It has been too long since my last post.  With Facebook, I just feel I am pretty much transparent with my life!  However, I like to journal so that my family & friends will have an account of my life, in case they ever want to take a look back.

Today is President's Day and we are out of school.  I started the day casually with TV, hot tea and chocolate banana bread....which I will make again.  A little laundry, a little dusting, and too little purging out a desk drawer that was on my agenda, the outdoors called my name.  Although too chilly to do yard work, I left home for some lunch.  I didn't have a lunch date, so I tried to choose one I could use my ipad!  However, Panera is really packed!  Hot soup and a baguette was good, but this will be short.  I went to see mom on Friday after school and before a busy evening.  While there, she said "come on Monday if you can, as I will be busy on Tuesday".....hmmmm, I know she wants me to come by to play a game of Rummy with she and Kent.  So, I called and she said "yes, come".....that's where I'm heading.

I don't say a lot while there, as mom really loves the game...the competition!  She really likes to win, ha!  So does Kent, so we have a pretty "earnest" game of cards, very little talking, but enough.  The times there have given me some funny laughs, not at them but with them.  Also, some fond memories of moms as she takes a LOT of walks down memory lane.  She loves recalling times from 50 years ago!  Recently I recorded her thoughts on her and dad's first date.  I will set aside another post for just it, hopefully!  She recalled it was the day World War II was over and the horns honking in the streets.

Well, I best be on my way but I will continue at another time.  I will share tomorrow is Tricia's 60th birthday.  We started with a dinner on the 13th with our friends the Waggoners, Giles & us.  David & girls had a surprise party planned which was last night (17th) at the Pub.  However, Fred & Michelle were not able to be here so we just "pretended" to celebrate that night and both brought her little gifts.  

Then we had the party last night and enjoyed the times together with her Paris friends, family, and those of us from church.  The atmosphere was fun, the room was set aside just nicely, David had appetizers & dessert for us as well as he did the decorations.  The girls helped "host" this event and were there to get it organized until David & Tricia came.  We enjoyed it!

I will post photos when I can.  Today I pick up the kids at Bounce U at 3:00, so if I'm going to moms....better scoot.  Love, Later, Bye (stole that from Brew)