Tea on a Tuesday

No Musings yesterday.  Sorry for the delay.  I was coming down with a cold.  Itchy-scratchy throat and nose.  You know what I'm talking about.  So I laid low.  Did about 20% of my usual.  Basically just three loads of laundry and a quick vacuum and a couple cat naps that the cat joined me in (fancy that!).  And today I'm feeling some better.

If you ever are wondering how old I am in the years to come, just "Google" what year the Super Bowl is and there you go!

I have the best friends.  I texted that I wouldn't be able to join in a birthday lunch.  And guess what the birthday old lady girl did?  She brought over a puzzle to keep my feeble mind occupied with.  It was a double-edged sword because as good as it was, it was bad.  I cannot stop working on them and so I had all 500 pieces put neatly in their place within 24 hours.  Here's a pic before I finished!

There's a storm brewing - not here unfortunately.  For days they've predicted wild amounts of snow and wind.  Currently, we have a driving rain storm.  I feel like our area has been suddenly moved to Arkansas or South Carolina.  It's been a dud of a winter as far as snow goes.  

The slightly amusing part of it was yesterday I made a brief stop at a grocery store and it was swamped with people loading up on bread, eggs, and milk for this (rain) storm.  Silly people.

I was informed my my wise older sister to drink a lot of green tea to fight this virus.  So I did.  In fact, I put some in a glass bottle before I left to hit the grocery store.  As I came out of the restroom carrying my bottle, I had a little private giggle thinking of handing it to someone to hold while I looked at something.  Why?  This is what it looked like.  And it was perfectly warm. 

This past Sunday, we celebrated the birthday of my mother-in-law.  I know I've said nice things about her before, but I want to offer up this glimpse of who she is.  We happened to have dinner with them the Sunday before because of relatives in town.  As we were leaving I said, 'your birthday is next Sunday!  We should have you over for dinner.'.  Her response was 'oh I know you are busy.  Don't worry about it.  If it works out, that's ok, but we don't have to either.'  That's the kind of person she is.  Putting others before herself.  I am taking mental notes because I want to be that kind of mother-in-law should the opportunity present itself.  

Here's a blast from the past.  I found this in the basement.  

That is the Chairman!  That is me!  That is about the first time I think we ever sat next to each other.  We were on a raft trip for five days together in Utah.  He looks very, very serious.  I am smiling with my braces on my teeth in my mid-20's sporting my watermelon-colored shorts.  Little did I know that the terrorist-looking fella would one day be my true love and the father to our children.  Life is so interesting isn't it?

Happy Tuesday to you!