1916 Ford Model T

Yesterday our neighbor stopped by in the afternoon. He's a sweet older guy that has lived in the house across the street since 1948. Amazing. But his wife of 52 years died in March of stomach cancer. He is so sad - he seems to be slipping downhill a bit since she died. But he is such a nice guy. We had him over for dinner and afterwards he insisted on taking us for a cruise around the neighborhood in his mint restored 1916 Ford Model T!!! We had so much fun. After...he took some pictures for us:



We had so much fun. It was a beautiful night to be out tooling around. And it is so funny to see people when you're in a car like that - you see a lot of cars from the 1950s on up - the occasional 1920s & 30s - but so rarely a car this pretty!!! I was really excited, actually.

I leave for New York on SATURDAY! It's coming up so quickly. It's insane! Before I know it I'll be leaving the country. I've been trying to focus on getting back in shape. Saturday I walked with Leah all around St. Paul, then I walked 7 miles that night, 3 miles Sunday morning with Julie & her daughters, then I did 8 miles this morning & got a yucky sunburn on my forehead as my reward. There are some other pictures that were taken this weekend - of preggers Leah & I. I found out where I gained all my weight!!! In my BUTT!!! It was fabulous. But I'm getting excited, not long now. Mom & Dad have all sorts of plans for me - but we're going to do the strawberry picking (which I wanted to do) and one night we're going to have spiedies for dinner (which I'm certain is going to make Michele ravenously envious!!! Hee hee!!) and we're doing the wine tours around Seneca Lake. It will be good to see my parents. Last time I saw dad he was still in his collar from his accident and it was so sad. Now he's out and back to puttering. I'm looking forward to seeing them.