My 65th Birthday!

I have no idea how I got so 0ld so fast but I did--regardless! For those of you who missed it, I want to tell you that I had one heck of a birthday party last night at GCF; one of these pictures should be evidence a plenty!

After we all gathered and had a sumptuous meal (and I do mean sumptuous), Greg Elrod rang some kind of bell announcing that the "party was about to begin" and begin, it did. Immediately, Debbie Bluhm rolled in a nice new wheel chair with a covey of black balloons attached, all for my "comfort and pleasure." Then gift-giving time arrived and man what gifts--even an overnight stay at Henderson Village with meals, wine, and massages! You talk about cards--I got some doozies, as well as some, shall I say a bit more pastoral (I will let you guess what that means!). Why I even received an invitation for dinner for two (rib eye or salmon), especially prepared by one of our in-house chefs! Listen, I could go on and on but let me just tell you that I had a grand 65th birthday party!

I will always treasure the precious birthday letter Little Darlin' sent me! I really do love that girl! She is the treasure, to be sure.

Let us not forget the birthday cake! Have you ever tried to blow out that many candles, especially the ones that will NOT blow out, while everyone is laughing at (not with) you? I tried my best NOT to spit on the cake while attempting to blow out the candles and, evidently, I succeeded because the cake diminished in size very quickly!

Oh, there is one more thing: one of the older men (actually, the oldest man) gave me a card that mentioned something about cleavage. If anyone has any idea what THAT is about, I wish you would tell me, as I hate to be so uninformed.

To all of you who made it possible by attending or by preparing (or both), I want to express my sincere thanks; you made my 65th birthday very special--one I will never forget! Now I am on the road to mile marker #70!

By the way, if you will notice, I am wearing strange "head pieces" in both these pictures. Just for your information, one of these pictures was taken on February 15, 1958--my sixteenth birthday--only 49 short years ago! As you can see, Annis looks much younger in this picture than she does now. I guess living with me for so long as aged her a bit--

Thanks so much for your love and support!

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