You're Getting Older When...

Peggy gets another year older this month and she can just imagine Bun handing her a birthday card with a copy of this vintage blog tucked inside. Sadly, we can both relate to everything on the list! Especially the last one, which reminds us of the best thing about birthdays — cake!

From May, 2010

You Can Tell You’re Getting Older When:

• The toilet seat gets lower.

• Your spouse has to call the fire department to get you out of the tub. 

• You see white hair everywhere except on your head.

• Your hair, body, etc., refuses your commands and does its own thing.

• You walk into a room and think, what did I want in here? But then you realize you don’t care what is was.

• The napkin holder holds only napkins from fast food places.

• Watching any baby fills you with wonder.

• You read the obits to see what’s happening with your friends.

• Everyone is younger than you.

• The doctor listens patiently to you while you outline your medical complaints and then says, "I’ll see you in a year.”

• You can afford most things you want, but you don’t want anything… except for a big piece of Wacky Cake!

This cake is easy to make and even little kids can help. We can’t say where this recipe came from; it’s been around for years. Patricia, “The Troll”, included a recipe in WHATCHAGOT STEW that she called Crazy Cake, but it is basically the same.