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[color: magenta]For MY very favorite "July Fool"...[/color]



HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEL!!! grin




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FWW ~ 47 ~ Me
FBH ~ 50 ~ MrWondering
DD ~ 17
Dday ~ 2005 ~ Recovered

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Happy Birthday Mel

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Happy Birthday, Mel!

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thankee folks! Feels nice to be 35!! laugh


"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.." Theodore Roosevelt

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Happy Birthday to my identical twin, separated at birth and several years apart. laugh


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'cept you ain't as nice as me, NEAK!! laugh


"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.." Theodore Roosevelt

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What do you mean I'm not as nice? Just for that, I'm going to use hairspray today. shocked


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Aquanet, I hope! grin


"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.." Theodore Roosevelt

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Happy Birthday from a fellow Texan! Hope it's a GREAT one!


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“In a sense now, I am homeless. For the home, the place of refuge, solitude, love-where my husband lived-no longer exists.” Joyce Carolyn Oates, A Widow's Story
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Happy Birthday, Mel! So tell us, how does a real Texan celebrate her big day? cool

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Originally Posted by keepitreal
Happy Birthday, Mel! So tell us, how does a real Texan celebrate her big day? cool

29 Gun Salute while huffing hairspray!

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AQUANET?????

No, no, no. I am from CA. Here we use 'light hold', loose and nachurl.


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Happy Birthday! Live it up! smile


Don't find fault, find a remedy. --Henry Ford

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No kids...2 adorable boxers \:\)
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Many happy returns, Mel.

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Hey, happy birthday!! You know I luuuuuurrrrrvs you.

Now, what to get the woman who has all the fire ants & scorpions & white picket fences she needs!?!?!

Have a GREAT day!!!


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Originally Posted by MelodyLane
thankee folks! Feels nice to be 35!! laugh

Like....omg....we went to like...different schools together....

I am sooooo 35 years old too....<tilting head quickly>



~*~*~ Happy Birthday ~*~*~

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thank you so much, folks! commie, don't hate me cause I'm young and you're not! sheesh! laugh


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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEL!

Hope you have a great one!

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BS-me 36
FWW-34
DS-7 & DS-3
PA - 7/06-8/06
EA - 6/06-1/07
D-Day: wife confessed 2-17-07, suspected 8-02-06
Broke NC: 2-19-07, 3-24-07, 5/07
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Healing one day at a time.....
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Happy Birthday Mel....

What's the big plans for tonight...(hopefully not being on here and "babysitting" our butts.... grin)....


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For one, she's not a "real" Texan, she's a transplanted Yankee. laugh wink

For two, she's not 35. It's been a LONG time since she saw 35. laugh wink

For three, I'm going to send a great big, fluffy cat for her birthday. laugh wink

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

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