Happy Birthday to You!

Today is Best Brother's 65th birthday, and so TBSITW drove me over to wish him Happy Birthday and even to sing it. He dutifully blew out his candle and made a wish. We took with us, as well as a small gift to mark the event, the Christmas presents for his various grandchildren. We shall see them all over the festive season, but I do like to get gifts by the appropriate date.

I was most disgruntled to note that he is still younger than me, but catching up.......

After that we went to a store that was advertising a good deal on a particular electrical item and this purchase was successfully made. To my amazement, there is now a new Tesco store, and it was rather quiet (which made it more enticing).

Home, James, and don't spare the horses.

By this time I was far too late for the bridge club (as I had known), but was in time for Scrabbleesence made it 6 and so we had 2 tables of 3. Good fun to catch up with all of them again. Once we had had a cup of tea and mince pie, J. came round to have a G and T, with a slice of lemon

ps

Do you think it undoes all the good the exercise has done if you sit down, cool off then pour a gin and tonic?

Bridge once more

Yesterday was bridge! I am having difficulty in coming to terms with a partner with whom I am unfamiliar, and whose style of playing is different from mine, particularly because she is accustomed to playing rubber bridge rather than contract bridge. In the latter, instead of just trying to make a rubber, you are trying to maximise your points (because you are playing against all the other North/South players, (if you are playing North/South).

I was beginning to get a bit cross (inside only, of course); however in the last board of the afternoon I made a complete and utter horlicks of playing the hand, with nobody to blame apart from myself. It should have been an easy game to play, but a momentary lapse of concentration was my undoing……Serves me right!

My name and phone number are up on the board in case anyone is looking for a partner for tonight.

When I got back to the ranch yesterday, I was just in time for a very welcome cup of tea. One of the ladies has loaned me a book which promises to be very interesting. As we were going our separate ways, two of them came back in my direction and my suggestion of a GandT was greeted with glad cries of joy.