My Day

Wednesday December 7, 2011

Thanks to my younger twin sister Nancy
who at 5:23 AM this morning
set up this great birthday party for me!
It was a blast Nancy, wish you’d been here
No actually, wish we’d all been there especially since
Roamin could have come too!
And maybe those other folks who went kayaking without
me and Moby and Roamin. 
J

But the party had started the night before when

David baked my favorite cake which many of you
have seen on other occasions.  It is THE special family recipe. 
CHOCOlate and THICK butter cream icing. 
He told me  it was supposed to say RV DreamER   but,
“sometimes” you just don’t plan far enough ahead.J

Still it was as magnificently DElicious as always.
My friend Pam, David and I
each had two slices and
by noon on my birthday,
here’s what it looked like.
Better hurry over if you want any!

Carrie called me at 8am to be the first Happy Birthday Call I received
and then she called again at 8pm to see how my day had gone.  
What a SWEETIE!!

I received emails, face book notes and cards. 
It is so nice to be remembered although I realize face book gives new meaning to “remembering” 
And I don’t check it often but knowing that a lot folks I know use it frequently,
I did check today.

Mother Nature’s gift was a full day and night of cold rain
but at least she skipped
the previously predicted snow.
Certainly didn’t need that kind of “icing on the cake”.

In years past, I took EVERY birthday off.   My own personal holiday.  I FIRMLY believe every employer should give every employee a holiday on her birthday.  It’s just a nice not so costly gesture of appreciation that too few do. 

But – lucky lucky me -  now every day is a holiday and I’m happy to be alive and experiencing the full meaning of freedom. 

So I celebrated not having an alarm clock wake me up.

Having as leisurely a breakfast as I wanted. 

But then I do those things EVERY DAY!  What a life!

Then since the weather didn’t cooperate for any outdoor activity, 
and speaking of not planning far enough ahead,
I continued on with my quest to find some places for us to stay in Florida beginning when my current plans end, January 25th, and going on through February.  So far I am batting
zero
unless I want to spend upwards of $40 a night.

 

Anyone with suggestions of places to stay warm for those 6 weeks?

Those would be GREAT birthday presents!!

I finished up my day with my friend of over 30 years,
Lynda, who insisted on taking me out for dinner and a movie.  
Both rare activities for me.

Special thanks to all the people in my life who make me glad I was born and particularly to my mother, Margie Eileen Hoff Lloyd,
whom I miss every single day
but especially on our birthdays.
Hers was 2 weeks to the day after mine.