The Fifties

A friend at work celebrated her 50th birthday yesterday. I think she was hoping to slide in under the radar. Her daughter who lives states away spilled the beans by ordering her a special 50th cake. Some of us rallied around to decorate her office and host a surprise party at break. It was great fun!

I remember when I turned 50! I felt so old... and here I am about to enter my last year in the 50's... time sure has gone by quickly! Since I turned 50:

• both kids got married
• three precious grand children were born
• both of my parents passed away
• we sold our house of 32 years
• we built and moved into a new home
• Gracie came into our family (our first and only cat)
• I've seen the Lion King three times (not counting endless viewings of the Disney DVD version)
• will have celebrated 39 years of marriage! 2/3 of my lifetime!!!

The Red Hat Society welcomed me at age 50... I think I'll see what the 60's have to bring me. But not yet... I have ONE MORE YEAR to go!

(yes, Judy: Door County is on my list for the 60's... )

Princess Silly Lily

My name is Princess Silly Lily. My dad is the King in The Land of Fisher. My mom is the Queen, and they both they think they are in charge of everything. I think they are beginning to figure out that I am really the one in charge.

An evil monster tried to break into The Land of Fisher. It took a lot of soldiers to fight it off. The King and Queen spent a lot of time holding hands and worrying. Their friends from far and wide all sent their powers to help fight off the monster. I didn’t even know The Land of Fisher was such a famous place! But I found out it is.

It was a huge fight! The Monster had invaded the most treasured thing in the Land of Fisher, me! I was very brave and not too silly while the soldiers tracked the monster down and took him away. Mom and dad were very brave too. We’re all so exhausted after the fight, but are celebrating now!

It’s going to take time for the Land of Fisher to return to normal. The king and queen are keeping a good eye out for any more monsters. And friends keep sending us their powers! I think we’re going to be okay. I think we are a lucky family. Personally, I can’t wait to get a little silly again!

You can read my dad's stuff at: http://www.landoffisher.blogspot.com/

A Step (or two) Behind...

Meet my new phone. I know! I KNOW! I committed to a new two year plan and did NOT get a DROID! All I really wanted was to be able to text without having to figure out doing so on a numeric keypad... Yes, I have a keyboard now. This photo is life size... so stick your finger onto your screen. Yup! TINY! My eyes can barely make out the keyboard. Good things my kids can read typo-ese!

DROID: Yeah, I wanted one until I played with one at the store. I wanted to see what my email looked like, so I swiftly navigated to GMAIL and logged in. KEWL! It worked! It was great! But then I couldn't log out. I had to interrupt my sales guy from a new client, and have him help me. He had to go to his supervisor - and the supervisor to the Geek On Duty! YIKES! They had to reset the entire phone...

I decided then and there that if it took three pros to get me out of my email, it wasn't really something I wanted to deal with on a regular basis... so now a new decision: I P A D or I P O D TOUCH?

or should I wait for the I G E E Z E R ?)

Decisions, Decisions!