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I am being totally lazy today. I have laundry to finish and plants to water and I just don't feel like doing either chore.
I have had a busy and enjoyable weekend. On Friday afternoon Dorothy and I went to see the movie Cedar Rapids at Camelview 5. It was a charming comedy about a very naive mid-Western insurance agent who gets on a plane for the first time in his life and goes to a business convention. He gets a baptism of fire re the not so nice side of life and comes out of it more mature but without losing a drop of integrity. We decided to save money eating out so went over to Coco's and had some decent food and quality chat.
Yesterday Danny came by to pick me up at 5:30 and we drove out to Sara's new house where she was giving a birthday party for Marth. There were seven of us for dinner, a delicious spread of baked chicken with onion gravy, bacon braised green beans, yummy mashed potatoes made with cream and butter, and a green salad with basil vinegar dressing. The cake co-starred with Marth as the evening's standout. The theme was Farmville and the cake was labeled Marthaville. It was a sheet cake, the sides piped with scrumptious dark chocolate, the top was green with a blue pond. And present were a party sheep, party duck and party pig all complete with party hats. The corners were decorated with hand made confectionary flowers and to complete the Farmville theme there were rows of fruits and vegetables. After dinner we had the traditional singing of Happy Birthday and the opening of presents.
We have had the most delightful weather this week and I have sat out a bit and also done some gardening. Thought to do more today but the idea fell by the wayside in the train of my laziness. I have not even bothered to pick up the Sunday paper. I get so much of my news from the computer that I sometimes read only the sports pages and the entertainment page.
Not much on my plate so far for this coming week. Dorothy will be away again so no Friday movie with her. May see if Sara wants to fit in her birthday celebration with me before going into surgery the following week. That will be some week what with Sara and Lis having lap band surgery on Tuesday while Phil is having his final pre op tests and then on Wednesday Phil will have his prostate removed. There will be a lot of praying going on. And for two weeks Linda has been in the hospital as the result of a fall followed by having a stroke while in the hospital!! She has a broken arm and a broken leg. Lots of prayer needed for her recovery.
And we also need prayer for Bob as he goes through his post detox program of recovery from alcoholism.
And that updates my news.