Finished My 2nd Week of Work

My work week at APTIM (SJRPP plant) was only four days due to the Plant's Veteran's Holiday observed on Friday. 
Thursday evening, Carolyn came and picked up AA for the one night sleep over. Not sure what they did in addition to shopping for AA's Daddy's birthday. 
Thursday for dinner, Ford and I decided to try the local micro-brewery Pinglehead (http://www.pinglehead.com) at the Brewer's Pizza restaurant (http://www.brewerspizza.com). We know several friends who frequent this place and we have never been (opened in 2011). Since AA was with Carolyn, we went and ate pizza and drank peer. I tried a flight of IPA's or similar. One tasted just like Budweiser (yuk!!). Otherwise we enjoyed the pizza, good crust (chose the hand-tossed). It's a rather small place with only one TV!

Carolyn sent this picture of them in the Walmart Thursday evening. They were having fun!!

I was to work part of Friday at home but didn't get past the first hour. I needed to run errands (dog food, gifts, groceries, cards, etc) for the weekend and for Ford's birthday, took Ginger on a long walk (hadn't done that all week), picked through and disposed of two weeks of mail, planned the week with Ford and did general pick up until Carolyn arrived with AA at 3:30 p.m. Time flew! I still have ironing to do, cooking for Ford's party ( Leaa's on Sunday). Always lots to do!
Carolyn woke on Friday morning to an opossum dying in her back yard. She decided to let the poor creature die and then brought it to our dumpster. I had to look up the spelling to be sure: The opossum is a marsupial of the order Didelphimorphia endemic to the Americas. The largest order of marsupials in the Western Hemisphere, it comprises 103 or more species in 19 genera.

Friday morning, AA and Carolyn baked a cherry dump cake for Ford's birthday - yummy! We all had a piece when they arrived back home. Ford was thrilled, we sang happy birthday and sampled the cake. AA baking at Carolyn's home:

Ford blowing out the candles:

The cake - Made by AA!

All happy! BIG thank you to Carolyn for having AA over night and doing so much! Ford and AA needed to run to her PGA Team practice and then nine holes with Tyler Mawhinney and Dad Joe.

Ford also received a box of Maine apples in the mail from my Mom. We love Maine, fresh apples for apple pie (I will make for Ford) and AA loves eating them on the golf course. Thank you Mom!!

For dinner, we made twice baked potatoes for the first time in "forever". They were delicious and easy. But very filling (fattening!). 

Ford's birthday isn't until Sunday, so more surprises for him to come!