Today's Birthday, Guess Who's 49yrs old today? Me!(As of July 6th 2009)

I got $90 and some cake from 3 of My relatives and lunch at iHOP was great(Egg, ham and cheese Patty Melt on Toasted bread, Large Cut Fries(w/skin) and a slice of Pickle with two glasses of Sprite), yum.


My 49th Birthday Cake, 2 slices gone already, My Niece Jaime and I each had a small slice, Kathy didn't want any and wow has She lost weight, The $90 was from Kathy, Jaime and Becky(My other Niece, She wasn't able to come, But sent some $40 in cash and a Birthday Card instead with Her mother Kathy, Kathy and Jaime supplied the $50 in a Walmart VISA giftcard and a Birthday Card, Kathy is My Sister-in-Law).

Items bought @ Amazon.com today(including the 1st audio CD I've bought in Years($8.02+$2.98 or $11.00 total for the CD, 7/8 is the date some items will be shipped to Me, On the others I haven't been notified yet)):

Robotech Remastered - Volume 7 Extended Edition/DVD
Star Trek The Animated Series - The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek/DVD
Bad" Michael Jackson/Audio CD 7/8
Robotech Remastered - Volume 4 Extended Edition/DVD 7/8
Gundam Wing - Endless Waltz (Anime Movie Classics)/DVD 7/8

I brought the cake home 1st though as It was about 104F outside today(Angel didn't like this of course, She's a Cat after all), Next I went to FORD to get the tires reinflated/checked for air pressure(35psi), Then I went to RiteAid(I bought some Ammens medicated Powder and a large bottle of Tums at RiteAid(Pharmacy)), and what was left of the cash after RiteAid was deposited in the Checking account in the Bank by Me today before I came home to feed Angel Her Tuna.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Today's Birthday, Guess Who's 49yrs old today? Me!

Well happy birthday there SJ! Seems like only last month I was wishing you a Happy Birthday. Where does a year go?

Today's Birthday, Guess Who's 49yrs old today? Me!

Well happy birthday there SJ! Seems like only last month I was wishing you a Happy Birthday. Where does a year go?

Storage maybe? ;) Thanks Mumps, Today It's official and the cake is delicious. :)

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Happy B-Day SJ. The cake looks awesome.

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Happy B-Day SJ.

Little too far to drive for a piece of cake though. :)

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Happy B-Day SJ. The cake looks awesome.

Thanks TL4, Gary and Kasey, etc. It doesn't taste bad either, I had the 1st piece(Actually Jaime had the 1st, I had the 2nd piece) at iHop after Lunch and the View of the area that the Barstow CA iHOP has is fantastic, You can even see the Barstow areas 1.5MW Wind Turbine over on the local Marine Corp Base, there are two other smaller Wind Turbines on private property nearby that are owned by some homeowners and there is one similar to those two small Wind Turbines in Yermo CA down the Street from where I live, So there's plenty of wind to be taken advantage of nearby. One mobile home park at one time outside of Barstow had a photovoltaic solar array(It's not the park I live in so I have no idea as to what happened to the solar panels), But the solar panels were removed, As to why I have no idea, maybe the owners of the park there changed and the new owners didn't like the panels, of course the supports are still in place, But no solar panels. :(

The cake is a white type of cake and the frosting is just the way I like It, Not sickly sweet.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

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