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title: "Confessions of a plant junky: I turned 69 years old yesterday. I have…"
description: "Confessions of a plant junky: I turned 69 years old yesterday. I have pretty severe fibromyalgia and arthritis is starting to kick in. I have almost 200 plants…"
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author: "MummaDeb"
published: "2026-04-25T10:13:04.260559Z"
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# Confessions of a plant junky: I turned 69 years old yesterday. I have…

_Posted by MummaDeb on 2026-04-25_

Confessions of a plant junky:

I turned 69 years old yesterday. I have pretty severe fibromyalgia and arthritis is starting to kick in. I have almost 200 plants and I keep swearing that I am going to minimize my collection because it's just too much. So what did I do for my birthday? I went out and bought eight more. Sigh. Minimizing just ain't gonna happen. 😆🤦🏼

## 11 comments

### SuccySuccy commented on 2026-04-25

Happy birthday 🎂 🪴

#### MummaDeb replied on 2026-04-25

Thank you 🙂

### Joycita commented on 2026-04-25

If it makes you happy then it’s not a problem! Happy birthday!

#### MummaDeb replied on 2026-04-25

Thank you 🙂

### Jneyman commented on 2026-04-25

Find a neighborhood kid to help with plant care for an hour once a week! Downsizing isn’t always the right answer if your plant babies bring you joy!!!

#### MarbleQueen replied on 2026-04-25

I did something similar but it was for cleaning as a kid. It really taught me a lot about home maintenance. You might make a kids day learning about plant care. 😀

#### MummaDeb replied on 2026-04-25

That wouldn't work. NOBODY touches my plants. lol

### Maddie commented on 2026-04-25

Happy birthday! You’ve got a great plant collection!!

#### MummaDeb replied on 2026-04-25

Thank you 🙂

### Dot2462 commented on 2026-04-25

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MummaDeb

#### MummaDeb replied on 2026-04-25

Thank you 🙂

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