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N’s Birthday

Some people dread birthdays, but not N. He has been looking forward to this one to signal his entry into “Senior citizenhood”. He’s 65 today and is loving it. We celebrated it by driving to Abilene yesterday in his NEWEST smart car named Maxwell (yellow and black and NOT a convertible). (You did get it, I hope)


Oliver and Maxwell Smart with friend

He mentioned yesterday, that this car gets more attention than a $100,000 Lambourgini would get.  And he is right,  We got smiles, waves and several folks came up to us and wanted to talk about it.  It is impossible to go anywhere in a hurry in the Smart because there are always folks who want to ask questions--and we don't mind. If you are one who has wanted to drive it or just sit in it, ASK. We love to share the experience. We went to a movie theatre in Abilene and the ticket seller just screeched into the little microphone she has in her booth "I just LOVE your car".

N had read in Texas Monthly about the top 50 barbecue places in the state and one is in Abilene. It is only open between 11am and 2 pm, so we planned our trip to get us there at 11. The meat was tender, but lacked something in the sauce, it was very sweet but bland.  The sides were very good and the peach cobbler was WONDERFUL.  They served cornbread that seemed to have been deep fried like hush puppies.  All in all an interesting meal. But maybe “they” should ask us to be judges for the next barbecue issue.

We went to Sam's but kept an eye on the size of the things we bought--we did not get a particularly large item we wanted, didn't figure it would fit in the back of the smart car w/ all the other stuff we had in the basket. 

On the way home from Abilene, we had to stop by the grocery store to pick up some Blue Bell- which topped off the birthday celebration. Only one more special meal and the birthday will be officially over. Whataburger for lunch Sunday.

My birthday is next------