THE BIG 4-5

Hello folks:
I hope your weekend went well. Everything seems okay on this end, as the temperature starts to climb a little. Looks like most days will be in the high-30's/low-40's. We can take that, can't we?

Last Thursday, Feb. 28 was the lovely Patty's 45th birthday. Those of you that know her, will know that Patty HATES her birthday and any ackowledgement of said birthday. Or so she would have you think. So how did she deal with turning 45 this year? Why....she threw herself a "Highway To Hell/Halfway To 90 party, of course.

Held at the site of the famous Daytona Ave. poker tournaments, the home of Mary Burgess was the backdrop for a Patty classic. Patty planned the party. She designed and sent out the invites. She bought ALL of the food and most of the beverages. She did all of the cooking. She even did alot of the cleanup. She is a whack-a-mole of the highest order, at times. About 30 folks attended and everyone had a good time. There was a special appearance by Dick Oppe, Patty's dad, who flew up from Palm Harbor, Florida for the gala event. Patty was only a little surprised, as she figured her dad would pull something out of his hat.

One of the highlights of the evening was a photo album of the people at the party, made during the party, by Patty's college friend, Ellen Dragonette. She went around taking pictures, which she developed on the spot with her photo printer and then had people write down comments on pieces of paper. She then put together this little album, which got passed around for everyone to check out. Really nice touch. Patty hangs out with her friends from college every few weeks. They have a great relationship. Kind of like the Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, but it's the Sisterhood of Chicks With Over-40 Ailments. Last summer when they were all over for a cookout, they all had a discussion about their styles of labia. Yep...you read that right. They grossed each other out discussing types of vaginas. (Innies, outies, slits, liver curtains). I do that with my guy friends, as I'm sure the rest of you do, too. We discuss hairiness and leathery-quality of our scrotums when we're in the lockerroom at work. Then we discuss if we're more well-shafted or big-balled. So anyway...Patty and her friends from college (St Rose) are very close. I would have said "tight," but that might have made you misunderstand what I was saying.

A huge thank-you goes out to Mary Burgess for letting us use her house for this prestigious event. 30 people wouldn't have fit inside our house. Mary's house, as has been shown in the past, is a great place for a get-together. Some of the illustrious attendees were (I'm naming them so they can see their names posted in the famous Len Is Right blog): Barb and Kevin Koehler, Deb and Tony Sansone, Melissa and Rob Lindley--voted Cutest Couple by Patty--, Dave and Julie, Don and Charlotte, The Owens family, Fred and Sally Theadore (Sally was wearing her best booby-showing sweater), JenCame and her petite friend, Annie, also with an impressively filled sweater (as commented on by some of the men-folk), Judy and Jay, John and the aforementioned Ellen, and Patty's teaching colleagues, Lynn and Teresa (pronounced Tressa, why? I don't know). There were also timely birthday calls from favorite cousin Dave Tollerton in North Carolina and long-lost friend Sarah Perkins Cortese from Sarasota, FL. You can check out Sarah's husband, John's band, the Boneshakers on their MySpace page. Go to MySpace.com and type in The Boneshakers. Maximum rock-a-billy in the heart of Florida.

Because of the crappy snow-storm that came during the party, most people left by 10:00, which gave us some decent recovery time to get up for the boys bowling the next morning. So, Friday night was a winner. Thanks again, very much, to Mary Burgess for being an all-around best friend to P.T. and to all those that attended. It meant alot to Patty that you could make it. Thanks, also, to Patty for throwning a great party. Happy 45th birthday, hon, I love you very much. And remember...45 is only a number. A fairly LARGE number, but a number all the same. Don't sweat the small stuff.

I'd like to welcome Nikki Leto to the Len Is Right reader family. Amazing what a small world it is. We find we know alot of the same people as we go through our lives. We, all of us, end up having mutual friends. We discover this as we run into people we know...kind of like the Six Degrees Of Seperation from Kevin Bacon-principle. You dig?

Alright people, have a great week. More in a day or two. Please remember in all that you do that, LEN IS RIGHT.

I am,
Len Tollerton