A Happy Birthday

It's always nice to have another birthday celebration - especially as the years mount. It was rather quiet but very enjoyable. I watched some football on TV and prepared our first dinner in the new Instant Pot that we received on Friday. Actually, we had another Instant Pot that we returned to Amazon because it was too big and heavy for us. The new one is a terrific replacement. I made some chicken soup while Josie continued her recovery from her bout with the flu:

She felt much better yesterday and will attempt a return to work today. I hope I don't get what she had as it was a very tough few days for her.

The football games were great yesterday. Both games went down to the final minutes before  a winner was determined and the second game, between the Saints and Vikings ended on the final play of the game on a miracle touchdown by the Vikings. The Divisional Championship games are next weekend and they promise to be great matchups.

We are hoping for some action on the house this week as we continue to be nervous over the apparent lack of effort on the part of our property manager. I know we are too close to the process, but we really had hoped for better responsiveness from the company. Nothing fixes a problem faster or better than positive action...

Another Year in the Books

I would like to thank all of my family and friends for the Birthday wishes yesterday. It was a very good day and one that I am more thankful for each year.

We used the day to go to a couple places that have been on our "must go" list for awhile. The first one was to Sephora to pick up my fragrance gift from Patty that I received at Christmas. The first Sephora we went to was the closest, but it was located inside a JC Penney store and wasn't big enough to carry the choice I made in the fragrance from the list of selections. We then went to the big store in the mall and they carried the choice I made - the Tom Ford fragrance. We picked up other samples of men's and women's fragrances while there. Thanks, Patty.

I also have been wanting to have my ring refurbished for a long time, so we stopped at the Kay Jeweler's store in the mall and I left my ring there for that project to be completed which will take about 6 weeks. All in all, it was a different kind of birthday and a very enjoyable one.

I am getting excited now for the games that are scheduled this weekend. I hope the Cardinals win against the Green Bay Packers, and the Seahawks win against the Carolina Panthers, to force a winner-take-all matchup next week between the Cards and Hawks. I couldn't ask for a better ending to the season and leading up to the Super Bowl...