------- Keep on keepin' on... Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Re: Aww, happy birthday, Shannon dear...       #248220 - 02/23/06 05:38 PM Edit Reply Quote _Willow Reged: 04/06/05 Posts: 2090 Loc: Canada. Melissa, I understand where you're coming from too. I helped raise my sister as well. it was hard work, and it's tough to know where the "mom" ends and the "sister" begins. But i had a wonderful time with the greatest hubby ever!! -------------------- Keep on keepin' on... Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Re: Happy birthday, Shannon!       #248221 - 02/23/06 05:40 PM Edit Reply Quote _Willow Reged: 04/06/05 Posts: 2090 Loc: Canada. Yes, Tom Cochrane had it...Life's a journey, not a destination!!LOL! that's so true and it's something I KEEP forgetting!! Thanks. And here's to the fabulous 30s! -------------------- Keep on keepin' on... Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Re: Wow!       #248281 - 02/24/06 01:22 AM Edit Reply Quote retrograde Reged: 04/15/04 Posts: 1569 I know! It's sacrilege! LOL Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | (show all)

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