HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND A WEDDING!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAN!! 

I'm a day late and more than a dollar short.  I thought about it being THE birthday, and like any good old fogey, I completely forgot about it until AFTER I finished the blog.  Lucky for Dan, he missed my rendition of the infamous Happy Birthday song.  Hope you had a great day.  No worries, I won't tell anyone how old you are, because I'm so very grateful you and Patty have been my friends for so many years. 

It was actually warm enough to have coffee on the patio ... a nice change of pace.  It doesn't make Cooper all that happy since he's not allowed to be out in the dark.  Too many things you cannot SEE, can cause havoc.  We all know what I'm talking about.

The fox video of the day is something I've never seen them do before.  I think this is one of the older females, maybe looking for a nice den.  It's an old dog box with a rotten pillow inside.  I may just have to set it up in the corral to give them a safe place to snuggle down.  

I got a phone call late Wednesday night that company was coming.  It's no big deal since she's such a good friend, she doesn't care if the house is clean or not.  BUT I spent four hours cleaning anyway.  Of course the sheets had to be washed, which meant another sheet struggle, this time on a king-sized bed.  It went a little better, but now I'm going to check for those tags in the corner.

Once that was done I set about making a little sweet treat.  Easy peasy .. I've made this peanut butter pie many times.  But on THIS day ... it was disaster after disaster.  I was just in too much of a hurry.  I spilled melted butter everywhere, whirled graham cracker crumbs around the entire kitchen and used a 9" pan when I should have used a 7" one.  

Still .... there's not much better than peanut butter pie in my book!!  Of course I tested it before she showed up ... you know, in the interest of not making anyone sick.  Just to be sure, I tasted it again about an hour later!!

We spent most of the afternoon talking since she just returned from a month-long trip.  It's always so overwhelming to return home to a million things to do, so she escapes to this part of the woods.  Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. 

No one knocks at my door, so wasn't I surprised to find a nice young girl with her younger sister.  THIS IS A FIRST!  They live two doors down from me and she is getting married.  Gosh, she looked like she was 16 years old.  The celebration will last one full week, meaning lots of dancing and partying in their back yard.

She actually gave me this card and a box of candy (don't ask me what Airheads are) to describe the party and notify the neighbors that lots of cars will be parked around and they will have loud music.  WOW!!  I can't believe I have such a nice respectful neighbor as to notify me there is going to be a party going on.

The note even gives her father's phone number.  It says if there is absolutely ANYTHING, to call them immediately so they can take care of it.  I told her they could make as much noise as they wanted because most of it will be heard by the house between us ... you know the one, the PARTY house.  She laughed since they have experienced the same thing.

She made my day when her little sister turned around as they walked away and said "she is such a nice lady" and they both agreed!!!  Wow ... TWO nice neighbors in my little part of the world.

It's interesting they picked the week of Halloween for the wedding, but I imagine India doesn't celebrate that holiday.  

Cindy brought some Thai soup that went really well with peanut butter pie.  Quite tasty and not something I would normally eat.  She will be off this morning, as I'm going out to the University to see those quilts I quilted given away to the foster kids.  It's going to be an awesome day. 

LET THE WEDDING PARTY BEGIN!!!!   Now to find my earplugs.