40 Today

by | Jun 21, 2007 | Uncategorized | 24 comments

Well, here I am. 40. What have I learned in 40 years on planet Earth? That so many things I thought were important once just don’t matter. That confusion over priorities really can be settled in most instances by asking, “In a hundred years, will it matter?” And that Bigfoot really does exist, even if I haven’t seen him yet. All those blurry photos can’t lie!

Today we’ll be visiting the Hoh rain forest in hopes of spotting the legendary Sasquatch. Although if we don’t have a sighting, a hundred years from now it won’t matter. 😉

24 Comments

  1. Sunny Lyn
    Sunny Lyn on June 21, 2007 at 11:37 pm

    Belated happy birthday to your dad – and a whopping big Happy 40th to you, kiddo. ‘It’ only gets better!

  2. Charli
    Charli on June 22, 2007 at 12:20 am

    Thanks, Lyn! It’s better than 20 or 30, that’s for sure *g*

  3. May
    May on June 22, 2007 at 3:09 am

    Happy Birthday, Charlene!

  4. Charli
    Charli on June 22, 2007 at 5:21 am

    Thanks, May! Didn’t get to see Bigfoot. Sniff. But having fun anyway. *g*

  5. Ann
    Ann on June 22, 2007 at 5:57 am

    Happy Birthday!

  6. Charli
    Charli on June 22, 2007 at 6:49 am

    Thanks, Ann! Great excuse to eat cake.

  7. Michelle
    Michelle on June 22, 2007 at 11:41 am

    Happy Birthday Charli! 40 is the new 20!

  8. Charli
    Charli on June 22, 2007 at 12:06 pm

    Thanks, Michelle! I believe it. I’m still just a kid. *g*

  9. Jordan
    Jordan on June 22, 2007 at 12:24 pm

    Happy Belated Birthday, Charli! Forty is not so bad. 🙂

  10. Lori
    Lori on June 22, 2007 at 1:10 pm

    Happy birthday!!!

  11. Charli
    Charli on June 22, 2007 at 1:28 pm

    Hi Jordan! I expect forty to be the best yet. : )

  12. Charli
    Charli on June 22, 2007 at 1:29 pm

    Thank you, Lori! It’s been a great day.

  13. Jaynie R
    Jaynie R on June 22, 2007 at 5:34 pm

    Happy 40th Charli – glad you had a good day.

  14. Charli
    Charli on June 22, 2007 at 7:11 pm

    Thanks, Jaynie. It’s been great having the parents here for birthday week. *g*

  15. Lorelei James
    Lorelei James on June 22, 2007 at 11:51 pm

    Charli – hope your birthday was a good one…

    So did your mom bake you a cake? Since she was there and all?

  16. kate r
    kate r on June 22, 2007 at 11:55 pm

    HAPPY FLIPPING BIRTHDAY!!!!

    Did you see Sasquatch?

    This side of forty is fine. Come on in.

    (My main advice: don’t whine too much about being ollllld or you’ll hear “it’s better than the alternative” a lot. EXCEPT it strikes me that you’re so very much not a whiner so it’s not likely to be a line you’ll hear often.)

  17. Charli
    Charli on June 23, 2007 at 12:19 am

    Lorelei, it was a good day. No cake. We ate pie! Will be baking a cake today for the baby who turns 2.

  18. Charli
    Charli on June 23, 2007 at 12:22 am

    Kate, LOL, it does beat the alternative. I think you kind of start to hit your stride around 40. Didn’t see Sasquatch. Dammit. I think you have to take the trail up to Blue Glacier to get a decent Bigfoot sighting.

  19. pteglia
    pteglia on June 23, 2007 at 12:41 am

    Happy Birthday My Love. You are still as beautiful as the day I met you.

    Your Man

  20. Charli
    Charli on June 23, 2007 at 12:53 am

    Awwww. : D Thank you!

  21. Jo Leigh
    Jo Leigh on June 23, 2007 at 8:28 am

    Well, I’m a little late, but I do wish you a wonderful birthday (which should still be going on!) The 40s are great. You young whippersnapper.

  22. Charli
    Charli on June 23, 2007 at 12:16 pm

    Thank you, Jo! Whippersnapper. Heh. I may have that put on a coffee mug. *g*

  23. N.J. Walters
    N.J. Walters on June 27, 2007 at 3:03 am

    Happy Birthday, Charli. I hope you ate tons of cake and had a spectacular day!

  24. Charli
    Charli on June 27, 2007 at 3:06 am

    NJ, it was a great day. : )