I like quiet birthdays

No drama.  Greetings mostly on-line.  A quick visit from the kids.  And the grand-dog.  Presents not needed, but when they show up anyway, they should just be small and thoughtful, and preferably consumables so one doesn't have to deal with "stuff".

Here's the haul for this year:  coffee and licorice.  Perfect!

Since the kids were here, I sent the Thanksgiving lendables home with them:  a large table cloth and napkins that go with it, the carving knife and fork (son is not comfy using electric knife), a gravy boat, platter, and serving bowl.  Hee-hee... have I managed to pass the torch.

Carl was a good boy during the visit, and GF got to see the back yard he romps in at Grandma's house.  She even wore her N-95 and came through the house, but our visit was mostly outdoors, as we are being careful for the sake of loved ones at risk.

Son let me know that the coffee was from one of his Army buddies who opened a coffee roasting outlet.  I've had my first mug which is, if one can believe it, DECAF French Roast!  I'd never seen French Roast in a decaf version.  Decent.

About an hour after the dog had departed, I did my usual back deck announcement, in plain English, for the cats (both of whom put on an amusing chase scene when Carl showed up at the back door).  Rubia makes a pretty fluffy tree climber.  Prisoner popped back up from the drain ditch and sniffed carefully before re-entering the house.

For the Ace, no, the kids did not take me up to Gretna for a Kyle Scheele Meale.  I don't really need two slices of pizza smashed into a sandwich OR a Red Bull, now, do I?  But it made for a fun conversation bit to explain to son and GF just how this all came about.  More and more I get dragged into the current day technology, and I kind of "get" how influencers work in the TikTok world now.

The kids headed home and started in on Christmas decorations, maybe?  

They are advertising in their yard who runs the house, the pointer and the bird.  When she first shared this photo and I looked at it through my fuzzy old eyes, I thought... Snoopy and Woodstock have been put into different colors... seriously, it's got that kind of silhouette.

She's also got a dinosaur (Dino, the Sinclair dino) for the yard, and several others.  I truly love this GF's artistic flair and enthusiasm for truly living life!

Speaking of which, that's what we all should be doing, one day at a time, best we can manage with whatever that day brings to us.  Be as honest and kind as we can all manage, this one and only Saturday, November 20, 2021.  Life is good.  Spark on!