Phila

We took a trip to Philadelphia this week. What a fantastic time! I have over 200 pictures to prove it! Well, about 60 of them are baseball game pics, so they don't really count.

My nephew is a teacher in Orlando, FL. He had a student this year whose father is a pitcher for the Phillies. Graham asked if the dad could get him tickets for the Yankees games and he did!

My nephew and niece flew in from FL; my brother's family, Jay, and I went down to meet them. We left on Monday morning and arrived at our hotel in Cherry Hill, NJ early in the afternoon. The girls went to the pool. The boys and I went miniature golfing. Then we headed to the ball park.

On Tuesday we went to Phila and visited the Liberty Bell. That was my "must do". We walked to South St. and had cheese steaks at Jim's Steaks. Fabulous!!! I think we might just drive down there for dinner some night! We went back to the hotel for swimming and naps before the game.

Breakfast on Wednesday was at Dunkin' Donuts. My nieces wanted to go to the mall, so we said good-bye to them and headed to the zoo before taking Graham and Bridget to the airport.

It was so great to see my niece and nephew - haven't seen them since Molly's wedding in October. We had a great time and decided to do something like this every year.

The only bad thing was that my son was supposed to go, but something came up at work and he wasn't able to join us. But, we'll make sure he's with us next time!

35 years............

Today is Jay's and my 35th wedding anniversary. I can't believe it because I think of myself as 35 years old!!

All morning my mind has been playing a video of our life. Thank goodness I am remembering the happy things right now. I don't want to think about the people who have left and start crying.

Jay gave me a huge bouquet of daisies. This has always been my favorite flower. It was the flower for the bridemaids' bouquets at our wedding. Their dresses were pink with tiny daisies on them. I haven't thought about that in so long! And, it struck me that our daughter, Molly, who was married in October had pink dresses with black flocked flowers. So, she is a little like me I guess.

Jay has golf league on Mondays. He wanted to get a sub for tonight, but I told him not to. I know how he loves to play golf. I will meet him after and we'll have dinner at the club house.

Doing something special today isn't that important to me because we are together all day, every day now. We are retired and spend most of our time together. That is the best part of being retired. So far - almost two years - it has gone well. We haven't gotten on each other's nerves yet.

Guess it is true love!