Just Putting It Out There...

It's my birthday this month,

and I really, really, really,

want one of these...

It's a Fuji Saratoga 2.0 Step-Thru Bike...

and it's white!

I've rented one three times now

to take on fairly long-distance rides

(2 @ 50 km and most recently a 60 km ride)

Steve, the guy in town who owns Zoom Leisure, the rental shop, calls them

Coffee Bikes...

because they are so comfortable, you could

drink a cup of coffee while riding...and it's true!

Now, our part of the country is full of very

serious bike-riders...

and I am most definitely not one of these...

(as my daughter says..."what is it with the gloves???")

But, I do love toodling along, at my own pace

enjoying the scenery.

This is seriously good fun.

Hope hubby reads this post!

Over the next couple of weeks both my girls will

be celebrating their birthdays.  They were born two years, all but a week

apart... to the day.  

Eldest daughter left today to visit with younger daughter so that they might

celebrate their birthdays together (in a rather nasty snow-storm I might add!).

I love this.

I love that they haven't allowed distance to separate them one

little bit. They were each other's best friend growing up and they both actively

continue that relationship.

They first were separated when Lindsay went to Pittsburg to University and we were living in Atlanta.  Then we moved with Jessica to Thailand.

Jessica then went to Ottawa and Lindsay to New York.

Then Lindsay went to London and Jessica followed a year later.

Then Jessica moved to Toronto and Lindsay stayed in London.

Then Lindsay moved to Toronto and Jessica moved to Miami.

(...are you getting the picture here...)

Eldest daughter has big plans for younger this weekend...can't divulge, might spoil the surprise.  

I love that too.  That they care deeply about each other's happiness.

Hurray for sisters.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) - Two Sisters 

There's another birthday that Sis and I are

celebrating...our One-Year of Blogging.

Happy Birthday to Us!

Love Fest!

Victoria and I are having a bit of a love fest at the moment.

 Today, I hope you will all join in 

because...

...Today...

...IS VICTORIA'S BIRTHDAY!!

So...Raise Your Glass

to Birthdays and Celebrating; to being Real and

being Wrong in all the right ways! HA!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY V!