Aimee's Birthday Dinner

While Aimee's birthday isn't until February 16th (and I've been sworn to secrecy about just what number birthday this is) today was the best day for me, Lucille, and Aimee to celebrate so today off we went to another birthday dinner at the Pioneer Villa. Wheee!

First, the important part! The presents! Yes, that is Aimee in her purple (alas, not pink) boa/scarf. I couldn't find a feather boa so it's yarn. I did luck out, though, and found a perfect red hat but we didn't make Aimee wear it all throughout dinner. We ate, we drank, we laughed and giggled, we shared stories and jokes, and laughed some more. Aimee opened her birthday cards and we exchanged Valentine's Day cards and gifts. We had a wonderful dinner and a great evening full of fun. What a super evening!

Birthday!

Today is my birthday! I slept in this morning, am going to the library in the afternoon, and then out to dinner. Who could ask for more!!!

Birthday Dinner

My birthday isn't until the 16th but Lucille, Aimee, and I celebrated early. We went to the Pioneer Villa for a scrumptious dinner (thank you, ladies!). Because this is a very small community we wisely sat in the back, facing the door, and scrutinized people as they walked in. It's pretty boring living in a small, rural town and people love to eavesdrop and gossip. (It is not always a good thing to be on the front page of The Brownsville Times, our little weekly newspaper.) We opened gifts and cards, and had a lovely dinner. Best of all, we talked and talked for four hours. We talked about our husbands, our children, our extended families, what we we'd been doing in the past year, and how much fun we were having living our lives. We laughed a lot and shared a lot. It was wonderful!

In the photo, Aimee is on the left and Lucille on the right. I am the one in the middle wearing a purple tiara (Aimee's idea). The next birthday we celebrate is hers and I have two words. Feather boa. One more word. Pink!

Wind Storm Coming

A high wind warning has been issued beginning late this afternoon and lasting about 24 hours. We are expecting winds of 45-50 mph with gusts up to 65 mph. The coast will have it much worse, with gusts up to 100 mph and in the mountains they're expecting wind gusts as high as 130 mph. This means there's a good chance we'll lose our electric. I've made a big pot of chili and we have plenty of ready-to-eat food. There's a thermos of coffee and a thermos of tea. We lived in the country so many years we know what we need to do. The good thing about living in town is that even if we lose the electric we'll still have water. In the country when you lose electric that means your well pump stops working and you don't have water either. Anyway, we're as ready as we can be.

I'm going out to dinner with Aimee and Lucille this evening to celebrate my birthday. We're planning on going to the nearest restaurant which is about three miles from here. There is no restaurant in the very small town we live in so we're going to the Pioneer Villa, which is a truck stop off the I-5 interchange. We're going that is, of course, unless the winds are hurricane force.