tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31540014.post-87413044083056808892008-05-09T11:15:00.007-04:002008-05-09T11:46:38.801-04:00Isn't it funny how when you go on a vacation, once you get back from that vacation you feel like you now need a vacation to recover from the vacation that you were just on? <br /><br />That's how I'm feeling at the moment but there's simply no time to just kick back and lounge around the house as there are things that need to be done such as grocery shopping (Amanda seems to think we actually need food in the house!), finding a Mother's Day present for my mom, putting together the last of the pictures from my vacation, and making potato salad for a cook-out I'm going to on Sunday at Jason &amp; Amy's for a late celebration of Jason's birthday. I'm sure there's more in there, (stopping in for quick <a href="http://www.lasereyecenter.com/">Lasik</a> surgery would be nice but I can't afford it!) but that's enough of a list for now!<br /><br />Speaking of birthdays, it was 27 years ago today Sgt Pepper taught the band to play ... uhm, no wait, I got sidetracked by random Beatles' lyrics! ... That wasn't what I wanted to say! ... It was 27 years ago today that I gave birth to my first child and only son - Michael.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Aws118bcuG8/SCRtZtBUv-I/AAAAAAAAC6o/D2zSMsgNVag/s1600-h/Mike.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Aws118bcuG8/SCRtZtBUv-I/AAAAAAAAC6o/D2zSMsgNVag/s320/Mike.jpg" alt="Michael" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198400158241701858" border="0" /></a>Looks like he should be a bouncer on the Jerry Springer Show, doesn't he?? Actually he may look all tough and mean but he isn't really and in spite of the fact that he always said he was never going to get married and have kids, he's done a darned fine job with both his stepson Christopher and his own personal version of the Energizer Bunny - Mathew.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Aws118bcuG8/SCRusNBUv_I/AAAAAAAAC6w/Wm47tAfVpEQ/s1600-h/theboys.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Aws118bcuG8/SCRusNBUv_I/AAAAAAAAC6w/Wm47tAfVpEQ/s320/theboys.jpg" alt="Mathew and Christopher" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198401575580909554" border="0" /></a>Mike and Laura, his wife, should be stopping by later on tonight to pick up his birthday present that I got in California (where he was born by the way!) on their way to see the new <span style="font-style: italic;">Speed Racer</span> movie so perhaps I'll pick up a birthday cake while I'm out and about getting those groceries Amanda seems to think we need! After all, what's a birthday without cake - right, <a href="http://muffin53.blogspot.com">Miss Bee</a>??<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Aws118bcuG8/SCRwaNBUwAI/AAAAAAAAC64/DrcI2LfUZGI/s1600-h/Birthday+cake.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Aws118bcuG8/SCRwaNBUwAI/AAAAAAAAC64/DrcI2LfUZGI/s400/Birthday+cake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198403465366519810" border="0" /></a>Help yourselves to a virtual slice - there's coffee around here somewhere, too - while I go take care of some errands. I'll be back later with more pictures from my evening at Cancun with <a href="http://katherineclaire.blogspot.com">Katherine</a> and <a href="http://comedyplus.blogspot.com">Sandee</a> and other assorted stuff!Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05698969349369789642noreply@blogger.com