I'm probably somewhere in the middle so I'll start. I'm 49. How old (or young) are the rest of you?

Shelley

Alexa

LindaC, Never would have guessed it; you are doing something right!!!

Claudia

I think that Bobby must be the youngest. Where is he?

Ann

Linda, you are the same age as my mom but you seem soooo much younger. I just had a long discussion with Lee (LSR) last week about my mom and how old she seems to act and think of herself as being.

Gina, I'm a 1960 kid too, so I'm in your group. I'll be 50 next year. My DH was born in 1960 also.

SharonCb

Linda

LindaC, is the secret scotch??? LOL..I need to get started then...

Mom always told me that we're only young once, but we can be immature forever, so maybe I'm the most immature? (grin)

Annie

Just turned 50 chronologically and am burning every dam$ one of those AARP cards I continually get in the mail in a ceremonial pageant in the wood burner out back.

Duane

jude

Sherry, you really do look 17. I bet everyone at the Food and Wine festival thought you and Ashley were sisters, and Annie was your mom ;)

jude

Jude, how old do you look, and more importantly, how old do you feel?

David

All this talk of being born in the 60's.......somehow I missed the late 60's and early 70's....

I really don't think a day over 30 though... and you really don't want to know my new obsession...

Nancy

Glad this question wasn't asked on the Harvest Forum..I don't know how old Bejay looks but she's about 10 years my senior and can work circles around me. Still....I wonder if she's been on a 2 week trip to Europe driving around through little villages, staying in bed and breakfasts for a week and then a Rhine River Cruise. I'll take that over working in the garden any day. I'll get some pictures posted some day. Right now they are on my computer, thanks to a daughter who ran out of time to help me and I don't know what to do with them. Now THAT makes me feel old.

jude

Do tell Nancy, do tell!!

I'd lie about my age but then I'd forget what I said it was and it would just be too complicated so I always tell the truth. (grin)

Annie

I definitely wanna be there for the showdown between Duane and Annie. We could sell tickets and pay all our airfare!! LOL

Duane, Annie's pretty far ahead of you by posting the Redneck Wedding Story. You're gonna need to do some catching up!

Waiting.......................

Deanna

I like Linda's grandma's idea - so from now on I'm gonna be 69 and everybody can say wow doesn't that Woodie girl look great!

jude

Bobby I spoke to Andi a few times after we all met up but we've lost touch. She works a lot and was so busy there for a while. We were supposed to get together and go out on their boat for cocktails etc., but we never did get around to it.

I hope she is doing well - very nice lady! And her husband was nice too huh?

I will remind you, however, that I was the one that stayed sober and drive Elery The Dancing Fool home and poured him onto the sofa, after he declared his undying devotion about a dozen times. (grin)

And I left before the police got there, so that's got to count for something.

Duane, I've always just tossed those AARP cards but I just found out that I can get in to see the WhiteCaps on a senior discount after age 50!

Well, Shaun, after that fairy costume, maybe. LOL

C'mon, Nancy.....

Annie

Nancy

I've been lurking here every day since I was 18 though! Maybe I can win the longest-lurker award.

I'm exactly 10 years younger than our former President Bill Clinton, but a checkout lady at Walmart told me I looked 36. I'll be happy to believe she really meant it, too!

Sally

I have sweaters that are older than some of you! Jude is my hero and makes me realize how many good years I have ahead.

I introduce my 42 year old son as my younger brother. (not really).

Many, many years ago (when I was still in my 20's), a co-worker was turning 42. My other co-worker (who was also in her 20's) and I decided that we would play a joke on the 42 year old for her birthday and we put up big signs at our department in the hospital that said "Happy 50th b-day". Well, everyone believed us, not the 42 year old birthday girl. One person even told her "You really don't look that old --- you don't look a day over 45!!!" She was not happy with that "compliment".

I started at the Beauty and Fashion forum at the recommendation of my mother, and quickly migrated here.

I've been interested in cooking, and especially baking, for as long as I can remember. I was cooking every day for my family from about age 12, by choice, and because my parents only knew how to work the can opener and the microwave. ;) I still continue to cook constantly for myself and friends and family.

My real passion is baking. I am commissioned frequently to make cakes for people, and I have ambitions of owning my own bakery soon.

I was a lurker because during the first few years, I didn't actually have a kitchen since I was living in the dorm. But I've always considered myself resourceful and I have many fond memories of putting together Christmas baskets for loved ones of elaborate chocolate dipped spoons, pretzels, caramels and other things in the hallway of my dorm using nothing but a microwave and a hot pot.

I suppose tenacity pays off, and now I have my own fully functioning kitchen, a Whole Foods, Penzey's and Trader Joe's within 5 miles and, most importantly, a lot of dreams.

Claudia

Sally

jude