Happy Birthday Gerry (Updated 11:00PM)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

GERRY

 

 I hope you have a very happy birthday and I can wish you happy birthday for many more great years.

I didn't know you for all the photos above, but I wish that I could have.  Especially you eating your chocolate cookie when you were about 4 years old.   In any case, I have known and loved you for over 59 years and looking forward to many more years with you.

UPDATE...

We wound up going to the Carriage House Inn restaurant in Emmitsburg, MD for Gerry's birthday dinner.  The building that houses the Carriage House Inn Restaurant was built in 1857 and is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Gerry & Larry celebrating birthdays

I ordered the prime rib with French Onion soup and cheese over the prime rib.  I've never heard of this before and thought I'd try it and see if I liked it.  It was different, but very tender and tasty.  The Sam Adams Octoberfest beer went with the meal very well. 
 

 

Gerry wasn't as daring and ordered the Maryland Crabcake dinner.  Both meals were served with a nice salad and a small loaf of bread which was served hot out of the oven.  The pumpkin butter added a lot of flavor to the bread.

 

 We arrived back at the cabin quite stuffed and Gerry wasn't able to eat the cheesecake she ordered for takeout.  It will be something to look forward to on Tuesday.

That was our day, how was yours?

Lazy Sunday

It sure was a lazy day up here on the mountain with not a lot going on.  We sat out on the porch and had a nice breakfast and watched the squirrels and chipmunks scurrying about gathering food for the upcoming winter.  Gerry has been collecting walnuts to feed the squirrels and she threw a few of them out to draw them closer so she could watch them.  The haven't found them yet, but I imagine in the morning they will be gone.

Her Christmas cactus flowers have been thriving and have a lot of flower buds on them.  I think they will be Halloween flowers this year rather than Christmas.  The flowers usually bloom early like this and then again in February or near that time.  We have been carrying them in the motorhome for the past 4 years and they are getting quite large to carry, but we like them so much we will make room for them.  

Gerry made some of her delicious spaghetti today along with garlic bread and also baked a cake for my birthday.  We couldn't celebrate it with Cassie, Jack and Lexa on Friday so we did it today.  We got there in time to watch most of the Green Bay - Chicago Bears football game and had a great time.  The Bears got robbed on a punt return for a touchdown and lost.  Cassie is a Green Bay fan so she was happy.  I enjoyed watching the game with her just to hear her comments.

The cake was Lemon Supreme  with lemon icing on top.  It doesn't get much better than that.  They couldn't find any number as high as I am old so a big number 40 was on the cake.  I managed to blow out the two candles and now am waiting for my wishes to come true.  Lexa brought the cake in and they all sang happy birthday to me and I sang along with them.

Today is also the birthday of a friend of ours, Herb Randol.  I won't say how old he is, but he is getting closer to me every day.

 

Happy Birthday

Today I will celebrate my birthday once again.  I won't tell you how old I am, but for those diehard Redskins fans it is the same number of former Redskins defensive tackle Joe Rutgens.  If you know much about football numbers and how they are assigned to different position players, that will give you a hint.  Or, you could find out his real number; that is if you really care to know how old I am.

We made plans to visit with our friend Hanne who is visiting with family down in Front Royal, VA.  We drove down there in heavy rain all the way and people were even slowing down on I-81 due to the rain.  You know it was raining hard when drivers actually drive at or below the speed limit.

Hanne, Gerry and I went out for a light lunch at Panda Express in Front Royal and had a nice meal.  We have tried Panda Express in a number of places and have found they are a good value for the money and the food is always good. 

The girls wanted to find a Kohl's store and Gerry plugged it into the TomTom GPS and away we went.  It took us down a small road and through an industrial area and said "you have reached your destination".  Huh!  It was the Kohl's warehouse for that area and not a store.  So much for the accuracy of the GPS.  We did manage to find a Kohl's and they got their fix.


Later we stopped back where Hanne was staying and visited Allan & Lisa for a couple hours.  While we were there neighbors of theirs came up the hill in trucks and jumped out with drinks for all.  They had managed to rig up a blender jar to a weed whacker and proceeded to mix up a batch of  Singapore Slings with the device.  It was the funniest thing I have seen in a long time.  I was waiting for it to slip and have the Sling hit the fan as they say.  Nope, it worked fine and I got a video of it.  Great bunch of friendly and outgoing people and we enjoyed the visit.


Then it was time for the 90 mile trip back to the cabin in the fog.  We did stop and visit with Cassie for a while on the way back and surprised them by stopping by so late.

Happy birthday Marilyn, wherever you are!


That was my day.