Getting Old and Cleaning House and The Daily Cuteness

You know you are getting old when you sneeze and have to run to the bathroom because the sneeze is making you wet your pants. And you know you are getting old when you sit down on the floor to pet the cat and you can't get back up again without crawling over to the couch and using it to help haul yourself up. And you know you are getting old when you get ready to go out for dinner at 4:45 pm because you want to beat the crowds.

Which is what we did last night. Once again and despite the fact that we really shouldn't have spent the money but there was still nothing much in the fridge or freezer for dinner, we went over to Spencers to eat last night and we made sure we left before 5pm so we wouldn't have to wait for a table. We almost mowed down a woman with a walker trying to get in the door before her.

We haven't been to Spencers for a while, it used to be our weekly treat, going on Thursdays for chicken tortilla soup night, but the last few times we went it just wasn't all that good, and we are trying not to spend so much money but rather save it, so...Spencers night was one of the first things to go. I did notice last night that it really is an old persons restaurant (so we fit right in!) with most of the patrons being well over 70, and I'm thinking that it's because of the free dessert and the senior menu. For $8.99 you get your choice of about 10 different dinners, all with soup or salad, cheese toast or cornbread, and FREE DESSERT!

Yesterday I amazed myself by cleaning the entire house, washing the sheets AND ACTUALLY PUTTING THEM BACK ON THE BED! and doing another load of laundry besides that. Whew!

And now, The Daily Cuteness.

I was looking back through my old kitty blog and will probably bring some of the posts over here for a little trip back into kitty memories and also so that I'll have the pictures all in one place.

Here are the babies back when they were so very tiny. Just like human children, it's hard to believe they were once so small.

There's a Recession Going On?

You sure couldn't tell by all the people waiting for a table at Spencer's Restaurant tonight!

We have a weekly date with Spencer's on Thursday nights, because it's TORTILLA SOUP NIGHT! When the day comes that we can't go to Spencer's once a week for dinner, we will know that we have truly been defeated by this economy. This is the one thing that I refuse to give up, and I will go to Spencer's on TORTILLA SOUP NIGHT no matter what!

Maybe everyone else who went to Spencer's tonight feels the same way. If you can't go out to Spencer's for TORTILLA SOUP NIGHT then you might as well just pull the plug right now!

I actually feel good about spending $30.00 once a week on dinner at Spencer's. That $30.00 is helping a locally owned business stay in business and is helping all the hard working waitresses feed their families. If we all stopped going to Spencer's, there would be that many more people in line at the unemployment office.

So, by hook or by crook, even if it means bean burritos or scrambled eggs for dinner the rest of the week, TORTILLA SOUP NIGHT will never die!!