I'm going to be 70 this week

[Marthe48]

My older daughter is on her way to spend the week with me. I made a loaf of bread, and as I was kneading it, realized it was the last loaf of bread I'll make in my 60s. I'll keep baking as long as I'm able, just a random thought as I was getting it ready.

I actually feel like I am starting fresh, new years, new experiences. I've gotten through many decades and I'm looking forward to getting through this one

[samnsara]

1. i felt like that too til i hit 70 two years ago then i just felt like i had an expiration date

..i turned 70 in the middle of lockdown so at least i was spared the party thing. Happy birthday.. i do hope its a great day for you...

[Marthe48]

23. Thanks!

When my Mom turned 60, she told everyone she was living on borrowed time. lol She lived to be 86. Great example for me!

[snowybirdie]

2. Congratulations

May this be only the beginning.

[Marthe48]

24. Thanks!

n/t

[blm]

3. 💐

[Marthe48]

25. I had to zoom to see the bouquet

Thanks!

[Tetrachloride]

4. What about banana bread, fruit cake, garlic bread

its not too late.

[Marthe48]

16. Next decade, I promise

I think my kids are going to do the baking this week. They keep asking me what I want for my birthday, and I say CAKE! lol

[Diamond_Dog]

5. Happy Birthday Marthe48!

Enjoy the week with your daughter!

[Marthe48]

26. Thanks!

[Chainfire]

6. I turned 70 a few weeks ago.

There is just no further denying that I am an old man....Don't get me wrong, I am not complaining about getting old, I just didn't ever think that it would happen.

[Marthe48]

27. Happy belated birthday

I thought I'd be dead by 35, but it didn't happen, so I keep sticking my head out of the fox hole a little more each year

[50 Shades Of Blue]

7. Happy birthday! 🎂 And welcome to the club.

I hit the big 7-0 earlier this month.

[Marthe48]

28. Happy belated birthday!

Thanks!

[multigraincracker]

8. After 70, I don't think about age as much.

I forget to.

[Marthe48]

29. lol I don't have time

If I hadn't been kneading the bread, I wouldn't have thought of it.

[Walleye]

9. Happy birthday. I'm 73 it was a funny feeling when I passed 70 since I lived to be older than my mom

[Marthe48]

30. My Dad died at age 54

All of the aunts and uncles are gone, so my generation is at the top of the tree

[secondwind]

10. Piece of cake! You will get through it just fine!

[Marthe48]

31. Yes, cake

and I'm having some this week! lol

[markie]

11. Happy Birthday!

...just get yourself a good mixer and you can keep making bread until you're 100

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

13. 👆🏽👆🏽 THIS! 👆🏽👆🏽

Happy Birthday! 🎂

[Marthe48]

32. Thanks!

I have one, but I still like kneading the bread. Such a good time to think and get in touch with myself

[sanatanadharma]

12. Keeping in mind that you kneaded your last loaf at the end of the 50, 40, 30 decades, ...

... you are actually the timeless witness of the calendar, clock and changes; the changeless awareness that is at the center, the true nature of "Self".

BTW, when I was your age, I was seventy-too.*

Hat tip to the entertainer/ comedian from I first learned the joke (best heard, not read) in my 10's.

[Marthe48]

33. Heh

And thanks! I might use that, if I see any of my older friends any time soon

[Joinfortmill]

14. I'm 73. Wrote 5 books after I turned 70. You go!

[Marthe48]

34. Good on you!

I've written a few short stories, but I realized any book I tried would take my whole life to write

YOU go!

[BobTheSubgenius]

15. Congratulations, and Happy Birthday!

I got there 8 days ago. Although it wasn't the central reason we made a big change, the progression through life certainly was, so...kind of a nod towards being 70, I guess. So far, living in a townhouse (5 weeks) has been great, and we are looking at it as an adventure.

I hope your life is also a grand adventure!

[Marthe48]

35. Happy belated birthday!

And thanks! Hope you love your new home

I started a booth at a vintage market, soft opening Sat.

[bronxiteforever]

17. Happy Birthday! Enjoy peace and happiness!

[Marthe48]

36. Thanks!

[Victor_c3]

18. Out of curiosity, do you feel "old"?

When I was a kid I thought that my parents were old when they were in their 40’s. Now that I’m 42, I don’t feel at all that I’m old.

I feel that I’m starting to be more adventurous and crazier the older I get. I’m sure I’m going to slow down and want to get settled down again at some point, but I’ve been “settled down” since my youngest daughter was born and I have a lot more life to experience.

[Marthe48]

40. No.

I've had the weight of the world on my shoulders many times over the years, and felt done. Right now, feel like the world is my oyster, if I'm in the mood

The kids will keep you young. I'm lucky to live near my grand kids and have been with them daily or weekly since they were babies. Now my teen grand is taller than I am, and my tween grand is looking me in the eye.

It is funny you should about how I feel. I remembered when I was in grade school, I calculated how old I'd be in 2022. So my younger self is right there with me, amazed

[judesedit]

52. My mind says I'm still in my 30's-40's lol. Still the same basic way of thinking

A few changes on the outside, but still having fun. I 'll be 74 in a couple of months lol. My dad died at 59, mother at 103. I think I still have a good 20 or so more years. Happy Birthday! Words of advice...Keep thinking you're young and you will stay young.

[Marthe48]

56. Thanks!

and happy early birthday to you!

[OhNo-Really]

19. Leveling Up - My septuagenarian friends Level Up

No more birthdays beyond 70.

I’m Level 74 now.

And health allowing get those 10,000 steps a day. I do 5000 in the AM & same in afternoon sometimes using a rowing machine. Once we slow down, it’s more difficult to get up and go. My experience.

Welcome to the club!!!!

Happy 70th Leveling Up Day
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[Marthe48]

42. I like the idea

Although the great leveler is kind of a game changer I was taking a exercise course on zoom, but they ended that. I don't want to go into the class-all r's and I'd do better exercising on my own. Thanks for reminding me to keep it up!

[lark]

20. Welcome to the 70's club.

I entered in April.

[Marthe48]

57. Hope we get some perks

lol!

[dameatball]

21. If baking bread got you this far it seems like you should keep doing it. You may be on to something.

Congratulations and have many more.

[Marthe48]

59. I hope I don't get old

Just better Thank you!

[justhanginon]

22. Happy 70th birthday! Keep on baking. I'm 85 and still bake my breads. As I approach old age,

I just adjust the timing and sometimes get out all my ingredients and premeasure the day before and then mix, knead etc. bake the next day. Sometimes an overnite rise in the fridge breaks it up also. I also do that with a lot of my more complicated cooking recipes. Home made bread rocks all the senses and keeps you young.
Not sure about the young part but that's my hope.

[Marthe48]

58. Like bread, we rise

I sometimes get things ready before I start. I'm glad to hear you are still baking. There is a lot of satisfaction in turning out a tasty delight. My daughters bake, and they make everything delicious and pretty.

[LakeArenal]

37. My 70th in April called for a DJ

Invited everybody that’s been nice to me since we moved to Costa Rica.

I can’t believe everyone showed. Including the fruit guy from the corner, the guy who fixed my cell phone ( he brought me flowers ) and the guy who took us on our Visa runs to Nicaragua.

All the other expats.

It was so much fun.

PS. My dad lived to 93. So 🤞🏻

[Marthe48]

60. Sounds like fun

I love unexpected presents. It'll be a fun week for sure

Happy belated!

[dchill]

38. Happy Birthday, kid!

(I turned 71 a couple weeks ago.)

[Marthe48]

61. Here's looking at you

and thanks!

[GreenWave]

39. Hooray! Please make that loaf of bread as long as you are able

long enough to stretch for miles until it gets right past my window where most mysteriously it will get bites taken out of it, about 2 per every drink of coffee!

[Marthe48]

62. Thanks!

Watch for it to come by

[orleans]

41. hey hey! here's wishing you a lovely & fun

birthday!


enjoy that bread and have a great time with your daughter. that's wonderful you'll have a week together! here's to making some great new memories!

[calimary]

43. I'll be there soon enough, myself.

And as the Grateful Dead said -“what a loooooong strange trip it’s been!”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_a_Long_Strange_Trip_It's_Been

[Marthe48]

64. Yes

I can't trade anything, but I've had some great moments, and will probably have a few more May as well enjoy the ride.

[gibraltar72]

44. Don't do it.

take advice from someone who has.

[Marthe48]

63. My best friend

for 65 years. I'll be 70, she is turning 29. Again. lol

[highplainsdem]

45. Happy birthday! And congrats on a great attitude!

[Marthe48]

65. Thanks

and thanks!

[Heather MC]

46. You will always be able to bake bread, as long as you keep telling yourself that

Our bodies start to believe the lies we tell it, it's best we tell it good things only
I see you baking bread for your family until you're well past a 120

[Marthe48]

67. If I'm absent

my children will continue the tradition

And the story of my rolls will never die! lol

[WinstonSmith4740]

47. Just hit 74 in June.

It keeps getting better...

[Marthe48]

66. Happy belated!

I'm listening to my grandaugther doing her zoom piano lesson. It does get better and better

[badhair77]

48. Have the best of birthdays!

I turn 70 at the end of October and I intend to celebrate in some way. My husband passed 2 years ago. It’s terribly sad but I understand I need to move forward and I intend to do so, just not sure in which ways, but it will happen. Again, happy birthday!

[MiHale]

49. Turned 70 last June...

I really don’t think about it got way too much to do.

Happy Birthday!

[MOMFUDSKI]

50. Happy Birthday!

I cook and bake a lot and hope I can keep doing it. Will be 75 next month. Read once about a poll of 90-yr-olds being asked how 90 felt. They all agreed it felt no different than 70. So, there is that.

[cbabe]

51. Health and wealth by the score/happy birthday to you. (Suitable for dancing.)

John McCutcheon
Cut the Cake

https://m.

[pandr32]

53. Wishing you a wonderful decade ahead!

It is time to start ticking things off the old bucket list and enjoying them. Those memories will provide smiles in the decade that follows.

[JudyM]

55. Happy birthday, sounds like you're set up to really enjoy it!