What a great day!!

Today is my birthday! Someone mentioned to me I'd be done with birthdays after this year. Well, I hope not! I hope I have 50+ more birthdays! I won't be done with birthdays, I will just be done counting them!!! I'll be 49 and holding forever!

Today my BFF Shelley took Patrick and I to Jeeves and Company in Scottsburg. If we would have stopped at our spinach salad with chicken and garlic salad with chicken, we would have been ok, but noooo...

With it being my birthday, I thought why not? I normally don't do desserts, but today was the exception. And after today, it might be hard to decline the dessert the next time.

Shelley and I both had the brownie with ice cream, chocolate and caramel, with whip cream. I was thinking I was in heaven!






It was even better than the picture looks! By the time we were done, we were miserable. Happy, but miserable! Shelley and I have been friends for a number of years and today, we added to the tons of memories we share. Shelley and I were both blessed with brothers but no sisters. I consider her my sister I never had. If God had given me a sister, I don't think she could be as good as friend as Shelley. Check out her rendition of our friendship here:

http://whatifitdid.com/?p=1252

I have received several well wishes, cards, flowers, gifts, and phone calls from my friends and family today. I appreciate each and every thought. I'm truly blessed to have such a loving group of people around me. I love each and everyone of you and I'm a better person for having you in my life!

My Favorite Cartoons

I'm sure we all have a favorite cartoon that sticks in our mind from our childhood. Kids today have no idea what cartoons are suppose to be like. I wonder when the kids from today grow up, will one of their favorite cartoons be Sponge Bob? That is not what cartoons are suppose to be like.

I remember Foghorn Leghorn:



Foghorn would say, "Looky here son, I say looky here..." He was always trying to get the best of the Barnyard Dawg. Usually the dog took a spanking to the rear-end, then almost choked himself as he chased Foghorn to the end of his rope. I don't believe there was a 'winner' in the cartoon, but rather who got the best joke, the chicken or the dog.

PePe Le Pew was another classic:



PePe was the smelly skunk who was in love with the black cat. Of course, the black cat could not get past the smell of the skunk, but hearing the French accent of the skunk was funny stuff. I doubt I really knew what he was talking about as he was romancing the cat, but it was still funny to watch the cat squirm out of the smelly arms of the skunk.

The Road Runner and Wile E Coyote would have to be, at least, in the top 3 of everybody's favorite cartoon. The money Wile E spent on the Acme Corporation products to catch the Road Runner (beep, beep). He could have owned the company, but probably still not out-smarted the Road Runner!




Then good ole Yogi and Boo Boo:



Yogi was "smarter than the average bear" and was always trying to find a 'pic-a-nic' basket. Ranger Smith was always one step ahead of him and Boo Boo would often warn Yogi, but he wouldn't listen. "Hello Mr Ranger, sir!"

Some of these cartoons can be seen on cable re-runs, but most of the good ones are long gone. I showed Patrick some of Foghorn Leghorn cartoons on youtube the other day. It was funny to see them again, but even more funny to sit and hear Patrick laugh at the good cartoons!

Thelma and Louise

I'm sure most people have seen the Oscar winning movie from the early 90's with Susan Sarandon and Genna Davis. Brad Pitt also had a part in the movie. Believe it or not, our own little 'burg has it's very own Thelma and Louise!

We didn't have the '66 Thunderbird, as in the movie. We had a Chevy Chevette, and let me tell you, we thought we were some bad asses! We made so many memories together. From the towels at JC Penney's, cutting fire wood and sitting in the back of the pickup on top of the wood, going up a mountain, 8 months pregnant, almost swinging from a rope at Hardy Lake, going to the State Parks with Benjamin, Tracie, Troy, and Dawn in the summer time, riding bicycles when we had too much to drink--I only did that ONE time, BB guns and mirrors, stop signs, cows, etc.

Memories are a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, and the things you never want to lose. We don't remember days, we remember the moments.

Sometimes I play the 'Thelma' role, and sometimes my BFF Shelley has her turn at being the crazy one. 'Louise' is always there to save Thelma and always will be!

The best things in life come in 3's. Good friends, dreams and memories.

Shelley, happy birthday to a great friend, thanks for dreaming with me, and most of all, thanks for the memories!

Spring Is Coming

The proof is in the pictures:


Before we know it we will be hearing the sounds of lawn mowers, hedge trimmers, and all the spring time sounds that fill the air. Ahhhh, I can hardly wait!