Erica here. Guess what? It's my birthday!
And guess what?
It's Mary Connealy's birthday, too!
Mary and I are birthday twins! How cool is that? Mary was one of my very first writing friends, and I love her dearly, so imagine my joy when I found out we shared the same birthday!
Did you know we also share our birthday with two other famous people? That's right. We share a birthday with the incomparable Mr. Fred Rogers...
And Big Bird from Sesame Street.
How cool is that? Birthday buddies with so many beloved people! I'm blessed!
To celebrate our mutual birthday, we're serving calorie-free virtual cake. Lemon drizzle with a blueberry buttercream frosting! (Guess who has been watching too much Great British Baking Show?)
We're also giving away prizes! Two winners will be drawn to receive a print copy of the books below, plus a $5.00 amazon gift card, and FOUR MORE winners will be drawn to receive $5.00 amazon gift cards! A total of SIX WINNERS!
How do you enter? Either or BOTH of two ways. Comment below telling us what famous people you might share your birthday with (not the year, just the month/day) and/or use the rafflecopter link below, follow us on Social Media, and be entered that way!
Here's the link to the Rafflecopter:
A couple of happy writers on a
freezing cold writer's retreat in January.
Thanks for helping us celebrate our birthdays!
I share a birthday, July 26th, with Sandra Bullock, Helen Mirren, Mick Jagger, Georg Bernard Shaw and Aldous Huxley - just to name a few.
ReplyDeleteMelba Jean Worley - mjw4christ@yahoo.com - for post above
DeleteHi, Melba Jean! That's an eclectic group of birthday buddies! :)
DeleteI share my birthday with Chris Tucker, Van Morrison, and Richard Gere. August 31
DeleteMelba it's like you're showing off! wow, cook group.
DeleteI share a birthday with Hank Williams, jr
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday
You can party with all your rowdy friends! :)
DeleteHi, Mark. Wow, a country boy can survive!!!
DeleteTina Turner and Charles Schultz (also born on Nov 26th)
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting duo. I bet they would have lots to talk about. :)
DeleteHappy birthday ladies. May 18 and I share my birthday with Tina Fey
ReplyDeleteA super funny lady! Be sure to let us know who you are if you want to be entered in the giveaway!
DeleteHappy Birthday to you two lovely ladies! I share my birthday with Dwayne Johnson, David Beckham, Todd Sucherman, Christine Baranski, and many more. Have a blessed day!
ReplyDeleteBirthday buddies with The Rock? How fun!
DeleteHi Steph. Thank you. Great birthday twins!!!
DeleteMay 12. I share a birthday with Florence Nightingale!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to you both! It’s always nice having birthday buddies!
DeleteThe Lady of the Lamp! What a great historical figure to share a birthday with!
DeleteMarch 8. International Women's Day. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Happy Birthday to two of my favorite authors! It's cool we have the same birthday month. Rose Fresquez, an other I read has the same birthday too. Kim in NC
ReplyDeleteHi, Kim! OWH, Jr. ! How austure!
DeleteHi Kim. Thanks. I've had my celebratory oatmeal and coffee and am now here for the party!
DeleteJune 1: Marilyn Monroe and Andy Griffith! :-)
ReplyDeleteOkay, that's a fun birthday duo!
DeleteI wonder if they got together???
DeleteHappy, happy birthday to both of you!! How did I not know you share a birth date?? Anyway, I share a birthday (July 13) with Harrison Ford and Patrick Stewart which is pretty awesome.
ReplyDeleteTHAT is an AWESOME duo to share a birthday with! :)
DeleteHi Dawn. Dawn and I came THIS CLOSE (imagine two fingers held a fraction of an inch apart) from having lunch tomorrow! It was not to be.
DeleteNyla Kay here. I loved the caked. 🎂. My birthday is Oct 1 along with Julie Andres and Jimmy Carter.
ReplyDeleteHi, Nyla Kay! You also share a birthday with my FIL! :)
DeleteNyla, hi! I have a sister named Nila Katherine. There aren't that many Nyla/Nila's out there.
DeleteI share mine with Hillary Clinton…
ReplyDeleteHi, Laurel! You also share a birthday with Pat Sajak and Keith Urban. :)
DeleteI keep waiting for someone to say they share a birthday with US, Erica? Why so rare a birthday date???
DeleteLaurel look on down this list someone else is a Hillary Clinton twin, which means THEY share a birthday with you!
DeleteHAPPY BIRTHDAY!
ReplyDeleteI share my birthday (October 22nd) with Annette Funicello (which is kind of cool for this 50’s gal) and Charlton Heston. Although not on my day, Winnie the Pooh and Snoopy share October birthdays.
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Hi, Kay! The Mickey Mouse Club and Moses? What a duo! :)
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DeleteA match made in Disney land, and I guess, wandering in the desert???
This is Gina McRae and my birthday is Feb 25; I share it with French painter Renoir and Beatle George Harrison!
ReplyDeleteI love the eclectic matchups we're discovering. What do you suppose Renoir and George would talk about?
DeleteIt's artists, day! Cool, Gina!
DeleteI share a birthday with Candace Cameron-Bure!
ReplyDeleteForget to put my name.
DeleteHi, Karen, CCB will always be DJ to me! :)
DeleteI met her once. And by 'met her' I mean she gave a speech I attended and I said hello afterward.
DeleteI share a birthday with on October 26 with Hillary Clinton, Keith Urban, Pat Sajak, and more.
ReplyDeleteforgot to put my name.... oops!
DeleteHi, Linda, You share your birthday with Laurel up above, too! <3
DeleteDidn't someone else say Hillary Clinton? Go find them Linda. Someone else here today shares your birthday
DeleteYes, Laurel Stein, about five comments up.
DeleteMy birthday, August 26, is shared by many famous people, among them Mother Teresa, Chris Pine, Melissa McCarthy, and Macaulay Culkin.
ReplyDeleteThat would make for an amazing birthday party! :)
DeleteLOL, picturing Mother Teresa and Melissa McCarthy blowing out candles
DeleteFirst of all, Enjoy your birthdays!
ReplyDeletePeople born on my birthday January 15th:
Martin Luther King Jr, Lloyd Bridges, Aristotle Onassis, actress Jesse Scram, Mario Peebles, Drew Breeze QB retired
Hi, Laurie, how fun to share your birthday with so many famous people. Of that list, Drew Breeze would be my fave! :) I'm not a Saints fan, but I like Drew.
DeleteFirst of all, it's Drew Brees. Yep, he's who I'd pick to have cake with.
DeleteHappy birthday, ladies! I'm a New Years Eve baby and I think I read somewhere that I share a birthday with Pepper Basham! It was a big deal when I was younger thatJoey from New Kids on the Block and I were born on the same day but means none of us are "kids" anymore!
ReplyDeleteHi, Glynis,....oooo Joey...the cute one! :D
DeleteGlynis, now that's a party twin to have!!!
DeleteI mean Pepper, not Joey.
DeleteMy birthday is April 22 and close to Queen Elizabeth ll who was April 21. I always admired her. William Shakespear the day after me, April 23.
ReplyDeleteYou do share your day with singer/actor Glen Campbell too! The Rhinestone Cowboy! :)
DeleteNew Years Eve means you were a tax deduction. I'll bet your parents loved you for many things, but for real...that was a score
DeleteHappy Birthday! I share my birthday with Angela Lansbury.
ReplyDeleteI first remember her in Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and then of course as Jessica Fletcher. :) Oh, and Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast!
DeleteOoh, Murder She Wrote makes the Seekerville list along with Diana.
DeleteHappy birthday!! And thank you for the cake... it was delicious 😋😄 Also, thanks for the opportunity to enter this fun giveaway!
ReplyDeleteOur pleasure. I love a good virtual lemon blueberry cake! :D
DeleteIt was a great cake. YUM!!!
DeleteHappy birthday! I know there are several celebrities that I share my birthday with but the best one is Mr. Darcy himself, Colin Firth, on September 10th. :)
ReplyDeleteSwoon! You share a birthday with my sister, too! :)
DeleteSweet! Jane Austen lives in our Seekerville list!!!
DeleteHappy Birthday! The cake is delicious. The most important person I share my birthday, January 5th, with is my grandson, Jack! Other less important people are Diane Keaton, Robert Duvall, and Jane Wyman (is my age showing?) I could add Bradley Cooper. Happy, Happy Birthday! And many, many, many more!🎂🎂🎂
ReplyDeleteHow fun to have a grandbaby born on your birthday! And I love Keaton, Duvall, and Wyman!
DeleteSo cool to share a birthday with a grandchild. So do you get ANY attention?
DeleteI'm Cindy Huff and Lucille Ball is my birthday twin. How cool is that. Happy Birthday to two of my favorite authors.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the birthday wishes. I think Lucille Ball was a comedic genius! As well as being stunningly beautiful!
DeleteI LOVE LUCY!!! Great twin!
DeleteHappy birthday, ladies! My birthday is December 25, so I share mine with Jesus (at least according to tradition). :)
ReplyDeleteA Christmas baby! Congratulations!
DeleteI share my birthday with Rosalynn Carter, August 18th.
ReplyDeleteI remember her as First Lady...because I am old...
DeleteHey Michelle. So a Christmas birthday. Wow, tough to get any individual attention on that day.
DeleteI share a birthday (March 14) with Albert Einstein and Megan Follows!
ReplyDeleteHi, Meagan! Happy belated birthday!
DeleteMeagan, you're so close! The closest birthday to us so far!!!
DeleteDon Cheadle, Howie Mandel and Chadwick Boseman - thanks.
ReplyDeleteStar studded lineup of birthday buddies!
DeleteThat is some FANCY birthday company, catslady!!!
DeleteHappy birthday Erica and Mary! I have the same birthday as both of you, today! I love today being the first day of Spring also! Ozzie Nelson was born today although he's passed a long time ago. (Ricky Nelson's dad) May your day be full of blessings!
ReplyDeleteHappy, happy birthday, Sally!
DeleteHappy birthday!
DeleteSally, YAY. Happy Birthday!
DeleteDecember 11: Colleen Hoover, Hailee Steinfeld, and Nikki Sixx
ReplyDeleteDidn't mean to comment as anonymous. ~ Jamie Lopez
DeleteHi, Jamie! Anonymous is a popular name today! :)
DeleteHi Jamie. Wow Motley Crue enters our ranks!
DeleteApril 19. I share a birthday with Troy Polomalu (Pittsburgh Steeler) and Kate Hudson, James Franco.
ReplyDeleteTroy Polomalu is one of my favorite defensive players of all time...unless my Chiefs were playing against him. :D
DeleteHi Anonymous. Troy Polomalu! I'm a fan.
DeleteWHOO-HOO!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Erica and Mary!!! I'm praying it's your very best yet!
ReplyDeleteHUGS and more HUGS!!
Julie
Hi, Julie! <3 So good to hear from you!
DeleteJulie, sweet girl! Thanks for stopping in today!!! Love you.
DeleteHappy Birthday Erica and Mary. I share a May 27 birthday with Henry Kissinger, Hubert Humphrey, and Vincent Price.
ReplyDeleteHi, Sandy, I can almost hear the creepy organ music every time I hear the name Vincent Price! LOL!
DeleteOctober 4th Alicia Silverstone, Bill Fagerbakke,Chris Lowe musician, Mike Mullen,Melissa Benoist, Anne Rice, Rutherford B. Hayes
ReplyDeleteThe day before my husband's birthday. :) Rutherford B. Hayes had the most impressive beard of any US President IMO. :)
DeleteI share a birthday with Amy Grant.
ReplyDeleteHow fun! Have you been to one of her concerts?
DeleteHappy birthday to both of you! I share a birthday with Sandra Bullock, Helen Mirren, Mick Jagger...and the most dramatic person ever- Chris Harrison (if you've seen the bachelor you know every season is the most dramatic ever)...but my favorite person I share a bday with, that's famous to me, is my husband :) Same day, but different years! It's fun!
ReplyDeleteTasha, that's so neat to share a birthday with your husband...and yeah, way better than any movie star or musician!
DeleteHi Tasha. I think we had a Sandra Bullock above. Erica and I are twins but different years. I'll bet you have the best birthdays because.......YOU get to plan them for him and get in on it too.
DeleteHappy birthday to you two ladies! July 18th is the birthday I share with Titanic survivor Molly Brown and astronaut John Glenn. And the wonderful Betty White
ReplyDeleteThat is a stellar lineup of birthday buddies.
DeleteHappy birthday to you both. I share my birthday with the late Doris Day. I have always loved her.
ReplyDeleteI loved Doris Day! She made a great Calamity Jane and I loved her in That Touch of Mink.
DeleteHi. Kayla here. Happy birthday, guys. So I went to check who my birthday twins are. Along with a lot of TikTok and YouTube people who I know nothing about, I apparently share birthdays with Fidel Castro (Cuban dictator), Annie Oakley (boss awesome female shot in the West), and Alfred Hitchcock who needs no explanation. August 13th birthdays rock!
ReplyDeleteNot sure how I feel about being twins with a dictator, but with the others I am quite gloriously happy, especially about Annie. That little lady was definitely a mix of sugar and spice back in the day. Don't believe the musicals. She was a looker.
Annie was such a fascinating historical figure, and I LOVE Hitchcock.
DeleteI’m not sure what other figures I may share a birthday with, but I do share a birthday that coincides with the day the earth was finally dried up and Noah was able to leave the ark (in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month)😉 I realize this isn’t entirely accurate to my birthday of February 27th, lol, as we don’t go by the same calendar, but still. As a little kid, reading my Bible, I held that close as something pretty special to me😄
ReplyDeleteYou share your birthday with a lot of famous people. Rembrandt, Elizabeth Taylor, Josh Groban, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow...a stellar lineup!
DeleteI tried to find a name that was familiar that shared my June 16 birthday, but could not. Lots of names, none I would recognize.🤷🏼♀️
ReplyDeleteVikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson stood out when I did a search. He's a pretty big deal up in our neck of the woods. :)
DeleteHappy Birthday to both of you. My birthday was March 6. I share a birthday with Shaquille O'Neal, Alan Greenspan, Rob Reiner, and Stedman Graham.
ReplyDeleteHappy belated birthday! I love Shaq! (Wait...now I have that song from the B-52s in my head...)
DeleteHappy Birthday! I share a birthday with Sean Astin, my pre-teen crush from the '80s. lol
ReplyDeleteAw, Samwise! <3 Or did you love him from The Goonies?
DeleteHappy birthday, ladies!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mindy!
DeleteI share my birthday, July 21st, with Robin Williams
ReplyDeletewfnren at aol dot com
I loved him as Mork!
DeleteI share a Birthday with Billy The Kid, and Miley Cyrus
ReplyDeleteHmmm, both a bit nefarious from time to time! ;)
DeleteI share a birthday (Feb 22) with George Washington and Drew Barrymore!
ReplyDeleteHow fun!!
DeleteHi Erin. Wow, there are two sides to the coin, huh?
DeleteHey, gang. Good morning. Best birthday twin ever, Erica!!!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday, Mary!!!!
DeleteI was born on Thanksgiving - November 23 - and I didn't know anyone else with that birthday, so I did an internet search. The only names I knew - still! - were President Franklin Pierce and Robin Roberts. Everyone in my family is born on a holiday, though, so that's fun.
ReplyDeleteHow fun! I wonder what the odds are for that happening!
DeleteWhat are the odds that everyone in a family would be born on a holiday? SO cool!
DeleteHappy Birthday ladies. How fun this is. December 22 I share with: Dwayne Johnson, Will Smith, Owen Wilson, Tom Hanks, Pierce Brosnon, Harrison Ford, Dick Van Dyke to name a few quilting dash lady at comcast dot net
ReplyDeleteThat is quite the lineup of leading men! :)
DeleteThat is a stellar lineup of leading men! Swoony!
DeleteI share a birthday with Clark Gable, February 1!
ReplyDeleteHe'll always be Rhett Butler to me! <3
DeleteHe'll always be Rhett Butler to me! :)
DeleteWalt Whitman, Clint Eastwood, Brooke Shields, Eric Christianson Olson (Deeks on NCIS LA) all share a birthday with me
ReplyDeleteAw, I love Deeks!
DeleteI love Deeks!
DeleteI share my birthday with Jane Austen!
ReplyDeleteOooo, I got married on Jane's birthday.
DeleteHow fun! I got married on Jane's birthday!
DeleteI share a birthday with Rihanna, Eddie Fisher, Jake Stone and Antonio Banderas
ReplyDeleteInteresting mashup of folks! :)
DeleteThat's a pretty wide scope of famous people there! LOL!
DeleteHappy birthday to both of you! Don’t eat too much cake but have lots of fun today!! 😂💗
ReplyDeleteThank you! My family took me out to celebrate yesterday after church. :) We had Mongolian Grill and I had a cookie-dough won-ton for my birthday treat.
DeleteThank you! My family took me out for lunch yesterday and it was lovely!
DeleteHappy birthday! I share a birthday with Don Johnson.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I can see the opening credits of Miami Vice in my head right now. :D
DeleteI can see the opening credits of Miami Vice in my head right now! :)
DeleteMan, I went and looked at famous birthdays and there isn't much. I thought at least someone NEW had been born, like young. But nope. I have a daughter that shares a birthday with the McCaughey Septuplets.
ReplyDeleteWe're holding down the fort as the old guys and gals for March 20th. :D
DeleteI share an Oct 9 birthday with John Lennon, Tony Shaloub, and Scott Bakula!
ReplyDeleteYou could rock out, solve crimes, and jump through time together! :D
DeleteHAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!! I also have a birthday twin, both a celebrity and a friend. The friend I met at work while working at a craft store, she's 10 years younger than me but born on the same day, which is really cool. Not for work, because we'd both have that day off, LOL. Now the celebrity birthday twin of mine was Michael Jackson, we were both born on August 29th.
ReplyDeleteThank you so very much for the chance at your great giveaway and I hope you ladies have an awesome birthday!!
Michael Jackson! An iconic figure to be sure. How fun to have a birthday twin at work, too! Double the cupcakes in the breakroom! :D
DeleteHappiest birthday, lovely ladies! I hope you two have a marvelous day! 💜🥳❤️🥳
ReplyDeleteA few with whom I share a birthday are/were: Clementine Churchill, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Debbie Reynolds, Otto von Bismarck, Annette O’Toole, Ali MacGraw, and Diego Columbus.
Those are amazing birthday twins! Clementine Churchill doesn't get enough credit, I think! :)
DeleteHello Erica & Mary! Happy Birthday to you both & Happy 1st Day of Spring! I have several celebrity birthday twins: Will Rogers, Walter Cronkite, Matthew McConaughey, & even P Diddy! Hope you both have the 'bestest' of days!!
ReplyDeleteHi, Connie! I wonder what would happen if you got that group of celebs together for a dinner party!
DeleteAh, Mary! Having a famous birthday buddy is not all it’s cracked up to be. This is tudimomchick (at gmail, you know?) and my birthday buddy is Saddam Hussein!
ReplyDeleteAlso, Harper Lee and the Property Brothers, so that makes up for it.
Happy birthday, girls, and to our mutual friend, Beverly!
Let's go with Harper Lee and the Property brothers and leave old Saddam out of it! :)
DeleteHappy Birthday to both of you! I share my birthday with a lot of celebrities. Goldie Hawn, Stan Musial, Joseph Campanella, Steven Curtis Chapman, Troy Aikman & Marlo Thomas just to name a few. :)
ReplyDeleteStan the Man! I wish I could have seen him play!
DeleteNeil Diamond and Ed Helms both have birthdays on January 24, just like me!
ReplyDeleteNow I'm singing "Sweet Caroline...bah, bah, bah!" LOL
DeleteHappy Birthday to you both! It is so fun to find a birthday twin! I share my birthday with Stockard Channing, Peter Gabriel and Jerry Springer! Closer to home, one of my new colleague's her daughter has the same birthday and a few lady friends from church.
ReplyDeleteFor some reason it won’t let me leave a comment so I’m leaving a replay. My birthday is February 29 and I share it with Dinah shore.
DeleteI have a nephew born on Feb 29! :)
DeleteDinah Shore! I remember watching her on TV as a kid...and her women's Golf Tournament!
DeleteBest wishes for a very happy birthday! I did a search on my birthday and most of the "famous people"....well..... I have never heard of! LOL!
ReplyDeleteLOL, if they were born after 1970, I probably don't know them either!
DeleteHAPPY BIRTHDAY. MY BIRTHDAY IS 5/26 AND I SHARE IT WITH HANK WILLIAMS JR, STEVIE NICKS,AND HELENA BONHAM CARTER
ReplyDeleteThat would be a raucous birthday party for sure, to have all of them in attendance.
DeleteHappy Birthday! I share my March 31 birthday with Richard Chamberlain and Herb Alpert
ReplyDeleteI remember Chamberlain from The Thorn Birds, and more recently from one of my favorite shows, Leverage.
Delete11/26 and I share with Tina Turner, Charles Schulz (yay, Charlie Brown), and Shawn Kemp (basketball player). Happy Birthday to both of you!!
ReplyDeleteTeri D. terirose22 (at) Hotmail (dot) com
ReplyDeleteI share my January 22 birthday with a boatload of famous folks… Some include Rachel McAdams, David Hasselhoff, Robert Downey, Jr., and Demi Moore. Hope you both have the best birthday ever!
I share January 19th with Janis Joplin, Dolly Parton, Robert E Lee, Edgar Allan Poe, Desi Arnaz, Jr. What a motley crew.
ReplyDeleteFrom Cindy Merrill- Dec.5 Margaret Cho (Actress & Comedian Known for Her Role in 'All-American Girl' and '30 Rock')
ReplyDeleteRoss Barkley (Footballer)
George Armstrong Custer (United States Army Officer and Cavalry Commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars)
Happy Birthday, Ladies! My birthday is June 15th. Some of my birthday twins are James Belushi, Helen Hunt, Waylon Jennings, Erik Erikson, and Edward the Black Prince of England.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthdays to you 🎉🥳 March 1st is my birthday and I share it with Ron Howard, Justin Bieber, Dinah Shore, Alan Thicke, and more! Lol too many but these are the more recognizables I guess :)
ReplyDeleteI share my June 19 birthday with Garfield and my mother always sends me the cartoons leading up to his birthday. Happy Birthday.
ReplyDeleteWishing you many blessings from the Lord on this wonderful birthday!! My birthday is July 10th and I share it with Nikola Tesla, John Calvin, and Jessica Simpson. I wouldn't have known this until I googled it:). Though I do know that I have an uncle and sister in law born on the same day as well.
ReplyDeleteOh, and my name is Galina Shapoval
DeleteHappy Birthday to you two! 🥳 Hans Christian Anderson and Alec Guinness, the original Obi-Wan Kenobi, share my birthday, April 2.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday to two of my favorite authors! Suzzane Collins and I share a birthday. (Aug 10)
ReplyDeleteHappy and Blessed Eph. 3:20 Erica and Mary! Have a fabulous day! My birthday is Star Wars day (May 4). I share it with a dear friend and also Apostle Clay Nash.
ReplyDeleteMarch 17 Nat King Cole, Gary Sinse, Kurt Russell and Mia Hamm
ReplyDeleteI'm not aware of any famous birthday buddies, but my birthday is on the anniversary of George Washington's death.
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