{"id":662,"date":"2009-08-04T20:46:13","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T04:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/?p=662"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:12:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:12:38","slug":"happy-birthday-barry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/04\/happy-birthday-barry\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Barry!"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/04\/happy-birthday-barry\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F08%2F04%2Fhappy-birthday-barry%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px; float:left\" title=\"Konan and Barry\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/Konan-40wks-Barry03-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today was the big 4-0 for Barry&#8230; and since I think the milestone birthdays that end in a &#8220;0&#8221; are a big deal, I took him on a special surprise journey.<\/p>\n<p>Our neighbors sat with Konan (the longest time he&#8217;s ever been away from us, and he was a perfect little angel the whole time!) and our adventure began.<\/p>\n<p>Barry had no clue until we got there what was going to happen&#8230; I let him guess, but he kept thinking it was something else.<\/p>\n<p>The truth? We went to Ashland to the <a href=\"http:\/\/waterstonespa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Waterstone Spa<\/a>, and had a nice lunch (the best salad and sandwich EVER!) followed by a two-person Japanese bath, side-by-side deep tissue massages, and a sauna together.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve never had the experience of side-by-side massages, or a private sauna, I highly recommend it!<\/p>\n<p>And if you happen to be in Southern Oregon, you can&#8217;t go wrong with the Waterstone. Very friendly staff, good massage therapists, privacy, and no extra fee for the &#8220;Duet Room&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>What better way to turn 40?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep Unwrapping the Mysteries of Life!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" title=\"Heather Vale Goss\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/sigHVG_2.1_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"35\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was the big 4-0 for Barry&#8230; and since I think the milestone birthdays that end in a &#8220;0&#8221; are a big deal, I took him on a special surprise journey. Our neighbors sat with Konan (the longest time he&#8217;s ever been away from us, and he was a perfect little angel the whole time!) 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