Nice Day
 

It is the feast day of Our Lady of Bananas.

We started nice and early with a home swim meet against a rather swanky country club which ended as quickly as anyone could hope for, for a distance meet. It ended in a resounding victory, the fundraiser sold out and the biggest problem was that all the rich parents needed change for 20s and 50s at the concession stand.

Then we went to celebrate at Denny's (reinstating an old team tradition). Service was unbelieveably terrible, but it kinda worked out OK because the kids loved the together-not-in-the-pool time and the parents ordered small because it was really a second breakfast, but by the time it arrived it was lunch so we stopped feeling guilty and started feeling virtuous.....

Then we went to the movies -the girls to Harry Potter and the boys to transformers 3D....

Then we went out for the birthday dinner at Joe's Crab Shack which was good. (We've never been there before). BL had a bucket with the works, beest has crab stuffed shrimp. My steak was overdone, but nice anyway, but they took it off the bill even though I told them it was ok. Most people had enormous desserts.

And the weather is hot but not humid -we sat outside for dinner.....

Lovely :)

That Does sound like a Nice day

One of these days we'll bring BL to visit you, zipper. I think you'd like one another :)

Oh Yeah , I can Just SEE Her rafting down the river !!!!!
Hang on Granny its getting ROUGH !!

She would too....

sounds like a fine day! glad you noticed and shared it.

Very nice, it can be hard to notice when you're busy.

I'm going out for an early birthday brunch today, just the 3 of us. I get a free brunch if I go in the same month as my birthday.

My actual birthday is next weekend. Since it falls on a Saturday, I am taking everyone to Shady Maple Smörgåsbord where anyone can get a free birthday meal as long as they show up on the actual day of their birthday (or next day if they are closed). My only regret is that this is not one of their rare 'special' events. The last one, which I missed, was lamb and bison. They also give out a birthday coupon book to the gift shop and farmers market.

BTW, you get a 5% AAA discount at Joe's Crab Shack. I found this out almost by accident. It's not much, but it takes away some of the pain from the check if you're hosting a large party. Never leave a penny unpinched :2cents::D.

Thanks for the heads up re AAA, will do that next time.