cookies, flowers, Ethel, Paula & Doug

Monday morning (5/13) Michael was up early for golf, and I was up early to get a start on the social security/medicare info.  After starting and stopping several times (the system allows you to save what you have input so far and then come back to it)…and several phone calls with a Medicare specialist, I believe I am all signed up to start Medicare and get my Social Security benefits as of July of this year.  

During one of my stops I made a short trip to the Lake House to recycle my styrofoam egg cartons (and found out that all other styrofoam could be recycled at our local Publix!!) and to the library to drop off beaucoup books for donation.  

During another stop, I baked a 1/2 dozen giant chocolate chip cookies (at least 4 inches across!) for Michael’s cookie jar: 

Once I finished the Medicare stuff, I rewarded myself by spending a lot of time on the lanair, soaking in the gorgeous day and reading my new library book, but finally headed to my studio around 1 PM.  I got a delievery at one point, and was so surprised to get a gorgeous bouquet of flowers:

from our financial planners....celebrating 25 years of working together!  Truly, there is no way Michael and I could have afforded to live here in SCCL without Al & Lynn managing and growing our $$$  all of these years.

I worked on loading up 2 charity quilts in the afternoon: 

and had company on my ever growing to-be-bound pile:

Ethel

At 5:45 we left to pick up Paula & Doug 

to head out to Hickory Tavern for dinner.  Our burger dinners were all delicious: 

Michael even got the margarita special, which he said was yummy

and we were all stuffed by the time we left.  

I knit away the rest of the evening while watching TV with my honey.