HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE 75?

       I'm sorry that it's taken me so long to write this blog but my birthday week was a bit hectic. It started for me on Monday, my birthday, when my beautiful wife took me to dinner at Sullivan's in Leawood. If you're looking for a place for a fine dining experience, give Sullivan's a try. The food and the service were excellent and the wine director, Chris Clark, couldn't do enough to make our experience memorable. (If he'd only picked up the check, I could've written more nice things).

      Now, back to the question. How do I feel being 75? Can't tell you yet, it's only been a week and I'm feeling better than I did at 70. I'm watching my diet (so is my wife), I'm excersizing almost daily and watching my sugar intake. My last Doctor's visit even made me feel better. He walked into the exam room, shook hands with me and said "You're amazing". Since he's my urologist I was just hoping he'd washed his hands since his last patient. Doc, if you're reading this I'm only kidding. He continued telling me that I haven't changed a bit in the last five years and after doing his usual poking he said that he was glad I wasn't enjoying it.  I didn't. I don't think I look too bad for my age!  Check out my RECENT photo.

   My friend Irene had a little party for me after our Wednesday night dinner at her house that was really very nice. She made sugar free brownies besides ordering a very nice birthday cake. I've got the best group of friends you can ever want.

Saturday night my wife had a family birthday party for me at The Deercreek Country Club. It's the second time we've been there recently and both times, excellent service and great food. Another nice place to hold a party.

   One of the nicest surprises and presents I received was my sister. My daughter Ilene surprised me with bringing in my sister from Chicago. Yes, I had tears when I saw her. It was so great having her join us that evening with practically our whole family. We had 24 show up and it was a wonderful evening. As you've read my previous blogs you know my feelings concerning family, family is everything.

   What more can I say. I'm the luckiest 75 year old I know. A fantastic wife,  a wonderful family and great friends. To cap off the weekend I went to a ROYALS game on Sunday with two of my grandkids and my great grandson. We had a good time even tho the ROYALS  lost.