- A STROLL DOWN MAIN STREET PLACERVILLE

Nothing exciting was playing at the theaters tonight, so Kurt and I decided to explore downtown Placerville. It's been awhile since we've taken the time to look in all the shops and see what's new on main street.

This is Placerville's famous bell tower.
You can read all about it at:

http://ci.placerville.ca.us/our_city/about/history.asp

- I HAVE THE BRAIN OF A 33-YEAR-OLD

HOW OLD IS YOUR BRAIN?

So, it's been a slow photo day at our house. I thought I'd share this link that Alyssa sent today - kind of a fun exercise. Post a comment and let me know how you score!!!

1. Click on 'start'

2. Wait for 3, 2, 1.

3. Memorize the numbers' positions on the screen, then click the circle
from the SMALLEST number to the BIGGEST number.

4. At the end of game, the computer will tell you the age of your brain.

Good luck !!

http://flashfabrica.com/f_learning/brain/brain.html

- TYLER AND KATE

Tyler and Kate came over to watch a movie last night after we got home from Institute.

They brought pineapple.....

a coconut......

and, of course, Yoohoo! And, yes, I finally tasted it. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

- MY BIRTHDAY LUNCHEON AT WORK

Today my co-workers spoiled me. We ordered lunch at Tijuana Taqueria (Dr. bought my lunch), Kathy brought me roses, Shandra made my birthday cake, and everyone chipped in and bought me a $70 Kohl's gift card.

Posing with my birthday roses.

Everyone was very secretive about my birthday cake and had been whispering and giggling for a couple of days. They asked me to close my eyes and lift the lid. They had put plastic bugs all over the top. This was Shandra's brilliant idea. She recently found a HUGE dead cockroach outside and brought it in to the office and put it on Alice's keyboard and then chased me around the office with it. I DO NOT LIKE BUGS!!!!

Thank you Dr., Judy, Alice, Kathy, Shandra, Peggy and Karen! I love you all! Thanks for making my birthday so special!

- MY GRANDCHILDREN

Angie sent me a CD with some new photos of Kelsey, Abbey and Jack for my birthday. These are a few of my favorites (actually, they're all my favorites ;) I sure love my grandchildren. They are such a blessing in my life! Thank you Angie!

- MAKING OUR WAY BACK HOME

Our check-out time at the hotel was 11 am. We checked out at 11:05 ;) We took the food we bought last night and drove to the top of Mt. Diablo in Walnut Creek (something we've always talked about doing) and had a picnic. It was 102 degrees but we found a shady spot and enjoyed our lunch while swatting at all the bees who wanted to enjoy our lunch too.

The view from the top was beautiful.

Fruit, bread, cheese, crackers, cookies and sparkling cider. Yum!

We stopped in Concord to visit with Kurt's mom. It was so nice to see her.

Despite all of her trials, she's a trooper and a real example to me of enduring to the end.

- MY 48TH BIRTHDAY

We are never home for my birthday since it falls the day after our anniversary. We celebrate wherever we happen to be and then have a belated family birthday celebration when we get home.

This morning I woke up to breakfast in bed at our hotel. What a nice way to start the day!

Kurt took me shopping at the Westfield Mall in Fairfield. He let me go crazy in one of my favorite clothing stores and then bought me my yearly birthday running shoes.

We had lunch at Chick-fil-A in the mall and then drove back to Vallejo and spent the rest of the day at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. It was blazing hot (over 100 degrees) but we had a good time.