A Happy Birthday.

 Yesterday, was my birthday. ( August 8th)  I'm writing this after midnight, so officially,   my birthday ended about an hour ago...   So here is how it went...

I started the day with  enjoying an extra several hours of sleep.   For some reason,  I woke up around 7 am and figured that was way too early...  So I climbed back into bed and grabbed an extra 4 hours of shut eye!   

I then got a text from Helen that she had made me a Pie!   And I could pick it up whenever, as long as it was before she left around 4 pm.  So...  After drinking a pot of  "wake up" coffee,  I headed over there.

She said I should wait 4 hours before cutting into it...  But You only get once shot at "Fresh" pie!   I felt the bottom and it seemed cool enough...  Time to   sample the Birthday Pie!

Blueberries....   Sour cream...  And toasted pecans..  With that signature pie crust that sets Helen apart. I really should not compare this pie to her Apple pie... Because I don't want to start a war within myself...  But let's just say,   I now have a second pie that will be light years ahead of any other pie I had before.   AND...  She still has a French Silk pie that I have not tasted...  So there is a possibility of a third one.  

Bottom line:  That pie will have a short shelf life... So, to Honor Helen's efforts,  I will be forced to eat it all... Probably tonight.   Maybe I'll leave some for tomorrow.   

Oh!  And I did give Dave a piece.   Because eating the whole thing would make me  seem selfish and greedy.... and chubby!  Good thing Dave got that 1/6th of a slice to keep those added calories away from me....

 Shortly after that,   Dave picked me up and we headed to some place in Illinois for a Rod Stewart Concert.   His "Farewell Tour"!    Dave won two tickets on the Radio call in show and offered to bring me along.  

The first band was Cheap Trick!   I remember their songs from the late 70's and all through the 80's.   Although I was not a huge fan,  I did like several of their songs back in the day.  But Age has caught up with them, just like so many other 80's groups.  Still, it was kind of fun seeing them live on stage.  

Then came Rod Stewart.   I was thinking of putting my thoughts down on this blog post, but ti is getting late, and that is a deeper subject I wanted to explore .  So I will see if I can flesh that topic out tomorrow.   In the mean time,  let's just say he sang 22 songs!   And I think most, if not all of them were hits!  From his past.  

He certainly had a lot of songs that I knew.   I personally was hoping he would sing some of the recent stuff that I have become a fan of.  Songs from Frank Sinatra and Cole Porter.  

That being said,  the Man is a legend!   And still does stuff on stage that I believe I would never be able to do.   And it was cool being able to see him on his last farewell tour.  

And now,  I think I will end this post rather abruptly... Because it has been a long day and I'm rather tired.   God Willing, I will wake up once again tomorrow and hopefully will be granted enough time to fill in the details of this birthday day...  Until then.   Let's try to make every second count.