Happy Birthday Giveaway by Paty Jager
And we have a winner!!
Comment # 21, Renee! Congrats, love, you are the winner.
Please email Paty at hihocowpaty@yahoo.com
Thank you, everyone, for stopping by and wishing Paty a Happy Birthday!!
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Today, I have an award winning and very talented as well as an overall nice lady, Paty Jager. Come on, everyone, come out and show Paty some love on her special day!! She's giving gifts too!
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Judith, Thank you for having me on your blog today to help me celebrate my birthday.
Yes, today is my birthday. Now that I think about it, I haven't given my characters a real birthday party in any of my books. A couple have mentioned birthdays but the actual day has never been celebrated. I'll have to rectify that in the next book. Perhaps, in the last Halsey brother book, Logger in Petticoats.
So how would a female logger in 1891 celebrate her birthday? I could have her put on a dress and be escorted to town for dinner in the fancy hotel restaurant. Or maybe she just wants a new axe or cleats for climbing trees. I'm sure once I get to know her better, she'll get the present she's always dreamed of.
Did you know that birthdays have been around since the first calendar was formatted from the lunar cycles? The celebrations started out as family and friends gathering around the person on their birth day and carrying on in a loud fun fashion to keep the evil spirits away. The first celebrations, guests only brought good wishes and later they brought gifts to bring more good wishes to the birthday person. And eventually the gifts were flowers.
The birthday cake goes back to the early Greeks who made a moon shaped cake to give to their Goddess of the moon. While there are others who believe the birthday cake originate in Germany where they made a cake that was to resemble Jesus' swaddling clothes.
Two sisters, Mildred and Patty Hill, wrote The Birthday Song in 1893. Which version do you sing at your birthday parties, the original or the one about "you look like a monkey"? My brothers and I always sang the monkey version to each other on our birthdays. Now we just send ornery cards. ;) Leave a comment with what you think my female logger character would like on her birthday and you're name will go in the drawing for some goodies.
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Now I’m off to eat cake. Chocolate with lots of ice cream.
Comments
Happy Birthday!!!!!I would think she would want some new boots to help protect her feet plus a birthday cake...
Love your books Paty
Walk in harmony,
Melinda
And second, I see you like your cake like I do - chocolate with lots of ice cream.
What do I think a female logger would want for her birthday? Well the choice is easy - a sexy shirtless lumberjack. Hey, I bet even in the 1800's women wanted that. haha
Great post and I hope you enjoy your special day!
1890's logger who is a woman and who is celebrating her birthday. 1. The day off (no logging allowed);
2. A hot bath (no skinny dipping in the cold stream today) 3. Someone else to do the cooking (could be dinner in town or it could be that the hero fixes something)...and, of course I agree with Renee, he'll be shirtless and a sexy hunk.
Judith Ashley
www.RomancingTheGenres.blogspot.com
Melinda, New boots. Great idea! Thanks!
Mona, nice ideas for presents. Give her something feminine since she works in a male world. Thank you.
You're right, Margie.
Thanks, Chris!
Ohhh, Vonnie! I like the image and the gift. I may have to work that into the book. Especially since the hero will be the duck out of water in this story. He would need sore muscles relieved. ;)
Thanks Renee! I agree. There are few women who wouldn't want a shirtless logger.
Judith, Thanks! And I agree with all of your present suggestions.
A woman logger--that's way cool! I bet she'd secretly love something pretty...!
Enjoy your cake and ice cream and your special day!
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Wow, I am soooo happy so many have stopped by to wish this awesome lady a happy birthday!
Let's see...what would she like...Hm... I'm going to go with the new boots, too. And a few new bottles of moisturizer with sunscreen, nd maybe a book on the latest logging methods?
Not sure what your female logger would want. Maybe a big bouquet of flowers from a hunky male logger.
Maybe your logger woman would want to books to feed her soul and ease her isolation. Being the only woman in a man's world could be lonely.
My sister and I, if we're feeling ornery will sing the "monkey song" and I just turned fifty. LOL.
Happy Birthday, Paty!
Jacquie
D'Ann, I'm thinking the same thing. Thanks for stopping in!
Thanks Genene! I like your answer.
So true Caroline. So why am I barbequing tonight....
So true, Joye. Kind words or perhaps being let off early and a chance to clean up before dinner.
Juliane, so she gets a jar of bear grease . LOL just kidding. You had some good ideas. My logger birthday girl maybe getting a whole lot more presents this year.
Susan, Nice! I'm also thinking perhaps her first real kiss...
Sarah, Books! I hadn't thought of that but that would be a good one. Does she like poetry perhaps... You are all helping to also learn more about my character through this. Thank you one and all!
Nice touch, Paisley. I like it. Thanks!
Thanks Jacquie. Duh! *slapping hand on forehead* What does any girl want- chocolate. I'll have to check into exactly what it was like back then. That, a book, and a walk at dusk would be the kind of thing my hero would do.
Your logger heroine might appreciate a fancy new dress to wear to the next dance and a trip to the ice cream shop. I believe ice cream was made back then...?
Or depending on her other interests, she might like a colored pencil set or some very fine, sweet smelling soap.
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like that idea Dean, since I've been thinking of making her a topper. Thank you!
Thanks, Alicia! It was.
Sinn, Thank you! I like your ideas for gifts.
Happy Birthday!
My husband was a logging boss for several years after he got out of forestry school. Your heroine would have been one tough cookie! She could have wrassled her man down and grabbed all the birthday kisses she wanted, grin.
It was a tough, man's world, so I'm thinking she would've liked a day of pampering and feeling like a woman--starting with a hot bath, as it's my understanding most logging campers got pretty darn stinky come springtime.
best,
Cathryn
every man wear a pair of new boots...
and nothing else... :o)
Thank you so much for the books you write, the Authors you share with us, and just being the wonderful person that you are!!
As for your Female Logger... She has a tough job, but I think, when it comes to birthday's we all want to feel feminine and special. I think she needs flowers, handpicked wildflowers, a home-cooked meal that she didn't have to cook, and then something uniquely her, hand-stitched butter soft leather gloves to protect her hands, or even nice pair of deer hide breeches, maybe embroidered or trimmed in lace. Just a thought.
~Christiana~
P.S. Loving the blog with Minnette today!