Happy birthday to me

I’m 35 years old today.
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This is the first birthday that’s had a sting to it for me. It’s not old, but it’s certainly not young. Thirty-five sounds terribly grown-up, doesn’t it? Cue midlife crisis.

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158 comments on “Happy birthday to me
  1. Amelia says:

    happy birthday! my husband turns 35 next week. i have another 13 months’ respite. yes, it does sound grown up. 40 isn’t far (sorry) – it’s too soon!

  2. Amelia says:

    happy birthday! my husband turns 35 next week. i have another 13 months’ respite. yes, it does sound grown up. 40 isn’t far (sorry) – it’s too soon!

  3. Lía says:

    Happy birthday!!! have a really nice day…midlife crisis can wait for another day 😉
    Besos,
    Lía

  4. Lía says:

    Happy birthday!!! have a really nice day…midlife crisis can wait for another day 😉
    Besos,
    Lía

  5. gaile says:

    Happy Birthday! Your first one in Utopia, right? Wonderful! I had mine Friday, but won’t be in pdx until labor day weekend. I am sure someone as talented as you can channel any midlife crisis into a midlife chrysalis and emerge even more alive by your next birthday!

  6. gaile says:

    Happy Birthday! Your first one in Utopia, right? Wonderful! I had mine Friday, but won’t be in pdx until labor day weekend. I am sure someone as talented as you can channel any midlife crisis into a midlife chrysalis and emerge even more alive by your next birthday!

  7. michele says:

    happy birthday, cari. hope you have a great day.

  8. michele says:

    happy birthday, cari. hope you have a great day.

  9. Lizbon says:

    Happy birthday, doll! We are just going to leave the age thing on the table. It doesn’t exist. Have some more cake. And the champagne. The champagne is dee-licious.

  10. Lizbon says:

    Happy birthday, doll! We are just going to leave the age thing on the table. It doesn’t exist. Have some more cake. And the champagne. The champagne is dee-licious.

  11. jen c says:

    hay, happy birthday! age is just a number (blah blah blah, i know – hearing it doesn’t take the sting out, if you’re going to feel a sting then you’re going to feel a sting). have a great day!

  12. jen c says:

    hay, happy birthday! age is just a number (blah blah blah, i know – hearing it doesn’t take the sting out, if you’re going to feel a sting then you’re going to feel a sting). have a great day!

  13. Samira says:

    Happy birthday Cari!
    Hope you have a great day! And remember: you are only as old as you feel! I think a midlife crisis can wait, can´t it?

  14. Samira says:

    Happy birthday Cari!
    Hope you have a great day! And remember: you are only as old as you feel! I think a midlife crisis can wait, can´t it?

  15. Shana says:

    Happy birthday!

  16. Shana says:

    Happy birthday!

  17. JudithNYC says:

    Happy birthday, Cari. Now you are middle-aged just like my 35-yr-old twins! (Just kidding, there’s no way I could have middle-aged children.)

    Today is my mother’s 83rd birthday.

  18. JudithNYC says:

    Happy birthday, Cari. Now you are middle-aged just like my 35-yr-old twins! (Just kidding, there’s no way I could have middle-aged children.)

    Today is my mother’s 83rd birthday.

  19. Cate says:

    Happy birthday, Cari, from a decrepit 43 year old….

  20. Cate says:

    Happy birthday, Cari, from a decrepit 43 year old….

  21. Carole says:

    Happy Birthday!

  22. Carole says:

    Happy Birthday!

  23. Melissa says:

    Happy Birthday, 35 stings but you can still consider it your mid 30’s…now 37 that is late 30’s OUCH.

    I hope you have a fantastic day.

  24. Melissa says:

    Happy Birthday, 35 stings but you can still consider it your mid 30’s…now 37 that is late 30’s OUCH.

    I hope you have a fantastic day.

  25. Kai says:

    Happy Birthday! Hope it’s a good one. And you’re still a spring chicken! 🙂

  26. Kai says:

    Happy Birthday! Hope it’s a good one. And you’re still a spring chicken! 🙂

  27. Kim says:

    Happy Birthday! Life gets better after 35…I promise. 🙂

  28. Kim says:

    Happy Birthday! Life gets better after 35…I promise. 🙂

  29. beverly says:

    Happy Birthday!! I read not too long ago that 40 is the new 30, so 35 is the new 25 (yes, I have the mad math skilz). You’re still a youngster!!!

  30. beverly says:

    Happy Birthday!! I read not too long ago that 40 is the new 30, so 35 is the new 25 (yes, I have the mad math skilz). You’re still a youngster!!!

  31. irene says:

    happy birthday to you!

    xoxo

  32. irene says:

    happy birthday to you!

    xoxo

  33. Jo says:

    Happy Birthday!

  34. Jo says:

    Happy Birthday!

  35. margaret says:

    Happy Birthday! I thought that 60 was the new 40, so 35 should be the new 15! 😉

  36. margaret says:

    Happy Birthday! I thought that 60 was the new 40, so 35 should be the new 15! 😉

  37. Reyna says:

    happy birthday, chica!

  38. Reyna says:

    happy birthday, chica!

  39. gleek says:

    happy birthday!

  40. gleek says:

    happy birthday!

  41. Ginny says:

    Happy birthday Cari!!!!

  42. Ginny says:

    Happy birthday Cari!!!!

  43. Cara says:

    Happy Birthday!!
    Enjoy your day!

  44. Cara says:

    Happy Birthday!!
    Enjoy your day!

  45. Jody says:

    Happy birthday! Thirty-five is only as grown-up as you want it to be. Have fun!

  46. Jody says:

    Happy birthday! Thirty-five is only as grown-up as you want it to be. Have fun!

  47. anina says:

    Happy birthday!! I know what you mean about 35… boy, do I! It made me get more focused on what I want out of life, which I’m thinking is a *benefit* of turning 35. Hence Madagascar.
    XOXOX to you.

  48. anina says:

    Happy birthday!! I know what you mean about 35… boy, do I! It made me get more focused on what I want out of life, which I’m thinking is a *benefit* of turning 35. Hence Madagascar.
    XOXOX to you.

  49. Dee says:

    35 sounds good to me; I’m over 50…Have a wonderful day!

  50. Dee says:

    35 sounds good to me; I’m over 50…Have a wonderful day!

  51. Cathy says:

    Happy Birthday!

  52. Cathy says:

    Happy Birthday!

  53. Sandra says:

    35 was a tough one, but that was almost 11 years ago. Take heart in knowing that you don’t look it, and I bet you don’t act it either…

  54. Sandra says:

    35 was a tough one, but that was almost 11 years ago. Take heart in knowing that you don’t look it, and I bet you don’t act it either…

  55. Anna says:

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

  56. Anna says:

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

  57. Lee Ann says:

    Happy birthday, sweetiepie!

    Husband says, “At least she gets to keep her hair…”

    (Oh, the angst…the sadness…the massive campaign against comb-overs launched by the spouse…)

  58. Lee Ann says:

    Happy birthday, sweetiepie!

    Husband says, “At least she gets to keep her hair…”

    (Oh, the angst…the sadness…the massive campaign against comb-overs launched by the spouse…)

  59. claudia says:

    Cari, I hope you have a great day and a wonderful 35th year!

    Which, honestly, sounds really young to me. Its amazing how my perception/perspective on age-numbers has changed over time. Maybe yours is just in the process of adjusting.

  60. claudia says:

    Cari, I hope you have a great day and a wonderful 35th year!

    Which, honestly, sounds really young to me. Its amazing how my perception/perspective on age-numbers has changed over time. Maybe yours is just in the process of adjusting.

  61. Julia says:

    Yay Cari! Happy Birthday Lady!!!

  62. Julia says:

    Yay Cari! Happy Birthday Lady!!!

  63. xina says:

    Happiest Birthday Little Girl 🙂
    From one 35 year old to a 35 newbie…yes, 35 SOUNDS grown-up, but it’s just a 3 and a 5, that makes 8…8 cookies!!! MWAHHAHAHAHA!!!! See? No midlife crisis – just midlife childhood.

  64. xina says:

    Happiest Birthday Little Girl 🙂
    From one 35 year old to a 35 newbie…yes, 35 SOUNDS grown-up, but it’s just a 3 and a 5, that makes 8…8 cookies!!! MWAHHAHAHAHA!!!! See? No midlife crisis – just midlife childhood.

  65. Iris says:

    Feliz cumpleaños!

  66. Iris says:

    Feliz cumpleaños!

  67. happy birthday, darlin’!

    it keeps getting better…just don’t think about the number attached to you. the job of just living life to its fullest is enough for you to think about.

  68. happy birthday, darlin’!

    it keeps getting better…just don’t think about the number attached to you. the job of just living life to its fullest is enough for you to think about.

  69. stacey says:

    Happy birthday! Don’t worry about 35, 36 is when you have spent half of your life a an adult. It is all down hill from there!

  70. stacey says:

    Happy birthday! Don’t worry about 35, 36 is when you have spent half of your life a an adult. It is all down hill from there!

  71. Katie says:

    Happy Birthday!! Your birthday and my wedding anniversary are the same. 😀 Also it is Wooster cat’s birthday today (but I just made it the same day as our anniversary because I’m egocentric like that.)

    For your birthday I sent you fiction with teenagers doing bodyshots… Er, except I didn’t know it was your birthday. Yeah.

    Hope there will be cake.

  72. Katie says:

    Happy Birthday!! Your birthday and my wedding anniversary are the same. 😀 Also it is Wooster cat’s birthday today (but I just made it the same day as our anniversary because I’m egocentric like that.)

    For your birthday I sent you fiction with teenagers doing bodyshots… Er, except I didn’t know it was your birthday. Yeah.

    Hope there will be cake.

  73. Norma says:

    “I’m still trying to catch my breath from the laughing,” said the decidedly NOT-OLD 49-year-old.

  74. Norma says:

    “I’m still trying to catch my breath from the laughing,” said the decidedly NOT-OLD 49-year-old.

  75. Norma says:

    Oh, P.S. Happy Birthday!!!!

    Let the kid have bacon. If you don’t, it will be the first of many things (like drugs) that will be forbidden fruits to be sneaked.

    From the Department of You Get What You Pay For.

  76. Norma says:

    Oh, P.S. Happy Birthday!!!!

    Let the kid have bacon. If you don’t, it will be the first of many things (like drugs) that will be forbidden fruits to be sneaked.

    From the Department of You Get What You Pay For.

  77. Megan says:

    Happy Birthday from one old gal to another…. 🙂

  78. Megan says:

    Happy Birthday from one old gal to another…. 🙂

  79. Josée says:

    Happy happy birthday! Enjoy it!

  80. Josée says:

    Happy happy birthday! Enjoy it!

  81. john says:

    Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  82. john says:

    Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  83. Riin says:

    Happy birthday! 35 sounds young to me, but I’m 43. But I don’t really feel old. I’m just me, you know?

  84. Riin says:

    Happy birthday! 35 sounds young to me, but I’m 43. But I don’t really feel old. I’m just me, you know?

  85. Suzanne says:

    Happy Birthday!!!!!

  86. Suzanne says:

    Happy Birthday!!!!!

  87. Suzanne says:

    P.S. 35? Grown up? Maybe there are a few out there… but certainly not a requirement. ;o)

  88. Suzanne says:

    P.S. 35? Grown up? Maybe there are a few out there… but certainly not a requirement. ;o)

  89. heather says:

    yay birthday! have a very very happy day – and may it kick off a marvelous year for you. i wish you nothing but the best.

  90. heather says:

    yay birthday! have a very very happy day – and may it kick off a marvelous year for you. i wish you nothing but the best.

  91. Topaz says:

    Happy birthday! I will be 37 next week and it seems impossible to be that age. My parents quit aging (in my mind) in their mid-30’s! Worse- I’m slowly turning into my mother…

  92. Topaz says:

    Happy birthday! I will be 37 next week and it seems impossible to be that age. My parents quit aging (in my mind) in their mid-30’s! Worse- I’m slowly turning into my mother…

  93. Nell says:

    Happy Birthday!

  94. Nell says:

    Happy Birthday!

  95. Rita says:

    Happy Birthday!

    You have the auspicious honour of sharing your birthday with my brother, my aunt and a very dear friend. You are in good company 🙂

    Have a wonderful day!

  96. Rita says:

    Happy Birthday!

    You have the auspicious honour of sharing your birthday with my brother, my aunt and a very dear friend. You are in good company 🙂

    Have a wonderful day!

  97. Anna says:

    Birthday, birthday, oh what fun. Birthday, birthday, have another one. . . (Our family’s Winnie-the-Pooh morning birthday song, typed just for you )

  98. Anna says:

    Birthday, birthday, oh what fun. Birthday, birthday, have another one. . . (Our family’s Winnie-the-Pooh morning birthday song, typed just for you )

  99. Rachel H says:

    35’s still totally young. 38 though? Have to admit that one’s getting to me.

    Happy Birthday!

  100. Rachel H says:

    35’s still totally young. 38 though? Have to admit that one’s getting to me.

    Happy Birthday!

  101. abby says:

    Happy birthday! I hit 33 last week, and the double-threes threw me. Where will I be when I hit double-fours?

  102. abby says:

    Happy birthday! I hit 33 last week, and the double-threes threw me. Where will I be when I hit double-fours?

  103. Amy says:

    Happy happy happy birthday!!!

  104. Amy says:

    Happy happy happy birthday!!!

  105. Lisa says:

    Happy birthday! I turn 42 next month, and I have to say…I’m totally loving my early 40s! Don’t worry…you’re entering a most excellent stage of life. 😉

  106. Lisa says:

    Happy birthday! I turn 42 next month, and I have to say…I’m totally loving my early 40s! Don’t worry…you’re entering a most excellent stage of life. 😉

  107. regina says:

    Happy birthday darling!!!! Here’s to many more.

  108. regina says:

    Happy birthday darling!!!! Here’s to many more.

  109. Sharon says:

    Happy birthday!

  110. Sharon says:

    Happy birthday!

  111. Jenna says:

    I don’t think you’re allowed to have a midlife crisis when you still look so adorable.

  112. Jenna says:

    I don’t think you’re allowed to have a midlife crisis when you still look so adorable.

  113. rubyredruca says:

    Happy B-day! I hope Thumper gave you a big hug and kiss! I felt like it was all down hill after my last birthday…but it was only 24. Maybe I’m a bit dramatic.

  114. rubyredruca says:

    Happy B-day! I hope Thumper gave you a big hug and kiss! I felt like it was all down hill after my last birthday…but it was only 24. Maybe I’m a bit dramatic.

  115. Melinda says:

    Happy mutual Birthday!!! August 19th really is a fabulous day to be born, I must say!

  116. Melinda says:

    Happy mutual Birthday!!! August 19th really is a fabulous day to be born, I must say!

  117. Good gravy I hope it doesn’t sound grown up – I’ll be 50 next year and my behavior isn’t close to ‘grown up’.

    Happy, happy birthday!!

  118. Good gravy I hope it doesn’t sound grown up – I’ll be 50 next year and my behavior isn’t close to ‘grown up’.

    Happy, happy birthday!!

  119. Anneliese says:

    Happy Birthday!

  120. Anneliese says:

    Happy Birthday!

  121. Knittripps says:

    Have a very merry birthday!

  122. Knittripps says:

    Have a very merry birthday!

  123. Paula says:

    Happy Bithday, Cari!!!

  124. Paula says:

    Happy Bithday, Cari!!!

  125. alison says:

    It does sound grown up. But as somebody who is a whole 10 months older than you, I assure you it’s not much different from 34. I hope you had a great day!

  126. alison says:

    It does sound grown up. But as somebody who is a whole 10 months older than you, I assure you it’s not much different from 34. I hope you had a great day!

  127. mamie says:

    happy birthday, cari. 35, huh? i am two years behind you and find thinking about 33 just sounds strange. wishing you the best of days.

  128. mamie says:

    happy birthday, cari. 35, huh? i am two years behind you and find thinking about 33 just sounds strange. wishing you the best of days.

  129. Bethany says:

    A very Happy Birthday! May this new year be the best yet!

  130. Bethany says:

    A very Happy Birthday! May this new year be the best yet!

  131. Eve says:

    Getting older is unavoidable, growing up is optional!
    Happy birthday

  132. Eve says:

    Getting older is unavoidable, growing up is optional!
    Happy birthday

  133. Sara says:

    Happy Birthday.
    I’ve just turned 35 too !! I love it.

  134. Sara says:

    Happy Birthday.
    I’ve just turned 35 too !! I love it.

  135. Jennifer says:

    Thirty-five hits harder than forty (at least in my opinion), so it gets better! Happy Birthday.

  136. Jennifer says:

    Thirty-five hits harder than forty (at least in my opinion), so it gets better! Happy Birthday.

  137. Patti says:

    I’m 52 – 35 isn’t old, sorry! And I’m sure when I’m 70, I won’t think 52 is old. 😛

    Adorable picture of you, too.

  138. Patti says:

    I’m 52 – 35 isn’t old, sorry! And I’m sure when I’m 70, I won’t think 52 is old. 😛

    Adorable picture of you, too.

  139. janna says:

    35? 35 is nothing!!! 😉 There are lots more to come, and it’s doubtful that you’ll ever feel completely grown-up.

  140. janna says:

    35? 35 is nothing!!! 😉 There are lots more to come, and it’s doubtful that you’ll ever feel completely grown-up.

  141. Jaime says:

    Happy happy birthday Cari!

    I’m just a couple of years behind you but I know what you mean. Though the part that scares me is that we are the ‘grown ups’ now – that seems odd!

  142. Jaime says:

    Happy happy birthday Cari!

    I’m just a couple of years behind you but I know what you mean. Though the part that scares me is that we are the ‘grown ups’ now – that seems odd!

  143. Lissa says:

    Happy (belated…I know! So bad) birthday!

  144. Lissa says:

    Happy (belated…I know! So bad) birthday!

  145. Happy birthday!

    I had my “midlife” crisis when I turned 25. Now I’m looking forward to the thirties and really happy that I am not 15 anymore.
    I have so many great friends and collegues who are plenty older than me (in number of years, that is, nothing else). It makes me look forward to what is coming.

  146. Happy birthday!

    I had my “midlife” crisis when I turned 25. Now I’m looking forward to the thirties and really happy that I am not 15 anymore.
    I have so many great friends and collegues who are plenty older than me (in number of years, that is, nothing else). It makes me look forward to what is coming.

  147. Marie says:

    Best wishes for another wonderful year in Utopia!

  148. Marie says:

    Best wishes for another wonderful year in Utopia!

  149. Dr. Steph says:

    Happy Birthday!

    So far, the “other side” of 35 has been grand for me (I just turned 38).

    Live well and have a great year!

  150. Dr. Steph says:

    Happy Birthday!

    So far, the “other side” of 35 has been grand for me (I just turned 38).

    Live well and have a great year!

  151. Leanne says:

    Happy birthday, birthday twin! Hope it was a wonderful peaceful day.

  152. Leanne says:

    Happy birthday, birthday twin! Hope it was a wonderful peaceful day.

  153. Sorry to have missed your birthday. Hope it was at least fun-filled. 35 isn’t quite old. Wait till you get to ooops! I really cannot reveal my age. Believe me, I’m really old. It’s at that age when your joints will achingly reveal your true age. haha!
    Just make the most of the 30’s. The 40’s can be wonderful. But it will make you wish for your 30’s. So there!

  154. Sorry to have missed your birthday. Hope it was at least fun-filled. 35 isn’t quite old. Wait till you get to ooops! I really cannot reveal my age. Believe me, I’m really old. It’s at that age when your joints will achingly reveal your true age. haha!
    Just make the most of the 30’s. The 40’s can be wonderful. But it will make you wish for your 30’s. So there!

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