the olympics are keeping us up later and later but all of that fun will crash and burn at 11 pm tonight as it is back to work tomorrow! ngg is back from her holiday in orlando and we are rested from our stay cation in conyers, decatur and buckhead. i love my job, mr b likes his job and we need our jobs and work days make special days possible. so, thank you winter break, you were a great treat but the same old same old will be comfortable once 5 am buzzes into being. only 5.5 weeks until our family arrives with the spring thaw and the easter bunny. that will be a wonderful and special 2 weeks so lets get started so we can get it done and dusted. miz b

what an ending to a great week. i turned 60 on wednesday with lots of love and well wishes from family and friends and a few surprise visitors! but the best of all was a snow day on friday and the arrival of snowflakes at 1:30 pm after waiting all day when we should have been in school. it was wet and heavy and accumulated very quickly on trees and roads. allen and fern got home safely but my 60th birthday party was the casualty. but have no fear..the little old friends will come next saturday instead. we are on winter break all next week and after leaving ngg's car sideways on the driveway hill, fern got us to the airport and ngg has finally landed in orlando..2 hours late. the olympics will keep me glued to the tv all week as well. i hope you are as happy as i am--- in my old age! miz b

well, it is official...i am old. i turned 60 today with the support and well wishes of friends and family. i have received many emails, face book wishes and cards. but the best gift of the day came from my child and her family....they sent me mail. actually it was MALE in the form of ned the nerd! he knew all my quirks and techno mistakes, about no capitals and my run on paragraphs. he was a treat to be remembered for the next 60 years. nanny gifted me with a blank check to buy a round trip ticket to london for the summer and mr b gave me a round trip ticket to st louis to see my sissy. thank goodness they are round trips...that means they want me back! as my friend david says he discovered 2 weeks go when he turned 60, 60 is a nice round number with no sharp edges and he was right...it didn't hurt a bit. i am blessed by so many. thank you.

it's the day after the superbowl ...and i have to say, the game was better than the commercials this year. i do not like violence, stupid or dumb and too many of the much awaited commercials were violent, stupid and dumb. why show a child slapping an adult over a bowl of chips and his mama? who abused him? why hit people in the spirit of sports? betty white is old and her hip will break. too many old people are abused as it is. men without spines driving chargers? come on, everyone knows men are supposed to support women in all things retail. but losing all your fortune and being greeted with friends and coke...now that message was good. bring it on....i miss fizz most of all in my new tummy life and maybe that's why coke gets my vote for best commercial. on the positive side, one more work week and we can be on our stay cation all next week. bring it on...commercial free.

the groundhogs disagree on their weather forecasts, so i am resorting to my weather rock. if it is wet and cold, then it is raining and winter. if it is dry and hot, then it must be summer! life is good around here, at school and in london. mr b and i are looking forward to our winter break and our stay cation. we are going to take day trips and do some things we want to do in and around atlanta. lunch in decatur, callaway gardens, the dianah exhibit, lunch at the varisty, a little retail therapy...all our favorite things . come join us.

sissy is going to be me tomorrow in carlinville and she wrote to say...guess what's across the hall? a blog?!