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Dear Thirty Nine Year Old Joy,

May 25, 2010 by Joy the Baker 271 Comments

Joy the Baker Birthday 

Dear Thirty Nine Year Old Joy,

     It’s 2010.  Today we’re Twenty Nine Year Old Joy.  It’s exciting.  My Facebook page is exploding with birthday wishes.  Cool but mostly gross. 

I’m making a birthday cake.  That’s what that big mess is all about.  

I’m writing you, Future Joy, just to say hello and remind you of a few things.  A lot can happen in the ten years between us.   

Joy the Baker Birthday 

This is your twenty nine year old self, Joy.  You dye your hair with henna and wear tie dye tank tops.  The exposed bra strap…. well, I hope we’re not still doing that.  Not super classy… your mama taught you better than that.

Twenty nine year old Joy daydreams about being either Angelina Jolie or a butt kicking Russian spy.  Both would be ideal.  I’m going to start wearing a lot of sexy black turtleneck sweaters now… that should get us halfway to making our dream a reality.  Ten years from now we’re a Russian spy… aren’t we?  Awesome.

This year for my birthday I’d either like a kitten or a bottle of bourbon.  I’d settle for a crepe pan.  Am I being a brat?  Yes.

I have to get back to the cake I’m baking for us, Future Joy.  I hope you’re doing rad things on this day in your life.  Rad things that may or may not include wrangling small children, feeding kittens and shoe shopping… well, that’s if you haven’t gotten the whole Russian spy thing worked out for us.  I’m kinda counting on that, so….  yea.

Love,

Twenty Nine Year Old Joy

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  1. Champa

    May 25, 2010 at 3:41 am

    Happy Birthday Joy. Be proud of yourself and I am sure when you are 39, you’ll have done something to be more proud of. Enjoy your day.

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  2. martina

    May 25, 2010 at 3:40 am

    Happy birthday… if I wrote down to my future self… I would sound like you! Children (or not), kitten (or not), working full time (or not, depending on the first option, I guess), I skip the Angelina Jolie thing – too many kids :)
    but I’m sure of one thing only: baking a birthday cake. Now and in the future! Have a lovely day darling
    cheers Martina

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  3. Jessica @ How Sweet It Is

    May 25, 2010 at 3:30 am

    Happy birthday, Joy! You are beautiful!

    Reply
  4. Julie @ Willow Bird Baking

    May 25, 2010 at 3:29 am

    Happy happy birthday, lovely 29-year-old Joy!

    Reply
  5. Avril Miller

    May 25, 2010 at 3:27 am

    Wishing you a beautiful, amazing, peaceful, relaxing and oh-so-lovely 39th Birthday today….you are truly a gem and a pearl of a girl! :-)

    Reply
  6. Noêmia

    May 25, 2010 at 3:21 am

    Happy Birthday!
    Peace, health, happiness and much love!
    :)

    Reply
  7. Sharlene

    May 25, 2010 at 3:21 am

    Happy birthday, Joy!

    Reply
  8. Andrea

    May 25, 2010 at 3:20 am

    Haha I love it. Happy birthday!

    Reply
  9. Twinkle

    May 25, 2010 at 3:04 am

    Happy Birthday! You can totally be Angelina Jolie and a Russian spy! You’re amazing!

    Reply
  10. Marissa

    May 25, 2010 at 2:56 am

    Happy birthday Joy! Thank you for ‘teaching’ me how to bake, you’re the best. Wishing you love and happiness always..

    Reply
  11. amber

    May 25, 2010 at 2:51 am

    Happy Birthday, Joy! I’m a May baby too, though I just celebrated my 26th. I had to bake myself a cake, too.

    Reply
  12. Amy

    May 25, 2010 at 2:46 am

    Wishing you a very Happy Birthday!

    Reply
  13. Wei-Wei L

    May 25, 2010 at 2:42 am

    Happy birthday, Joy! Boy, it’d be awesome ten years from now when you read that letter. :D

    Wei-Wei

    Reply
  14. Kay

    May 25, 2010 at 2:40 am

    Happy Birthday!

    Reply
  15. Lies

    May 25, 2010 at 2:34 am

    Happy 29th birthday to you too, Joy! And as a happy birthday for myself (33) I’m going to bake myself some muffins. Me and the baby in me that was due yesterday are going to enjoy them very much. And I’ll eat some in your name too, okay?

    Reply
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