Happy Birthday to Millyrose.....

So, the gurlz called yesterday...what it was, they were sitting at a winery down outside Santa Rosa, tipping a few....well, I think they’d been to several wineries whilst making a tour of the the wine country ‘n they had a brilliant idea....call up dear old dad (that’d be me) ‘n float the idea of taking mommiedearest to a winery for a picnic lunch on her b’day...”Keep it on the downlow” they said, not realizing that I routinely put the phone on speaker....Big Deal! So the surprise was a day early, so sue me....shoot arrows thru me....anyways, Millyrose tho’t it was a great idea so she got up at four o’clock this morning (her b’day morning) made some potato salad, etc...’n loaded up the mtrhome....’bout 10:30 Kellye ‘n Ashby ‘n da gurlz accompanied by a friend showed up ‘n we maneuvered the bus out of the side yard ‘n onto the street ‘n pointed it west....we picked up Cary Heather enroute ‘n headed for wine country.....”On highway 12, just outside Napa” they said....we cruised thru Napa ‘n headed for Sonoma....”Just t’other side of Sonoma” they said....Ah well! Passing thru Sonoma, Millyrose looks out the window ‘n exclaims, “What the hell!” There’s a chubby white guy, looks t’be 30 something, maybe 40 something, strolling down the street, no shirt ‘n holding his pants up.....well, up a little bit, maybe midway his scary white butt....I figured that deserved a blast on the air horn so I did so....”A couple more miles” they said.....”A couple more miles” I said, “and we’ll be in Santa Rosa.”.....And sure enuff, on the outskirts of Santa Rosa, “Turn right here” they said, and we pulled into a side road that led to a delightful little winery....’N the rest, you can figure out....we had a nice picnic lunch, with wine ‘n soft drinks ‘n a chocolate cake with chocolate-covered strawberries on top....we took a horse-drawn tour of the vineyards, got out pics taken by the gurlz (check ‘em out on FB)....loaded up the mtrhome ‘n came home....Da gurleez watched a movie (Pocahontas, methinks) on the way home, the highlight being when Emily called her Daddy to tell him that ‘his song’ was coming up ‘n he went back to the teevee ‘n they all sang along with Pocahontas.....all in all, it was a good birthday!