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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Aug 19, 2009 - 12:18pm PT
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Did I miss out on this thread? Cheers to one of ST's very brightest lights!
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nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
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Aug 19, 2009 - 01:30pm PT
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I remember my 29th birthday like it was just yesterday. Well I guess it was only last month so...
happy b-day!
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L
climber
Wrung through the paradox, broken into wholeness
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Aug 19, 2009 - 01:32pm PT
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Wooohooo! This is like déjà vu...only better! Only better!
Birthdays are funny things...we all have 'em, and if we're not trying to blatantly ignore them, we're doing our darnest to repeal them. ;-)
This year, though, I'm giving in gracefully...and gratefully. I've been counting my blessings this week--something I constantly forget to do--and have come to the conclusion that LIFE IS GOOD...VERY, VERY GOOD.
For one thing, I can still fit in my Catwoman get-up...and now I don't care if no one else dressed up!
For another, I live with two zen masters, who cut me no slack where lessons of unconditional love accompanied by furballs are concerned...
Zen
Buddha2
And finally...when the canoe's gone under and it looks like I'm about to follow...all I have to do is remember my awesome friends--especially those on the Taco--and things brighten up (and lighten up) immediately.
Thanks youz awesome guyz and galz...this has been the best birthday ever!
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philo
Trad climber
boulder, co.
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Aug 19, 2009 - 01:54pm PT
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Oh Me-Ow
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Aug 19, 2009 - 02:13pm PT
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I get it now.
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Daphne
Trad climber
Mill Valley, CA
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Aug 19, 2009 - 02:31pm PT
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Yay L! You rock, woman! Happiest of birthdays to you and I can't wait to meet you in person, you precious, brilliant, wise and wonderful woman.
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crusher
climber
Santa Monica, CA
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Aug 19, 2009 - 06:17pm PT
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Happy BDay Miss L,
Remember - it doesn't matter what the number is, what the Hell, you are maaaahhhvelous!!!
Happy to see you again and Happy Bday.
XXXOOO!
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scuffy b
climber
Sinatra to Singapore
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Aug 19, 2009 - 06:35pm PT
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Zen looks like he is way beyond meditation.
Buddha 2 looks ready to chop wood and carry water.
Happy Birthday!!!!
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L
climber
Wrung through the paradox, broken into wholeness
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Aug 19, 2009 - 07:28pm PT
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Zen is beyond meditation, Scuff. He's almost a Zen Master...except, as you know, he can't turn left. ;-)
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So while I was writing my earlier post about gratitude...and thinking about this last 1.5 years of rough waters here at The Orifice...and feeling gratitude even for that...my boss was plotting.
He called me in to his office.
He shut the door.
He handed me a birthday card.
He handed me an itinerary.
He and his wonderful wife gave me an all-expense paid trip to The Galapagos Islands!!!
I am not joking.
I'm still in shock...20 years of wanting to see torts up close and personal...maybe longer...and now I'm looking at trip schedules.
Maybe there really is something to this gratitude thingy...;-)
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Aug 19, 2009 - 07:42pm PT
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That is so cool!
This is not the Galapagos but ...
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philo
Trad climber
boulder, co.
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Aug 19, 2009 - 08:14pm PT
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Wow L that is amazing and wonderful.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Aug 19, 2009 - 10:57pm PT
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OMG!!!!!
Laura--that is SO DAMN COOL!!!! Oh you are one deserving
person.
You better take lots of pictures and get that pen of yours ready!!!!
HAVE FUN!!!!!
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 20, 2009 - 01:43am PT
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I'm glad that's straightened out!Happy real birthday!
The Gallapagos?
-isn't that where rasberries first evolved?
So glad to see that good things really can happen to good people!
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Anastasia
climber
hanging from a crimp and crying for my mama.
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Aug 20, 2009 - 01:51am PT
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Happy Birthday L! You are one of the most beautiful women in my life, both inside out! Glad to have you posting again. I missed you so much!
Hugs,
AF
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Jello
Social climber
No Ut
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Aug 20, 2009 - 02:28am PT
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Great B-day news, L, all expense trip to Galopogas! Nice score!
Maybe you can come home with some ideas for tort-reform? At least have a heart-to-heart with some some of the wise old torts regarding reform.
Seriously, it's wonderful to read that a year-and-a-half of difficult times is now behind you.
May the coming year bring all the adventure, satisfaction and love you desire and deserve.
"The love you take
Is equal to the love
You make." -the Beatles
You've created much love in the world, Cat Woman!
-JelloLoveToYou
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L
climber
Just this side of the Galapagos
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Aug 20, 2009 - 01:32pm PT
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It wasn't a dream!
Hooty-hoot! I'm going to the Galapagos!
OK, OK, OK...before I get carried away--thanks to everyone who made my birthday yesterday absolutely one of the best ever! Trips to TortoiseVille are pretty amazing...but so are the good thoughts and best wishes of a special group of people (that would be Climbers) I consider myself lucky to know in one way or another.
Out of the 0's and back into the 1's...it's gonna be a fantastic year!
Hugs to you all,
L
PS. Sorry to stomp your thread again, Greg......Randy told me to do it...;-)
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onyourleft
climber
Smog Angeles
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Aug 20, 2009 - 05:30pm PT
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Happy birthday (one day late)!!!
I suck for missing it by a day - unforgiveable.
So cool - the Galapagos, you lucky gal...
Love,
RC
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