One Number.....

Another trip around the sun. Another year under my belt. All the phrases we use to describe the annual celebration of a birthday. I just hit 77 on November 24th and it was a nice day. We had lunch with Meg,, Mike and Zach at a new restaurant in Milwaukee then Dave and I went to the theater to see "School of Rock". The book store gift certificate from my son and family ended up making every present perfect. I don't want "stuff" any more.....just experiences or a gift card that supports something I like to do. I don't have to dust those!

But maybe one of the best parts of my day was the fact that I opened our mailbox here at Eastcastle to find lots of birthday cards. And every time I left the apartment I'd find more birthday wishes on the little shelf outside our door.

We have made so many nice friends since moving here....and what fun that so many of them took a moment to walk from their apartment to ours and leave me a birthday wish.

I tease that for the next year I only have to remember ONE number.....7. I do look in the mirror and wonder just how the years have passed so quickly, but it's nice to celebrate another year and look forward to more good times as I head toward 78.

:-)