HAPPY birthday?

I must agree with your keen statement that "a birthday can be a happy one," depending on how you would like it to be happy.

Your personal reasons to make your birthday happy, I feel, are really valid ones, and I must say that you're very much correct in clearly pointing out that "simple things can really make us happy."

Thanks a lot for openly sharing your birthday experience and may you have more happy birthdays to come!

Happy myLotting, noriko!;)

Thanks a lot for your fine post and Happy myLotting, tines!;)

That's certainly a very good point, cnergy_14. After all, celebrating your birthday by your lonesome could indeed be terribly unhappy.

Thanks a lot for your much appreciated contribution to this discussion and Happy myLotting!;)

Hello faith! That's really so sweet of you. Being with your loved ones and receiving a gift that you're truly yearning for surely are ways to make birthday celebrations happy.

May you two have a blast on your niece's birthday! Thanks a lot for your significant contribution to this discussion and have a nice day as well!

TC, too, and Happy myLotting!;)

Hi acmepride! Thanks, we are surely going to have a blast..and you're very much welcome. Take care and blessings to you my friend.

That's really nice to know, faith. Take care and more blessings to you, too, my friend!

Have tons of fun and Happy myLotting!;)

Thanks a lot for sharing your true sentiments about the topic of this discussion! You're really a child of God and your love for God seems more than enough to fill your birthday celebration with genuine happiness.

Happy myLotting, beauty_ph!;)

Those certainly seem to be sure ways of having happy birthdays, shiloh. As to my answer, only two words--complete family.

Thanks a lot for your usual sensible post and Happy myLotting!;)

hi acmepride.. thanks for the compliment... you too, you always have sensible answers... what's your favorite birthday memory? i have one when i was 16. on my sweet 16 birthday, my family threw me a suprise birthday party.. it was fun and very memorable:-D

Hello shiloh!

OffT: For some reason, your post reminded me of The Sound of Music, particularly the scene where the eldest among the von Trapp kids was singing "I am sixteen...going on seventeen...";)

OnT: Perhaps it's safe to say that it must have really been a very pleasant surprise birthday bash, right? In response to your question, perhaps I could consider my 7th birthday as my most memorable one. There's nothing really special about it, but we were complete then and I truly enjoyed the fun games and invitingly delicious food they prepared for me.

Thanks a lot for sharing a piece of your mind and Happy myLotting!;)

yeah, it was one cool one...hehe...my mom even buried a ring in my chocolate birtday cake (my favorite flavor)... hehehe... i like sound of music... any musical for that matter... haha...i am Broadway fan...are u?

Your birthday experience, to my mind, seems easily comparable to the experiences of women being proposed to by their fiances. lol...

To answer your question, even if I do not really consider myself a fan, I do enjoy musicals, shiloh.

Thanks a lot for enriching this discussion with your valuable contribution and Happy myLotting!;)

Very good point, musicman6. Seeing a fellow human being reach another milestone in his/her life could really make anyone happy, especially if the birthday celebrant is with his/her loved ones to celebrate a very special day in his/her life.

Thanks a lot for sharing your views and Happy myLotting!;)

What you've stated, to be sure, seem to be good reasons why a birthday could be a happy one, ssh123.

Thanks a lot for participating in this discussion and Happy myLotting!;)

A beach birthday party seems really enjoyable and it would perfectly be understandable why it made you happy, bizmom.

"REALIZING THAT ITS NOT THE YEARS but the people and wisdom im gaining with each passing one that i focuse on more," to my mind, is undeniably a very good realization.

However, I must agree with you that birthday celebrations tend to drain the wallet. But, heck, the money you spend for a happily enjoyable one is very much worth it.

Thanks a lot for sharing your wonderful birthday experience and realization!

Happy myLotting, bizmom!;)

I'm really glad that everything worked out for you, sarahruthbeth.

Having your favorite "yellow cake with whitebuttercream frosting" and getting to see Casablance would have surely been a nice treat for you.

If I may ask, though, where is Uno's located? Thanks a lot and Happy myLotting!;)

Uno's is a restaurant chain that started in Chicago. I live in the East and in my city, there are about two or three Uno's restaurants.I don't know if they are in the West,but I would think so.

Now I know. Thanks a lot for being very responsive and Happy myLotting, sarahruthbeth!;)

Do you have many American chain restaurants in the Philippines, like Wendy's or McDonalds?

We certainly do, sarahruthbeth. In fact, there's a lot of Wendy's and McDonald's here. Why did you ask?

Happy myLotting!;)

I was just curious. The only fast food chain I know for sure is everywhere is McDonald's and I just wondered if any other restaurants have gone abroad.I hope you get some of our better ones like Wendy's and Uno's and KFC.

Luckily, I get to try out your "better ones" because, even if I'm not sure if we have Uno's, we have lots of KFCs and Wendy's here.

Thanks a lot for enriching this discussion with your active participation and Happy myLotting, sarahruthbeth!;)