Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22282 – 785:
Here’s the haps:
Yes, today I turned 61 and so now I am officially “over-sixty.”
Kids and grandkids and my younger sister came to greet me and wish me well with pizza, cake, ice cream, and cards. It was really nice. Everyone laughed at my sister’s joke about getting the fire extinguisher ready. The whole bunch of us have pretty good senses of humor. My youngest daughter brought me a bottle of Mexican Coca-Cola with a roll of Necco Wafers and a roll of giant Smarties, three of my favorite things.
The day started out great because today was also “Eat Ice Cream For Breakfast Day.” So I did.
I told my grandchildren that on this birthday I get the option of counting backward. I will be 59 today and 58 next year, etc. Why they didn’t believe me I couldn’t guess. My teenage granddaughter said, “We’re the same age, Grandpa. I’m 16 and you’re 61. It’s the same number, just switched.”
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56 responses to “The Sixty-Plus Club!”
Happy Birthday
Thank you!
Happy Birthday!! Smarties really are awesome.
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Oh yes! Smarties are great. Breakfast was good!
Happy Birthday! I didn’t realise we were restricted to only eating ice-cream for breakfast on one day. That seems like a policy that we should revisit.
I agree. It’s so good and good for you.
Mexican coca cola?
Does that still have actual coke in it (or is that an evil joke)?
Happy Birthday!!
Well, they still use real sugar to make it instead of high fructose corn syrup.
Your granddaughter is clever with numbers.
Oh yeah. She’s clever in a lot of ways.
Congatulations on 61. Gotcha by 10 years. The greatest gift you can give yourself is to see your urologist and get that PSA checked. Early prostate cancer is usually well controlled if detected early.
Yes sir. The VA has been making sure I do it, lol. It is important.
Congrats! I totally missed the ice cream for breakfast day. Why are we not publicizing these things more?
A lot more important than many things that are highly publicized.
Certainly.
Happy Birthday you old dog. They didn’t have to declare a day to have Ice Cream for breakfast I do it all the time. Of course you’re more responsible than me. May 61 be everything 19 was but with more experience Have a great day
Don’t stop Laughing
That is a great birthday wish. Thank you!
Happy Birthday, sir!🎁🎈
Thank you!
Happy birthday!! 🎉🎂
Ice cream is full of good things like milk… why shouldn’t we have it for breakfast?? ☺️
Amen! That’s the idea. If you make real vanilla ice cream it has eggs in it.
I had forgotten. You’re so right!
Happy Birthday Herb! One thing they don’t tell you about creeping age is that your hips are no longer good enough to hang your trousers on, so they’ll start falling down unless you get suspenders. Wearing trousers is the bane of an older gentleman’s life. The best way is not to wear any at all.
It might make for an interesting day at work, at that.
A Belated Happy Birthday Herb!
Thank you!
Happy birthday!
Thank you!
A belated but very Happy Birthday to you Herb! Ice cream for breakfast is a great way to begin a birthday! Hope you had a great time!😀😺🌞🥳🎈🎆🎇🎁🎂🍨🍦
Thank you very much! It was a good day.
Happy Belated Birthday Herb. Is it wrong of mean to point out that I am, and always will be, one year ahead of you. Mind you, last year was so crap, I’m sure you won’t want it. Have a brilliant year! 😊
LOL! Thank you so much!
Happy birthday! You’re still young! But by the end of this decade you get to retire!
Thanks! Yes, there is that, for sure.
Awesome sauce!! You’re old Dad!! 😂
Hush, whippersnapper!
Happy Birthday, youngster.
I told my family that when I hit 70 I was going into a holding pattern. No more counting birthdays.
lol. That’s a good idea, too. er, ma’am.
Belated Happy Birthday! It’s such a shock when we realize that most people think of us as being rather “old”. It’s even a great shock when we start feeling “old” physically. I don’t think we ever feel “old” mentally. At any rate, I keep telling myself, the lucky ones get “old”. (I also believe it.)
Thank you so much. Yes, it can be a state of mind.
Happy belated birthday, Herb! Sounds like you had a lovely birthday bash! Just don’t call me whippersnapper. I’m only a decade or so behind you. LOL 😀
Lol. Thanks. It goes by quick, too!
Oh, Lord! Don’t remind me! :0
Ssshh…🤫
😀 😀 😀
Happy Birthday Herb! Whatever the aches and pains, I’m sure you take it with humor!
Yeah, you have to, you know?
Happy Belated Birthday Herb. Have a great day/night and remain safe.
Thank you so much!
You share a birthday with my brother — he’s exactly three years older than you. And you’re just nine days older than me. Happy belated birthday! I have no pizza, cake, ice cream or cards for you… but I can offer you a quiz, entitled “What makes the number 61 special?” 🙂
Thank you so much! How cool. Okay I will click it…
Oh, that’s what I like to hear 😀
You have fun grandkids, Herb. I’m still waiting for my first! And I’m older than you!
If I knew how much fun grandkids would be I would have had them first!😁
Congrats, Herb. Being 60+ is better than the alternative.
Yes sir, I agree!