Got the invitations in the mail. Took a weekend to get through them all, but they are out and we love going to the mailbox each day to see response cards! Here's a quick snapshot of our boiler room operation that made the mailings possible.



This weekend we went to the beach for our first ocean swim. Man was it beautiful. The sun was out, tons of people were on the beach. Radios, beach balls, bikinis, it was hedonism at its best. So there we are swimming in the ocean, something that I've only recently come to like. Probably due to my experiences in the Atlantic with jellyfish and fact that you can barely see your feet.

In any event, we return to our beach towels, and continue to comment on how lovely the day is, and then it happened. I turned a proverbial corner in my life. I can laugh about it now, but I was very shaken when this happened. So remember we are surrounded by all this fun and youthful activity, I turn to my fiance and say, "You know what I am really excited about? Trying out that new non-stick Renyolds wrap!" She started laughing, as I started crying. Boy was I feeling old.

To top it all off, we came home and found the cat had been having some fun of her own.



The deck farm is coming along nicely, yielding some strawberries and herbs. A tomato or two have started to form and are slowly ripening on the vine. Here is the first harvest of a very proud farmer.



Am working on my first Toastmaster speech. Should be fun. I'll post the text once I complete it for you to enjoy.