Thursday - Happy Birthday, Jim

• yes, today is Jim's birthday; 68 years ago, as a 5 year old child, I stayed with my Grandma while my mother went to the little white hospital in Blue Earth to get a new baby; she came home in a couple days with this beautiful little baby brother, they named James Dennis; yippee! but he was so little; I couldn't even play with him.
• windy, gusty, cloudy, warm morning; temp 71; high to be 89 (high tomorrow only 59); wind gusts today to 60 mph; may not take a bike ride today; ugh.
• Jim & Dan & I attended the Men's breakfast at Taco Fiesta; as lots of guys have left for home, attendance was down.
• so that everyone knows about paragraph 1, I'll post this now and update it throughout the day rather than posting the whole thing this evening; and I will have some pictures from this afternoon's festivities.
• Jim joined Candy & Dan for bowling right after lunch; while Diane & I are picking up the (birthday) cake and meeting them at Martha's Taqueria del Sol in Donna.
• 23 guests joined Diane & me for the bowling dinner & birthday party for Jim; took lots of pictures.
• Jim got 1 gift that I'll have to have the giftor give me an explanation for.
• was so exhausted when I got home that I didn't any more added to this blog till Friday morning; sorry.

nice cake; thanks, Diane

"Jim's" table

23 guests attended

too bad he couldn't take his cap off  ;-(

yes, he's complaining that his teeth are getting dry

cutting the cake

what's this? might it be called John Deere underwear . . . I'll have to get more information . . .

Oops, I goofed. They're not called J.D. Underwear, they're called Seat Covers and they come with instructions. So here's some quotes from the instructions.

• Exit - the word Exit printed at the locality of the point of most wear & tear - eliminates wasting precious moments in hunting around - especially appreciated when traveling, driving a tractor, at a ballgame or fishing.
• Zipper - ... time saver & enables user to have one hand free at all times.
• Black Pocket - found to the left of the zipper, is an emergency kit
• Town & Country - town: tissue, country: lightweight corn cob (be sure to remove cob from plastic bag)
• Whistle - explain to someone in the house they should rush to your aid when this alarm is given