Happy 80th!

Mom's 80th Birthday!! It's hard to believe that she's 80. She looks and acts years younger! We decided to try a new restaurant, Old Town. We were pleasantly surprised. Run by a Romanian couple, they are only open seasonally and had great food. Mom and I had stuffed grouper, E.D. had prime rib and John had weinerschnitzel. It was all wonderful. We gave Mom her birthday surprise- an Alaska Cruise!

We had a wonderful Christmas Eve but were so exhausted that we opted to open presents the next day. On Christmas day, we made the Cajun turducken (turkey stuffed with a duck then stuffed with a chicken).

Mom and I got a chance to shop and spend time together and it was nice to have some relaxed time. Seems like when we lived at TGO, things were always so compressed. Living this close has made it easy to get together on a moment’s notice.