“Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!”
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Another birthday celebration here in Grandma-land. The little one turned 4, and was greeted this morning with balloons, hugs, kisses and wonderful birthday wishes. Then more celebrating at pre-school, with Mom and Dad visiting. Dinner at PF Changs and a surprise fiery sparkler dessert, followed by birthday cake and more presents at home. Can you say birthday overload?
“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
~John Lennon
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We gathered this evening to celebrate the lovely Miss June’s 80th Birthday. I think she will get to celebrate the entire month of April, as she has so many friends. “June is bustin’ out all over… all over April.”
“Did you ever have one of those birthdays that never seem to end? Me too. I’ll be celebrating all month. Lucky me.”
~Me
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Just when I thought I was done celebrating my birthday, receiving gifts, calls, texts, and cards… the celebrating just continues. They should change the month of January to Tonuary. It has a nice ring.
Here’s a week in a peek…
“Just when I thought I was done, more birthday celebrations . You can never have too many birthdays or too much celebrating.”
~Toni Armenta Andrukaitis
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Yes, yet another birthday gathering with friends. This time, we got to celebrate two. Sherry’s birthday was in November and we’ve been trying to catch up since November. 🤦♀️
(I keep getting these cute gifts that say, “You are Amazing.” I cant imagine why?)
“Birthdays are like the candles on a cake. Just when you thought you blew them all out, another one pops up.”
~Toni Armenta Andrukaitis
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Well, another birthday celebration today,
Happy Tuesday, my friends.
“How many times can you celebrate a birthday? As many times as you like,”
~Me
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We already celebrated a birthday last week, today was the joint birthday party for both girls. Then, another birthday in a few days. Yikes, so many birthdays, so little time.
You know how we sing Happy Birthday, and at the end say…”And many more?” I don’t think they meant all in the same week. 🤦♀️
How blessed am I? ❤️
May all your wishes come true
And may all your days be bright
Only health and happiness
With sweet dreams throughout the night.
~Me
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Today, a special little girl celebrated her birthday. We started out with morning hugs and kisses and breakfast. Then, we went to morning Mass at St. Norbert and Our Lady of the Brook. It was a drizzly chilly day, but when it’s your birthday, and you’re a little girl, it’s a lovely exciting day.
Today’s Gospel tells about John the Baptist proclaiming the arrival of the Lord and salvation of man…
1 In the fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar’s reign, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of the territories of Ituraea and Trachonitis, Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,2 and while the high-priesthood was held by Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah, in the desert. He went through the whole Jordan area proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of the sayings of Isaiah the prophet: A voice of one that cries in the desert: Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight! Let every valley be filled in, every mountain and hill be levelled, winding ways be straightened and rough roads made smooth,6 and all humanity will see the salvation of God.
My take on it… when someone tells you get ready, something great is about to happen, perhaps it’s a good idea to listen.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Now, to the birthday celebration. This sweet princess had a birthday today, and she has been looking forward to this for weeks. After church we went to World Market so she could pick out a special toy for her birthday. Then, we came home, had lunch, played while little sister took her nap, then we started the celebration.
Happy birthday, Princess. Sweet dreams.
Happy Sunday, my friends.
“When you are lucky enough to have a couple good friends, you enjoy celebrating a couple of times a year. When you have a whole bunch of awesome amazing fantastic good friends, you pretty much celebrate all year long.”
~Toni Armenta Andrukaitis
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As you may know already, I have been blessed with a multitude of awesome friends. Not just casual acquaintances, but friends that would go trough fire for you, or give you the shirt off their back. Except for the skinny ones, the shirt just wouldn’t fit me, but they’d offer anyway. That always means a lot of birthdays to celebrate.
Today, we celebrated Karen Thomason’s birthday up in Sherman. We were meeting at The Iron Post Restaurant. Sherri Murphy picked me up, and as we got closer to Sherman, she talked into her phone for directions. She just said, “Directions to The Iron Post.” I said, “Sherri, what if Siri directs you to the nearest iron post on the road and asks you, would you like a rusty iron post or the nearest iron post with a little patina on it.”Then she whacked me on the arm going about 70 mph on Central Expressway. I was being serious.
Great friends, great times, life is good!
“Do You remember what you were doing 40 years ago today? You would if your first born baby boy made his debut appearance two weeks early and upside down.”
~Toni Armenta Andrukaitis
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40 years ago today, I was very busy giving birth to my firstborn son, Joe. Happy birthday Joe. Today, I was so happy that I could spend this special day with Joe and his family and his friends.
Joe’s first born helped grandma make some brownies. Of course, we had to make a funny face first, because that’s what grandma does. (She saw all my funny face brownie face photos on my phone)
“Friendship is all about trusting each other, helping each other, loving each other and being crazy together.” ― O. Henry, Heart of the West
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Today, a few girlfriends got together to celebrate the birthday of Linda Grossman, .”WORLD’S GREATEST REALTOR.” Personal blatant plug. She’s the best, and I tell everyone just that. We’ve been friends for a long time and she has seen me through some tough times…”And That’s What Friends Are For.”
Toni Andrukaitis 