Dad's 65th Birthday BBQ

This weekend we celebrated my father's 65th birthday at our house. We had a BBQ on the porch and then opened presents inside due to the heat and rain.

Dad with his birthday bear that Aunt Linda gave him. We all got a kick out of it singing "Happy Birthday" over and over again.

Jamie and Aunt Linda hanging out. Jamie was playing the MASH theme and the DUKES OF HAZARD theme on his guitar per request of dad.

Bill and Mom hanging out watching Dad open his presents.

Joe, Terri and Bill were busy reading the SUNDAY GLOBE.

Mmmmmm.... Smell That Laundry!

Jamie put up a clothesline for me and I think I am in love with it!

Tower Hill Garden

Last weekend my Mother-in-law and Father-in-law (Bob & Meg H.) and I went to the Tower Hill Botanical Gardens in Boylston, Massachusetts. It was beautiful. There was so much to look at. It is a great place to go and walk around. Oh, and Jamie didn't go because he was busy at Bill's Annual Lawn Jarts Tournament.

Portsmouth, NH Day Trip

Today Jamie and I decided to take a day trip to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. We took our bikes with us so we could ride up and down all the back roads in Portsmouth. We had a great time riding all around the streets and parks. For lunch we stopped at a hotdog stand. We were starving and had our bikes with us, but they were pretty good hotdogs. Then we stopped at Prescott Park to watch a jazz band show. We were quite impressed by one of the jazz bands we saw. The members were all 75 years or older, it was kind of funny to see but they played really well.

On the way home we stopped at one of our new favorite places- Flag Hill Winery in Lee, New Hampshire. They have their vineyards right on site and they have wine tasting. We both like their blueberry wine and I like their strawberry wine. We always leave there feeling good with a 1/2 case of wine. I bet that is their trick.

Jamie leading the way (as always), notice how far back I am. I like to take my time.

View of Portsmouth Harbor



Another view of Portsmouth Harbor

Spying on the sunbathers, just kidding

Boats in Portsmouth Harbor

Some kayakers

Flag Hill Winery in Lee, New Hampshire

The Vineyards at the winery

Finished Bathroom Pictures

Here are pictures of our finished bathroom!

Scooter says "IT'S HOT"!

This is how you know it is hot because Scooter lies like this:

Yes, he is a flexible cat and is able to flatten his back legs to the floor. But, he only does it when he is hot! I know it is strange. Scooter even did this at the Vet. The Vet stopped in mid-sentence and laughed saying he has never seen a cat lie like this only dogs.

For readers that do not live in New England we went from having 50 degree weather to 95 degree weather in a matter of 2 days.

We have painted walls & tiles!

Here are the latest pictures of our bathroom. We had a little paint problem. The paint we had picked out and had our bathroom guy use did not match the tile. So this morning Jamie and I painted it ourselves in a different color. We were happy with the outcome. It is a light tan even though it looks white in these pictures.

This last picture is the new bathroom linen closet (it will be getting painted linen white like all the trim in our house). There was no closet before. There was only a stall shower and a door to our bedroom. The previous owners had gutted the bathroom and closed the door up, but of course left us the job of actually redoing the bathroom.