Sunday, September 19, 2010

Construction

I'm really getting tired of the construction barrels. You'd think I've lived in Michigan long enough to have seen everything, but yesterday was a new one for me. I left for work at about 6AM (still dark) and took my usual route down Lapeer to the I75 entrance just below the Palace. Cruising along, listening to my book on CD, I didn't see anything that would indicate new construction. But, when I got on the entrance (I am now committed to get on the freeway, mind you), I discovered the southbound entrance was closed. Not a sign of this previously. So, I had no choice but to head north, go all the way up to Baldwin, then head south. For the rest of the trip, I berated myself for not seeing the sign that told me of the ramp closure.

Then Sara came in, sputtering. She comes the same way I do, and also was caught getting on the ramp, then seeing the southbound entrance closed. Unlike me, though, she decided to make her own rules (I guess you can do that when you're her age). She turned her car around, and drove back down the entrance ramp the wong way. All this in the rain. I'm glad there is no traffic at that hour on a Saturday morning.

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Rain, Rain, Go Away

Today we went to a party at the home of one of the OPC drivers. The plan was to sit outside, but when we got there, it was pouring! No matter...once it let up enough to go out without getting soaked, we moved tables and chairs into the garage. We had a great time. And, after we had eaten our fill (and then some), it had cleared up quite a bit. Someone set up a beanbag game on the lawn (something like horseshoes, but the "ringer" was to get the beanbag into the hole in the target), and we spent the rest of the evening playing and talking over deserts and coffee. Never let rain stand in the way of a good party.

Friday, September 17, 2010

Old Standard

There is nothing quite like a tried and true recipe. When I am called upon to bring a desert to a party, I find my mother's recipe for pineapple upside-down cake (called Pineapple Skillet Sponge in her old, blue cookbook) is always a big hit. So I made one this evening to take to the party the Hubs and I will be attending tomorrow. I am surprised how much I enjoyed it, even though I had a really hard day at work. The whole time I was putting it together, I remembered the countless times I would make desert in Mom's kitchen. It was always such fun. (Even the time I put 13 cups of shortening in the cake - a long story, but one that has survived those many years since I was in second grade). And, Mom's old classic recipe has come through again. They don't come out much prettier than this, if I do say so myself!

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Arts and Apples

Today the Hubs and I went to Arts and Apples in Rochester. The weather wasn't too great this morning, but about noon the sun came out and it was beautiful We sat out on the balcony at the Paint Creek Tavern and had a sandwich for lunch. Then we walked all around the art exhibits. It took us a few hours to see everything but it was so much fun. We both have aching knees this evening.

Monday, September 6, 2010

My Real Age

Today I was invited to take the Real Age test, courtesy of Drs. Oz and Roizen. I was pleased to find that, although I am 60 chronologically, I have a real age of 49.2
It's great to be in the under 50 crowd again!

Sunday, September 5, 2010

60 going on 30

Today is my 60th birthday. I am now twice the age of the people I wasn't supposed to trust when I was a teenager! I'm still just a kid at heart, though. Yesterday, we went to our friends house on Hidden Lake. The weather wasn't great, so we stayed inside. We ate and talked, watched football, drank and laughed for hours. We might as well have been 8 teenagers sitting around a dorm room. Today we are going to the peach festival in Romeo. Tomorrow it's out to the golf course with our neighbors. Other than a few extra wrinkles, I don't feel a whole lot different than I always did.