It's nifty to be fifty...so treat yourself to a bedroom set

This past weekend I headed up North for my Mom's annual girls weekend at the cottage. What has traditionally been a scrapbooking, knitting, baking weekend turned into a rather lazy rest & watch girly movie couple of days which I thoroughly enjoyed!

I must say however that I observed some bizarre behaviour among my friends of a 'nifty' age (that I will not disclose - wink, wink ladies). With this 'nifty' age being the new thirty, and with all these ladies have to look forward to, I found the conversation a bit morbid. Sorry to be a Debbie Downer but it's true! All this talk about 'it's all downhill from here', 'what do I have to look forward to but diapers', 'how to organize your meds' and 'I think I just purchased my last bedroom set' sort of got me down. You ladies are beautiful, talented, healthy and YOUNG! So, no more of this crazy talk....Oh yeah, and be sure to treat yourself to new bedroom furniture at least every 4-5 years.

Last night my parents treated Marty and I to an early Anniversary dinner at one of the top 10 restaurants in the World! It was an interesting dining experience to say the least. We drove over two hours to get to the 'months in advance reservations required' Eigensinn Farm - which was just that - a Farm....and I'm talking f-a-r-m. Michael Stadtlander was a famous chef wanting to get out of the city and now does it all from a family farm. The host was his hospitable, tiny and oddly comical wife. We actually sat in their dining room (just off their bedroom - weird!!) and used their family bathroom. It was strange - I felt like I was at someones house visiting. The menu is only sent out the day before your reservation and you have to pair and bring your own wine. In any case the dinner was great...and I was very adventurous with trying new things!

PS I really want to go see Sex and the City this weekend but I'm staying clear of the craziness! I have a date with Sam & Rebecca to see it on Wednesday so hopefully I won't hear any spoilers before then!

I want to be a Popper

Do you know what popping is? Neither did I until I caught the last 15 minutes of 'So you think you can Dance' last night. Apparently popping is huge in LA but I have never seen anyone do the things that Robert Muraine (AKA Mr.Fantastic) can do! For some reason it won't let me upload the video so here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEbL1XV-r6o Be sure to check it out - it's one of the most amazing things I have ever seen! Of course after we watched it Marty wanted to be a popper and spent the rest of the night attempting what looked like 'the robot' requiring a lot of WD40...we go see a ninja movie, he wants to be a ninja - we watch a show about race car drivers, he wants to be one too.

On the other end of the spectrum I had the privilege of also watching a dancer named "Sex". I have two words - Interesting and awkward! I love how they play "Mr Lover Man" by Shabba Ranks when they introduce him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vm7tYkSAhM . Notice also how he says he's "21 plus" and has his Mom tell the cameras that he won't do any interviews until he gets inside the theatre, "he just feels more relaxed that way"...Oh Sex, you crack me up!

Last night on Greys was a night of kisses - I feel like everything was happening in the last 10 minutes of the show! The only thing I didn't like is when Meredith starting talking to herself at the end doing her "stupid, stupid, stupid" feel bad for me, I'm upset for no reason thing. However, I was so happy to see Meredith and McDreamy share a kiss! Not so much for Callie and Dr. Hahn? What is going on? I found Callie an awkward match with George and now have the same feeling of her with McSteamy and Dr. Hahn...when I think of it there really isn't anyone on the show I would place her with?!...McSteamy was sort of creeping me out at the end too!

I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens. I think that's one thing I don't like about summer - having to wait for your shows until the fall!

News Flash!

Congratulations Heather & Lyndon!

They had a beautiful baby girl named Estelle today and I can't wait to meet her. Reports from Grandma say that she is complete perfection and I was happy to hear that Mom did so great!

The Aunties are already going nuts and trying to work out visitation schedules...Alishia and I have a Monday slot!

xoxoxo