My 8th birthday in 1981
Me on roller skates on the morning of my 8th birthday. These things weren't boots but let you put your shoe in, and they were adjustable. They were a nice idea to give more years of use, but they weren't all that great bearing-wise, and not as stable on your feet/ankles as boots so they didn't get a lot of use. Of course Mum's crappy camera at the time cut things off, including the roller skates!
Me with my 8th birthday cake (with a marshmallow petal design based on the "4" cake in the Women's Weekly Children's Birthday Cake book).
Kerrie Williams, Nicole Pederson, Karen, Donna Bonnefin, David, Melissa Mackay, David Owen. Again with the crappy camera.
My 8th birthday party. Back: Nicole Pederson, Melissa Mackay, David Owen; Front: David, Kerrie Williams, Karen, Donna Bonnefin
The next day we went pony riding at Cecil Park. I'm on Bubbles and Donna is on Pebbles.
David on Bubbles, Karen on Pebbles and Donna on Sparky
After the horseriding we dropped in to see Nana and Grandpa
In the evening we went to Grandma and Grandpa's at Hurstville
My 18th birthday in 1991 was pretty quiet I think - I don't remember having any sort of party.
Me and my 18th birthday cake
Me and Nana
Me and Mum
My and my 18th birthday cards and presents. I asked for a CD player/tape deck so I could listen to CDs in my room (and tape them to tape for flexibility). I actually still have it, although from memory I think it's got issues with the volume of the CD player. I'll have to pull it out and try it again one day. There were also some David Bowie CDs and a Billy Joel LP (I think we found that second hand somewhere).
My 28th birthday in 2001 has no photos so I have no idea what I did. Most likely I went home for dinner (although that seems unlikely because Mum would surely have taken a photo), but was otherwise I was probably depressed because I was single and nearly 30. Possibly it was the year I went clubbing with Ding in the city somewhere.
My 38th birthday in 2011 was actually in Sydney. We'd gone up the Saturday to see a John Williams concert at the Opera House which was awesome, and had dinner at Tradies with my family. On the Sunday (my birthday) we went to Miranda Fair for tea and cupcakes and Stu bought my birthday present (a food processor), then to Sizzler with James/George/Luc/Lizzi and the kids.
My 40th birthday in 2021 was in covid lockdown, but the sweetie and I still had a lovely day at home with Chong Co delivered for dinner.
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