Celebrating with Diane

Shawn McMullen snapped this pose
of Diane and me with a carving of some unnamed
Ohio native guarding the back door of the restaurant.

In the midst of my pretty productive day, we took a break and went to lunch to celebrate the birthday of our associate, Diane Jones-Dunham. She was traveling to a friend's wedding last weekend, and was still gone for her actual birthday, so we picked today for our little celebration.
Last year I began the tradition of inviting the whole staff (of Lookout and Christian Standard) to go out for each person's birthday. The person celebrating picks the place, and I treat him or her. It's been a nice way to force us to go out together and have fun.
For the second year in a row, Diane picked Montgomery Inn. It was great!
Today was a perfect day for an outing. Almost summer-like weather, but with a nice breeze and beautiful leaves on the trees. It's supposed to turn cool and rainy tomorrow and stay that way through Saturday. We promised the neighbors we'd go to the Lakota football game tomorrow night (their son is in marching band), but I'm probably going to wimp out if it's pouring. We'll see.