You Made My Day

There's nothing like self promoting your own birthday on your own blog. After years of not getting to celebrate my own day, I do what I gotta do to catch up. Thanks to all who emailed and left Facebook birthday greetings yesterday. I felt like a kid opening up a ton of gifts every time I walked by my computer and saw another message posted. It was one of those Clint Eastwood's "Make My Day" moments, but all day long. Thanks to all! I celebrated my birthday with no other than all my Doha Bennigan's buddies who serenaded me with three rounds of birthday songs. Heck, it was more like a concert. Top it all off with brownie and ice cream and it's called a perfect day. As one of my birthday cards suggested, I may be getting older, but that doesn't mean I'm maturing! Amen to that.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US!

You say it's YOUR birthday...
It's MY birthday, too, yeah!

I'm reclaiming my birthday. For too many years, after my first born arrived on MY birthday 26 years ago, it was no longer MY birthday. Just SHEA'S. Well, those days are over,honey. I'm back! Ok, now that I've tooted my horn, I hope your birthday over in Africa is not too pathetic. I'm so sorry that you're not in the land that you love so. Hang in there. Soon, we'll celebrate our birthdays together in TEXAS! Yeehaw!


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Morsels

It has come to my attention that David Beckham won't be gracing us with his presence for this Saturday's friendly match between England and Brazil here in Doha. Not to worry, I plan on it being a lot of fun, nonetheless. It will be my first big league soccer game to attend and his absence will not deter me. Besides my son says the player to watch on England's team is Wayne Rooney. That's good to know, because truth be told, I have about zero knowledge of what's going on in the "football" world. Other than that, Shea told me to hope for Peter Crouch to score for England, so that I can be entertained by some robotic dance he's known for. Go Pete!

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Qatar World Cup Bid 2022...yes, I did say 2022. Banners, billboards, advertisements everywhere regarding this event. Their mantra is "Expect Amazing". It will be if they can keep up with the pace that their media blitz is working at. My gosh, their logos are infiltrating Doha like Alfred Hitchcock's, "The Birds". Thank goodness that FIFA will be announcing the winning host on December 2, 2010. Good luck with that, by the way! Somehow I don't think I'll still be in this fair country in 2022. Surely not.

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My blog was given a shout out on Qatar Visitor's website listing the best blogs in Qatar! Woohoo. I'll have to decide if that's a reflection of the lack of literary prowess in the area or a true compliment. I'll take the latter. Thanks, guys!


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