It's been some time now since the last posting. I know that I always say it will not be this long but time seems to be moving at such a pace that........I just can't keep up with it. So many things have happened since the last time I wrote..........I just don't know where to begin......ssssooooo I might as well just jump in.
As most of you know, I started this blog with the reason to simply be able to leave my grandsons a piece of my life growing up...................this was to show them how lucky they are to be in a world that has a lot more to offer then when I actually grew up. That turned out to be a little more ..."iffy" than when I began talking about it. Two so called wars and many many uprising of people against their governments along with our totally messed up government made me from time to time think about how........GREAT......it was during the "good ole days". Anyway I am now going through the blog and picking out some of the better ones............sprucing them up..........and turning them into a self published book of vignettes. In the meantime many other things have happened.............some good...........some not so good...........but I would rather talk about the good things and leave those I cant control to another higher source.
When you reach a certain age in life............receiving gifts are just one thing you really don't think to much about. Getting more STUFF to add to the stuff you have collected over the past umpteen years really doesn't matter. You are always ready to just squeeze it in somewhere and save it. Just one reason why , some years ago we just notified our kids and any friends our age that we were just .......to old......for more stuff and if they wanted to give us something give us something that can be used up in two days, we now rely on gift cards to restaurants or weekend hotel outings. As a matter of fact........Christmas 2011 we gave an old friend a gift including a night at a four star casino hotel, dinner at a nice restaurant, along with a fund of $25 for her gambling. The best part was.................we joined her so it turned out to be a night out for us as well. With this in mind, she returned the gift the next Christmas to us...............a night at a casino hotel, dinner and a $25 gambling chip............however not to be totally like our gift she included a 1 hour massage. I was very reluctant about this since I had never had a massage and was not quite sure how I would react under the soothing hands.................of another woman. I remember oh so well when Margot and I walked into the room and meeting our masseuses for the first time..............kikiku for me and.............Paul Bunyan for Margot and they told us to remove our clothes. I sheepishly asked ............down to what?............the reply from Kikiku was " whatever you feel comfortable with". " Just wrap the towel around you and get up on the table." and left the room. I started to disrobe to where I felt comfortable ....wrapped the towel around me and layed on the table face down. Less than 2 minutes a small knock on the door and in walked Kikiku. Small conversation as she washed her hands, lit the incense candles, put on soft music that sounded like water falls...............I could only envision in my mind hearing that waterfall music and the smell of jungle incense that a giant bull elephant would soon be river side for a romping in the river...................however much to my surprise as she slowly pulled back the towel in order to reveal as much skin as needed she asked why I still had my speedos on. I blushingly told her........speedos ? that's my underwear they just look tight" After she convinced me that I would enjoy the massage so much better with them and the suspenders holding them up off...........she left the room again to give me time to put on my birthday suit. I could hear Kikiku giggling on the other side of the door...............................One hour later I was on cloud nine and smelt like a garden of roses in full bloom. A very enjoyable experience. Now that's the kind of presents to receive at my age. Since them I have had one more massage plus 2 Swedish pedicures........in Sweden which also were magnificent. Like walking on Dr. Scholl pads.
Just thought I would close this posting with a little photo of my first massage. I told Kikiku my name was Jeffrey.....how embarrassing.
See you guys later...................come back..................I am!!!!!
