Friday, February 29, 2008
Now That I'm Older.....
NOW THAT I'M OLDER...
...HERE'S WHAT I DISCOVERED:
1. I started out with nothing and I still have most of it.
2. My wild oats have turned into prunes and All Bran.
3. I finally got my head together; now my body is falling apart.
4. Funny, I don't remember being absent minded...
5. Funny, I don't remember being absent minded...
6. What were we talking about?
7. It's easier to get older than it is to get wiser.
8. Some days you're the dog; some days you're the hydrant.
9. I wish the buck stopped here; I sure could use a few.
10. It's hard to make a comeback when you haven't been anywhere.
11. The only time the world beats a path to your door is when you're in the bathroom.
12. If God wanted me to touch my toes he would have put them on my knees.
13. When I'm finally holding all the cards why does everyone else decide to play chess?
14. It's not hard to meet expenses--they're everywhere.
15. The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.
16. These days I spend a lot of time thinking about the hereafter...I go into a room and wonder what I'm here after.
17. If all is not lost then where is it?
Thursday, February 28, 2008
A Perfect Day
By the time we left the mall it was snowing pretty hard and I thought maybe we should just go home. But Tom looked at me like I was crazy and we set off as planned for Erie.
We dined at Olive Garden for lunch. I always enjoy their zuppa tuscana which is a fancy way of saying potato and sausage soup. That combined with salad and bread sticks is a wonderful lunch as far as I'm concerned. We shared a slice of lemon crumb cake and then it was time for the main part of my birthday celebration---Barnes and Noble!
Call us boring if you must, but we never tire of going to B&N. I had a specific goal in mind--my birthday present! Recently I bought a subscription to National Review which I enjoy very much except for the times I don't know what a word means and can't figure it out by context. My little paperback dictionary hasn't been much help either. I had been coveting a wonderful 2 volume dictionary and decided my fifty-first birthday was the perfect time to buy it.
Me with my big ol' dictionary
Maybe it's the relative quiet, the foofy coffee beverages, or the lack of dirty laundry crying out to be washed that make B&N's cafe so conducive to talking but we must have talked the better part of two hours. By the time we left the store we'd swilled plenty of coffee and solved many of the world's problems!
I love it when Tom drinks those dainty cups of espresso!
Chocolate cafe' mocha for me
After a stop at Office Max to research software, we headed back down the highway for Conneaut. Tom stopped at Orlando's Golden Dawn and surprised me with a birthday cake. When we got home we had fun trying to get 51 candles lit. When we did it made an impressive blaze!
Call the fire department!!
All in all it made for a day I'll remember for along time to come. Thanks, Tom, for a perfect day!
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Lunar Eclipse
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Secret Sister
Happy Cats
They're usually good cats but today they were positively angelic!
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Visit With the Grandbabies
These babies are true future women. Lakyn holds a cell phone and Lani holds a remote.
"Lani Bug" and her birthday hat. It didn't stay on her head very long.
My sweet Lakyn
Now that I've kind of gotten the hang of this photo thing I think I'll do it often!