Re: Subject: Re:[Harp-L] PB's Birthday/ A Little Levity

[Michael Easton <diachrome@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I feel for you Elizabeth.
I share mine with Matt. Hohner and a twin sister.
no birthday parties or cake either, not even from my wife. I have to  
make reservations if we do anything.
Token small gifts cause our real gift will come Christmas morn. yeah  
right!

I said screw that when I got a job.  I spend at least a grand on  
myself every couple of years on my b-day gift
and tell everyone I don't have enough money for Christmas gifts.   
They get small or no gift.
This year I'm blowing $1,500 on woodworking tools.:)

harp content.  I have a massive  piece of pearwood that's been  
waiting to be made into combs.

Happy B-day to all December's children.

mike


On Dec 10, 2005, at 12:19 PM, EGS1217@xxxxxxx wrote:

>  Those of us who have December birthdays, especially ones falling   
> close to
> Christmas know how shortchanged most of us were our whole  lives.   
> And my older
> sister's birthday was a week earlier, so  we'd get to share ONE  
> gift between
> us for both birthdays and  Christmas.  Since she was older, she'd  
> even get to
> do the  choosing.  Thought it'd get better as I got older?   Hah!   
> NOW,
> despite years of promises of a "nice birthday dinner out" every   
> year....I'm usually
> covered in flour and up to my elbows baking my (if I  say so  
> myself) FABULOUS
> cookies :-)  for everyone else on the 17th (not to  mention the  
> cleaning and
> decorating for the Holidays). I'm lucky to get a  Wendy's  
> hamburger!  My best
> friend made a point one year of having a  birthday cake for me when  
> she
> realized I'd never had one