Saturday

Well Friday turned out to be mostly cloudy with a few sprinkles in the late evening and nighttime. The temps stayed up in the low 70's for most of the day. We hit a few pockets of light rain as we drove over to Bobby's in Brandon for the 300 point club supper. The 300 point club is a monthly get together to honor those who have been successful for their endeavors with promoting the products that Amway distributes.

The morning started much the usual around a 6'ish roll out. After a cup of hot green tea and a few quiet moments I posted this ramble before riding out to the rec for some 2 1/2 hours of pickle ball. We had a full house with 3 courts going for most of the time slotted with some great rallies. The wet shirts were evident throughout the players and few quit play a little early which left the last couple matches using the regular scoring as opposed to rally scoring.

I stopped off at the library for a couple new reads before heading home. I watered the garden by hand and noticed I have sugar peas popping through the ground and some new leaves on the beets, Swiss chard and romaine lettuce. Everything else looks good and so far I haven't lost a seedling except for the lettuces I started in the mountains and then transplanted into 9 packs. They haven't done well and that was expected as the cold there really held them back. I may get a dozen or so to make it but I started new seeds here for the lettuces and I have a pot of them up and hopefully ready for transplanting in a day or so.

Since my garden and yard work is basically caught up I read for the rest of the day except for a little hand watering before heading out to Brandon. Amy and Sam came for lunch after Nancy got back from her Friday morning Bible study at S.F.B.C. We had a nice salad and I finished off the last of the left over roast beef. Sam wanted to play inside and Nancy read him a couple books and then made chocolate chip cookies for him. He is such a sweet boy. Paw Paw called from Virginia and they are having some winter like weather with the temps down into the teens. He loves to hear from Sam and his exploits so Sam took a moment to talk to him on the phone.

We just read and then got ready until it was time to travel nearly a hundred miles to Bobby's for supper. There were 20 or so folks gathered and he had 2 huge pots of gourmet soups; roasted duck pumpkin bisque and a split pea which both were awesome along with a fresh salad and lots of bakery bread. There was some fruit of the vine as well as desserts. I had to skip the desserts but the pumpernickel was my downfall.  We then played a game of charades which pitted the gals team against the guys. The guys won and all had a great time; we must play this game the next time we are in the mountains the way it was played with this group.

We headed out for Seminole a little before 10 and traffic wasn't nearly as bad as going over during rush hours. We used the toll road going over which made a difference as the radio spoke of major traffic backups on the bridges. It was close to 11 before it was lights outs for me as I had showered before we left. Today, this Saturday morning our house church is doing free oil changes for single moms, military wives and widows at Twill Auto. We do this every 3 months and provide donuts and coffee as well and even give them a $10 gas card. This evening Ava and Sam are coming for supper and we will watch them while Amy and Tyler register for their upcoming new baby shower. This should be a busy day as well.

I almost forgot to mention the month of November has a great promotion for all of the Artistry Products such as cosmetics, body lotions, makeup, skin care. etc. Check out our website at www.amway.com/JNTriplett and see the info on these products. I'm offering to send you a duplicate order absolutely free, so the price is half off or you get twice as much for the one price. This BOGO offer comes ONLY from me and our team leaders and is not a promotion from Amway. Nancy uses these products and has found none as good as the Artistry Brands. This offer ends November 30th.

On a more somber note our dear friend and brother of our "mountain mom" Helen is still in the hospital in Bristol and now has been diagnosed with having symptoms of gangrene in the abdominal area. Keep Joe in your thoughts and prayers as he is up there in age, LATER