HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATHARINE
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Belated Happy Birthday Katharine. Hopefully you had a great day.
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Thanks for all my birthday good wishes. I had a good day. I spent the morning shopping with my mother in Stowmarket, nothing major, but always good to have an unhurried wander round some different shops.
Present wise, I got lots of nice treats to eat and some money to spend. I also got a lovely blanket - an English Heritage recycled wool one. As some of you know, I had a purpose built library installed in my garden earlier this year, and the blanket is for me to snuggle under when I'm down there having a read in the cooler months. My daughter also made me a little decoration of paper flowers to put on one of the shelves.
I got a few books, 2 'modern' Enid Blyton's - The Ruby Storybook' and 'The Button Elves', and an Angela Brazil book - the first one she had published, not a 1st edition but quite an early copy, so very pleased with that.
Perhaps the most special of all my presents though was a book of Bible stories which a friend sent me. It was given to her mother as a child. It isn't dated, but she thinks it would be about 100 years old. I feel very honoured that she wanted to pass it on to me.
I also got some lovely cards - my favourite has to be the one with Noddy on.
The candles on my cake may have said '52', but I think inside I'll always be a big kid who loves children's books and Noddy cards.
Present wise, I got lots of nice treats to eat and some money to spend. I also got a lovely blanket - an English Heritage recycled wool one. As some of you know, I had a purpose built library installed in my garden earlier this year, and the blanket is for me to snuggle under when I'm down there having a read in the cooler months. My daughter also made me a little decoration of paper flowers to put on one of the shelves.
I got a few books, 2 'modern' Enid Blyton's - The Ruby Storybook' and 'The Button Elves', and an Angela Brazil book - the first one she had published, not a 1st edition but quite an early copy, so very pleased with that.
Perhaps the most special of all my presents though was a book of Bible stories which a friend sent me. It was given to her mother as a child. It isn't dated, but she thinks it would be about 100 years old. I feel very honoured that she wanted to pass it on to me.
I also got some lovely cards - my favourite has to be the one with Noddy on.
The candles on my cake may have said '52', but I think inside I'll always be a big kid who loves children's books and Noddy cards.
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Happy belated birthday, Katharine! A day well spent! The Button Elves is quite an old book, I think. We all are big kids who still love children books especially Enid Blyton's books! 
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Happy birthday Katharine. I hope you have a lovely day.
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Happy Birthday Katharine. Have a great day.
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Wishing you a very happy birthday Katharine!
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Hope you have a very happy birthday, Katharine. 
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Happy Birthday, Katharine! Hope you have a fab day!
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Happy Birthday, Katharine. Have a great day!
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Happy Birthday, Katharine.
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Happy Birthday, Katharine. Are you having a wonderful day?
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Happy Birthday, Katharine! Hope you've had a wonderful day.
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Happy Birthday, Katharine!
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Thank you everyone for all your good wishes.
I've had a good birthday thank you. A friend made me a gluten and dairy free chocolate cake earlier in the week, which I'm enjoying very much. Today I had to work, and it so happened that it was the last day in the office for one of my colleagues before he starts semi-retirement. The bosses decided to treat us all to a celebratory lunch to wish him all the best. I decided not to mention it was my birthday, but I will be buying them all cakes next week as is the office tradition, and it will also coincide nicely with it being one year ago that I started work there, so a double celebration.
This evening I spent a pleasant time opening a nice bundle of lovely cards, some of which contained those brown
or blue pieces of plastic with a picture of The Queen on.
I also got Pride and Prejudice (the guinea pig version) and the Noddy leap frog game that I'd spotted in an antique shop a couple of months ago.
I also got a couple of paper booklets, which are cut out gummed paper scenes, one of pantomimes, the other of a girl guide camp. I'm not sure if they are genuine 1950s items, or reproductions, but either way, I think they are lovely, although I won't be cutting them out.
To make the day even more special, my son phoned me from uni, which I wasn't expecting as I knew he had a very busy schedule, and for the first time in what seems like weeks, it didn't rain at all, and we saw the sun for a while.
I've had a good birthday thank you. A friend made me a gluten and dairy free chocolate cake earlier in the week, which I'm enjoying very much. Today I had to work, and it so happened that it was the last day in the office for one of my colleagues before he starts semi-retirement. The bosses decided to treat us all to a celebratory lunch to wish him all the best. I decided not to mention it was my birthday, but I will be buying them all cakes next week as is the office tradition, and it will also coincide nicely with it being one year ago that I started work there, so a double celebration.
This evening I spent a pleasant time opening a nice bundle of lovely cards, some of which contained those brown
or blue pieces of plastic with a picture of The Queen on.
I also got Pride and Prejudice (the guinea pig version) and the Noddy leap frog game that I'd spotted in an antique shop a couple of months ago.I also got a couple of paper booklets, which are cut out gummed paper scenes, one of pantomimes, the other of a girl guide camp. I'm not sure if they are genuine 1950s items, or reproductions, but either way, I think they are lovely, although I won't be cutting them out.
To make the day even more special, my son phoned me from uni, which I wasn't expecting as I knew he had a very busy schedule, and for the first time in what seems like weeks, it didn't rain at all, and we saw the sun for a while.
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