Good morning to everyone! Hope your day is starting out well. At least we are dry here for now anyway!
I got my knitting needles so am starting the last little hat today. I will be anxious to get it done and get them ready to send to her.
I imagine I will be getting clothing pulled, things we want to take, etc this weekend to start with packng for a week from now. We are leaving sort of middle of the night so we can be there early afternoon. Jack is taking comp time from the other night on Thursday so only has to work a couple hours. He can come home and we get things ready, take the dog to the pet hotel, go pick up the rental car and come home and get it packed, eat a little something and go to bed early so we can get up and on the road. It isn't Vegas, but at least we are getting away for a few days. I am looking forward to it as long as the Cubs start winnng again. They have lost 5 in a row, the most at a time this year and the last three are against the team we are going to see them play. Hopefully, they are rested up since they didn't play yesterday and can come out gangbusters today again.
We are going out to get haircuts tomorrow then run errands and get a few groceries. I am not going to the commissary until we get back from Houston, just rounding out what we have here at home for the time being. We always buy snacks like crackers, drinks and such to take with us so we need to do that. Time to color the hair again so I guess I will get hair dye too. Next week it is manicure and pedicure time, cut off mail, stuff like that. I imagine I will do that on Wednesday.
Maggie: Enjoy your new phone. I use mine so infrequently that I just have an old standard. I don't really watch the convention stuff. I read some of what the people's platforms are, but they basically spout balogna to everyone for the most part and lots of hot air so I don't sit and listen. I have made up my mind anyway.
Jean: Won't be long and the cabin will be closed for the year, huh? Seems like summer just flew by. I don't mind being 55 or any other age, really. Just seems like the years are flying by too. You look back and realize almost 3/4 of your life has been lived already. I look forward to each day. I had to chuckle when I was at the grocery store a few days ago. There is a sweet black clerk about my age that I have sort of struck up a friendship with. We always talk when she is working as she mans the self checkouts. She had not seen me since my second surgery so she was talking to me about it. I was telling her Dr Wheat is gonna "cut me loose" next appt and she grinned and asked me if he was cute. I said, "Well, he is if you are lookin' at him through our eyes, a 20 something not so much!"
I laugh whenever Jack sees the Cialis commercial where the older couple are sitting looking out at the sunset in twin old bathtubs holding hands. He thought that was THE most romantic picture so when he started having problems with ed because of the heart meds, he ask Dr Anderson his cardiologist for that brand. I told him not to expect me to get in one of those bathtubs as he would never be able to get me back out again!
My favorite thing about being older is I feel more forthright about stuff. I like being able to voice an opinion and sometimes even be listened to by those who are younger. Not having kids to worry about at home all the time, going where we please and enjoying being together.
Well, to the chores I must go. Have a grand weekend ladies!
Faye