Where does the time go?

As the days have gone by, I kept reminding myself that I needed to get a post written but something always seemed to come up. It's just been a very busy week and weekend. So, I'll try to catch up a bit now... We took the son and daughter (both teenagers) of some friends out for dinner on Friday night. Their Mom had come down with flu-like symptoms in the morning and their Dad was busy with work-related meetings Friday night. It's always fun to get around the kids. Our first big decision was where and what to eat. A short but lively discussion followed. One doesn't like burgers (or more precisely, ground beef) and the other doesn't like pizza. Now, these are teenagers...how do you go through teenage years without eating burgers or pizza? Randy and I just shook our heads in amazement. We ended up at a restaurant that served "American food." The kids got what they wanted and Randy and I had...burgers...with fries, thank you very much. What a beautiful day Saturday turned into! Full, warm sun after morning clouds, and it must have been 64 here at the house. We worked in the front yard, getting it ready for spring. Randy had the electric trimmer out and made short work out of the ceanothus, lavender, shrub roses and rock rose. I cleaned up after him. Charli? Well, she sat in the middle of the street watching us and acting as the official greeter as the neighbors drove in and out of the cul-de-sac. Somehow, she always gets the easy job! That evening we met up with an old friend from college. He's living on his boat at a marina in downtown Portland and is a pilot for American Airlines. It was fun seeing him again and introducing him to Randy. I know we'll spend more time together. We shared a few glasses/bottles of wine and caught up on the last 30 years (can it really be that long since we last visited?) of experiences and memories. Sunday we headed up to "The Confluence." It's a winery that is owned and operated by our former neighbors Jae and Greg Weber. They started the winery just before Thanksgiving and have had a tremendous response to their wines. We'd been out a few weeks back but didn't get a chance to visit with Greg then because he was working. Yesterday, however, he was there and we spent almost 2 hours catching up and sampling their wines - merlots, cabs, petit verdot - all very tasty! It was great fun, and we promised we'd bring Randy's folks out for a visit while they're here. Sunday night we watched Mama Mia! in the theater room. First let me tell you that it was Randy who ordered this...not me. I did want to see it but was very surprised when it showed up in mailbox. I laughed when after the first 15 minutes of the movie, Randy looked over at me and said, "Do you think they're going to sing all the way through the show?" (He was just kidding...really.)