Lordy, Lordy, Look Who's...Sixty???

Israel joined the United Nations on May 11, 1949. Siam officially changed its French name to "Thaïlande" (English name to "Thailand"). 1949, After many years of misery through the depression and World War 11 postwar prosperity is starting to get underway with companies now able to supply the cars, Televisions and the other goods demanded in a consumer society. The cars got bigger, the TV's got bigger, with some 6.2 million new cars sold in the US and nearly 10 million Televisions in American homes, A new type of TV program appeared we now call Soap Operas ( the name came from the fact many soap manufacturers sponsored the shows to catch the stay at home mum with advertising ) . China became a communist country and Russia had the Nuclear Bomb which increased the tension between East and West ( The Cold War ). http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1949.html And He was born 1949--60 years ago this year.

Yep. It finally came around--His 60th birthday. I can't say He seemed all that excited about it. Didn't want a party. Didn't want a fuss. And, he bought his own present--a much needed, spankin' new, very adjustable, leather executive office chair with that "new car smell." He'd been sitting in a raggedy old 70's piece-of-crap chair for years now so it was nice to see that go.

A nice dinner, a bottle of wine, and birthday card...He craved a chocolate cake but decided it wasn't on His diet. But, I went to Schnucks bakery for a small chocolate fudge cake with fudge icing--YUM!!! (Yes, I make an awesome chocolate cake, but oven is still not working.)
But he got something else too, a nice surprise I think. I commissioned a painting by a local artist friend and neighbor to commemorate his life at this stage. Please go to: http://sweetartstl-news.blogspot.com/2009/05/happy-birthday-dennis.html.

All in all, He had a nice day. And when He realized that, his attitude changed.

• I think it's wonderful that you could all be here for the forty-third anniversary of my thirty-ninth birthday. We decided not to light the candles thir year - we were afraid Pan Am woudl mistake it for a runway.- Bob Hope
• Q: What greeting card if on sale only in Kentucky?A: "Happy Birthday, Uncle Dad."
• It's an awful thing to grow old alone. My wife hasn't had a birthday in six years.
• You know you're growing old when by the time you've lit the last candle on the birthday cake, the first one has burned out.
• You know you're growing old when the heat from the candles on the birthday cake keeps you from getting close enough to blow them out.