BIRTHDAY GIRL

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!  I am now officially 93.  I just told my maid I was 93 and she said what a blessing and you don't look it.   How sweet.  I started it off with breakfast in Cyber-the usual of 2 eggs over light, sausage patty, rye toast, coffee and one to go.  Sat in bubble and read and drank coffee till maid finished my apartment.  I was delighted with a beautiful arrangement of flowers from niece and her family.  Lunch yesterday with Amy, M.G, & Ryan in dinning room.   Was nice to show off my beautiful family.  I have received many birthday cards from people here and more from family in the mail.  Kind of builds your ego and boost your pride.   Thank you everyone.   The day is not over yet. 

Betty Boop

FOGGY MORNING.

Be careful as you drive. I don't worry about driving except I feel like I ask too much of others.  I try not to ask unless I have to. Yesterday  was one of those days..  Dr's appointment in two places and a few errands on the way home, made me feel bad for Jan.  Since she was leaving on a trip this morning, I knew she had plenty to do besides to ferry me around.   She never seems to mind and makes me feel alright about it.  I love her so, for loving me.  Dr. said I am good to go.  Amazing how many people are on my side.  I get praise from all who attended me yesterday as I went through the process of an annual physical.  And it is a process!!  Everyone as they did their own job would read my date of birth would say  "Hey you have a birthday coming up.  What? 93?"  I am beginning to be surprised too.  With little "bumps" in the road, I am very lucky to be as well off as I am.  So the beat goes on.  Pun intended!!

Betty Boop

MORNING

YES- and it is beautiful.  Wish it would not rain tomorrow.  I have my annul physical.  Hard enough without rain.  I am sure my Dr. will say-" what are you doing here?"  I thought you would be gone by now.  I wonder the same thing.  I have so many complaints.  She will be patient and listen, I hope.  Well, on to better things.  I have been interested in granddaughter and husband doing some makeover in their home.  I went through several of those times in the past It is exciting and tiresome at the same time.  You think it will never end-but it will and then it will be just something to talk about.  Trust me, I know.  When we added our big sun room, it was bad to be without a kitchen for a while, but that too passed.  I know they will be happy with the update.  Just takes patience. 

SWEETLY BE
BETTY BOOP

BUBBLE AGAIN

I think I will call it my other living, dinning, reading, meditating, visiting room.  My regular crew came bearing my most favorite of "take-outs."  Arby's wins hands down.  Plenty of Arby's wonderful sauce!!  Curly fries, in moderation of course.  We solved everybody's problems and discussed their dreams and talked about what they did last week.  Ryan & M. G. had the most fun at a new Zoo they knew about.  All kinds of animals you could interact with. New to me, but Ryan knew about it and he really did enjoy it.  So did M.G. You know how she loves animals of all kinds.  Back down to normal this morning, so after an egg-in-hole for breakfast, I am good to go.

Betty Boop

ADVENTURE

Adventure is what we call it when we do something different.  Needing to pick up Betsy's meds out on Lakeland, we decided to have lunch with Jan's College roommate, from SMU days.  They have kept close since College.  We had a delightful time at lunch at TABLE 100 in Flowood.  It has been there a while, but it was my first time.  Very nice place.  Good service and quiet.  That is important to me.  I had an unusual veggie plate.  Only thing I really knew what I ate was the mashed potatoes.  Ha Ha !!   I don't get out much do I when I  want my turnip greens cooked the old way.  And how about capers in cauliflower?  And slaw I had not had before.  Of course it is different everywhere.  Good to have something different.  I really enjoyed it.  Big fun for the day==Jan put up a new shower curtain that Amy sent for me.  That made my day!!. 

Betty Boop

LUCKY OLD SUN

Yep!  There it is. Shinning bright.  Almost did not recognize it.  We deserve some sunshine.  I went down and ate breakfast in the Cyber.  Haven't done that lately.  Needed a treat.  I cook a really good breakfast myself, but sometime you like for someone else to do it.  Of course it requires a different dress code and you have to speak at  least a little, but it is worth it sometime to have a pleasant server scramble two eggs, bacon, rye toast and coffee, to perfection and served with a smile. I brought home half the toast for later.  I do like rye bread that they have.  I also brought a cup-o-joe back and sat in the Bubble and read devotion and Bible.  Good start to the day.   Hope the rest is good too.  And also for you!!

Betty Boop

SOME PEOPLE!!

Yes, some people will go to extremes to get out of going to dentist.  Although I told you yesterday I always hated to go to dentist, I fully intended to go.  Well at the last minute, right up to the wire, I got sick and had to cancel.  I think going to dentist would have been the lesser of the evils, I had no choice but to cancel.  It still looms over me, the appointment, but I am concentrating on feeling better. 

Good day to stay in anyway, the cold is such a change.  Hard to stay warm unless you are under the weather or are a cat.  That cat is good at finding warm spots. between the covers on my bed is the latest.  She stayed there yesterday before I made the bed till I had to check on her to see if she was still breathing.  But yes she was warm!!!.  I stayed in my apartment all day long.  I finished my book and started on another.  Have you ever started one and you knew right away you could not read it?  I knew that too many players were in this mystery.  Could not keep them straight.  I decided I did not have to put up with it.  I guess I am just a simple girl.  SO BE IT.  Now I will have to pull myself together and go down and get the mail and go to the library.  How nice-they are both down the hall from each other and I do not even have to ride anything but the elevator and push my little buggy as fast or as slow as I need.  "Life is good."

Betty Boop