It is Rose’s birthday today – and although her religion doesn’t celebrate birthdays, I am going to treat a little any way.
I’ve got her a gift certificate for her birthday and we are going to go out to the mall today and go have some nice lunch somewhere and then go spend her gift certificate. The four of us, myself, Rose and the babes.
As for her boob fund – I’ve asked Boulder to transfer the money across to my brother’s account and he will transfer the money to my account. After fees and duties, it will be about $2700, I’ll put in the rest to get it up to the required amount – but THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH!!!
You guys are wonderful, your generosity and outpouring of love and support for Rose has been heart warming. Without your help, I am not sure she would ever have been able to get the funds together.
The operation is booked for November 24th. Naturally we will let you know how it all
goes.
Edited to say:
We had great fun today, Rose, myself and the babes.
We had a fun lunch and the babes were v well behaved.
Here are some pics from my cell phone
![Medsitters Au pairs](<a href="http://medsitter.com/" title="Medsitters"><img src=" http://www.tertia.org/medsitter.png" /></a> ){kind=link}
Happy Birthday, Rose! :)
Enjoy your new boobs!
Funny you mentioned the religion issue; I was just wondering.... What is the predominant religion in SA?
Posted by: Dani | 24 September 2005 at 05:52 AM
Yay. Sounds like a great day out (my birthday is tomorrow)
I'm glad all the funds got there, let us know how everything goes.
Congrats Rose :)
Posted by: Jane-Marie | 24 September 2005 at 06:59 AM
Happy birthday, Rose.
It was Neen's birthday yesterday. She does get to celebrate birthdays, but she doesn't want new breasts. Amazing how we all differ! I am fond of birthdays and Neen's... Well, I am not going to say THAT on the internet.
Posted by: scott | 24 September 2005 at 12:31 PM
GO ROSE!!! Enjoy your new body!
GO T!!! buy her a tiny little bra. like a trainer bra or something, as a gag. it will embarrass her, but what are friends for?
Posted by: b | 24 September 2005 at 12:58 PM
Happy birthday Rose!!! I hope she has a great day
Posted by: Melany | 24 September 2005 at 02:43 PM
Happy birthday Rose! Have fun having a girly day :-)
Posted by: stephanie | 24 September 2005 at 03:28 PM
Happy birthday Rose!!! Have a grand day!
Posted by: terri c | 24 September 2005 at 03:44 PM
Happy Birthday Rose!!!!
Posted by: Judy | 24 September 2005 at 04:06 PM
Happy Birthday Rose!
What a great year this must have been for you!!!
Posted by: Faith | 24 September 2005 at 05:12 PM
Happy Birthday Rose! Enjoy your day.
Posted by: Charmaine | 24 September 2005 at 05:45 PM
Happy Birthday Rose! Even if she's a witness who doesn't enjoy a little something something on their birthday. I hope she has a great day and it's so nice of everyone to contribute to her fund.
Posted by: Rayne of Terror | 24 September 2005 at 07:09 PM
Hope she had a good one! Can't wait till her surgery. Sending in a paltry $10 somehow makes me feel invested in this adventure :)
Posted by: maia | 24 September 2005 at 07:19 PM
Happy Birthday Rose! I am glad you have such a great friend as Tertia. I also feel like I have made a bit of a difference in someones life. I guess this would be considered paying it forward. I am sure Rose will do something for someone else at some point in her life. HUgd to both of you.
Posted by: Louise M | 24 September 2005 at 07:55 PM
crap, should double check first.... Hugs to both of you!!!!
Posted by: Louise M | 24 September 2005 at 07:56 PM
A Belated Happy Anniversary of Your Birth, Rose!
In light of said Anniversary I'd like to share with you my own personal "B-day" prayer.
Good Morning *Papa!
Thank You for another year of learning.
Thank You for the chance to see things I didn't see last year.
Thank You for making me strong enough to survive the things that I do not yet understand.
Thank You for the wind and the rain and the sunlight.
Thank You for the beauty that surrounds me each day.
Thank You for the birds and the trees and the bumble bees.
(In this part I give Thanks for particular things that helped lift my spirit during the last year.)
Thank You for my Family. For the joy I have seen in their eyes when I smile.
Thank You for the friends I have made this year and for the friendships that have grown stronger this year than they were last year.
Thank You for making me who I am. For the happiness and hope I have been able to share with others.
Thank You for the continuing opportunity to make a difference in my own life and in the lives of others.
Thank You for the good health that I have been blessed with, and also for the days of sickness that I may better appreciate the times that I have not been ill.
Thank You for joy, and for the sadness that I have seen which makes the joy even more wondrous and sweet by comparison.
Thank You for the gift of Love that You have shown the world again and again with each passing day.
Thank You for the times I have felt great confidence and also for the times I have been timid. For what I have learned from both.
Thank You for gift of Life
Thank You for gift of Love.
Thank You for the gift of Learning.
Thank You for the gift of Another Year.
Amen.
~Adi V.
*When I pray I refer to God as Papa. It helps to remind me that I am one of God's beloved children. Also the word papa is the same or nearly the same in more languages than is the word god.
Posted by: Adi V. | 24 September 2005 at 08:54 PM
Holy crap. Are those linens on the tables in the mall courtyard???
Happy Birthday Rose!
Posted by: Robin | 24 September 2005 at 10:15 PM
Happy Birthday Rose!
Posted by: Gina | 25 September 2005 at 01:08 AM
Happy Birthday Rose!!
Enjoy your new Boobs!!!
Pictures, please????
:-)
Posted by: Suzie-Q. | 25 September 2005 at 02:41 AM
Oh, I meant before and after with a shirt on!
Posted by: Suzie-Q. | 25 September 2005 at 02:42 AM
Ditto this comment:
"Are those linens on the tables in the mall courtyard???"
What's up with that? We're lucky to find a table that's been wiped off within the last 24 hours!
V v envious.
Posted by: Dani | 25 September 2005 at 04:49 AM
You know what I love about that picture? Having grown up during apartheid and learning about it in "real time," and having voraciously followed the news during the end of apartheid, it makes me stupidly happy to see a "normal" life event like lunch at the mall that includes both blacks and whites eating the same damn crappy food and shopping at the same damn crappy stores.
It gives me hope.
Happy Birthday Rose
Posted by: projgen | 27 September 2005 at 02:11 AM