Well first off… HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 45 looks good on you. Glad we could be here on hive to take part in your birthday celebration. 😄 Seriously though, while you have been around for ages it is nice to have finally crossed paths.

As for LOTR…. You forgot to include the cartoon in your comparison of favorites!

🤣😂 Oh wait! That is the Hobbit though, which I guess is different. I saw the movies before I read the books, so will go with the movies. Which are AMAZING. I still tear up when they light those signal cauldrons on the mountain tops… 🥲

Best birthday…. When I turned 24 swing dancing was having this weird late 1990’s revival. So we all went to a club in downtown Seattle to swing dance. I was a regular so knew a ton of people out that night. Some girl (that I knew peripherally) decided I should get 24 kisses from 24 guys for my 24th b-day. So that happened. 😇 Then my last kiss of the night (number 25, the one to grow on) was this super chaste gentle kiss on the lips from a guy I had a HUGE crush on. 😍

It was a good night. 😄

Enjoy your multi time zone prolonged celebration! 🎂