Yesterday marked 50 years of me being in this world. The weeks leading up to turning 50 were far more concerning than the actual day of turning 50! After celebrating for most of the week in one of my favorite places, my birthday was just like any other birthday & I wasn't as stressed as I thought I would be. Turning 40 wasn't bad, turning 45 brought thoughts about where I really wanted to be in life...but 50 will really get ya thinking about all sorts of things. Mostly, I am thankful for the life I have had.  I have a wonderful husband, family, great friends, have done many fun things & seen many beautiful places.  

  We spent the week in Eureka Springs, Arkansas with a couple friends & stayed in the historic haunted Basin Park Hotel. We never saw any paranormal sightings, but we did have some odd experiences like the water in the bathroom sink turning on by itself around 3am, something poking Geary's leg (waking him up one morning), the fire alarm went off for no known reason (same night as the sink water), hearing a young girl shriek a giddy laugh & the best was the elevator opening/closing & taking me to the 4th floor on it's on, pushing no buttons!  Being the end of their tourist season, the Hotel was sparsely occupied & we were the only ones on the 4th floor for a couple days until a newly wed couple came...but we never saw them! Our friend Robert & the bartender kept us entertained & she turned us on to the best restaurants & more valuable...the ones not to go to. We all had a fabulous time & left for home at just the right time with their 1st snow flurries happening there. There's just something special about witnessing a 1st snow in a place you don't live.

 Geary got a cool T-shirt with 3 guys in odd, laid out positions with empty alcohol bottles also laying around...                                it reads...Irish Yoga!

Later...dyan~