Look What I Got At A Yard Sale

Hello Nice People,

Now, I am not normally a yard saler. Not one of those persons that spends Saturday Morning perusing the neighborhood for bargains in everyones front or back yard. But this morning, I had a 9 o'clock appointment for a hair cut, and on the way, there they were.....signs that said "20 house yard sale." So I DID stop and spent one whole dollar. For that I got a cute cat lamp and two old cook books.

I think that was pretty much a bargain, unless you figure that I didn 't NEED any of them.

Yesterday was daughters birthday. Oh no!!! How could my little girl possibly be 41 years old. No Way.....

We had nothing planned, but I couldn't let the day go by and do nothing, so we took a little ride to a really good Diner and had dinner. Me, Hubby, the two kids and the birthday girl. We had a nice dinner and before we left, the waitress overheard the word "birthday" so she got the full treatment of a piece of cake and the bevy of waitresses singing Happy birthday. Mel was a waitress for years herself and she has told me in the past how they hate that part where they have to stop everything they are doing and sing Happy Birthday 10 times a night.

Here is a picture of the ole girl from one night last week. We watched the kids while they took a little night at the casinos.

That night, they planned on the buffet and just taking in the sights. Us "Locals" rarely go to the Casinos so this was a little treat and an ocassion to get out of the house and unwind. And not spend money they don't have.

She said, as they were walking around, an older couple, (about 55-60 LOL) beckoned them....."Come on over, go to the show with us, we have 2 extra tickets." Of course her hubby was on his way and Mel was saying, "Shane, we don't know those people." But they DID go, and were treated to a Beatles Show that she said was "Soooo good." The older couple was from New York and as she put it, you could tell they were well off. And they were just happy that someone was making good use of the tickets. Mel said they met 2 nice people who expected nothing and were happy to have them for company.

I am watching the Belmont Stakes horse race while blogging. It should be interesting just to see if Calvin Borell can win the Triple crown as a rider only. Otherwise, I don't know if I like the idea of horse racing. They make me so nervous when they run so hard on those little spindly legs. But what do I know. I like the way Calvin dedicates his wins to his deceased parents after every ride. He is from Calahojula, Louisiana, whereever that is. He has met the President and the Queen of England. What a story!!!!