Every year at this time my wife becomes the same age as me until next February. I asked her parents and my older son and his girlfriend to join us for supper on Sunday evening. I put on a good meal of roast pork with onions and carrots, roasted potatoes, green beans, tossed salad and sponge cake with butterscotch icing for dessert. The sponge cake only lasted until late that evening. My father-in-law kept glancing at his watch during supper and finally my wife asked what for. He just had to watch "60 Minutes" — such dedication to TV. We chuckled about it and hope we don't become like that when we approach our 80th year.

In other less happy family news, one of my aunt's on my father's side of the family is undergoing back surgery to remove a swelling tumour surrounding her spinal column. Apparently it will be a six to ten hour operation. My thoughts and prayers go with her, my uncle and to my cousins and their families.