Good morning ladies! Boy, I am pooped! We had the birthday dinner, which takes about 3 hours but was lots of fun. We got home around 10 PM but then around 11 I realized I had forgotten to renew my Sirius subscription for the car and it expired today. I couldn't renew online for some reason so I had to call and spent half an hour trying to renew it but they had some kind of computer glitch and it wouldn't take but 15 of my credit card numbers so he couldn't finish the renewal. By this time it was close to midnight. I finished watching Burn Notice, which I had missed at it's regular time because of the dinner so I didn't get into bed until after midnight. In the meantime, Jack had gotten up to go to the bathroom and then was laying in bed talking. All in all, I have had about 2 hours of sleep.
Busy day today. I have to take Fortune to the groomers, get the car washed, get my nails done and pick up a couple things at Walmart then head over to Kelly's to swim and come back home and make dinner for Jack when he gets home.
We had a fun time last night. The only thing bad was when you have a party the size of ours, (7) they put you at a table where the fondue pots are a little out of your reach and you end up having to stand up and down to dip your stuff in the cheese or to cook your meat. The salad was delicious with a burgundy shallot vinaigrette. Jack and I got an entree for two that had cubes of chicken, duck, beef and pork tenderloin, veggie pot stickers and then 4 shrimp. It was huge. We probably left half the meat. I ate all my salad and had some of the cheese fondue so by the time we got to the meat and toppings I was pretty full. They also provide a variety of veggies you can put into the cooking stock where you cook the meat cubes. Then there came the dessert! I had a couple tiny cubes of brownie dipped in milk chocolate and a couple pieces of fruit dipped in a combo of dark and white chocolate. Thomas was thrilled with his present. He was sitting across from us and he opened one end of the package and saw what it said and his eyes got big and his dad said that maybe the box didn't hold what he thought it did to tease him. His parents got him a Kindle if any of you have heard of it. I saw it on Amazon when I order his DSI and it is one cool gadget. So all in all, we had a great time.
I got a wonderful workout in the pool yesterday and I imagine Thomas will join me today. I told him to watch for my car then to come over and swim. They have a pool skimmer and it was like fighting some big snake or something as I was swimming laps but I did 20 laps, 30 aerobic and 30 pull ups on their diving board. That was better than any weights let me tell you.
Susan: I read your post and giggled at your mentioning DR G being picky. You know that is the name of that medical examiner from Florida that does that show on tv. Morbid me laughed thinking about her putting whitener on dead people's teeth so they would look good!
We are going to reach 100 today with it being about 6-10 above that in heat index. Luckily, their swimming pool sits totally in shade so I won't get burned. The water is just a little cool and great to swim in.
Maggie: I hope you get on the mend soon. I am stick occasionally coughing up stuff. If you need a good throat remedy, 1 TBL white vinegar, 1 TBL honey in a mug of hot water and you drink it. It may take several doses, but it does work, I have never had it fail.
Well gals, I have to get a move on as the day will be passing me by. Have a wonderful weekend!
Jean, we miss you and hope you are having a grand time!
Faye