Today is my anniversary

I have been married 47 years today.  Amazing! who would have thought in this day of quickie divorces we could have made it this long.  Don't get me wrong there have been times I wondered why I married this man and I am sure he had the same thoughts, but it all comes out in the wash , so to speak, and you continue on. 
there have been some reallly great years and there have been some not so great years.  Either health or money, or jobs, cause hard times  Somehow you muddle through it and go on. 

To my Husband

When we said I do in 64
I had no clue what was in store.
I was dumb, ready and willing to see
whatever the future had  in store for me
we lost our first and then had two
babies both boys you see God knew
I couldn't fix hair, tie bows and such
all fussy things with a girly touch.
the boys made us proud in their own special way
for this I thank God each and every day.
But more I thank him for sending this man
I know it was written for us in his plan
So honey I love you I don't say that each day
but I try to show you in my own clumsy way
Happy Anniversay, is what you will hear

we will be together year after year.




 

A new friend

You know that song by Garth Brooks.  "I.ve got friends in low places"?  Well I met a hopefully new friend in a high place.  Church.  Her name is Karen and another lady brought her so we could meet.  She is one of my kind.  You know us shaky jakes. She doesn't shake so much and she doesn't sway as much as I do, but if you look real close and you know what to look for you can tell. 
Yvonne. the lady who brought her, had told me she had a friend with pd and I was anxious to see her symptoms.  Isn't it funny you just want to see and compare with others.  I have met more  and more people here lately and surprisingly it is an upper not a downer to talk and ask questions.
As you know I write plays and skits for church and we were practicing for the play. Yvonne is in the play so Karen and I didn't get to talk alot but we will in the future I hope, and as you know by now I tend to ramble on and on when I am excited so poor Karen didn't get to talk much in the little time we had. 

Speaking of the play, it is going very well.  The people chosen to play the parts are all dedicated to making it as fun as possible while still passing on the message. You are welcome to come and see it if you are in our area.  The more the merrier.  Dec 11th is the date. 10:30am   It's called Angels in the Classroom.
Well, back to work, spring is right around the corner and a new play is needed.  So much fun so little time.  Have fun this weekend. Go to church it will amaze you how much happier you will be the rest of the week. 
Just a short little prayer Dear God please give Yvonne and Karen a special little blessing this weekend they are so precious to me and others.  amen.  Kenny, Sharon, and Speedy too.

My birthday weekend

What a great weekend.  My husband decided to take me away to celebrate.  We went to St Louis and spent our time going back to visit our old condo and apartments while I was living there.  We did a lot of shopping and getting ideas for Christmas.  If you have never been to a mills shopping center you should try it sometime.  At St Louis mills there is an ice rink for the St Louis Blues Hockey team to practice in and in between everyone can use it.  What a good idea. We saw kids of all ages and their parents too out on the ice.,It brought back memories of our boys on the ice in Wisconsin. There is also a rock climbing wall, skateboard park, car racing, mini golf, and of course the arcade.  I also like the way the mall is set up in areas with the same type of stores.  section 1 is kids stuff, section 2 ladies , and so on.  After spending a lot of the day there we had a nice ride around the area to see what had changed since we left.Then lunch and off to the hotel to take a swim.  We had booked a poolside room in the hotel and were very happy with the accommodation's until we actually went to the pool.  The water was freezing I think they put ice cubes in to make it colder.  So we decided to go to the sauna to warm up.  It seems the sauna had broken and they put a flower garden in its. place.  So needless to say we didn't spend much time in the pool.  We had a great dinner in the hotel restaurant and called it a fairly early night.  The time change threw us a little of guard and we tried to continue to sleep the next morning, but we ended up going to breakfast and starting on our way home.  We had more shopping to do.  IF you have never gone to a garden ridge this is another place I recommend.  I find more interesting stuff there.  My husband had given me $100 to spend that morning and told me to pick the place I wanted to go. Isn't he great.  Garden ridge.  I knew I wanted to pick up a rug for the kitchen and I almost always get something for a bedroom when I go there.  I love to look at the paintings and pictures.We shopped and shopped and shopped.  Tired but happy it was time for lunch.  Lottawattacreek. A fun place to go. Go hungry though or you will have lots of leftovers.  The atmosphere is fun and the service is good.  We try to go there a few times each year.  The waiters wear tee shirts that say This is not a franchise restaurant we cook our own food. or something like that.  It is very good. Then on to what my husband says is my favorite store.  He gave me some more money and told me to buy a new outfit at where else ladies Bon Worth. Which I did.  On to home where there were flowers, a cake and new pjs waiting for me.  Lots of cards and calls.  The bank scrolled happy birthday to me just as we rode by.  What a weekend.  My family always makes it so special.  Now to just catch up on working off all the good food.  69 years old who would have thought when we were kids that we would reach such an age.  But to tell you the truth I think I am having more fun at this age than I did as a kid.  How about you.   Have a great day Sass.