We Were Lucky

Today is Sunday and it is Brian’s 51^st birthday.  Don’t understand how he got to be that old with such a young mother.  Hope he has a great day.  Last year Tracy has planned a surprise 50^th birthday party for Brian, but we were not able to make it.  That was when a snow/ice storm hit across Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio among other states.  This year I understand it was 70 degrees in Ohio.  Such is winter in the Midwest J

Tomorrow is Renea’s birthday but we are celebrating today.  I will be going to supper at Kevin and Renea’s house.  Stephanie and Ryan will be there.  We also watched the Daytona 500 while there.  The night before they had some friends over to celebrate her birthday and they had a huge bonfire in their back yard.  The burned the trees and branches that Kevin has been cutting down.  I saw it from my back window. 

Today is cloudy and rainy.  This morning I went to Office Depot and mailed several packages and bought some ink for my printer.  I have some pictures to print of Paddy for Jana, and I was almost out of ink.  I also stopped at Books A Million but didn’t buy anything.  They have some books I am looking for, but they were not on sale and they were only in hardback.  I will wait until I get to Barnes and Noble to see what they have.  I then stopped at Hobby Lobby to see about some material I am looking for to make curtains for my dining room.  I am not having any luck finding what I want.  I will next be checking at Joanne’s in Columbus.  Next stop was Goodwill to drop off several bags of items, then on to Kroger.  I sure was glad to get home.  I was tired.

Penny did something today that she has not done.  I can usually leave my front door open when I bring in groceries, etc. and she goes into the room and watches me. She has never tried to go outside.  Well, today when I opened the door she decided to sneak past me.  I told her no and to get back in the house which she did immediately.  However, she did it a second time, but came back in when I told her to do so.  I guess I am going to have to be really careful now.  She definitely wouldn’t survive outside. 

I spent the evening at Kevin and Renea’s because of the threat of severe weather.  We were very lucky this time.  I was all around us, but all we had was heavy rain and some wind.  Kevin was bowling when I first went over.  I had put Penny in her carrier and took her with me.  I left her in the carrier while I was there in case we had to go to the hallway for safety.  Also, we weren’t sure how Lola and her would get along.  Penny did not give me any problems, she just curled up in her carrier and watched everything that was going on.  Lola was fascinated by her.  She laid in front of her carrier and just kept watching her.  She would walk away and then come back.  Lola wasn’t sure what to do about Penny.  After a while Lola climbed up on my lap and laid there.  She may be big, but she thinks she is a lap dog.  Kevin came home about 9:30 but went to bed shortly thereafter.  Renea and I watched some television, but about 11:30 the weatherman seemed to think the worse had passed us so I went home.  I watched the weather until a little after one o’clock then I went to bed.  All was well.