Turning 50-Blogging Along.

http://www.fiftyisthenewforty.net/birthdays.php
Turning 50 this year has become an event. I can’t remember “planning” quite so much for a birthday or an event. We’ve traveled to various places before, last year we made it out to see Kate and Jim and Aine in Scotland. This is different though. Turning 50 has put a different spin on the trip. When I first suggested we go to Alaska and that was what I wanted for my birthday celebration, Phil didn’t blink an eye. This was an unusual year for gifts. My Valentine’s gift was a new closet out on the screen room. It’s great and I’m hoping this will be a great adventure as well.
So I decided to see who else was turning 50 this year. Just to see how I stack up:
A website called 50 the new 40 is showing the following:
January 22nd: Actress Linda Blair most famous for her role as the possessed in ‘The Exorcist’February 11th: Deborah Meaden, multi-millionaire business womanFebruary 28th: Marcia Mitzman Gaven, actressApril 15th: Academy award winning actress Emma ThompsonSeptember 8th: Kerry Kennedy, daughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy and human rights activistSeptember 22nd: Olympic gold-medal pairs skater Tai BabiloniaOctober 13th: Entertainer Marie OsmondOctober 15th: Sarah Ferguson, Dutchess of YorkOctober 23rd: Former prosecutor and legal commentator Nancy GraceDecember 29: Paula Poundstone, Comedienne
Really? Since most of these people have “made it” in their youth, I guess I don’t have to feel failed, I got through that years ago. Oh, there is also Barbie turning 50 this year. This makes me wonder if she too is going through the midlife changes. I read in a CanWest News Service blog that “Since her debut in 1959, Mattel’s leading lady has held 110 jobs, been dressed by 70 couturiers, served in the army, fronted a rock band and successfully navigated a 43 year romance with a sexually ambiguous mate.” Wow! I never knew that her real name was Barbie Millicent Robert. She’s had a couple of rounds of plastic surgery, probably not because she was plastic. Does she look the same? Do any of us?


Then I hear that Michael Jackson Died at 50. Back to feeling old again.