Sun
Oct 11 2009
06:19 am
By: R. Neal
Happy 55th to the Mrs. from the luckiest boy in the world!
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You are too sweet! I'm happy
You are too sweet! I'm happy to have made it this far. Thanks to you for making the trip such a pleasure.
Have a happy day and many
Have a happy day and many more to come.
Wazzup?
How come Michelle isn't white headed and chicken necked? I'm not quite 52 yet!
(Happy B'day!)
Happy birthday,
Happy birthday, bizgrrl!
~Russ
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
I hope you have something very special planned for the day.
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Many happy returns on your
Many happy returns on your birthday.
You go, bizgrrl!
Happy Birthday, gracious hostess.
hope you have a wonderful day
Happy birthday!
Lucky Boy
Yes you are.
October birthdays are some of the best. Congrats, M...Looking good!
A very happy one to you BG!
Ah, lookie at that! That is a one heck of a campaign poster!
Happy Birthday!
Hope you have lots of fun and cake!
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"You can't fix stupid..." ~ Ron White"
"I never said I wasn't a brat..." ~ Talidapali
Happy Birthday
You're not even getting old! Hope you enjoy the rest of the journey.
Happy birthday. Brian A.I'd
Happy birthday.
Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.
What a great picture. You're
What a great picture. You're holding up great, Bizz. Happy Birthday.
Happy, happy - and many
Happy, happy - and many more.
happy b-day
have a great day!
Life Is Good!
Randy: You are indeed fortunate.
Michele: You look mahvelous.
Cradle robbing
She really does. The first time I met her, I thought "Randy robbed the cradle."
~Russ
Thanks to everyone for the
Thanks to everyone for the kind comments. I'm thinking this 55 and over thing is pretty good. Special thanks to Randy for sticking with me through all these years. We sure are good together and good for each other.
So you're married to Randy ?
Tell him I'm always ready to be a favored user..rotfl...
If you put up with him all these years...
Happy birthday...
Ponce deLeon missed the fountain of youth..I think you must have found it...
Congrats....
congrats Michele
most of the early years are spent justifying stuff because we never thought we would make it to 20, 30, 40 etc...congrats Michele...55! what does that make you Randy? Thanks to both for such an excellent forum. BT
faciathedog
what does that make you
what does that make you Randy?
That makes me younger than Michele! For a couple of months. (I'll be 55 in December.)
Happy Birthday
Happy birthday to you bizgirl and may your days be filled with laughter and good health/ Many happy returns!
Sorry, I missed the actual
Sorry, I missed the actual day -- hope it was great.
Pam Strickland
"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." ~Kurt Vonnegut
Many happy returns,
Many happy returns, Michele!
Larry Van Guilder