33 & 3
☆ April 13, 2010
Wow. Thank you all for all the beautiful birthday wishes yesterday ~ Charlie lapped them up and said, “well, yesss,” while I was truly humbled. The care from afar… made me tear up, dammit! And makes me want to do more work, for you, to share with you.
ALSO. Where did this whole “aging is a horrible thing” come from? I adore getting older. Young’uns out there, know this: the twenties are hella fun but the thirties… oh, so much greater. The thirties are something to look forward to.
xo S.
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April 13th, 2010 @ 10:07 am
And a very happy birthday to you.
You are right, each decade brings more. But at this point I look back and think, oh if I only had the energy and agility of my thirties, now that I know what knowledge and imagination the sixties have brought me.
Love the new blog!
April 13th, 2010 @ 10:14 am
AMEN to that. I’m turning 34 in a couple of weeks and want to let everyone in on a little secret – life gets BETTER as you get older! Don’t know where the opposite myth has come from! I am loving every minute of my thirties and glad you are too.
Happy Birthday to you both!!!!!
April 13th, 2010 @ 10:14 am
I agree with your 30’s comment. I’ve made the same comment to younger coworkers. As long as I’m feeling good and having fun I don’t care what the number is! I’m enjoying my thirties so much more than I ever did my twenties. Happy birthday to you.
April 13th, 2010 @ 10:21 am
Well that is a good thing to hear!! I’m 25 turning 26 this year and my friend and I just had a conversation yesterday about the fears of being closer to 30 now then 20! Good to hear things get better with age, just like wine :)
April 13th, 2010 @ 10:29 am
40s…not so much! All of a sudden my body changed, like overnight! I’m learning to accept it, but it’s been very depressing. I have “old hands” now, age-spotted face, gray kinky frizzy hairs, losing weight requires Herculean effort, and have to remove hair from places I never knew it could grow. On the upside, I’m alive, I’ve got skills, and I’ve learned a lot so far in life. :) Could be worse, I suppose.
April 13th, 2010 @ 10:30 am
And, as someone who just turned the big 4-0… it does keep getting better! :o)
Happiest wishes to you both- and sending lots of love and hope for a wonderful year ahead!
April 13th, 2010 @ 10:33 am
Shreve Happy Birthday… Mine is in a week or so and April has always been a very dear month for me. How great to have a birthday in the spring!!!! Enjoy your age…it continues to get better :)
Fondly
Penny
April 13th, 2010 @ 10:33 am
Getting older isn’t a negative by any means. However, just be sure you appreciate where things are at on your body now and how you look and feel.
When you get into your 40’s things just start changing even if you are taking care of yourself. And some changes just are not necessarily good ones. :)
Belated Happy Birthday to both you and Charlie. Thank you again for sharing your lives with us!
April 13th, 2010 @ 10:33 am
33 & 3 so 333, only half bad ;)
Happy birthday y’all!
April 13th, 2010 @ 10:40 am
Happy birthday!!! And I agree with you about “aging” – it’s awesome! I just turned 42 and let me tell you, if my 40s are anything like my 30s, I don’t know if I can handle the happiness! It just keeps getting better!
Give Charlie an extra hug from us down here in Texas and scritch the ears of the rest of the farmily. We love you guys!!!
April 13th, 2010 @ 10:42 am
I know what you mean. I turned 30 last month and was secretly proud and excited, even though people kept making “old” jokes!
Happy birthdays, you two!
April 13th, 2010 @ 10:45 am
oh my goodness John, that is brilliant!
April 13th, 2010 @ 10:49 am
Happy birthday!
Ah, to be young and know what I know now!
I’l be the big 5 – 0 next year.
I know I’m pretty content, I have my health, a loving partner, my family is all in decent health and I’m currently pleasantly occupied raising a family of 5 baby bunnies by hand. I even have a job that’s enjoyable when you tune out the chronic whiners.
JoAnne in Maryland
April 13th, 2010 @ 11:05 am
Happy Birthday to you and Charlie.
I hear ya on the getting older thing. I turn 35 in 2 weeks.
30 didn’t bother me at all but 35 kinda is.
I hope you both enjoy your special days :)
April 13th, 2010 @ 11:07 am
I love it! I’m 24 and very much looking forward to my 30s. When I look at the people around me, it seems as if your 20s are sort of the time to feel yourself out and get to know who you really are, what you believe in, what you stand for, etc. But your 30s… so much better! By then you know yourself so much better and it seems as if people are just so much more comfortable in their own skin.
On my last birthday, my dad made a joke about how I was about to hit 25 and that I was starting to get old. Everyone was a bit taken aback when I proclaimed that I was looking forward to my 30th birthday :)
And can I just comment on how amazing it is that you turned 33 and Charlie 3! Repeating numbers are lovely signs :)
April 13th, 2010 @ 11:19 am
And happy birthday to you both! :)
April 13th, 2010 @ 11:22 am
*** happy birthday ***
April 13th, 2010 @ 11:22 am
it’s all relative….
i’m in my 60’s now, and i have to admit, it’s kind of scary. this unit does not work as well (or as comfortably) as it used to. but my visits to my mom in her nursing home make me seem pretty spry.
so i just try to remember to be thankful for what is. now.
happy birthday, and thanks for you and all that you give to all of us!!
love to you and all of yours.
April 13th, 2010 @ 11:32 am
Happy 33rd, Shreve!
I agree, my twenties were all about “feeling out myself”, stumbling, falling, getting up again, and trying out a lot of paths that lead to nowhere. I have grown much more into myself the last few years. Still taking wrong paths, though, and still searching.
I turned 35 a half year ago, and I must say while I noticed only the slightest changes in my body around 30, they are more obvious now, at least to me. It is just weird to suddenly realize that my own body IS actually aging: it used to be this scary abstract concept that I could never quite relate to myself. On some level I believed that this wouldn’t apply to me…
Now I can relate the idea to myself, and I am slightly scared of the coming years and bigger changes happening.
What a challenge – to accept my body starting to age, and remaining comfortable with this. I feel like I just outgrew my teenage insecurities!
Sorry – this reads like quite the downer. Not meant to be. We grow with our challenges, and so far I can say, I’ll take my thirties over my twenties any day!
April 13th, 2010 @ 11:34 am
Happy Birthday!
In my fifties, and, I must admit, petrified, looking back, wondering, re-evaluating, the journey continues with much more wisdom than the earlier years…getting older is frightening…the parts don’t work as well…the unknown is scary…grasping every moment to enjoy and savor on this journey to…..
Sending peace to your wonderful family of pets! Thank you for sharing the joy they bring with others!
April 13th, 2010 @ 11:35 am
Oh and I must say, LOVE the picture. Gorgeous!
April 13th, 2010 @ 11:36 am
Yeah, meant to have you out for your lesson we’ve repeatedly talked about, but DH has other plans or its too wet/muddy/cold/snowy/ or like today /FREAKIN’WINDY!/ I haven’t forgotten and we’ll make it a good time, I’m sure… but for now, it’s just plain… happy birthday! We WILL get together!
April 13th, 2010 @ 11:46 am
The year I was 49, I absolutely hated the idea of turning 50 on my next birthday. It was a slow march of inevitability and then a magnificent discovery: turning 50 was wonderful! Suddenly I felt free in ways I would never have imagined. All pressure to achieve greatness ended and I could just be me. Life keeps getting better and better. Now I look forward now to turning 60, 70, and then 80.
April 13th, 2010 @ 11:48 am
Happy Birthday, Shreve and Charlie. You’re right, it just keeps getting better and life is such an adventure. I hate to be the Pollyanna, here, but I’m in my fifties and I look forward to everyday. If you don’t stop changing and growing, and I know you won’t, every age will be the prime of life.
April 13th, 2010 @ 12:05 pm
I just turned 41, and everyone’s 40’s comments are scaring me!! But so far so good…my 30’s were by FAR my best years ever!
April 13th, 2010 @ 12:05 pm
..took up Yoga and horseback riding in my 40’s so it is getting better!! ;)
April 13th, 2010 @ 12:11 pm
Yes… wait unitl you get to the 50’s! its even better…two Aries living together…ha!
April 13th, 2010 @ 12:11 pm
My mind, heart and spirit love getting older….my body, not so much. Still, all in all, I wouldn’t go back….not to my 20s, 30s or 40s…..52 is great!
April 13th, 2010 @ 12:15 pm
Happy Birthday to both you & Charlie!
Wishing you all the best in the year ahead & hope to see you keep up with this wonderful new website. I still check the Daily Coyote every day too!
From,
Jenn
(Ontario Canada)
April 13th, 2010 @ 12:18 pm
Age is just a number… Getting older beats the alternative!!
April 13th, 2010 @ 12:27 pm
Dear lord you are correct woman! And wait until you’re in your 50s! It frickin rocks.
April 13th, 2010 @ 12:28 pm
Well, Happy Birthday lady. I totally agree! Besides, haven’t you heard, “the 40s are the new 20s”? Not sure what they say about the 30s except that is when women are in their prime! I’ll be 39 in June, and while most of my peers are dreading coming up on 40 I say, “bring it on!” I’m looking forward to it. Of course…it helps that my parents passed on their good jeans to me and I usually get penned at 26ish (thank you mom & dad)!
April 13th, 2010 @ 12:34 pm
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU & CHARLIE!!!!! You are both simply GORGEOUS inside & out. May you both live a long, healthy and happy life together!
April 13th, 2010 @ 12:39 pm
The 50s are truly great, although body parts wear out a bit faster…and I miss my collagen! Life’s a blast – but sometimes nature has a way of thanking you for hanging around this long…. ;) Have fun on the ride!
April 13th, 2010 @ 12:40 pm
And forgot to say the most important thing of all – HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
April 13th, 2010 @ 12:50 pm
Happy Birthday! I turned 30 last year. Welcome to the 30s! :)
April 13th, 2010 @ 1:33 pm
Oy ! over night from 39 to 40 I got a dimple in my arm fat that I couldnt see in detail with out my drugstore reading glasses, purchased the week before..It aint for sissies and Ive always loved a challenge! Feliz Cumpleanos, youngun’ I hope we are all still reading you in a decade!
April 13th, 2010 @ 1:49 pm
Happy Happy Birthday to a soul I hope to meet one day! :) Take Care of you and the farmily! :)
April 13th, 2010 @ 1:55 pm
Happy Birthday Shreve and Charlie! I’m also turning 33 this year, and I dreaded the big 3-0, but things aren’t too bad now, despite not really being where I want to be in life. I’m also no where near getting married and having kids, and no where near knowing if I want to do either yet. Anyway, thanks for sharing your life with us and inspiring us everyday. =)
April 13th, 2010 @ 2:29 pm
Happy Birthday to you and Charlie! Sharing your lives through your book and web site has been a wonderful thing.
April 13th, 2010 @ 2:43 pm
thirties are great. forties too. The aging thing gets bad at the 70s. You age several years overnight. Your body turns on you. The 50s and 60s are pretty good too. Maybe, like adolescence, the 70s are preparing you to leave home soon.
April 13th, 2010 @ 2:46 pm
Wait until you hit 40.
My 40th birthday was the best. My friends and I celebrated for a month.
And Happy Birthday to you both.
Kiss Charlie on the lips from me.
April 13th, 2010 @ 2:51 pm
I have to agree with Kathy Grossman, the 70’s can be difficult as the mechanisms begin wearing out but I think how lucky I am to have seen 3/4ths of a century and realize I’ve reached a time of looking back rather than ahead….
Shreve, give Charlie’s ears a scratch for me, OK? Chip (Dog of Very Litle Brain) says Happy Birthday to you both and thanks for the elk antler!
April 13th, 2010 @ 2:53 pm
Thank you for letting us celebrate Shreve&Charlie Day!!
Keep on celebrating!
April 13th, 2010 @ 3:54 pm
I turned 45 last week and took a random vacation to a little town in Montana. I am ready to change my life, give up the rat race and find a new way of living. I have to say I would have not be as open to the new revelation until this birthday. I have to thank you, Shreve, it was your book, Daily Coyote, that started a subconscious shift in my thinking that allowed me to be open to the interesting stories and people I met in this small town in Montana. It was the best birthday ever.
April 13th, 2010 @ 4:10 pm
Happy birthday for yesterday! Being 30 is great, being 40 is even better. And being right on the edge of 50 is fantastic! I turned 49 last month and I haven’t felt better. Aging is great! :-) Penblywdd hapus to you and Charlie.
April 13th, 2010 @ 4:24 pm
Happy Belated Birthday fellow Aries! I just turned 50 on April 10th, and life is fabulous! Loved your book and love your website! I look forward to Monday’s because of your caption contest, which I have won once! It is a creative outlet for sure!
Peace and blessings!
April 13th, 2010 @ 4:28 pm
Being that I just turned 55… from my perspective, I can say that the 40’s are REALLY GOOD! Thirties were good, but the 40’s – The best for ME so far. And I DO agree that we have to get over this aging thing. It is NATURAL, folks. Use it as incentive to live a real and genuine life, like Shreve is doing! No one knows how long they are going to be here, so live each day fully. (It’s an old cliché, but a true one, that’s why we still say it)
April 13th, 2010 @ 6:02 pm
And the 40s are even better than the 30s, IMO (I turned 44 last month). And 42 is a hoot for Hitchhiker fans — you get to be THE answer for a while year ;->. Many happy returns to you and Charlie!
April 13th, 2010 @ 6:02 pm
I just want to say how much I agree with everyone saying that your 20’s are for finding yourself, that is SO TRUE!! I’m 22 and just starting to figure out who I am, what I like, where I want to go in life and what I am tuly capable of.
Happy Birthday to you and Charlie, hope it was a great one.
xo
April 13th, 2010 @ 6:23 pm
shreve – you are a brave and inspiring woman! i hope your birthday was lovely, and i hope 33 is a year of growth, love and discovery for you!
BTW, saw your twitter on Jim Carrey. I was a rabid fan of his, till i read this:
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebritynews/news/newly-single-jim-carrey-criticizes-elin-woods-197031
April 13th, 2010 @ 6:43 pm
Tearing up is good every now and then : ) You’ve given us so much sharing your life with Charlie in your book and your blogs – a great opportunity for us to learn about things we otherwise might never have learned. What a life you get to live.
We can always read “technical” books about coyotes, and such, but to hear first hand from one experiencing it is great. I love the other blog about the other critters too!
And good advice for the under 30 crowd – nothing wrong with getting older – just more to experience with each passing year!
Hope all the critters are enjoying a nice spring – it is spring there now isn’t it?
April 13th, 2010 @ 8:46 pm
Oh just you wait, Shreve…the 50’s are where it’s at…I kid you not!! I may not be as thin as I was in my 30’s, and have more laugh wrinkles but I wouldn’t go back for anything…and OMG the you-know-what has never been better…you youngins’ will figure this out eventually lol…truly, it’s the best.
April 13th, 2010 @ 8:50 pm
It just gets better and better. Happy Birthday to you and Charlie!!
April 14th, 2010 @ 7:15 am
Shreve, you are so strong and so healthy and so amazing that you will be one kick-ass old lady–just like your grandma. I have visions of your elderly self still beatin’ the boys at arm wrasslin’!
April 14th, 2010 @ 9:30 am
Nothing wrong with tearing up, with your friends. That’s what we all feel like we are. We all love hearing about the Farmily. Thanks for sharing.
Life does get better with age amazingly enough!
I wanted to know which day is your birthday.
Spring is the best time to be born, it’s just the natural thing.
XO
April 14th, 2010 @ 7:02 pm
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday dear Shreve and Charlie!
Happy Birthday to you!
April 15th, 2010 @ 8:08 am
I agree wholeheartedly with your feeling about the 30’s. My 30’s have been WONDERFUL. Happy Birthday!
April 15th, 2010 @ 12:26 pm
I’m not sure if I remembered to wished you (and Charlie) a Happy Birthday, so Happy Birthday!
May 22nd, 2010 @ 9:57 pm
Ahhh…..yes, I remember those 30’s years. Very good and as I recall 40’s were even better, but the fifties….no comment yet, I”m too tired