In which I finally get around to posting my birthday photos

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18 December 2012 @ 05:36 pm

In which I finally get around to posting my birthday photos

Why, it was only five days ago. :D

It was a very quiet celebration, first at a cafe with my friend Galya and then at home with my family. My mother was the other birthday girl, so she made our favourite cake (and refused any help with it). It feels a little strange that my sister has to come from her new home for our birthday now, but I'm getting used to it.

I got a ton greetings in three languages online (well, make it four languages because somebody thought it was a good idea to say "Happy Birthday" in Spanish, but thankfully I understand than much :P). The most interesting part was when a Bulgarian friend called me on the phone and caught me still in the middle of cleaning, but I decided it was more fun that way. :)

The best result of Galya's heroic photographic efforts in the cafe (I had to move to her place because the light was terrible where I was sitting). My winter hairstyle was still fresh and my hair was trying to stick out in all direction, so taming it was quite a challenge:

Galya:

My own birthday gift to myself:

Since I'm the only one at home who likes birthday candles, I lit and blew my own candle on this piece of cake in the quiet of the next day. :)

Tags: photo posts, photos of me

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leafshimmer on December 18th, 2012 03:43 pm (UTC)

Great photo of you, in such a pretty sweater. And the bracelet is stunning!

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tilia_tomentosa on December 21st, 2012 05:24 pm (UTC)

Thank you, Shimmer! :)

This is a sweater I knitted in... wow, was it 2009 or 2008? Time does fly! Here is where I'm complaining about having to detach the sleeves to make them longer and then reattach them. LOL http://tilia-tomentosa.livejournal.com/145939.html It turned out very good for a really cold day (by the local standard).

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dendren on December 18th, 2012 04:31 pm (UTC)

mmmm... yummy birthday cake, yay. and I really like that plate

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tilia_tomentosa on December 21st, 2012 06:42 pm (UTC)

Yummy it was. :) Those plates were our Very Special Holiday Plates until my mother got tired of having separate Very Special Holiday Plates and put them in with the everyday plates. They are so old that they have metal ornaments because they are of the pre-microwave era, but I like them very much.

She still has a set or two of Very Special Holiday Cake Plates, but I think this one is prettier. :)

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dendren on December 21st, 2012 07:36 pm (UTC)

LOL... I had forgotten about plates that had metal on them. I remember after we got our first microwave in the 70s we had a set of bowls with a metal rim. Ooooooooh lordy did it spark when we used one in the microwave. We had no clue that they had metal, and that metal and microwaves are bad LOL

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tilia_tomentosa on December 21st, 2012 08:28 pm (UTC)

We hadn't even heard of microwaves in the '70s. They only appeared in the post-communist era. Ours was bought maybe in 2005, my mother says. And yes, I had the sparking experience with... I can't remember what exactly with a metal rim. :)

Edited at 2012-12-21 08:28 pm (UTC)

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