We surprised Mom!

Weekend was fun,
The highlight was a surprise (sort of) 70th birthday party for my Mom. It was not completely a surprise because we had to let her know it was happening so that she wouldn't be out of town on the date we had planned. She wasn't aware of who was on the guestlist, however, and that's where the real fun was.
I think she had a genuinely good time. There were people from way back when... college roomates, people from her homeown of Winchester.. a lot of blasts from the past.
What made it cool for me and my sisters was that a lot of her old friends were also friends of Dad's and it was great to hear stories of Mom & Dad from way back when. Very timely in that I always am missing my Dad more around this time, what with Father's Day coming up and all. Dad passed away in 1990 and I miss him every day. I have no brothers, so he was like my Dad and Big Brother rolled into one.
Speaking of Father's Day - we're going to have fun this Sunday during my broadcast of Sunday Morning Over Easy. We'll get some listeners and their fathers to join us, have live music, goodies for the guests, and I'm trying to get my Uncle Kif (Lew Knight) to come for the festivities. He's my dad's younger brother and it would be great to have him there representing Dad.
Talk to you soon...
-George