Jan. 20: Anniversary & My Mom, The Gambler

34 Years Later.....

We were told that the Canadians get together each year for a quiet dinner; we were invited and felt honored to be included. We brought baked beans (Bush's) which I doctored up. Hamburgers were the main meal - my favorite - and the men BBQ them (except Larry who was in the kitchen with the women folk). We laid out our plates and all the food dishes on the table in the kitchen, took the picture and filled our plates.

Just as we were about to chow down, Elise came behind Larry and me and told us this was a party to celebrate our anniversary. We all had small glasses of white wine and all raised our glasses in a "congratulations" toast. For dessert, we had Oreo blizzard ice cream cake. Do these folks know me or not.






It sure is nice to come into this RV park, so far away from home, with friends from last year who are so special to Larry and me.

As many of you know, my mother (who will be 81 in February) loves to play the machines at the local casino. She calls it "contributing to the Indian children". Around Christmas, she was sitting at a machine and heard her name called out. She was asked to pull a bag out of a box. Well, all those years of playing the machines paid off. She won a 2009 red Mustang with stick shift. In deference to her age, they gave her a white automatic. She thinks it's nice so she's keeping it. I'm sure her and Mac will look real sharp pulling up to the senior center for the afternoon dances.

Tuesday, we inaugurated a new president. We have lots of expectations for this one lone man and it's really to all of our benefit if he does well. I didn't vote for him, but I'm sure going to cheer him on. I was at work and was thinking "I can tell my grandchildren I was around when this great part of our American history happened". However, now my grandchildren are around too. I'm thinking the point here is they can tell their grandchildren where they were when President Obama was administered the oath of office - sorta.