Happy Birthday to me

Well....another year has gone by....one good thing about having a birthday at the end of the year is I always feel that a new year will bring something new. (Profound eh!)

Judy (an old friend from Belle Plaine) sent me an email wishing me a happy 39th!...ha...at one time I thought THAT was old...now I would take it in a second. When my dad was my age I was in my final year of high school. He certainly never slowed down, and worked hard every day on the farm, fixing canvas for the combine and the swather in the winter, milking cows every morning, cleaning out the barn (well I usually did that!). No barns to clean anymore....however sometimes I would prefer to do that. Glad I don't have to milk cows....tried that...Dad could milk two while I did one. (and with my now broken finger....that would be VERY difficult).

I am lucky to still have a job cause I can't afford to retire on what I would make. Everybody talks of retirement....ha...I doubt that they ever really figured out that they could never live off what a pension pays. My idea of a pension is...pay me what I am making right now...and tell me not to come to work...forever. That I could live on. Anything less...forget it. I'd be lucky to pay my utility bills. One needs to invest in real estate or something that has long term equity. A lesson I learned too late. Or better yet....win the lottery!! Yeah I know...that is NOT a proper retirement plan! Especially with MY luck!

So...I get Merry Christmas, Happy Birthday and Happy New Year ALL AT ONCE. I'm supposed to soak it all in cause that's it for the year! I can't believe how fast the years go by. Summers used to last forever when I was a kid.

My mom said..."if it wasn't for that glass of wine...you'd have been a new Years baby!"... yeah right....her idea of a glass of wine was a communion glass!
My friend Martin took me out for prime rib tonite....and Mark D. took me out for breakfast. That was nice. Thanks guys!