Remnants of the Past

TGIF

I have lived in the same house for over twenty years in a small beach town on the Central Coast of California. I have developed some wonderful friendships with neighbors. We have watched our children grow up together and have sent them off to college. We are officially empty nesters. What are we going to do now? I cannot think of one thing...Yippee! Let's have a party. My neighborhood friends now get together every Friday night  go out to a casual dinner and get caught up on our week and have a giggle or two. It has been a lot of fun getting to know these neighbors without kids. Well, if you haven't noticed...it is a little expensive to go out to dinner every week. We now share a potluck dinner alternating between the houses. It actually has been a lot of fun. More relaxing then going out to dinner and we can walk home. This is my Friday. I have even let up a bit and have not scrubbed every corner of my house. It's true...wisdom comes with age.

    The table...

  The essense of Spring...Don't you love that watering can!

Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day is not an occasion that my husband and I usually celebrate. Our anniversary is at the beginning of February and we consider that a much more meaningful day to celebrate. It has been 20 years this year!! We made an exception this year. My dear husband thought it would be wonderful for me to go shopping at a local department store while he snoozed in the car. Little did he know that shopping to me is like pulling my fingernails out. Take me to Anthropologie and have my cute daughter pull an outfit together for me or take me to a flea market and that is my idea of shopping. One store, try on an outfit buy it and then leave and go to lunch. No, I am to wander aimlessly through a store by myself to shop. I wander for two hours becoming increasing frustrated and come out with two pairs of brown socks. Exciting! I come out to the car and no husband. Now, I am thinking and this supposed to be fun. Finally, he appears with a smile on his face and says “Did you have fun?” My dear husband thinks that he is the luckiest man alive to have a wife that hates to shop.

Our day gets better, thank goodness. We have one beautiful day in between storms and we head to the beach to this great restaurant at the end of the Pier. It is beautiful…Puffy white clouds, ocean and my man. Now that is celebrating Valentine’s Day. Here are some pictures of our day.

   

    What a cute couple! 

Some big boys... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My cute husband.