Wednesday 4 November 2015

WOW: It's My Birthday!

WOW = WIPs On Wednesday
As it's my birthday, I suppose I can consider myself a WIP. My DDs have kindly given me an extra arm which I can tell you, I'm thrilled about. I've wanted one of these for ages. I did have one a few years ago, but my DH got rid of it as he felt it made me lazy. And I may or may not have started using it to pass him objects at around the same time. I can't really remember. Which is another advantage of aging.
Now that I'm old enough to be expected to share wisdom, I can tell you this: there is never enough time to do everything you want to do or undertake everything that interests you. If I had 100 lives, I could fill each one with a whole new range of interests and pursuits, so my birthday advice is this: love what you do or stop doing it.

Today we'll be having my birthday lunch at home. I get irritated at restaurants because they never prepare the food exactly as I want it and I've finally snapped and declared my birthday a restaurant free zone - so you can see, I've already started taking my own advice.

What's Your WOW ?


31 comments:

  1. Congratulations on your birthday!

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  2. Happy Birthday Esther and thank you for the party!

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  3. Happy Birthday Esther. I hope you have a lovely family lunch at home.

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  4. happy birthday Esther - thank you for all the beautiful patterns that you share with your readers. - have a great day

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  5. Happy Birthday, I hope you had a lovely meal with your family.

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  6. I hope it is a fun Birthday Esther, it will be a very very long birthday with the group as Wednesday only starts in Vienna right now 9am our time LOL Thank you for all the sharing you have done over the past years of your lovely designs and endless tutorials. Glenda

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  7. Happy birthday Esther! I wish you a great day and a beautyful year!

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  8. Happy Birthday! You've offered up some good wisdom that comes with being another year older. I love that extra arm. I think I have one around here somewhere but haven't used it because I'm so old I forgot where I put it!

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  9. Happy birthday, hope you enjoy your special day!

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  10. Happy birthday, Esther! Your words of advice really touched me. Sometimes I feel like I can't tell the difference between the things I really want to do and the things that I feel I MUST follow through on just because I started them and I don't want to be a quitter!

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  11. Happy Birthday Esther! I hope you were able to quilt to your heart's content today. Thank you for the words of wisdom, "if you don't love what you are doing don't do it". Also thank you for your wonderful inspiring blog.

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  12. Happy Birthday hope you had a wonderful day x

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  13. Happy Birthday. I never saw one of those before but it is very similar to a tool we use for picking avocados high up in the trees. ( it has a gripping part and a cutting blade )

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  14. Baie geluk met jou verjaarsdag, Esther! Mag die Here jou seen en nog baie jare spaar!

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  15. A very happy birthday and a worderfull, healthy and creative year to come.

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  16. Happy birthday Esther wish you very happy day. Greetings from ineke the Netherlands

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  17. Have a nice, quiet day and enjoy you lunch! Baskets full of congratulations!

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  18. Happy birthday Esther.

    I am visiting you via Chris at UK City Crafter.

    Like you, we usually eat at home with family too as I don't like the way they cook and present meals in most restaurants.

    Hope you have a lovely day, and enjoy your meal at home with your family!

    You have a lovely blog, when I make some patchwork I shall come back to join in.

    Barbara xx

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  19. Happy Birthday! Hope that your home lunch is as wonderful as you'd hope it would be, and that you have a fabulous day and a wonderful year to follow it!

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  20. Gefeliciteerd from the netherlands! Enjoy your evening i guess by now

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  21. All the best Esther, and many happy returns of the day. Being a scorpio is grand isn't it?

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  22. Happy Birthday, Esther! I wouldn't call that a lazy maker, but a life saver as it will come in handy keeping us oldy but goodies off ladders that may cause falls. Is one of you daughters making you a lovely cake as years before? Many more, Esther.

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  23. Happy Birthday!
    I'm hoping to get back to quilting/crafting and my blog posting!

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  24. Happy Birthday To You Esther-good birthday tip :)

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  25. Happy, happy Birthday, Esther! I suppose by the time you read this it will be the day after your birthday, but the wish is still sincere.

    I have a second arm, too. I call it a "grabber" and got it about a dozen years ago when I had hip replacements. It's been in the closet but seeing you take something from the top shelf with yours has reminded me that I should dig it out. Things on the top shelf seem to get pushed to the back where I can't reach them.

    Again, I hope your birthday was wonderful. And thanks for hosting WOW.

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  26. Happy Birthday, Esther - and many happy returns of the day! Hope you had another one of those beautiful birthday cakes to celebrate. I've had a grabber for years and love it. It keeps me off ladders, so I consider it a life saver. Enjoy it!

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