Daughters are made of sugar, spice, and everything nice.

Patty took Joe and me to three sweet shops we enjoyed tasting cake and other goodies.  She is treating our anniversary party the same as a wedding.  It has elevated the expectation and made it mucha fun.  We visited Ginger Elizabeth’s and experienced the most heavenly hot chocolate I have ever tasted.  It was like being in chocolate heaven.  When you walk in the door the smell of chocolate attacts you in the best possible way.  It permeates every cell of your being.  They also make French macaroons  I am sure they are good however my taste buds were overwhelmed with the chocolate. 

Our next stop was the cup cake shop next door. I will not tell you the name as I have nothing good to say about it.  I did not care for anything we tried there.

Last but certainly not least Etories on Fair Oaks Blvd.  I had bought a cake from there a few years ago and it was not good it soured me on the place. I did not want to go there, but Patty insisted. We tried the Fruit Basket cake, and the Carmel Cheesecake.  Both cakes were outstanding I especialy liked the Fruit Basket Cake. 

We will be having them at the party so I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

Was I Emotionally Constipated ?

Crazy Joe 

As I was working on a prayer for our anniversary last night I could feel myself tearing up about it.  When I read it to Joe my voice cracked several time and I had tears in my eyes.  The words were so true that we did not make it to fifty years on our own, but because of God’s intersection more that once.  What was unusual was me being so emotional about it.  Time changes everything.  Fifty years ago if we read that prayer Joe would have teared up, and I would have looked at him now it is the other way around. I believed I was strong because I never allowed others to see my emotions.  It was like I keep them in a box and seldom took them out. Looking back I don’t know how he put up with me.  God sent Joe to teach me life is about feelings and having the courage to express them.  He was very sentimental, never afraid to have fun, many times down right crazy if you don’t believe me see picture. ha ha

Does Your Mind Ever Go ?

Sometimes my mind goes blank and I wonder what happened, did my brain go on vacation or is it just one of the things we put up with as we get older.  Then of course there is always the worry "could it be the dreaded alzheimer".  I hate to admit it but I am vigilant at watching the younger members of the family to see how often they forget things.  I am ashamed to say I feel better when I see they forget almost as much as I do.

If you have a good story about forgetting something feel free to post it.
  

                                                                                                                           

Valentine's Day

After 50 years it gets hard to fine new ideas for a gift.  Joe got very creative this year with a 4 ft card that said we have shared 50 valentine days together.  The card was almost as big as me as I am only 5ft 2in.  He outdid himself with the gift a new Asian Pear Tree.  He will be busy this weekend digging a hole for it.  What a great gift we can look forward to harvesting our pears in about four years.

I see my niece Chrisie got a beautiful i-pad from Billy great gift for a busy modern woman, but the best part was the inscription on it.

Hope everyone had a wonderful day.

Party Progress

I havent blogged for a while as I have been working on our party.  We have decided on a date, and started planning for the rest of it.  We have picked the colors they will be black, gold, and cream.  JOe is as excited about the party as I am.  We are talking about renewing our vowels, and I am very happy about that.