My birthday week

Hi everyone,

We now have all new doors, windows, and sliding glass doors on our condo, a necessary change to comply with updated Florida insurance requirements. For part of one day we were open to the elements while the workers removed one sliding door to replace the new one.

But we’ve been compensated by having ROBIN and JEFF with us for an entire week. They were here by tradition to help me celebrate my birthday, which they did in style!

Celebrating a birthday

Hi everyone,

Today is a special day in our family. Our son JEFF is having a birthday. Daughter ROBIN, her hubby TIM, and their sons KRIS and TYLER will be there this evening to help celebrate. Jeff is the picture taker but I have some, too, and will post a few here. I love you, Son, and I’m very proud of you. Word is that your mother feels the same way. For that matter you are loved by your family and many others as well.

Better not leave out Mom and Robin!

Happy birthday, Jeff. So glad we can celebrate with you!

This is the part when the diet begins

Hi everyone,

A busy weekend has come and gone and we have new memories to warm us in the cold months ahead. Our family isn’t large so we could all fit around the dining room table on Christmas Eve.

On Christmas Day, JEFF treated SANDY and me to an annual tradition, Steak au Poivre with Brandy Cream Sauce. It was so wonderful, as always, that I didn’t even mind the sacrifice of some of my brandy.

Sandy made the twice-baked potatoes, I did a salad, and somehow we managed to make a meal of it.

The rest of our family returned later on for the official opening of gifts. At evening’s end, Jeff’s dog Petey was exhausted.

I don’t know much about dogs and their dreams but my best guess is that he was dreaming of the tin of cookies that ROBIN brought to us and he desperately wanted to sample.