… exactly at this hour… 12.30pm, december 7th, 1980. apparently i woke my mother at 4am… and made her wait until lunch time. well, who said it would be easy? although i gave her 30 years of pretty easy life with me, considering what she had to put up with my older brother. i was a piece of cake!
{piece-of-cake dressed in red}
i believe i have shared this already, but here it goes anyway… a few weeks ago i read someone asking on tumblr {how old were you when you felt happier in your life?}…
and though i have some pretty sweet memories from my early years, i really must say that i am happy now. it will sound a clichet, but i do love my life as it is. and by loving it… it makes a whole lot easier on living a happy life. but do not mistake this with a happy 24/7. it does not happen that way. living a happy life means that you feel fulfilled. feeling fulfilled does not mean that you have achieved all your goals. having goals is another part of living a happy life. because you strive to achieve those goals. achieving goals is easier when you have someone that believes in you, other that yourself. and having family + friends to back you up, does make it a little easier.
but none of this happens 24/7, there are those days when it gets pretty hard though. but, i am a strong believer that we do need those days. we do need to face the wall… pick up the map again and look for another way to keep going.
well, enough with philosophies about living a happy life… but before i continue let me just say three things… (1) i do not know anybody else that feels this happy about birthdays… i thought this would change over the years… but apparently not! celebrating like i was a kid, only with red wine instead (2) i received the most adorabel postcard from denmark from my sweet friend tina fussell… you melted my heart! thank you from the bottom of my heart! (3) as a birthday girl… i shall share some wishes. quite abusive really. not a word about $.
{i wish for a rustic dinner table}
{i wish for this garden + this room}
{i wish for this white floor}
{i wish for a chalkboard wall + shanna murray summer wreath}
{i wish for a vintage camera}
{i wish to visit paris with mr twiggs}
{i wish for these reading glasses}
{i wish for this orange bike + lady style riding it}
{i wish to visit new york with mr twiggs}
well… this pretty much covers some of my materialistic wishes for now or this upcoming year.
i am not at all a materialistic person, i can really live with less, and have been trying to do so for a year, but if i am allowed to {wish for wishes}… just today, these are some of them!
and for now i say see you in a while… i will bake some chocolate cookies now!
twiggs
note from birthday girl. you can sneak-peek {here} the 30th thing about me!
Paul & Paula says
Happy Birthday dear Twiggs!
Such a cute post, hope you have a wonderful day and lots of heartwarming things surrounding you… every day of the new year in your life!
xxx
Andreia says
Happy Bithday Claudia!
Desejo-te um dia muito feliz!
Missouri Bend Paper Works says
Well a very happy birthday to you….today is my birthday too!!! I'm a fair bit older than you, but still….we share in the celebration of a special day! I'm reading through my daily blog list and there is another blogger I follow whose birthday we share! I am cheered by sharing a birthday with folks I admire! Cheers and enjoy the day!!! Patti/MissouriBendStudio
Anja says
Happy birthday! And thanks for your lovely blog :-)
Sylvie - Gourmande in the Kitchen says
I wanted to wish you Happy Birthday again my dear friend. I hope your day is filled with joy and happiness and that all your wishes come true! Thank you for being such a sweet friend. I am lucky to know you. May your 30's be filled with love and fulfillment, and I hope you realize some of those birthday wishes, like visiting New York and Paris!
Lots of love.
xoxo
Kristi says
Happy Birthday my sweet friend! I hope your day was fabulous! Thank you for the friendship and kindness you've shown me. xoxo, Kristi
lovemaki says
Oh my goodness!!! Happy Birthday Claudia. Our birthdays are a day apart. I celebrated mine yesterday, on the 6th.
I hope you enjoyed your day, sagittarius sister;)
xoxo
Justine
Vanille says
Happy birthday to you !!
I like the caption of the first pic ;)
Mateja @ cameracrazy says
Happy happy (belated) birthday! :)) Hope all your wishes come true. xo
p.s. We're two days apart ;-)
sushi lover says
Parabéns Cláudia! (late! oops!)
Hope you had a lovely day cooking and a lovely evening eating :)
Hope all your wishes come true :)
{twiggs} says
hello sweet friends, i just loved the fact you came here and wrote these sweet wishes for me!! you are all so kind! i believe birthdays are so special, but are indeed if our friends and family are with us, and you just made my day a little bit sweeter! thank you once again!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to… Patti, Justine & Mateja!!!