Nearly the end of another year. Because I am neglectful in keeping this blog, it is hard to remember the events that have occurred to bring it up to date. Today a friend, using Logitech, talked with me about computers and I mentioned that I have written a blog. She was interested and asked how to access it. I told her and now I'm embarrassed because I haven't written for so long.
So many good things happened this year it seems a shame to not record those that I can remember. (Did you catch that, the remembering part) Age seems to have a way of clearing the mind whether I want it cleared or not.
My 70th birthday celebration was definitely a highlight. Kristi Newman planned and provided their home. She only asked me to make up the invite list. Kristi is my ray of sunshine here in Arizona, not that we need more sunshine, but when my skies are gray, she makes me happy. There were pictures of me on the door, streamers and chalk messages from the kids all over the driveway. My brother Jerry, his wife, Bobby and my deceased brother's wife Lisha were here visiting from Montana which made the party that much more special. Alice, Deanna, Deric, Kelly and Kathy from SunLakes, Karen, Aubrey, Miles and Debbie from Auwatukee, Perry and Barbara, Aline and Clint and Kelly from Maricopa plus the Newman clan. Wishing my children could have been there but work schedules and plane tickets prevented that but the gift of a super first class bicycle somewhat made up for it.
My daughter, Michelle called the dealer and made all the financial arrangements. She is such a super kid; told me to just pick out whatever I wanted including assessories and she and her brothers would take care of it.
I ride my bike a lot and have only fallen off twice. The first time on my head but the second was just a little bump. Have Kristi to thank for helping me pick out the bike and transporting it home.
Okay!! I can't seem to navigate this blog as well as I use to. It has taken me 10 minutes to find the right button allowing me to edit or add to this.
Had an interesting thought this morning as I read in the newspaper. Gas prices are dropping. Article also commented that prices will continue to drop during the winter months. Alright, back to my interesting thought. Living on the farm about 54 years ago had very distinct advantages for a sneaky teenager. We had a 100 gallon gas tank that dad kept for refueling farm equipment and cars. If my friends and I were a bit short of money, we'd steal gas from the tank. We thought we were pretty clever but thinking back, dad probably knew exactly when thieves were pilfering from him.
Wouldn't it be great if we all had one of those tanks so when gas prices drop we fill it up and avoid the rise in price later on. As I scan what I just wrote, I can see lots of holes in the plan but it brought back some fun memories.
Golfed 9 holes today with a lady's group. Paid for 18 but my back couldn't take it after 9. The Duke doesn't have 9 hole rates so had to forfiet my green fees. Doesn't seem fair but, as I've been told many times before, life isn't fair. It was a beautiful morning and I played better than I did a couple weeks ago. More injections on Thursday so maybe I'll be back on the course playing 18 and recording a good score.
