Dr Rocky Turns the Big 60-----Say It Ain't So........

Friday, February 18, 2011 I turned 60 years old!  I don't feel or look like what I think someone 60 should look and be like! I feel like, maybe 39 you know--like Jack Benny..  I have so much yet to see, and do, that I am not ready to sit on the front porch in one of the rockers!  I feel like I might have time for that later, but not now!  There are things to do and see and as long as I am able, I am going to keep on the move.  I mean after all, we have two RVs.  We have the JAG 5th wheel and the Bounder Motorhome. There is just no excuse not to go and as Dinah Shore used to say, "See the USA...."                                                                                                                                                                             

Linda asked me what I wanted to do for my birthday to celebrate.  I told her a nice dinner at a local restaurant would be nice and I'd like to visit my Mother.

Hampton Manor West

Look at those Happy Faces!!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        She recently moved into Hampton Manor West, an assisted living facility in Dunnellon, Florida.  I looked forward to seeing her.  She is in her early 80's and sometimes doesn't remember things very well.  I prayed that she would be having a good day and it paid off.  She always used to make me a chocolate peanut butter cake for my birthday.  So I used her recipe and made one. 

We arrived at the facility about mid morning and surprised her.  Her eyes lit up at seeing me, Linda, and our dog Rocketman.  She loves Rocketman and he thinks she is the BEST Grandma in the world (because she feeds him from the table!)  He does the science diet thing, and we don't let him have much else, but she thinks he needs chicken from her plate!  What are you going to do?  She slips food to him under the table just like she did when she lived with us a few years ago.

Chilling after Lunch on the Patio!

After we had lunch we visited outside on a patio.  It was cool and quiet and some of the other residents came out to see Rocketman.  He is quite a hit with the ladies!  One lady said, "I came to see your dog.  I love dogs, but don't much care for people."  She giggled in delight as he licked her on the face.

The trip to the assisted living facility was an hour and a half away, but the weather here is in the 70's and hardly a cloud in the sky.  Traffic down I-75 wasn't bad either.

When we returned, I did a chores around the house and got ready for dinner.  The restaurant, Splash, made a special table for me with confetti on the table and menus printed with a Happy Birthday message on them.  I had a steak which was cooked perfectly for me--brown outside, warm moist inside, and a delicious Caesar salad.  I finished out the meal with a fig dessert that had sorbet and fig newtons on the top.  Anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE figs.  So it was the perfect ending for dinner for me.
  Until next time, see ya!  Rocky