Welcome to the celebration of the 11th anniversary of my 29th birthday!
I cannot, cannot, believe I am 40!
It seems like yesterday I was 22. Where did the last 18 years go?
Do not worry, this isn’t going to be a pity party. I am happy to be turning 40 because, well, the alternative isn’t exactly what I want either.
I am healthy, I have four healthy children, a loving husband and two amazing sisters and lots of wonderful friends. I am thankful to be having another birthday.
I thought for this little party I’d first provide some trivia(l) facts about myself, which you might not find interesting.
- My family was like the book North and South: my mom from Michigan and my dad from South Carolina (the families did NOT mix well)
- My birth place was Kalamazoo, Michigan (many do not realize that it is a real place)
- My mom went into labor on the night of her due date, but had me the next morning and I did the EXACT same thing with my first baby, isn’t that neat?
- Before I turned five I had lived in four different places (Michigan, Georgia, Germany and South Carolina)
- I grew up as Mandy, and actually didn’t switch to Amanda until after I graduated from college
Throughout my childhood, my mother took wonderful pictures of our family with her Pentax SLR and I always thought “one day I’ll learn to take pictures like her.” She died when I was 21, then my dad died when I was 37, and I decided I couldn’t wait any longer to fulfill that dream. I am glad I didn’t wait any longer.
Okay, enough reminiscing and on to the celebration!!! (Have to add this – I spelled reminiscing correctly the first time – I impressed myself!)
Today is 11/11/11, so we are celebrating that unique 40th birthday date by having six prizes, to reflect the six ones.
There will be SIX winners – one prize for each winner!
To enter the giveaway simply leave a comment on this blog post telling me who was president when you were born. GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED
- One entry per person
Giveaway ends Sunday, November 13th at 11 PM ESTCLOSED- Winners have 7 days to respond, after which the prize will be given to another entry
- Winners will be chosen via Random.org
Giveaway was closed at 11:00 PM EST. Entries made after that were not included (sorry I have to follow my own rules). The comment numbers chosen via Random.org were:
102 203 115 417 51 158
- Pretty Presets gift goes to comment #102 made by Jayne
- Fototale Designs gift goes to comment #203 made by Dena
- The Modern Knot gift goes to comment #115 made by Shirley LaMay
- Isabelle LaFrance gift goes to comment #417 made by Courtney
- My Funky Camera gift goes to comment #51 made by Dawn
- Everyday Elements gift goes to comment #158 made by Ellie (who’s bday is TODAY!!)
I want to thank Pretty Presets, Fotatale Designs, The Modern Knot, Isabelle LaFrance and My Funky Camera for being so generous with their prizes and helping me celebrate my birthday like this! Please take time to go to each of their sites and look around, they are all talented and provide wonderful products!
I am down with a bad cold right now, so I may choose to celebrate again when I’m feeling better, so watch out for an email from me and keep on eye on the Facebook page. I have some fun things in mind.
THE BIRTHDAY PRIZES ARE…..
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Pretty Presets
A $50 gift card to Pretty Presets
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Fototale Designs
$50 gift card to Fototale Designs
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The Modern Knot
$25 gift card to The Modern Knot
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Isabelle LaFrance Photography
A $50 product bundle from Isabelle LaFrance
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My Funky Camera
$25 gift certificate for a wrist strap from My Funky Camera
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Everyday Elements
$50 gift card for anything at Everyday Elements
About Amanda
Happy happy birthday!!
Ronald Reagan was president when I was born.
Great question. I don’t think I ever thought about it – it was Dwight D. Eisenhower. Happy Birthday!!
Happy 40th!!! Reagan was President when I was born.
Happy 40th birthday! Gerald Ford
Happy Birthday Amanda! Lyndon Johnson was President when I was born !
It was Ronald Reagan.
Happy birthday to you! Feel better soon!
It was Nixon.
Happy birthday to you!
Happy Birthday!
Carter was President when I was born! :/
Jimmy Carter was President when I was born:) Have a wonderful birthday and feel better soon:)
Happy Birthday, Amanda!! I hope you are feeling better! You are one loved lady – may this year bring much joy and happiness!!
The illustrious Richard Nixon was President the year I was born!
Lyndon Johnson was president when I was born.
Happy Birthday!!!!!!
Regan was the president when I was born.
Kennedy had only been in office 2 months when I was born.
Happy Birthday!
I learned something today because of you and your generous giveaway! Lydon Johnson was President when I was born.
Happy, happy birthday to you! Mr. Carter was in the White House when I was born. I am a bicentennial baby (no promise that I spelled that correctly).
Dwight Eisenhower! No wonder I feel old once in awhile. 😀
December of 1980, so I was at the tail end of the Carter administration.
BTW, I went to Western MI in good old Kalamazoo for my graduate degree 🙂
Nixon was president the year I was born.
Have a fantastic birthday, Amanda!!! Hope you start feeling better soon 🙂
Congratulations for your 41, sorry 40 he he he (I’m cruel) birthday.
Happy, Happy Birthday! The 40s have been pretty good to me so far so enjoy it! JFK was President when I was born.
hi!!
since i am canadian, i will tell you that Lester B Pearson was Prime Minister in Canada that year, and Lyndon Johnson was President of the USA i the same year. 1966.
Harry S. Truman was president the year I was born. Soon I will be celebrating the 34th anniversary of my 29th Birthday. How time flies! Happy Birthday Amanda.
1953 Presidential Inauguration
Dwight David Eisenhower took the oath of office on Tuesday, January 20, 1953.
And I was born in August of 1953
Happy Happy Birthday to you!!!! I turned 40 this year too and was lucky to spend my birthday in Ireland!!! I hope this is the best year ever for you!
I had to look up who was president! It was Richard Nixon!
It was interesting reading about you. One crazy thing is that I lived in Tennessee, Germany, Michigan and now South Carolina!
Hope you feel better soon and have a great day!
The president was Dwight David Eisenhower. He was the 34th president of the United States of America. He served two terms and was right before JFK. I’m old. Happy Birthday!!
Nixon for me! Whew, I’m old!!!
Happy Birthday Amanda!!!
I was born in 1951 and Harry Truman was the President!
Happy Birthday Amanda! I was born in Kalamazoo too! 🙂 Jimmy Carter was president the year that I was born. 🙂
Harry S. Truman started his second term in office as president the year I was born(1949.) And I was born in the beautiful state that you live in now!
Feel better and celebrate a wonderful birthday when you do!
Richard Nixon was President of the USA when I was born. What a wonderful idea to share your celebration with six lucky people! I hpoe your birthday is a happy one and that your cold takes a hike soon!
My initial thought was, did they have Presidents when I was born, but then I realized that, today, I am feeling older than I actually am. So, that would make it Dwight D. Eisenhower was the President when I was born. Have a Happy, happy Birthday Amanda, and feel better soon.
Happy Birthday Amanda – when I was born your president was Harry S Truman and out Prime Minister was Robert Menzies. So I have celebrated my 40th a few times now…..
Happy Birthday! Nixon for me as well.
Hope you had a Wonderful Birthday!!! John Kenndey till Nov and them Lyndon B Jonson.
Happy 40th! Gerald Ford was president when I was born.
it was nixon, but only for a few days more after i was born
Happy Birthday!
Gerald Ford was president when I was born and Elvis died less than a month later.
Happy Birthday! Nixon was inaugurated a couple of months before I was born. (And I know that Kalamazoo is real!)
Happy Happy Birthday! Welcome to the 40 club!
Lyndon B. Johnson was president when I was born.
Ronald Reagan was president. Happy Birthday!
Truman was President. It’s never too late to get in the game!
Dwight D Eisenhower…and Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday! You are handling turning 40 better than I handled turning 3o for sure! Oh and my president: Ronald Reagan – the best president ever!
HAPPY 11th Anniversary of your 29th Birthday!!! This year I celebrated the 11th Anniversary of my 25th Birthday and Gerald Ford was the president when I was born 🙂
Have and amazing year!!!
Happy Birthday Amanda! The next ten years really fly!!!
Dwight D. Eisenhower–1958
1985- Ronald Reagan!
Happy Birthday!
George w. Bush! hahah 1991
I was born in Barbados, and Errol Barrow was our prime minister after leading our little island into independence from England six years earlier. Next August I too will be celebrating the 11th anniversary of my 29th birthday!
Happy, Happy Birthday to YOU!
John F. Kennedy was the president when I was born (July) but was sadly assassinated a few short months later.
Happy Birthday Amanda!
Thanks for all the give aways!