2010

It's already a brand new year. It really is true that as you get older time goes much quicker. I can remember being in school and thinking the summer was a nice long break. By the end of August, I was ready for school to start again. Sunday afternoons seemed to be longer than they are now. My Mom celebrated her 82nd birthday this week. I'm thankful I still have her. Sometimes she seems like the energizer bunny, but other times I can tell she is slowing down. At 82, you are entitled to slow down. Julie and I took her to the Serenity Tea Room for her birthday. We had High Tea - didn't even know what that was. Basically, it was: soup, little cucumber sandwiches, shrimp salad in tiny filo cups, chicken salad in tiny filo cups, golden raisen scone, pumpkin nut bread, chocolate covered strawberry, caramel pecan cookies, and a special treat (filo cup with custard filling with kiwi/strawberry/blueberry sliced topping. It was delicious and we couldn't eat it all. We each tried a different tea. Julie had pina colada something, Mom had the Queen's Buckingham Palace Garden Party, and I had the Earl Grey Cream. Julie and I really aren't hot tea drinkers, but we drank some to celebrate with Mom. She loves her hot tea. She enjoyed hers so much, she even bought some to take home. After celebrating like the Queen, we took Mom to a paint your pottery place. I told her she had celebrated 82, now she was returning to kindergarten. Mom and Julie painted a vase; I painted a little tea pot which I plan to use as a spoon holder. It was fun and we made lots of memories. We are anxious to see our creations next week after they have been fired. God is good and we had a blast!