Monday, February 1, 2010

Middle ages approach

I am turning 35. Tomorrow. Which makes the name of my blog even sillier than before. I knew that'd happen when I started it. I think I even wrote a post about how silly it was. Naturally, though, as I am wanton to do, I ignored my sensical side and went with the nonsensical side. Even though I'm turning 35, as I just said, nonsensical Shiny seems to win most arguments still. I am beginning to accept that I may never grow up and become sensical.

So, in this vain, I had a little birthday party on Friday, in the garage, with music, and a mirror ball. There was champagne and lovely friends and fairy lights in the trees and I got spoilt with beautiful presents and the only difference between my youthful garage birthday parties and this new era of middle-aged garage birthday parties (because the garage parties are traditional at this point... I get complaints when I miss a year) was that everyone left by 12. Like in Cinderella.

Tonight I will dine out (look, I'm using phrases like 'dine out' now that I'm almost middle-aged) with my parents and their best friends who have known me, well, since I was 0, and my love, and then tomorrow night I shall go out with a little group of friends, to the same place I celebrated my birthday last year because it was just so fabulous. In that post I couldn't say what the newses were, but the first was that K was pregnant, with my now-Goddaughter, the beautiful Ava, and the second was that my sister was having not one, but two babies. Who now look like this (Allie, especially for you):

I may be an over-zealous, biased Aunt, but aren't they just too sweet?

8 comments:

allie. said...

I hope sensical Shiny never prevails.

And thanks for the pics - from an unbiased buddy, yes they are unusually beautiful babies.
Can I come and play with them?
When they visit you?

Rambler said...

Aren't they just the cutest!!!

Aw!

And happy birthday for tomorrow... I remember thiking 35 was big (because of the whole middle-aged thing) but 37 was worse... you're still a kid!

Wenchy said...

I want a mirror ball garage party!!

Shiny said...

Allie - they are so sweet to play with too! Spoke to my sister yesterday to hear they both started rolling over the weekend... now the fun starts!

Clive - Yippee! I shall run around with balloons, then, and eat chocolate cake until I'm on a sugar high that keeps me up all night.

Wenchy - oh, you MUST, it's such fun!

xxx

Shiny said...

Allie - they are so sweet to play with too! Spoke to my sister yesterday to hear they both started rolling over the weekend... now the fun starts!

Clive - Yippee! I shall run around with balloons, then, and eat chocolate cake until I'm on a sugar high that keeps me up all night.

Wenchy - oh, you MUST, it's such fun!

xxx

Miranda said...

My grandfather turns 90 today, so still a way to go! Happy birthday. And geez but those boys are cute!

Shiny said...

Miranda - wow, 90... that's a little older than 35, yes... just a little

xx

Angela said...

Yes, too sweet! And that grandfather still digs his vegetable garden. So with 35 you`re just a chick!