Monday

Well Sunday started off with once again nice temps in the 50's and reached the middle 70's. There were a few rain clouds around but none fell in our area. I was hoping for a brief shower for the garden. We slept in until 7 before doing our usual morning routine before heading off to Cornerstone for worship. We each had hot oatmeal with fruit and I added a little honey and cinnamon to mine. Nancy had made Cole slaw and brownies to take with us for a luncheon at the Adams house after church where several gathered to kick off the NFL season with a cook out.

We had an awesome service at Cornerstone with a large crowd and afterwards we mingled before heading over to Don and Stacy's. Don had set up 2 different T.V.'s as well as his lap top so we could view 3 different games at once; much like a sports bar. Well needless to say all of the teams we were pulling for lost in the final minutes and some in the final seconds such as the Bucs. The Browns who is a hometown favorite of Stacy's, the Panthers which is a local favorite of all here in the mountains, the Falcon's which is Don's hometown team and of course the Bucs which I kind of pull for and at times are a rival to the Falcon's and Panthers. We have great fun and the eats were superb as well.

We got to meet a new family who also attended the cookout. Rick and Nickola Williams who live out near Camp Cherrio and not far from our place were there with their daughter and son along with Mechelle and Caleb, Clara and Clarence Crouse attended also and of course Jack the son of Don and Stacy. A fun time was had by all despite all of our teams we pulled for losing. This has been an annual get together for the past couple of years as Don has the NFL ticket which gets you every NFL game every Sunday.

Nancy and I took the scenic route through the mountains on the way home and at times we had no idea where we would come out. We saw some old house foundations on top of some steep hills and we wondered how anyone could have farmed and lived off of such steep land so many years ago. We did see an abundance of wildlife so the hunting must have been good and provided plenty of meat. The views were indescribably gorgeous. The road took us down near the New River and then upwards to mountain top heights.

We made a grocery stop in Sparta for some frozen pizzas and some goodies we will need this upcoming week before heading home for a late evening pizzas loaded with fresh mushrooms, green pepper and onions. I tuned into another game which was a barn burner between the 49'ners and the Packers and then into the late game between the Giants and the Cowboys; what a day of football and to think there is another game tonight. I managed to keep the eyelids open until the 4th quarter then hit the sack around 11'ish as I was plumb wore out after making all of those plays vicariously, LATER