Happy Birthday Maria Elena

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It's my sister's first birthday away from home and missing her a lot right now so using this to also wish her again a very Happy 22nd Birthday! Have tons of fun in Southampton and drink ginger beer! :D Try to celebrate in a Blytonesque way! :wink:
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Happy Birthday Maria Elena.
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Have a great day!
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Happy Birthday, Maria Elena!
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Best wishes on your birthday, Maria Elena. (I didn't know you are Maria Esther's sister :D )
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Boatbuilder wrote: ↑16 Jul 2021, 19:44 (I didn't know you are Maria Esther's sister :D )
Yes indeed, she's known me since she was three! (And I have known her all my life hehe) :wink:

I wish I could say I was the one who introduced my sister to Enid Blyton but it was the other way around! So I have to thank my sister because I don't think I would have discovered EB or become part of this Society if it hadn't been for her! :D
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Sorry I missed your birthday, Maria Elena! Hope you had a great one! :D :D
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Thank you everyone who posted here for the birthday wishes! I am so moved!! I had a wonderful day, went book "hunting", had a lovely walk and then dinner with a friend.

Sorry for the late reply, but know I appreciate each and every single message!

Lots of love xxx
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Hahah and yes, I introduced my sister to Enid Blyton. At first she didn't want to read anything I loved 😂 (sister things) but then she read even more Blyton than me!

And yes I did have a lovely Blytonesque picnic a few days after in a really nice spot I found in the Common. Lashings of ginger beer, sandwiches, fruit cake, fresh strawberries, boiled eggs, shortbread... It was a nice picnic, and food always tastes better when eaten outdoors! 😉

Also, I found two of my best friends in medicine are HUGE Blyton fans!
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Belated Happy Birthday.

Your picnic sounds lovely.
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The picnic sounds deliciously Blytonesque, Maria Elena, and it's always heartening to find out that friends are fans of Enid Blyton.
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Machupicchu14 wrote: ↑16 Jul 2021, 19:50 I wish I could say I was the one who introduced my sister to Enid Blyton but it was the other way around! So I have to thank my sister because I don't think I would have discovered EB or become part of this Society if it hadn't been for her! :D
Dang, and all this time I had no idea I had Maria Elena to blame- er, I mean thank for you! :wink:

A belated Happy Birthday, Maria Elena, and I'm glad to hear it was a good one!!
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Do all of your female relatives have Maria as their first name? It doesn't take much to confuse me, but.....
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