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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsSo today I hit the big 7-0. Now I feel old. Lol
It's been quite an intrerestig day with 2 power outages, one during a zoom meeting. Complete with cell & internet outage.
Fortunately, the power is back up and the internet is finally repaired.
And the pizza I tried to order at 11 AM is finally ordered.
Whew...
applegrove
(132,197 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)questionseverything
(11,836 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)wcmagumba
(6,161 posts)
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)UpInArms
(54,971 posts)I hope this and every day in your life is good to you, my friend
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)elleng
(141,926 posts)I, however, I AM!!!
(Sorry your power went out. LUCKILY not here.)
From where do you order pizza? Not happy with any around here.
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Pizza here is blase at best. I order from Marco's, but would much prefer Malnatti's in Chicago.
elleng
(141,926 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Native chgo suburbanite here currently relegated to redneck hell.
Deep fried everything here. Bletch.
Phoenix61
(18,827 posts)Im so going to order from them. Thanks for posting.
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Enjoy!
Phoenix61
(18,827 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)hlthe2b
(113,942 posts)So happy for you!

SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)It's so hot, I feel like I'm 170. Whew!
Brick house is like a pizza oven in this extreme heat.
Lol. Live the pupper! Ty!
Hopefully, it will pull the heat out of here soon!
AuntieKatie
(2,206 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Diamond_Dog
(40,566 posts)
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)BOSSHOG
(44,738 posts)Best Wishes for Many Many More and Many More Great Posts!
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Deuxcents
(26,898 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)multigraincracker
(37,651 posts)Seems like just a week or two.
Many more to you. 😘
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)2naSalit
(102,778 posts)Happy Birthday!! I'm only 14 months behind you.
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Harker
(17,779 posts)Right behind you.
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)MuseRider
(35,176 posts)You will get used to it.
Birthday hugs to you.
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Yup. No other choice. Lol
sheshe2
(97,614 posts)
I kid, I have 2 years on ya.
Happy Birthday, Sheltie!
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Attilatheblond
(8,875 posts)Pizza? Best choice for birthday chow! All food groups and it comes on its own handy 'plate'!
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Ty!
Polly Hennessey
(8,832 posts)True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she knows; the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows.
-Audrey Hepburn
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)snowybirdie
(6,684 posts)A milestone reached! Now your truly wise.
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)LoisB
(13,023 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Once my AC resets & humidity drops it will be.
Srkdqltr
(9,758 posts)The cousins I used to babysit for are now turning 70"s ... you are a young one.
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Solly Mack
(96,939 posts)Hope the pizza was delicious!
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)It was good.
Hassler
(4,921 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)debm55
(60,545 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)TommieMommy
(2,900 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Phoenix61
(18,827 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)spooky3
(38,631 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Native
(7,359 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)calikid
(710 posts)I'm about six weeks and a year behind you per the calendar, But always young at heart. Enjoy your pizza!
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)a kennedy
(35,970 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Jughead
(144 posts)Mine comes in September. Time goes so fast.
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Ty, Jughead!
BidenRocks
(3,262 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Feeling younger with every post.
BidenRocks
(3,262 posts)This world will not improve in the next 30 years.
Flash floods, hurricanes and tornados, wildfires and we in Ca. are still overdue for a major quake.
During our lives, we had it made!
Disco Duck aside!
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)The golden age of amazing cars too!
Cha
(319,047 posts)I've decided we're only as Old as we feel... age is just a number. lol
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)AllaN01Bear
(29,479 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)highplainsdem
(62,132 posts)So sorry to hear you had power outages, but at least it's back and the house is cooling, AND you got your pizza!
You're one day older than you were yesterday, but NOT old.
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Looking forward to bedtime. Lol
Mini split cooling really well! Whew!
Laffy Kat
(16,951 posts)Haven't you heard?: Seventy is the new forty!
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Warpy
(114,613 posts)You get to eat as much tuna, sword fish, and other sources of dietary mercury because while something is going to kill you, it probably won't be that.
Ditto trans fats in baked goods or anything else. Gonna kill somebody 20 years younger, but that ship has already sailed in our case.
I wouldn't suggest taking up smoking again if you've managed to quit. That can still ruin the rest of your life as it finished the COPD job and you have to fight for every breath. Not fun.
You can ignore the guilt boice when you pass the gym. Walking is best for us, along with maintaining as much flexibility as we can.
And a lot of things will stop bothering you completely, things you might have obsessed on when you thought you'd be around for anothe 30 or 40 years but which don't seem worth the bother when you think you can probably start counting your life expectancy on your fingers without taking off your shoes.
Happy 3 score and 10 birthday.
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Thx!
sinkingfeeling
(57,830 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)The Blue Flower
(6,489 posts)Although I have a few years on you. Got a call from a friend I met in 7th grade. So nice we've lasted this long. Age definitely has its benefits. The things we know now that we wished we'd known then...
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Awesome you've stayed in touch!
Ty!
The Blue Flower
(6,489 posts)It's been a good day.
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Mine has been a mofo with 2 power outages. All restored & AC cranking, so all good!
barbtries
(31,307 posts)hope you're having a great one.
The Blue Flower
(6,489 posts)It's been good. My son and his three kiddos brought over pizzas and cake last night for a party. Today was just me.
malaise
(296,069 posts)irisblue
(37,505 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)biophile
(1,421 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Grim Chieftain
(1,730 posts)I felt ancient when I hit that milestone two years ago, but it's all good from here on out. We baby boomers are fearless and paved the way for those who follow in our footsteps. Party on dear friend.
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)blm
(114,656 posts)70s not so bad.
Happy Birthday, Sheltie.
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)cate94
(3,102 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)barbtries
(31,307 posts)I'm right behind you by a month and 11 days.
1955 was a very good year for people.
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Ty!
sestina
(527 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Oopsie Daisy
(6,670 posts)🥳🍷
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(178,999 posts)May you have many more. Lou Malnati's pizza is the best.
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Ty, GAOT!
greatauntoftriplets
(178,999 posts)but there's a Malnati's about 10 minutes from me.
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Glad you have access to real food!
greatauntoftriplets
(178,999 posts)I love their sweet vinaigrette salad dressing. The best ever.
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Gawd I miss home. 😓
JMCKUSICK
(6,042 posts)May this one be the best of them all.
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)JMCKUSICK
(6,042 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)I'm sure it was a nerve wracking day for her family.
Thx! Pls let me know if you hear anything & I'll do the same.
JMCKUSICK
(6,042 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Picaro
(2,393 posts)Im right behind you. Turning 70 in August.
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Ty!
viva la
(4,598 posts)I'm almost as old, but I just don't believe it. I'm always seeing "old people" and then I realize they're younger than I am.
Denial isn't just a river in Egypt.
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Ty!
Be The Light
(154 posts)I will hit the big 7-0 in February. The horror!
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)mgardener
(2,359 posts)I turned 70 in Nov.
We went into Boston, had a great lunch and bought my cake in the Italian section.
We walked 5 miles.
The cake made up for the leg cramps that night!
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Glad you had a nice 70th!
cilla4progress
(26,525 posts)Calm supplement
Scrivener7
(59,513 posts)A fellow Cancerian! We're the best, aren't we?
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Ty!
sprinkleeninow
(22,343 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)yonder
(10,293 posts)I'm in my 8th and it ain't so bad, especially considering the alternative.
Pizza sounds good, WooHoo
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Better to be above dirt, as they say in NC.
Ty!
txwhitedove
(4,385 posts)Seventies group. I'm 74 and have seen some stuff.
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)bronxiteforever
(11,212 posts)You certainly deserve it! Congratulations on another around the Sun!
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)tavernier
(14,443 posts)Just remember to tend to the souls and throw out the bad heels
Have a wonderful birthday, kid!!!
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Ty, Tavernier!
BootinUp
(51,311 posts)was Sunday.
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)And ty!
cilla4progress
(26,525 posts)I hit the milestone in March. Something liberating about it.
Enjoy the ride!
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)And thx!
CrispyQ
(40,969 posts)Mine was Bastille Day. 🇨🇵
Enjoy your pizza! I'm drinking iced coffee with chocolates.
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Ooooh iced coffee & chicolates sounds yummy! Enjoy!
And ty!
Permanut
(8,389 posts)Happy Birthday!
I'm pushin' 80; you're just a kid, I got socks older than you.
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)malaise
(296,069 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)gademocrat7
(11,938 posts)Welcome to the 70s! Celebrate!🤗💙🥂🎂
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Marthe48
(23,173 posts)Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday, dear Sheltie!
Happy birthday to you!
And many more
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(32,133 posts)then 70 happened.
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Ty!
Blue Owl
(59,079 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Response to SheltieLover (Original post)
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Jim__
(15,222 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)yellow dahlia
(5,861 posts)I'm not far behind you.
What a time to be in this phase of life...
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Ty, Yellow Dahlia!
WhiteTara
(31,260 posts)and someone wished me happy birthday and told me they thought I was older than that.
So, there's that.
But happy Birthday. May this be a wonderful year for you!
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Well that was a rude thing to say to you. Sorry they were such a jerk to you.
Thx for good wishes. It's bn an interesting day with 2 power outages.
WhiteTara
(31,260 posts)but you got dinner! and that was important.
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)More importantly, AC came back to life. One never knows after an outage...
WhiteTara
(31,260 posts)glad it's back!
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Heat warnings every day & very high humidity.
WhiteTara
(31,260 posts)a couple of weeks ago. The capacitor quit capacitating and for $400, we are cool again.
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Glad yours is up & running!
MIButterfly
(2,693 posts)Last edited Tue Jul 15, 2025, 11:21 PM - Edit history (1)
I hope you have a wonderful year and many more happy birthdays to come!
Doesn't it seem like only yesterday you were 69?
Would it help to consider this the 31st anniversary of your 39th birthday?
🎂 🎈 🎁 🍾 🥂
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Good one, MIButtetfly!
Thx!
pandr32
(14,270 posts)🎂🌺❤️
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Wicked Blue
(8,864 posts)
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Poof. My wish is for kraznov to suffet an unplanned disassembly. Now.
question everything
(52,130 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)samplegirl
(13,984 posts)I hope you enjoyed your day!
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)airplaneman
(1,386 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)irisblue
(37,505 posts)I give you permission to have a frozen treat as a redo this week.
🫂🍧🍨🍦
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)I'm glad it's over tbh... Forgot to mention my microwave went out & no way to receive one or get one set atm because gs has 2nd degree burns on foot from tea spilling on him. It's healing nicely, but takes time...
And now I have a frozen treat to look forward to....hmmm which one? 🤔
Fla Dem
(27,631 posts)70 did not make me feel old at all. It wasn't until I hit 75 that I started to feel that way. But still feel pretty spry 2 years later. Have a Great Day and Year ahead!!
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)So glad to hear you are in great health!
quaint
(5,077 posts)
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)What a lovely image!
milestogo
(23,073 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)usonian
(25,288 posts)I don't remember turning 70.
Must have been a fun occasion.
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)TY, Usonian!
Floyd R. Turbo
(32,903 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)OMG what a wonderful surprise to see you!
Are you officially back now?
You have been sorely missed, as several members have posted about...
Floyd R. Turbo
(32,903 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(32,903 posts)NNadir
(38,034 posts)...and say, "Don't grow old," which when I thought about it, was actually advice to die young.
I outlived him, and am older than both my parents were when their hearts stopped beating. I'm pretty happy about that.
Now, when I wake up in the morning I find it interesting that I'm still alive.
I have lived long enough to recognize how often I've been a fool. There's great joy in that.
I certainly wouldn't want to be in my twenties again. They were a terrible time in my life, and I was even more of an asshole than I am now.
I live by the following adage attributed to Ingmar Bergman: "Growing old is like climbing a mountain. Your breath gets shorter but your views become more expansive."
Congratulations on having lived a long life.
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Oh I don't see you as an asshole. Rather as someone so smart, I rarely know what the hell you're talking about. LOL
I love the Bergman quote. Very true.
Congrats to you as well on having lived a long life!
Old Crank
(7,070 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Duncanpup
(15,651 posts)SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(24,681 posts)In the year you turn 70.5 (next year for you), you can make tax free charitable donations from your IRA.
Google "Qualified Charitable Distribution" for info.
It'll save you some tax money. Charitable donations only, not political donations, dammit
SheltieLover
(80,441 posts)Ty for sharing!