~Framboise Manor~: more Remembrance Day posts coming tomorrow but for today ---

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

more Remembrance Day posts coming tomorrow but for today ---

happy birthday to me,
happy birthday to me,
i am now 41 years old - woohoo!
happy birthday to me!

jambaloney and i don't celebrate our birthdays (his is next Wednesday on the 16th), but for some weird reason i feel like celebrating today. i have had many women in my life tell me that they loved their 40's and i think i am starting to understand why. i have never been happier in my life and i have jambaloney to thank for that.

it is a good day.

29 comments:

MattNovember 9, 2011 at 1:48 AM
Old gray mare,
She ain't what she used to be.... ;0)
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MattNovember 9, 2011 at 1:49 AM
Happy Birthday !!!!
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Practical ParsimonyNovember 9, 2011 at 3:13 AM
kymber, Happy Birthday. When I was in my forties, I could not wait to turn fifty!

mmasse,
I thought Mae West said that! Oh yeah, she was talking about men.lol....no, I was not confused. But, I think maybe Mae West's quote might work for kymber since she has jambaloney.
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LL Cool JoeNovember 9, 2011 at 3:19 AM
Happy Birthday Kymber! You must celebrate!
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kymberNovember 9, 2011 at 3:47 AM
teeheehee Matt - i ain't an 'ol gray mare....yet! thanks buddy!

mmasse - sooo very true. and my life just seems to get better and better. again, entirely due to jambaloney!

PracticalP - i am not rushing my 40's at all. being 40 was awesome and 41 feels even better - i can't imagine what the rest of the 40's will feel like and am then looking forward to the 50's! thanks for sharing that!

Joey - thanks buddy! i am going to celebrate. we're going to do some odd jobs around the house and then go down to the river for the afternoon - i can't think of a better way to celebrate!!!

thanks everyone. like i said, we haven't celebrated our birthdays in years. but today feels different. and i am really liking it!
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Gorges SmytheNovember 9, 2011 at 4:55 AM
Congratulations on being another year wiser!
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russell1200November 9, 2011 at 7:04 AM
Happy birthday! You appear to be aging in reverse: you are looking younger!
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jambaloneyNovember 9, 2011 at 8:01 AM
happy birthday baby - i love you more now than ever!!
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MudbugNovember 9, 2011 at 8:27 AM
LIAR!!!!

YOU'RE ONLY 25 TODAY!

Happy Birthday!
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PhelanNovember 9, 2011 at 9:05 AM
Be sure to get me updated on how good the 40's are. So I know what to expect.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
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DonnaNovember 9, 2011 at 9:07 AM
Happy Birthday,Kymber! I will turn 44 this month,and I agree,the forties have been the BEST!
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EdNovember 9, 2011 at 9:26 AM
Birthdays are always what you make of it. I don't think I will bat an eyelash when I make forty here in a little over a dozen months. My parents are still riding bicycles across the US and they are late 50's early 60's. My grandfather just had a hip replaced so he could continue to play tennis and my grandmother got a pacemaker so she could play golf. They are in their late 80's. Age is a very relative thing and you seem to be doing well. Keep up the good work!
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DukeNovember 9, 2011 at 9:30 AM
Happy Birthday, Age doesn't matter if you stay active.
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Warlock SundanceNovember 9, 2011 at 11:20 AM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY......
the 40's are great Phelan....
Yeah Duke, I imagine if ya do slow down, it allows rust to grow in the joints....
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RobNovember 9, 2011 at 12:17 PM
Happy Birthday to you my dear.
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AnonymousNovember 9, 2011 at 12:41 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bunny Ears

I remember how great life was in my forties. I think you're going to enjoy them as much as I did. Sure do hope so.

After I reached a certain point I just started telling folks I'm 29 and you don't get to know the multiple.

Keep smiling lady.

Winston
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kymberNovember 9, 2011 at 12:59 PM
you guys are the best! and so far my day has been awesome - jambaloney let me sleep in and did the dishes, soon we will eat some lunch and then go for a walk to the river. it's a little cloudy and overcast but the air is warm. it's a nice day regardless. and then tonight we have our fire hall meeting at 7. after that, we'll come home and watch a movie. couldn't ask for a better day!

Mr. Smythe - what a nice way to put it! thank you Sir!

russell1200 - i need your mailing address so that i can send you fifty bucks! thanks so much for saying that!

Muddy - i need your address too. bahahahahaha!

Phelan - i will keep you updated, no worries. so far all i can say is that this past year has been awesome and the one coming looks even better!

thank you Donna! and i am so glad that your 40's have been great too!

Ed - you are so lucky to have the genes that you have - your parents are amazing! and your grandparents! but if nothing else they are living proof that staying active and having fun will keep you young. i will try to follow their example for sure!

thank you Duke, Sir. and you are right as usual!

thanks Warlock! the 40's do seem to be pretty good!

thank you Rob, buddy! i appreciate it!

Dear Winston - thank you! i sure do hope my forties are like yours! i will keep smiling...you people always make me smile. and that warms my heart.

okay - jambaloney is trying to get the ATV in the back of the truck right now. i gotta go help him.

thank you for all of the birthday wishes! i really appreciate it!
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HelgaNovember 9, 2011 at 2:37 PM
Hey Kymber,

Just up and moving around - well sort of. It's your day, all yours !! I WISH YOU A VERY, VERY WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY FILLED WITH MUCH LOVE AND JOY !! The forties are exciting for sure ... life is good ! Snuggle up and enjoy your movie !

Take Care ... your friend Helga :)
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StephenNovember 9, 2011 at 3:24 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PRETTY LADY....hope you have a wonderful day....shucks, you don't look a day over 22.
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The Prepared CanadianNovember 9, 2011 at 3:46 PM
It only gets better and better as time goes on...welcome to the over 40 club. Happy birthday!
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Commander_ZeroNovember 9, 2011 at 4:52 PM
Happy birthday
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kymberNovember 9, 2011 at 5:09 PM
Dear Helga - thank you so much for your birthday wishes - that is really sweet! and i sure am glad to hear more women tell me that the forties are so much fun - i can't believe how many women have said that - and they are right by golly! thank you again for such a sweet birthday wish!

Stephen - you were always my favourite by now it looks like i have send you $50 bucks too!

Denob - thanks for the welcome to the club - i appreciate it! and thanks for confirming that it's just going to get better!

CZ - thanks for stopping by. hey - don't you owe me an email???

thanks to all of your for the birthday wishes. we are just getting ready to go to the volunteer fire department meeting. tomorrow's Remembrance Day/Veteran's Day post is a nice one - be sure to check it out!

thank you all!
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Jacked Up Glock MomNovember 9, 2011 at 5:12 PM
40 is Fabulous and So are you! I hope you had a great day, and that JB cooks you a nice dinner for your birthday...when I turned 40 I got a surprise party, and when I walked through the door disco music was playing...
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kymberNovember 10, 2011 at 4:21 AM
JUGM - thanks so much for that! we made some home-made pizza, sat around talking about all that we had been through since we got here, laughed our faces off, went to the VFD meeting, froze our butts off, giggled to ourselves about the tedious things that people wanted to talk about, came home, some friends dropped by to drop off some more cranberries for us (they know that we love cranberries here so EVERYONE is picking them for us), chatted some more about what is to be done for the Manor, then climbed in bed. a full day. an awesome day. a 41yr old day. a day at the Manor - could anything be more awesome?

thanks JUGM. i have really been enjoying your Remembrance Day/Veteran's Day posts. and it always nice to have a friend stop by!
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Humble wifeNovember 10, 2011 at 10:57 AM
41!! Happy Birthday to you my friend.
I love my forties. I am convinced it is not because I am too old to or too young still...but like you have an incredible partner to make the years shine more brightly.

May you have another 41 years plus with your handsome man!!

Love ya.
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Jacked Up Glock MomNovember 10, 2011 at 11:28 AM
I am 41 too, soon to be 42 though. Sounds like you had a wonderful birthday. Cranberries- awesome, my mother makes a jello dessert with them. they eat them all the time as well.
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kymberNovember 10, 2011 at 11:42 AM
Dearest Jennifer - love right back at you! and yes - you are one of the few who i feel knows what it is like to be as in love with your Bill as i am with jambaloney! please give him a big hug and kiss for me! and may you and Bill get at least another 181 years together!

JUGM - i am so glad to hear back from you! i did have a wonderful birthday! and because we have so many cranberries now - we are going to try to make our own juice! can't wait for that! oh and from the sounds of things - there are more people planning to bring us cranberries - teehee!

thank you to all of you for stopping by and making my day! thank you!
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AnneNovember 10, 2011 at 2:31 PM
Doh! Sorry I am late to say this (computer troubles) but...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you both!!

Wishing you two many many blissful years of health, happiness, and prosperity.
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kymberNovember 11, 2011 at 12:26 AM
Anne - no worries about being late and sorry for your computer problems! and thank you very much for your sweet wishes - we really appreciate it!

mmasse - thanks for stopping back! and you are right - it is appropriate regardless! thanks buddy!

thank you to all who have stopped by!
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kymber here and talking about jambaloney.

i've always called him my angel. my rock. my best half. the best part of what i have always wanted to become.

he has a soul as big as the biggest mountain, he is strong, he is in incredible physical condition, he is 51 and yet most people think he is under 40. he is humble and modest, charming, gorgeous and will help anyone with anything at anytime. he never grumbles and only every now and again complains or is a tiny bit cranky (nothing that a hug can't fix!). he can cut both sides out of 70 tires in minutes, build raised beds from scrap wood that he drags out of the forest, weedwhack 800ft of our road down to the river, and haul more wheelbarrows of dirt, mulch, rocks and seaweed than is probably medically-advised. he's learned how to braid, make bread and no one makes better rice - not even the chinese. he supports my every, crazy endevour. he went 44 years without a driver's license and got his license after being trained by my crazily-wonderful french canadian friend in 2 weeks. she never stopped talking the whole time. in french.

he has biked everywhere his entire life, at one job he biked 24km EACH WAY. that's to and from! 24km to work AND 24km from work! oh and just accidentally has an honours degree in philosophy.

i believe that he is Our Lord's most beautiful and perfect creation. but i might be biased. he can very accurately shoot a ben pearson cougar re-curve from both the left and right. and his aim is dead on.

he is bow-legged and only 5'7", but has the most incredible eyes. and a tiny mole on his upper lip. he writes the most romantic "insta-poems". he tells me he loves me several times a day. he calls me "babe" and "honey". and he means it.
he loves hot sauce and spicey things like cayenne and banana peppers, he buys (or now picks) me flowers, he left a lucrative, high-paying IT job and his family to follow me here to this remote little island. he builds me shelves and washes all of our laundry with me by hand.

oh and he was baptized Anglican. and was an alter boy. sheesh. somehow, through my intervention, i am turning him into a pagan-christian-fundamentalist-confuscian. look, even i can't figure that out!

the name jambaloney is a nickname that i gave him over 10 years ago. he still uses it. he can be reached at "jambaloney@gmail.com". he loves comments or emails. and he loves me.

if i were given the opportunity to wish one thing for the world - i would wish that every woman on the planet had a jambaloney. i know that i could save the world this way. i have friends who have asked me to clone him. i am trying. believe me, i am trying. one day i will perfect the science involved, and when that happens, i promise all of you a jambaloney.

i love him more than...breathing, lobster, boiled dinner, fresh bread out of the oven, bugging out, singing back up for Madonna (ok...i made that one up!), fresh sheets on the bed, a glass of red wine after a long day, sunflower seeds, lavender, growing my own potatoes, T.S. Eliot, dancing, my babies (who are really just cranky old cats!) and the Bible.

i love him more than i love Framboise Manor. and i really love Framboise Manor.

About kymber

(this pic might seem odd. trust me, it's not. 20 yrs ago kymber went shopping with a girlfriend from the military and bought this dress. then she hooked up with that girlfriend recently. they caught up through email and one day kymberz friend mentioned that specific dress. kymber said she still had it (kymber still has her prom gown for crying out loud!). the friend did not believe it. so we had to take a pic of kymber wearing the 20yr old dress for her friend. kymber always likes to add accessories...and well, we had the bunny ears laying around. ya know, cuz everyone always has pink bunny ears laying around. ok, that's it...i am out of here! jambaloney)

what can i say about kymber?? A LOT!! most of it will have to wait for blog entries ‘cuz i just don’t have enough space here to do her justice…

so i’ll have to do my best… first and foremost, kymber is my partner and i will love her forever. she is the best partner anyone could ever have, i am one lucky guy!! she is 46, she is sweet as can be, smart as a whip, super cute, exceptionally feminine, strong as an ox, honest, kind, empathetic, wise, an amazing dancer, a master wit in speaking and writing….i could go on..i will!

at 5’ 1’’ she packs a wallop – a true force of nature - she is a master gardener and chef and spent 10 years in the Canadian Military – she has done 2 tours of Alert (the north bloody-cold pole). she is a UN-certified Korean linguist and spoils our 2 cats rotten. she also spent 12yrs working in the federal government, as a communications analyst at SolGen (now PSEPC) and Fintrac. she loves nature in the true sense of the phrase..the wildflowers, insects and birds here at framboise manor keep her entranced and captivated for hours.

anyone who is her friend knows that she will stop at nothing to help and heal, dedication and loyalty are an integral part of who she is and she is dead serious about anything she puts her mind to. yet she maintains the most delicate touch and a smile on her face always, never afraid to live and love no matter where and when.

she is the most genuine human being i have ever met! and she has encouraged me to embark on the most crazy and exciting adventure i could imagine… thank you babe - i sooo love you!!!

(and she can be reached at kymberzmail@gmail.com)