Well Sunday was a great day of worship both in music and the word. It was a bit on the chilly side as once again the day started with temps down into the low 50's and stayed that way until the middle of the afternoon when the sun broke through the overcast and it quickly warmed to the low 70's. We both had on long pants, long sleeve shirts and socks on in the cabin the past 24 plus hours. This is the middle of July and it fell like the middle of September.
Nancy awakened around 6 and looked out into the back yard and spotted a very large deer just standing there looking back at her. I jumped up and scared it away and would have liked to have powered it's backside with some birdshot but it jumped down off the back yards into the woods. It did break off a couple of corn plants but didn't seem to bother anything else in the garden. We did our morning routines then got ready for worship at Cornerstone.
Priority Blue which is a home grown Blue Grass Gospel Quartet did the opening music and they were awesome in their praise music. After a great sermon on a reality check for relationships we decided since most of our usual lunch gang were either out of town, coming down with a bug and having some intestinal issues we would forgo lunch out and pick up fried chicken from Lowes grocery. Well that was the best fried chicken we've had in many a moon and we had a salad to accompany it as well. That meal held me the rest of the day except for some watermelon late in the evening.
We got some visitors around 3 o'clock as Carson and Carter Todd came by on their Pa's(Ray Todd) golf cart. Carson has grown into a fine young man and Carter now has a bit of the younger Carson in him. We can't believe that Carter will be in the third grade and Carson is a freshman in high school this coming year. They have moved permanently down to Mt. Airy where they now have a new little brother as their mother Angel married. After they left we changed out of the warmer clothes into some shorts and headed for the top of the mountain on a hike. The top was desolate all except for Joe, Jetta and Zeke. We visited for a short while before heading back to the cabin to await for a phone call from Bobby.
He had the kids this weekend at his new condo and did supper with Amy's family so the cousins could spend some time together and play on Saturday afternoon. They all had a grand time in the condo's pool and I understand the eatin' was fine as well. Seems everyone had a good visit and Bobby's kiddos love his new place and adjusted very well. It really been an adjustment for everyone and we are hoping only the best for both of them in all of this life changing turmoil of living with both parents separately.
Well I worked with this GPS for a couple hours trying to put some new places into it and it's frustrating to say the least as we are heading to Winston-Salem to visit with Eddie at the hospital on Tuesday and to stop by several places for some shopping. Our friends Patrick and Kathryn are heading to Blowing Rock for a reunion with some of his fellow retired friends this week. I'm seriously giving the body a few days rest from all the hard work from last week except for some daily hiking and pickle ball on Thursday evening. I noticed some strain on both of my arms the past day or so with wielding that heavy digging iron and lifting those heavy blocks of wood onto the log splitter.
Bobby called after he had the kiddos in bed as they spent another night with him before he took them back early this morning on his way to work. Afterwards we settled into the "mountain man" show and learned the Ray's swept the Twins in baseball for a good start on the second half of the season. Pre-season football starts in just a couple weeks and I'm looking forward to that, LATER
