38 St. Patrick's days

Today is my 38th bday, I had a nice surprise as I got to work and there was a sign on my door with pix of my car and dogs and turtles plus converse with The Blaze emblazed on them :) There were Shamrocks on my desk from Karen's garden. (one of the Cronkite school's secretaries) I was teary eyed as those were things like my mom would always do for me. Karen texted messaged me this morning plus I got ecards from Chris Denton, Roger and Cassie and Steve.
I am going to write about some birthdays I remember. I am always rushed to write this blog but let's see how far I get. On my bday in 1999, Dan took me to get diamond earrings and ended up really planning to buy me an engagement ring. I wore it on my right hand until it was official and he asked my dad. My friends all knew it wasn't just a friendship ring ;). He decorated the house in 50's stuff and a big sign he drew for that bday. My 33 1/3 bday was at Ed Debevics and we got up and sang Grease lightning with the crew at Ed's. On my 26th bday, my morning show producer on KUKQ got some of my faves to call me on the air and had August Red come to the studio to sing Happy Birthday. The Gin Blossoms were on tour at the time. Scottie Johnson called because he kept knocking on Robin's door with no answer. Robin did call later off the air. She even got Jon Auer of The Posies to call me but he got the wrong day and called on the 18th. I didn't mind! I interviewed him on the air about their next LP, "Frosting on the Beater" (later to become one of my faves of all time) I recall a bday when my parent went with us to The Vine to see Spinning Jenny and Gene Pool. I think on my 34th was the time Our Lady Peace played at Nita's Hideaway. 36th was pretty special is a very different way, Mom had just had her surgery and was recovering. Dan was in Yuma so it was just her and I laying around all day relaxing. She had wrapped my gifts before her surgery so she brought one out for me each hour of the day. Fun little stuff! I finally got dressed to go get us Long John Silvers that night. As a kid my mom knew how to make every bday so special and she still did even on our last one together. In my K-8 school, St. Matthew's, I always took brownies on my bday that mom made with power sugar on top with little shamrock picks in them. My school friends always couldn't wait for them. I always had the best cakes of course because that is what she did for a living. On my 30th bday, she managed to get a cake out to the race track where they surprised me with a cake that had a tire doing a burn out on it. I had every cake from turtles to camaros to canadian flags to underdog and Archie as a youngster. One year when I was in college, I was at a conference called SXSW music festival. It was an ok day, we went to see the Blossoms in Austin but I was homesick. When I got home, my parents had built a entertainment center in my room. One other year they built a lamp made of 45 records. One year my mom cut out a ton of shamrocks and put them all over the house.
One thing that was always true growing up was that we would always get a snow storm on my bday and my lil friends couldn't come to my party because of the weather. Nina still tells me if it snowed or not back home. Today I called my latest favorite Canadian radio station BOB-FM in Ottawa and requested Eye Eye. I was on the air with my call of course and he played "X Ray Eyes" Very fun! Nina's mom finished the Divet cover that mom was working on for me. I got it a month ago but saved it for today because I know Mom would have given it to me on my bday . So I am looking forward to opening it tonight!
I am sure I will think of many otehr bday memories throughout the day... Other people make bdays special, thank God for the many special people in my life!