Saturday, April 1, 2023

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 Happy April 1st!  It's April Fool's Day, but for me it's April Wise Day.  This will be my month for learning and wisdom.  As I said before it's the first of God's several blessings.  

My husband John and I will be planning our vacation this month with my cousins, who live out in Washington state.  I would like for it to be my birthday week in July, but we all have to discuss.  So I guess we'll see.  

I cannot believe that I'm going to be 53 this year.  It seemed like only yesterday I was 23  or 33 or even 43.  I',m not like most people, I like getting older.  We subscribe to AARP magazine, and I'm totally cool with that.  I am a proud member of the Generation X club, born in 1970 and a teen in the 1980s.  I have great skin with no wrinkles. 

My secret?  St. Ives Collagen and Elastin lotion or Pond's cold cream.  I've been using St Ives since I was 15 years old, and it is great!  

I just arrived home from work and I'm more hungry than tired.  John put together a meat loaf and now I'm cooking it.  Don't know what to watch on Hulu or Netflix.  It seems like I've seen everything during the Pandemic. 

Meatloaf delicious, and I decided on "Days That Shaped America" on Hulu.  


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