Kathy from Valrico, Florida, USA

"Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest."
- Larry Lorenzoni

Woo hoo! I got to start a new page!

Good News,
Kathy just let to do a little shopping and left me in charge of the party. So, let's get busy.
We need more food and drink. The cake has been ordered and it might be a surprize if there is anything inside. Life is good her in Valrico. The pool is great, only one Canadian swimming. The hot tub; however, is out of water. Too many people sitting in it. More bad news. I drank all of the Scotch. Send out for reinforcements.

Rob or Bor

I guess i am late for the drink , i will settle for the cake .

Howdy, Rob - LOVE your avatar! They say when you live with a person long enough, you start to resemble them. Guess it's true!!!

Kathy, great party. Who filled the hot tub with wine? Drink, or swim? Swim, or drink? Here are some songs for you: American Woman, Born to Be Wild, Smoke on the Water, and of course Margaritaville! Thanks for inviting us to your warm sunny home.

Very spiffy, Rob! Love the little white skirt! I've climbed out of the hot tub and am trying to find a hose to re-fill and delute the wine. Hard work...I'll just move the llama off the lounge chair and have a rest. Oh, I've brought hot dogs, so fire up the grill, Rob!

I'm up and moving - some llamas chased me out of the Hot Tub. They must have eaten the Pfefferneusse.
I know I fell asleep in the spa drinking Gwertz last night. I don't remember pouring all that wine in the spa.

I'm sober now (at least for now) so I'll head over to the juke box. OK now:

HAVING A PARTY, HONKY TONK, TOPSY, SHOUT, ALLEY OOP & KATHY'S CLOWN

Hi everybody - I'm back! Poor Rob didn't know he'd automatically get my avatar if he typed in my comments box! He's a stranger in these parts, you know, & needs a little work on his typing skills, too. But he does look kind of cute in the skirt & he's a very good host. He told me he'd even put some ice cubes in the pool if it isn't cold enough for Canuck Greg! I've brought home lots of pizza for everybody & cold beer since the scotch, margaritas & Gwertz are probably gone already!! I'm looking forward to Gail's mud cake & maybe the special cake Rob ordered, too!!!

Okay! Llamas are up and dancing!

♪♪Don't want your love anymore!♪♪
Don't want your kisses, that's for sure♪♪
I die each time I hear this sound♪♪
Here he comes, that's Kathy's clown♪♪

They've lost the Crocks and are really gettin' DOWN! Grab a partner and do si do!

a Croc by any other name....

The pool looks great

For Kathy's party
I've donned my Crocs.
And 'cause it's chilly
I've added socks.

Some think it wrong
to wear them both.
But Crocs ain't sandals
I'll swear an oath.

They're more like clogs
And if you're cold
You CAN wear socks.
The look is bold!

So look out, folks!
And watch it, llama!
Here comes Jane
One hip, hot Mama!

LAST ONE IN THE HOT TUB HAS TO MAKE A BEER RUN!

Sit is the Spa for about an half hour, then take a dip - swim a few laps - in the pool (especially if the pool temp is in the 40's) - then get back in to a 104° spa. Oh the feeling. Unforgetable.

Hey..I've finally gotten here with a huge amount of Jambalaya and also some super powerful egg nog....pool looks good, but we may need to crank the music up a bit...Nal even got here and is snapping pictures left and right so watch out every one...remember its still a time when Santa is watching....party on folks!

ahhh, made it back, and I have peach schnapps and a couple of baskets of peaches. boy it was hard to find those peaches, they were the last for the year, picked just fore last night's freeze. gonna make peach sluchies! Someone run plug in this extension cord, gotta fire up the blender!

Tell Rob I have plenty of ice if the pool is not cold enough for the snow birds yet! Just leave us enough for the slushies.

OH, it is Judy's turn to cry, cause Johnny's come back to ME! Almost forgot to answer that question there.

HI MAMACIETA, the jambalayua looks yumme, and just in time for dinner! I shall call hubby to come on down, then I will not hae to cook

Jambalaya and peaches! Now there's a feast. Would someone mind serving me over here in the hot tub? It's too cold to get out....

♪ Jambalaya, a-crawfish pie and a fillet gumbo ♪
Perfect timing, thank you Mama.
I didn't know there was a party going on, but that's ok, I found it anyway. Must have been all that squealing from the hot-tub. Move over everyone, here I come with a belly-flop! SPLASH!!!
Have a great party Kathy, please keep all these people in line. Brought a case of bubbly, I realised very quickly that one bottle wasn't enough. And just incase they ate it all, here's another Choc Mud , all lo-fat, of course!

Bubbly, Jambalaya, choc Mud , smoothies, pizza, hot dogs & Ebony to clean up.

Party on & - there are still quarter available for 6 songs on the juke - so what are your 6 selections?

"Cheeseburger in Paradise", please, Eve, then anything else by Jimmy.

Looks like I am very late for the party. Just a piece of chocolate mud cake, a rum and coke and I will be fine. Get the llamas off the lawn chairs, what a mess they made. Garden hose please I really don't want to sit in what ever they left in the chairs.

Happy Birthday Kathy and many, many, many happy returns ♥♥♥

Oh, fore I leave, I have an erand to do. Don't mind me, just need to get through here with this fishing pole and check out the hot tub. Since I am in charge of lost and found, Gail has asked to find what she lost. It is pink and polka dotted. I promised not to say what, but if you find it in the hot tub or if the Lammas have moved it, do let me know. Pink should be easy enough to find, unless the flamingos are wearing it.

KATHY

MizT., I thought it was a yellow, polka-dot bikini?

"itsy, bitsy," at that.

Oh, heck! Kathy, I hope you've gotten lots of presents and had lots of fun -- and have no regrets tomorrow. Happy Birthday!

Seems the party may be winding down a bit...I'msure the neighbors are happy about that....Kathy, sure hope you had a blast and we can gather again next year ...Happy happy Birthday!

Well, sorry to say I've managed to miss most of the day with my Sudoku guests. Left home about 4:15 PM & didn't get home until 9:15 PM. We girlfriends went to a Victorian Christmas Stroll at the Henry B. Plant Museum in Tampa (formerly the Tampa Bay Hotel which he opened in 1891!) & then out to dinner at a wonderful Italian restaurant in Ybor City. I opened my family gifts & talked to all three daughters on the phone when I got home. Rob & I will go out to dinner this weekend with daughter Kyley & her boyfriend Paul. Their birthdays were Nov. 16 & 19 & Rob's will be on Dec. 23 so we will celebrate all four at one time.

It's now 11:08 PM, & I've had a wonderful birthday. I'm so glad lots of people came by to leave me greetings, food, beverages, flowers, balloons, music, & even some llamas. to everyone for the fun & the friendship. What a great bunch of people. I am so glad to know you. Please come back anytime!! You are always welcome.

Kathy, sorry I'm late for the party, but this darn will only go so fast.

Glad you had a great day.

Now the clean-up begins! Thanks - another year older & hopefully wiser. If not - what the heck?

Rats, I was going to wish you one more happy birthday wish and thanks for the great party before the day expired here in CST land but got busy reading all about the lost pink polkadots and forgot the task at hand. Now it's four minutes past the hour. Happy happy anyway.

Eve, if someone can rescue the goat from the bus depot, he would be a big cleanup help just eating most or all of the refuse left laying about. Downside, getting him to where he's supposed to be next. Expect nothing from the llamas.

Picked the goat up on my way here to help with the clean up. He has done a wonderful job removing refuse. He seems to have some pink thing hanging out of his mouth. Nope! There it goes, he swallowed it! Clean up acccomplished! Thanks for the party, Kathy!

OH, DEAR, do not think Gail will want her pink polkadots back after the goat swallowed them. SORRY GAIL, we tried to retrieve it.

I will take the juke box back home now, and the industrial strength blender, where does this extension cord belong?

That's alright MizT. I should be able to work something out. Kathy, I was wondering if you don't mind, may I gather up all this moulted llama hair? It would help with the clean-up. I happen to have my crochet hook and I will just whip up a decent covering so that the airline would allow me to fly home!
You were right MizT, they didn't let me on the flight!!!
Thanks heaps for the party, Kathy. I had a hoot, hope you did too.
Gee, hope that poor goat is ok???
Ruby, what can I say? I'm just a rebel. Yellow is sooo passé.

wink wink nudge nudge