Hippy hoppy ha-di-ha

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Today is my birthday. 31. My! How is it that I got to be so young? Or something. I was woken pre-dawn by Big-P rustling like crazy in the closet by the bed. My immediate reaction was to spring up and say “SHHH! You’ll wake Amelia before I have had a chance to have my coffee!” but upon realising that it was my birthday and that he was getting my beautiful present down from it’s hiding place I decided that I had better lose the cranky mum act. I also received enough chocolate truffles to build a small chocolate truffle house if I wanted to and the great creator/thor/mother nature has provided me with an icy-cold-autumnal-downpours kind of day as the perfect birthday back-drop.
To answer the age-old birthday question “are you doing anything special today?” the answer is I am making special birthday baby food, having a special birthday nap, checking through oodles of special birthday spam and tonight eating special birthday pizza while watching a special birthday video.

I watched too much news yesterday and went to bed with a heavy heart. I will not make that mistake again today – just the 7pm ABC news and nothing more. It is my birthday after all.

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95 Responses

  1. jenn@ajoyfulheart.com says:
    November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am

    Happy Birthday Claire!!!!!!!! **HUGS** 😀

  2. c@maganda.org says:
    November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am

    hooray! happiest of happy wishes to you, m’dear.
    xoxo.

  3. snowflake@wildsnowflake.com says:
    November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am

    Revel in your 31-ness. It will go fast. For me, it went so fast that I still say that I’m 31 even though I’ve been fully entrenched in my 32-ness for about 4 months now

  4. giardinodicemento@hotmail.com says:
    November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am

    Anche se in ritardo…Tantissimi auguri;)

  5. j.ketchion@student.qut.edu.au says:
    March 21, 2003 at 7:52 pm

    happy birthday! : )

  6. wishbonegrrrl@netscape.net says:
    March 21, 2003 at 7:52 pm

    Why, Happy Birthday!

  7. erika@five3.com says:
    March 21, 2003 at 8:11 pm

    Happy happy birthday Claire. I hope you have a great one! 🙂 Enjoy your special day!

  8. mabelle@whimsyandstarsstudio.com says:
    March 21, 2003 at 8:18 pm

    Feliz Cumpleanos! Happy Birthday, fellow artsy soul! I hope you had a great day, a restful and happy one. Funny, when we become mommies everything changes…naps are such a luxury and treasure! I hope you have a good one today, LOL

  9. rebecca@catharsis.org says:
    March 21, 2003 at 8:28 pm

    Happy Birthday 🙂

  10. poagao@yahoo.com says:
    March 21, 2003 at 8:30 pm

    Happy Birthday. We need your journal more than ever these days, thank you so much for keeping it up.

  11. metamegan@hotmail.com says:
    March 21, 2003 at 8:31 pm

    ooh! happy birthday!

  12. donnadenim@yahoo.com says:
    March 21, 2003 at 8:43 pm

    Happy Birthday!!!!! Have a great day!

  13. missjenjen@pixelkitty.net says:
    March 21, 2003 at 8:48 pm

    Happy birthday Claire! We are almost twins … I turned 31 on the 18th of March!
    Now, if I could just find a baby as adorable as your Amelia somewhere …

  14. dekent@shaw.ca says:
    March 21, 2003 at 9:07 pm

    Happy Birthday Claire!
    I hope everything is wonderful during your day. Special baby food, special nap, special pizza…

    wow, I envy you!

  15. Cilla@gibtesnicht.com says:
    March 21, 2003 at 9:28 pm

    Happy Birthday – even if you dont know me, I have enjoyed your journal and work quite a lot lately! Have a good day!

  16. campose99@jhotmail.com says:
    March 21, 2003 at 9:29 pm

    Happy Birthday. Have a wonderful year…

  17. meredithbadger@hotmail.com says:
    March 21, 2003 at 9:30 pm

    Happy Birthday! You young people, I don’t know… it’s much harder being 32, let me tell you.Cute pressie… (oh, and Big P’s link to the mini horses has made me smile a lot this week.)

  18. mail@aprilgem.com says:
    March 21, 2003 at 10:00 pm

    Happy Birthday, and may you have many more. 🙂

  19. alison@nosila.org says:
    March 21, 2003 at 10:25 pm

    Happy Birthday! Don’t let the rest of the world get you down, even if it is just for today. Enjoy your day!

  20. beth@miaowthecat.com says:
    March 21, 2003 at 10:34 pm

    Happy Special Birthday – I’m sure you could even make the ABC news at 7pm special by muting the nasties and singing loudly until they’re over ;o)Truffles are good.

  21. vibegrrl@hot995.com says:
    March 21, 2003 at 10:48 pm

    ALMOST totally unrelated, but I was just in Brazil, and your title reminded me of how Brazilians pronounce hip-hop ‘ippy-oppy’…
    Happy Birthday Claire! Hope you had a nice one 🙂

  22. sammy@katgyrl.com says:
    March 21, 2003 at 10:55 pm

    Happy birthday! Here’s hoping that the special birthday spam is kept to a minimum today 😉

  23. ben@neuronwave.com says:
    March 21, 2003 at 11:20 pm

    Have a great day and a wonderful weekend.

  24. aimee_skittles@yahoo.com says:
    March 21, 2003 at 11:42 pm

    Happy Birthday Claire! I love reading your journal, and I just saw the pic of Amelia, she is adorable!

  25. natalie@pixelkitty.net says:
    March 21, 2003 at 11:42 pm

    Happy Birthday Claire. Your choice of the way to spend your special day sounds perfect.
    I love this weather.

  26. sylvia_bm@yahoo.com says:
    March 22, 2003 at 1:08 am

    Dear Claire,
    Happy Birthday, may all the smiles and joy you give the world return to you tenfold today.

    That’s enough “happy power” to quell whatever the 7pm news brings.

  27. sylvia_bm@yahoo.com says:
    March 22, 2003 at 1:08 am

    Dear Claire,
    Happy Birthday, may all the smiles and joy you give the world return to you tenfold today.

    That’s enough “happy power” to quell whatever the 7pm news brings.

  28. marrije@eend.nl says:
    March 22, 2003 at 2:36 am

    Happy birthday Claire! Enjoy the special birthday nap.

  29. cath.kelly@ad-fab.net says:
    March 22, 2003 at 2:37 am

    have an ad-fabulous birthday!!!

  30. ralph@brandi.org says:
    March 22, 2003 at 2:43 am

    Mmmm, special birthday pizza. Sounds wonderful.
    Happy birthday!

  31. contact@kyren.com says:
    March 22, 2003 at 3:48 am

    I hope you have a wonderful year, all the best!

  32. enuwyteo@yahoo.com says:
    March 22, 2003 at 4:16 am

    Happy Birthday Claire! Here’s wishing you all the happiness. Thanks for maintaining this site, it’s been really nice to come in here and read amidst all that’s going on in the world

  33. tschoerda@gmx.at says:
    March 22, 2003 at 4:39 am

    alles gute zum geburtstag! happy birthday from austria!
    it is the first day of spring here and it is just lovely. i hope your day is a s fine as the weather on the other side of the globe *g*

  34. cyn@cynthiachew.com says:
    March 22, 2003 at 4:46 am

    argh! nearly missed saying happy birthday on your birthday! hope it has been a good day.

  35. hueswong@hotmail.com says:
    March 22, 2003 at 5:31 am

    happy birthday claire 😀

  36. crazy@nikkihoh.com says:
    March 22, 2003 at 5:56 am

    Wishes for many beautiful years to come.

  37. eeksypeeksy@yahoo.com says:
    March 22, 2003 at 6:28 am

    Build the small chocolate truffle house. Why not? And 31 is a prime number, a good solid year.

  38. dan@overnow.com says:
    March 22, 2003 at 6:40 am

    Happy birthday 🙂

  39. marciayamacita@yahoo.com.br says:
    March 22, 2003 at 6:45 am

    Hey, Happy Birthday, Claire!! 😀

  40. allan@okesmay.com says:
    March 22, 2003 at 7:06 am

    Hope you had a Happy 31st Birthday!

  41. elena@frenchtoastgirl.com says:
    March 22, 2003 at 7:12 am

    Wishing you the happiest of birthdays! 🙂

  42. mail@daisygrrl.com says:
    March 22, 2003 at 7:25 am

    Have a wonderful birthday, Claire! 🙂

  43. julietesei@yahoo.com says:
    March 22, 2003 at 7:26 am

    Aren’t birthdays just the best?!
    Hope you had a terrific day *hugs*

  44. celblaus@yahoo.com.br says:
    March 22, 2003 at 7:28 am

    Claire,A Happy Birthday to you! Have a nice and beautiful day…
    31 yrs old: this is the “second” of 10 amazing years!
    Cindy, 30 yrs old

  45. sduffca@yahoo.ca says:
    March 22, 2003 at 7:39 am

    Hippo Birdy Two Ewes!Although it was yesterday to you it is today for us! Hope it was happy…

  46. soul_echoes@yahoo.com says:
    March 22, 2003 at 7:42 am

    Happy birthday, Claire!!!! *lotsofhugs*
    I’m all curious now, what did Big-P end up getting you?

  47. ljm@ualberta.net says:
    March 22, 2003 at 9:18 am

    Happy Birthday Claire! What a gorgeous gift 🙂

  48. tokisi@hotmail.ocm says:
    March 22, 2003 at 9:21 am

    Happy birfday to you happy birfday to you happy birfday loooooobbbbyyyyluuuuuuuuu, happy birfday to you, piphip erray piphip erray. n many appy returns n all that stuff:)

  49. silusGROK@mail.com says:
    March 22, 2003 at 9:25 am

    Happy Birthday, Claire… you deserve it!

  50. teri@photogeek.org says:
    March 22, 2003 at 9:35 am

    happy birthday! lovely present you got as well.

  51. son_ja@breathe.nu says:
    March 22, 2003 at 9:37 am

    i hope you have a lovely birthday!!

  52. angie@fluidpudding.com says:
    March 22, 2003 at 10:03 am

    I hope you had a wonderful birthday–and that Amelia understood the importance of an extended birthday nap!
    Cheers!

  53. ml@gplusa.com says:
    March 22, 2003 at 10:15 am

    Happy birthday!

  54. melaniewilson@sympatico.ca says:
    March 22, 2003 at 10:36 am

    Happiest of Birthdays, Claire! Wishing you the best year ever, full of health and happiness, love and joy! and truffles…. lots and lots of truffles! and naps….lots and lots of blissful undisturbed sleep!

  55. seejaneblog@yahoo.com says:
    March 22, 2003 at 10:57 am

    Happy Day! Give that cutie pie a hug for me, too. Does she still have “disco hair?”

  56. brixton@bitsofmadness.com says:
    March 22, 2003 at 11:12 am

    happy birthday darling. it’s the beginning of spring here – and that’s something to celebrate.

  57. bowenha@yahoo.ca says:
    March 22, 2003 at 11:21 am

    Happy Birthday Claire! Enjoy your day.

  58. vikki@mygreenlife.com says:
    March 22, 2003 at 1:06 pm

    Happy happy Birthday!!!!!!

  59. keri@clamhead.com says:
    March 22, 2003 at 1:18 pm

    Happy birthday! Wherever did Big P get the kokeshi? I must have one. Eat the truffles all-gone!

  60. peppermint_tina@hellokitty.com says:
    March 22, 2003 at 2:38 pm

    Hau’oli La Hanau to you, Claire!
    Have the bestest day!

  61. suzieqblog@comcast.net says:
    March 22, 2003 at 4:06 pm

    happy birthday!!!!

  62. heck@ochwoode.com says:
    March 22, 2003 at 4:35 pm

    Happy Birthday 🙂

  63. author@live-diary.com says:
    March 22, 2003 at 4:39 pm

    Feliz cumpleanos from Austin, Texas! By the way your seasons are backwards…(it’s spring here)

    Hehe, just kidding, i KNOW that Australia has exact opposite seasons….Happy 30th!

    A Fan.
    _____
    http://www.live-diary.com

  64. stef@stefmike.org says:
    March 22, 2003 at 4:41 pm

    happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday loobyluuuuuu claire, happy birthday to you!

  65. cheekyradish@hotmail.com says:
    March 22, 2003 at 4:41 pm

    Happy, Happy Birthday Claire!!!

  66. w@uglygreenchair.com says:
    March 22, 2003 at 5:05 pm

    Happy Birthday!Hope you have/had a lovely day!

  67. cricket@jersey.net says:
    March 22, 2003 at 5:05 pm

    have a smiley happy sweet day!!

  68. swtgurl123@hotmail.com says:
    March 22, 2003 at 6:59 pm

    have a very happy birthday!

  69. woodencracker@yahoo.com says:
    March 22, 2003 at 7:37 pm

    happy birthday to you! a special birthday nap is such a perfect thing. and birthday pizza tastes so much better than everyday pizza…the cooks must know!

  70. simprug@iinet.net.au says:
    March 23, 2003 at 5:43 am

    Happy Birthday Claire!

  71. ali@shadowmuse.com says:
    March 23, 2003 at 8:26 am

    Hope you had a wonderful birthday and what a lovely birthday gift! Best wishes 🙂

  72. cathy.mccluskey@sympatico.ca says:
    March 23, 2003 at 10:44 am

    Hi Happy Birthday from your much, much older Canadian sister-in-law.

  73. sulinlee@lycos.co.uk says:
    March 23, 2003 at 11:30 am

    Happy Birthday!

  74. crunchy_marvel@yahoo.com says:
    March 23, 2003 at 10:11 pm

    happy birthday! your bday gift is simply beautiful.
    hope the special birthday pizza had extra everything! 😉

  75. dayment@daymented.com says:
    March 24, 2003 at 1:15 am

    Happy Birthday Loobylu!

  76. gabrielleluthy@optushome.com.au says:
    March 24, 2003 at 6:01 am

    Hope you had a beautiful birthday!

  77. vixgirl@eudoramail.com says:
    March 24, 2003 at 6:23 am

    yay! happy birthday!!

  78. cheeeeeeeelsea@hotmail.com says:
    March 24, 2003 at 7:44 am

    I know I’m late, Happy belated birthday! I hope it was an awesome day and you enjoyed every piece of your birthday cake 🙂

  79. ste@wanderlost.org says:
    March 24, 2003 at 8:05 am

    Happy (late) birthday! I hope you enjoyed all of your “special” activities on your special day. 😉

  80. isabelle@hellostranger.com says:
    March 24, 2003 at 9:51 am

    Happy Belated Birthday Claire!
    Hope you had the bestest of days.

  81. ah_may_may@yahoo.com says:
    March 24, 2003 at 10:28 am

    i’m a regular reader of your blog though i don’t say much.. anyway, happy birthday!!! 🙂

  82. alliesmyth@hotmail.com says:
    March 24, 2003 at 11:47 am

    Happy Belated birthday! I just turned 31 this year…. it it glorious… and far better then 30!
    Allie

  83. tracereraser1@yahoo.com says:
    March 24, 2003 at 1:56 pm

    Happy Boith-day! I visit your site often, but this is my first comment 🙂 I’m 32 and when people ask my age, I hesitate because for a split second, I honestly can’t remember. Makes me look like I’m fibbing, but actually it’s because I was 20-something for so long. How can I be 32 when it was just yesterday that I was wearing Robert Smith t-shirts and writing bad poetry in high school? Anyway, have yourself a swell day!

  84. ladelice@yahoo.com says:
    March 24, 2003 at 4:12 pm

    happy birthday, claire! hope you had a swell day with no scary TV or newspapers.
    xoxox
    ann

  85. c.laffan@bmcdvic.com.au says:
    March 24, 2003 at 5:14 pm

    Happy birthday Claire. I was my birthday yesterday and I had lots of birthday naps too. Viva la snoozes.

  86. looloop@hotmail.com says:
    March 24, 2003 at 10:01 pm

    Many happy returns Claire, I hope you had a great day. It always rains on my March birthday too, must be my special dose of Murphy’s law. Have you finished all the truffles yet?

  87. cassandra@cassandrallen.com says:
    March 24, 2003 at 11:22 pm

    oh lovely girl, hope you had a beautiful day. I am so sorry I let your special day slip by without a birthday card from me to you. xxxx

  88. mail@petal-head.com says:
    March 25, 2003 at 5:18 am

    i love your beautiful present! Hope you had an excellent birthday.

  89. adiyef_dinemis@hotmail.com says:
    March 25, 2003 at 7:53 am

    Happy Belated birthday!

  90. jonathan.wise@civilization.ca says:
    March 25, 2003 at 4:06 pm

    Bonne anniversaire! And many happy returns Claire!

  91. electrin@tribolum.com says:
    March 25, 2003 at 11:08 pm

    Have the most beautiful, wonder-filled year ahead Claire.
    Thanks for all the cheer you’ve spread. 🙂

  92. i.am@fivefeetflat.com says:
    March 26, 2003 at 7:29 am

    Belated Happy Birthday!

  93. ericalynn@ericalynn.com says:
    March 26, 2003 at 9:24 am

    happy birthday claire! 🙂

  94. kymberlie@neuroticfishbowl.com says:
    March 26, 2003 at 4:37 pm

    Happy late birthday from a fellow March baby! 🙂

  95. kadir@freak.com says:
    April 10, 2003 at 11:32 pm

    HAPPY BIRTHDAE!!!!!~!~i know i am a bit late but its betta late then never… =)
    HapPy 31st b|rtHd@e!!!!yeaH!!!