[IrisBloom]

I turned 58 yesterday. I finally feel mature. Maybe being old has something do with it. lol

[Amon]

IrisBloom is inside ingesting inexpensive icing off the cake..Happy late bday!

[Marla500]

I'm right behind ya! Happy belated birthday!

[LadyShadow]

Happy belated birthday! (I know many older people that still act 8 by the way) so congratulations on the maturity!

[Sanosukeskitten]

Happy belated birthday! I'm 26 and I hardly feel mature :P

[IrisBloom]

Thank you all

I'm not far behind you but maturity is something I fear.

[barbella]

Happy birthday to you, IrisBloom! I hope you had a great day. Don't take all that 'maturity' stuff too seriously now

[eskielover]

Maturity is what I strived for from as young as I can remember....just because I want be mature doesn't mean that I don't know how to have fun....the two aren't equated.

happy birthday, said bobby the birthday cake as he sat on the plate and just looked around the room with his eyes made of icing

that's how mature i am

Happy birthday.

[IrisBloom]

Thank you all.

I don't take it too seriously. I hope I always retain my sense of humor.

Ever since I turned 18, got married, had kids, I wondered when the "feeling" of being mature was going to come. I still feel 25 inside and hope I always do.

[IchbinkeinTeufel]

Happy belated maturity. I mean birthday. :P

[Skeezyks]

Congratulations, you old goat! (The Skeezyks is bearing down on 68!)

[IrisBloom]

Thank you, Skeez. It's not as much fun as it looks like on tv, is it? lol

Iris, this poem is for you! It's by Jenny Jones. Many happy returns from over the pond!

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat that doesn't go, and doesn't suit me,
And I shall spend my pension
on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals,
and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired,
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells,
And run my stick along the public railings,
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick the flowers in other people's gardens,
And learn to spit.
You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat,
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go,
Or only bread and pickle for a week,
And hoard pens and pencils and beer mats
and things in boxes.
But now we must have clothes that keep us dry,
And pay our rent and not swear in the street,
And set a good example for the children.
We will have friends to dinner and read the papers.
But maybe I ought to practise a little now?
So people who know me
are not too shocked and surprised,
When suddenly I am old
and start to wear purple!

[IrisBloom]

I like that, Cat! Especially the part about eating sausages. lol

[Angelique67]

Happy birthday, Iris!!!

[fishin fool]

Very big Happy Bday.

[IrisBloom]

Thank you all

They keep coming too fast!