Tonight was fantastic, we are part of a very special group of friends where I love being with them every minute! Usually every month we meet at one of the homes and are met with a gourmet dinner and the great thing is that each of us sort of has their own specialty and I mean it is really exceptional. Each dinner tends to be uniquely fabulous and we have lots of laughs. It was our turn tonight so we planned a restaurant dinner at a nearby resort which was to be the very special wine tasting dinner with the presentation speaking about the wines etc. But, it was canceled so we made reservations for 10 and had the dinner at the restaurant anyway which was fabulous. I did the first toast to Evel Kenieval as he was a boyhood hero of mine and all seemed to enjoy my story of meeting him. Other toast ensued and the laughter gauge rose to new heights.

My friend Harry did his comedy impressions of some of the old great comedians which are mostly all gone now and I brought up the great Marty Allen who is still alive and working in Vegas, He was so hilarious, I have sadly never been to Vegas but Maybe I should go to see Marty. If you don't remember him he was the one with the black Brillo pad hair that stood straight up! Then we talked about the great Toti Fields, just thinking about her makes me smile. I have always loved the old time comedians as they were part of the talk shows that were so popular when I was a teenager watching them after school. One of my all time favorites was Jackie Vernon, with his dry dry sense of humor, I can remember being barreled over in laughter with tears coming out of my eyes. Then there was professor Erwin Cory, Jack Carter, Pat Cooper who is 81 years old now and still performing.

Anyway, next month we are going to a German restaurant then the highlight of my life will be February when Harry will be doing lobster stuffed with crab, with mussels, corn on the cob, etc and all of this will occur at my house as he lives in Ocala and is so far for everyone so as you can tell I am all ready excited about that.

The yard is looking the best it ever has and I have really been spending a lot of time outside in the evenings.

The sunsets over the lake are long lasting and amazing this time of year.

The first Christmas tree will go up tomorrow and the second one will go upstairs towards the end of the week, I have what I think is all of my shopping done early this year and I think I will now be proactive every year as it is such a great feeling to have out of the way. Oh, you should see my roses, I trimmed them and have fed them to be in full bloom right at Christmas time and I checked them today and I really think they may be in their prime in full glory actually on Christmas day, lets hope I am right.

All of my radio listeners in the midwest are getting a snow storm now and it is heading to the Northeast so I hope and pray all will be safe. Have a wonderful week and I have a real busy one coming up but I will try to write as soon as I can. Bye.