John’s sister Chris and Steve had a party for us celebrating two birthdays and a graduation. We met at a restaurant in Columbia, SC, roughly half the distance between our homes. I adore helium balloons, having not had them in my childhood. There was a balloon for three of us, tied to the backs of our chairs. When I took a photo of the group, I concentrated on getting all the faces.
The faces had smiles on them throughout the meal as we chatted about the joys of cruising (two for, two against, and one not experienced), mutual friends from our church on Long Island, special time that Dr. Mehrling spent with his children, one hilarious story about shoes in bed, and another about a dog house that turned out to be a pump house for the well. As usual, conversation never flagged.
Although the happy faces were no longer under the balloons, I thought the balloons deserved their own preservation. Wait staff and patrons commented on them in the restaurant, and we had many wishes for a happy birthday as we walked outside. Note to self: balloons are real attention-getters in a public place.
Mehrling Muse 
I have always liked balloons too. Have you seen the cute movie’ UP’. If not you will love it.
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No, I haven’t heard of the movie UP. Sounds like one we must see! Thanks for the tip.
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It is delightful animation really more for adults than children. A love story. Do check it out.
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I’ve made a note to myself to see if the library has it.
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What a lovely lunch! The balloons are gorgeous! Balloons seem to get fancier every year!
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When John thinks a balloon has outlived its usefulness, he puts it in the bedroom. I then enjoy it morning, noon, and night.
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Oh neat!!
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Ah, what a life you live, from party to party, one long celebration.
Cwtch
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I don’t think there are any more parties on the horizon, so we’ll have to find things to celebrate.
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All my grandchildren love balloons too. They were banned from the boy’s home for awhile though…kept getting caught in the ceiling fans. We once used the plain blow-up balloons as a large type of birdie for homemade badminton (in the house). We paddled those balloons around the house with homemade paper plate paddles (rackets). In the end we rubbed the balloons on our hair and the adults stuck them on the ceiling. Yes…I love balloons too.
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Balloon badminton!! I love it! I’m not going to tell Logan about it until we are ready to play — meaning after all the Christmas decorations have been put away.
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I’m in the midst of putting mine away…a day at a time. Tomorrow I should be finished. I hate to take that last tree down. It’s beautiful and I really enjoyed it.
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I try to take a good picture of our tree every year, because John puts a lot of time and effort on it.
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Those balloons are lovely. Lovely celebration as usual Anne.
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Hopefully, you’ve saved them for Logan.
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I have to save the balloons FROM a couple of people who want to flatten them when they begin to go soft.
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The balloons surely are festive! We never had helium balloons when I was younger either.
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Anne, John, et. al., I enjoy how your life in the mountains seems like one celebration day after the next. It’s how life should be.
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We’ve reached the end of our planned celebrations. We’ll see what turns up next. There is bound to be something rewarding just around the corner.
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💙💙💙
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Those balloons can sometimes be a challenge getting into a car on a windy day..:) I’d be on the no side of cruises. Motion sickness. But I’d like to do one o those river cruises, I think I can handle that..:)
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I had the picture to prove we got the balloons home safely. We didn’t open the trunk until the car was in the garage. Motion sickness can be a pleasure-stopper. I’m sorry you have to deal with it.
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The party looks wonderful. Happy birthday to all three of you. Balloons can really add to the festive atmosphere, but had I never thought about how balloons can also be attention getters in public places.
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We’ve never toted balloons about in public before. It was fun!
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