Birthday girl
Published by Deanna Hoak July 10th, 2005 in blogWow. I’m 39 today. Next year, when I turn 40, I want to have a big celebration at some con you can all attend. Suggestions?
Blaine gave me a photo shoot for my birthday, which is very nice since I needed to update my year-old LJ userpic.
For my first shoot this morning, she suggested I pose sans makeup: 
And for the second I got to get all gussied up:
(Yeah, I know I need sun on my belly. :-))
Blaine did a great job for a six-year-old, and she made me look pretty decent for a 39-year-old who’s had two kids. :-)
Afterward, her dad took a picture of me and my little cutie girl together: 
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Happy birthday! You look great!
“…made me look pretty decent for a 39-year-old who’s had two kids.”
(Ulp.) Uh, yeah. Pretty decent.
Happy Birthday!
Pretty decent?!?! Dude, you look great!!!
Happy Birthday! I wish I looked like you when I turned 39!
Happy birthday, Deanna! You look stunning!
Wow, you look fantastic! Happy Birthday!
Thank you!
:-) Thank you. I appreciate it.
You guys are making me smile so much! Thanks. :-)
Thank you! I’m having a fun birthday so far. Very relaxing.
Thank you, Jim!
Thank you! I’m having a great birthday. :)
Wow! That second picture is yumsome!
Happy birthday, sexy!
Happy birthday! As far as the con goes, make up your own! Call it DeannaCon, and invite only the cool people.
And you look absolutely smashing, for any age. :)
Happy birthday!! You look wonderful!!
You’re welcome.
And please allow me furthermore emphasize my previous comments with a heartfelt Damn…..
:-) Thanks!
DeannaCon…I like that. :-)
And thank you!
Thank you so much!
:-) You’ll make me blush now. :-)
Happy Birthday, girl. White bellies are cool, too. It shows that us FL folks don’t need to be tan all of the time. Pale is hot, also.
happy birthday to a visual and cerebral hottie!
There are a lot of 19 year olds who wished they looked as good as you — happy birthday! I’m glad the hurricane missed you completely.
I actually stay out of the sun all I can, but it’s amazing how much you get just from driving!
Thank you for the well-wishes!
Thank you, John! :-)
Thank you, Charlie! :-)
There’s another hurricane brewing now, and another one right behind it….
Yeah, but it’s not your birthday any more… ;-)
True, true…:-)
A little late but Happy Birthday from a fellow Cancer (My day is Friday coming).
I found my way over from , where your name rang a bell and I noticed we friend a lot of the same folks.
Hi, and thanks. :-) Happy early birthday to you!
Happy birthday. I vote for a DeannaWisCon celebration.
Thanks! WisCon sounds fun. I’ll just have to look at everything and decide. :-)
Happy belated birthday, Deanna. You must have a picture aging in your attic somewhere, cause damn!
Heh. Thank you very much. :-)