HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

For my birthday, I like to see as many friends as possible -- cuz with some of them, I see them very rarely.  One guy that came to my birthday this year, I hadn't seen since my birthday last year.  For activities, I'm fairly easy going, but try to pick things that my friends will want to join me for -- all in an effort to get as many out as possible.

Happy Birthday Hil. family barbeque

Happy Birthday Hilary!  What a great weekend you have planned.  Good for you! 

I like to spend my birthday with family (the busygang and my extended family).  I have a twin brother and our birthday always falls on or around Father's Day, so we usually get together and celebrate it big. 

 Happy Birthday!

Have a great weekend.

Enjoy your birthday Hilary.  Sounds like fun!

Don't think I have one way of celebrating - different year to year.  But usually involves CHOCOLATE CAKE     and friends. 

A perfect birthday for me would be to make sure my housework and chores are all done the day before so that I can totally relax on my special day.  I would like to start my day by going for a nice long walk in the morning.  I would like to have a lunch date - with some of my gal pals.  I would like to be taken out for supper by and with all my family who are free and available to do so.  If it is a special birthday I would like to have a party - preferably out at the cabin with close friends and family members - have a barbeque and a big pot of chili and then sit around an open campfire into the wee hours of the morning.

Happy Birthday!

On my birthday, my choice would always be to spend some time at the family cottage, to swim, lounge, drink slightly more than is wise, go fishing, eat what I catch (pike, preferably), and generally have a relatively quiet time with family and/or a small group of friends.

That rarely happens, but that's the ideal!

Happy Birthday Hilary!  Sounds like you're going to have a fantastic weekend.

Like you, I worked on my last birthday, but normally I like the day off, for starters.  I'd like to go up north and stay in a cottage -- much like Beloved's idea and just hang out with the fire, a bunch of books and a six pack of Corona. 

Otherwise the same thing at home, but with cats instead of a fire.  No parties or fuss.  Maybe a good meal with a friend or two.

Happy Birthday, Hilary! Sounds like a great weekend you've got planned!

For my birthday, I always go for lunch and shopping with my mom usually sometime during the week before my birthday. I always shop for my own birthday present (it's been a tradition for years now), and it's almost always some kind of jewelry. Then (usually on a weekend), one night I'll go out for dinner with a few of my close friends - usally somewhere fun and funky, and then on Sunday, a nice dinner with the family.

Happy birthday Hilary and alivetoday!!!!!

I DO NOT feed anyone on my birthday.  I don't cook, I don't pick up take out, I do not pick up the phone to order pizza, I do not make a sandwich, I do not feed the cat.  I don't care if someone heats up a frozen pizza, takes me out to dinner or picks up takeout, as long as I don't have anything to do with food ending up in front of me.  Other than that, I'm not fussy about doing anything in particular on my birthday.  I used to go out to lunch with my mom or over to her place for dinner.  I can't even remember what I ate last year.  I know I spent 6 hours infront of my sewing machine and I went to check on my mom.

Happy birthday Hilary! As for me I have a summer birthday so my thing is homemade burgers fixed on the grill. That's always so much better than fast food burgers or even ones from a sit down restaurant. Usually we'll have funfetti cake (actually prefer the ones from a mix to the ones you buy already made) with funfetti icing. Ice cream is fine too. That's been my first choice since I was a teenager and I expect it always will be.

Happy Birthday Hilary!  I love that you've taken charge of making sure there's lots of wonderful celebrating going on ... no waiting around to see if anybody remembers!  

On my birthday, I like to just hang out with friends and/or family - no big fuss or bother - tasty BBQ, good wine, maybe some chocolate!  

Last night I was at a surprise party for a friend's 60th - and he was surprised!  It was just family & "chosen family" (our connection - friends for 40 years now!) at an upscale, cozy restaurant.  Extravagant, delicious meal, lots of laughing and reminiscing!  Then cake & tea at home ... lovely.

And happy birthday to you too alivetoday!  Glad you squeezed in some of your favourite karaoke!