Now That I'm Older.....

It's fun to read other people's blogs and I found this piece on Tacomom's blog. I don't know who she is but I hope she doesn't mind my borrowing her entry. I can sure identify with it!

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?

A Matter of Perspective

Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet. Roger Miller

A Perfect Day

Tuesday was perfect. Tom and I both had the day off so we decided to celebrate my birthday. We began at Perkins where I had, what else, pancakes. Then we headed to the Ashtabula Mall where we signed a two year hitch with Verizon, having decided it was probably time to get with the program and join the twenty first century. My number, by the way, is 440-813-9287.



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.

Interstate 90

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!

Lunar Eclipse

Last night it was my turn to put Judi to bed. Tom had told me about the beautiful full moon and I was looking for it as I headed for Judi's. But instead of just a full moon I saw the eclipse! It was beautiful. Over the course of an hour I watched it cover more and more of the moon. By the time I got home the eclipse was nearly complete and my mind turned to the scriptures.

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars which you have ordained, what is man that you are mindful of him? Psalm 8:3

What a gift it was to witness such a reminder of God's power.

Secret Sister

I received my first secret sister gift this week. It was a heart-shaped box filled with chocolate candy! I have enjoyed it immensely. I'd been so fixated on the gift I was giving to my s.s. that I didn't think that someone would give me a gift, too. It was a terrific day lifter and ...CHOCOLATE. Yum. The strange thing is I keep wanting to thank someone but I don't know who to thank. And I keep wondering if the lady I sent a gift to liked it. In a year it will all be revealed!! In the meantime it's great fun.

Happy Cats

Animals are like kids, sometimes they don't get along but when they do it is so cute. I went downstairs today to find Sarah Jane and Tigger curled up in a chair together, "holding hands."

They're usually good cats but today they were positively angelic!

Visit With the Grandbabies

Last weekend Tom and I traveled to West Virginia to see Lakyn and Lani. I took over sixty pictures! They are so cute and so much fun. Grandma introduced them to chocolate--they loved their cake. Lani squished it between her fingers and kind of sucked it off. Lakyn picked the whole piece in her hand and ate it in bites. We had to wash their clothes when they were done, but it was worth it.

Lani gets into her cake!Lakyn is a bit neater than her sister.

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!

Anticipating the Weekend

I'm getting excited. Tomorrow we're heading toward Beckley, West Virginia to spend several hours with the twins, Lakyn and Lani and their daddy. They turned one year old January 16. Douglas says Lani will take off her sock and hold it under his nose and when he says "pew-ee" she giggles. According to him she has been whistling for a couple of months! They both are saying "Uh oh" and "mama" and "dada." Guess I'll have to try and teach them "grandma." I hope it doesn't come out "nana" because I'm not a banana. Tom says I'll have to answer to whatever they choose to call me. I know I'll be thrilled when they call me anything! I plan to take my new Christmas camera and shoot a bazillion pictures and maybe I'll actually post some. I'm taking a birthday cake, too. I can't wait to see them destroy that!

Another Sign of Spring

Another sign of spring-- Conneaut Dairy Queen is open! Spring's on its way; I don't care what that old groundhog says.