Thirty Years Ago!

Good Snowy Morning!  So, yesterday was in the 50's and today I woke to 3+ inches of heavy wet snow on my car!  It is still snowing out and is so pretty.  The roads are clear, so it's just nice to be out and about.

Meanwhile...it was thirty years ago today that Colin entered the world!  Happy Birthday to our wonderful son who has brought us more joy and laughter and love than we ever imagined possible.  Some funny/interesting (to me anyway) things:

1.  My best friend Leslie had her daughter on the same day 12 years earlier!  (Leslie and I both had due dates of 12/7 and we both had our children on 12/11).

2.  My niece, Vera, was born on the same day 6 years before Colin.  The 11th is also the birthday for Sam, my brother's partner and Fletcher's grandfather!

3.  I never saw a bill from the hospital or my doctor!  At the time I was working for another hospital and I think it was a "courtesy" discount.  I also had a double room, but no roommate

This is a group of pictures that Fletch keeps on his chest of drawers (the *aged* paper at the top reads:  Dad is the Best!):

Such a happy boy!  The two pictures where he is sitting in a wicker chair are from day care.  And here is a group of some day care and school pictures, ending with his senior picture at the far right.

Some of these pictures are so funny!

Probably best that he does not read this blog, I'm sure he would not be thrilled with these pictures being posted.  LOL

Mailing has been out of town on business, but she is cooking him a birthday dinner (rack of lamb and cream brulee pie!!!) on Saturday, so we will celebrate then.  I'll bake a cake tonight to have tomorrow when Colin comes over for dinner.

We did manage to get the Christmas tree into the house last night (during a lull in the weather) and it is "settling."  Fletch will put the lights on it today or tonight and then we will decorate it tomorrow when Colin is over.  This has got to be one of the strongest smelling trees we have ever had.  Our house is tiny, but you can smell the tree everywhere - even upstairs!  It is wonderful.  However, it was such a bitch to get that sucker into the house and then secure in the tree stand, I am just about ready to give in and go with an artificial tree.  I'll see what Fletch thinks.

This is also Unraveled Wednesday.  No knitting updates since my post yesterday.   I did (finally) finish "A Better Man" by Louise Penny.  I thought it got better towards the end, but I don't think this book comes anywhere near being as good as her others.  I still want to go to Three Pines and meet everyone, sit at the cafe and have a croissant and coffee, but I was really quite bored with this book.  I am now reading "The Dutch House" and the best part of this for me is the setting - it takes place (so far anyway) in the suburbs of Philadelphia where I grew up.  Be sure to head over to Kat's Blog to see what she and others are making and reading.