Today is our anniversary - me and Richard. He gave me 2 dozen beautiful yellow roses which made me cry buckets. Poor guy didn't know what to say. I cried because I always used to share the flowers he brought me with my mom since she lived right across from us and my dad never brought her flowers cause that's not how he was. Her death has hit me hard and I'm surprised. She was 92 and suffered so much toward the end. I was ready to let go and thought I'd be fine. WRONG. I feel empty right now. She has always lived nearby - too close actually. Anyway, on with today. Once I patched up my eyes we went to P.F. Chang's for a great dinner and then to the movies. We saw Forgetting Sarah Marshall and it was a funny funny movie. Rich went to see it when he would have rather watched Leatherheads but he wanted to please me and he ended up laughing right along with me. I just needed to laugh and he understood that so I'm going to keep him around for yet another year. 
Our vacation was great. We visited our daughter and her family for a couple of days in NC (LOVE THOSE KIDS), we drove around Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and Eastern Ohio. We saw a doe - so close I could have touched her but she turned and ran. My brother wondered how I knew it was a doe because the bucks antlers aren't out yet (something I didn't know). Didn't even know that they lose their antlers every year. So don't know if it was a she or a he. We saw some big fat turkeys and lots of turkey buzzards looking for food. Lots of wild life and many farms. I didn't think it would be as beautiful as it was but spring has sprung for sure. Met many nice folks that we gabbed with. Richard even did a little shopping with me. Got a personal tour through an old mill (upstairs, downstairs and basement). Met some real nice Amish people. I have an affinity for them for reasons unknown. I bought a text book about the Amish and devoured it. Learned a lot about them and I both agree and disagree. Somehow I feel they have hung onto some precious ways of being that many of us have lost or only have too little of now. We also drove along the eastern coast hoping to see the water. What fools we were. Nothing but one large building after another just like the waterfront in Florida. We did get to the beach a few times and Natalie finally got to see the OCEAN! I am in love with the sound of the waves, the birds, the wind and the awesome peacefulness. There were already surfers out there - I was not one of them. :mrgreen:
Our vacation was great. We visited our daughter and her family for a couple of days in NC (LOVE THOSE KIDS), we drove around Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and Eastern Ohio. We saw a doe - so close I could have touched her but she turned and ran. My brother wondered how I knew it was a doe because the bucks antlers aren't out yet (something I didn't know). Didn't even know that they lose their antlers every year. So don't know if it was a she or a he. We saw some big fat turkeys and lots of turkey buzzards looking for food. Lots of wild life and many farms. I didn't think it would be as beautiful as it was but spring has sprung for sure. Met many nice folks that we gabbed with. Richard even did a little shopping with me. Got a personal tour through an old mill (upstairs, downstairs and basement). Met some real nice Amish people. I have an affinity for them for reasons unknown. I bought a text book about the Amish and devoured it. Learned a lot about them and I both agree and disagree. Somehow I feel they have hung onto some precious ways of being that many of us have lost or only have too little of now. We also drove along the eastern coast hoping to see the water. What fools we were. Nothing but one large building after another just like the waterfront in Florida. We did get to the beach a few times and Natalie finally got to see the OCEAN! I am in love with the sound of the waves, the birds, the wind and the awesome peacefulness. There were already surfers out there - I was not one of them. :mrgreen:
