Big Day

The two highlights of the week for E involved games: 1) Marcia and we taught three newbies how to play Mahjongg--and it "took" with Susan and Joyce, who have already played twice since their lesson. Hurrah! It would be so nice to have a local game! Mind you, the experience more than once put S in mind of The Golden Girls, but that just seems to be how we roll here at Retirement Central 2) Wendy came for a visit after the Pensacola Double Bridge Run (a torture she may never repeat) and we played lots of 3-handed Spite & Malice and, natch, Rummy-O!

at least she got a cool shirt for her trouble

Otherwise, it was a week full of doctors for S and taxes for E and moving her litter zone to Phil and Karen's side yard for the other S: we're waiting for the neighborly shoe to drop on that matter. The visit with Wendy was sweet: E baked a cake (which S decorated with conversation hearts -- damn, no pix!) to celebrate W's imminent birthday; S cooked a cannelloni dish of Jamie Oliver's; E roasted some gorgeous shrimp; and all the food was served up on cool Italian map placemats courtesy of Dee & Scott. In addition to the games and lots of talk, W hit the outlet mall for some one-more-month-of-winter duds, so we got a fashion show.

Rome, Venice & Florence at a glance...

coolest iPhone skin award

Tonight we're hunkering down in front of the tv with a couple glasses of gin to celebrate our 20th Anniversary by watching President Obama's first Prime Time News Conference. Cheers!