Well Friday was anything but usual after supper but the morning started out much the same. The temps had warmed up considerably during the day on Thursday but cooled down to where Friday morning required a coat and hat on my bike ride to the rec after my usual start for the day. We had a 3 courts in action with a mixed group of pickle ball players but mainly it was composed of A players. By 10 am I was whupped and ready for a break with a wet shirt. I made a quick stop at the library for a couple new reads I had on order before heading home to water the gardens.
Nancy was at her Friday morning Bible study at SFBC so I vacuumed the house and got ready for Amy, GG and the kiddos for lunch. GG brought me a bowl of leftover gnocchi soup she had made the night before and everyone else ate chef salads. This soup is served at Olive Garden and was quite tasty with dough balls made in Italy and made from potato's. After lunch I settled into reading as another front came through the area dropping the temps a few degrees while hiding the bright sunshine. It finally warmed back to the low 70's by days end but quickly dropped off again after dark to the upper 40's.
We settled into reading the rest of the afternoon and this new author George P. Pelecanos is fantastic in writing in the era after WWII. His characters are Greek in ethnicity and the story line takes place in the city of Washington D.C. This book THE BIG BLOWDOWN is fast paced and loaded with lots of action and is a real page turner with lots of real life issues for that era. Luckily he has several books out and I'm interested in reading them all if they are as good as the last couple I've read.
We fixed a frozen pepperoni pizza loaded with fresh mushrooms for our supper. I of course doctored mine up with plenty of fresh herbs and hot red peppers. We were meeting up with Dan and Patrick to head over to Bobby's and then to Element Church for men's game night at the warehouse. Nancy was going to spend the evening with Annsley and Gabe while Bobby and the rest of us played Halo and corn toss and some board games. Wow did 2 hours fly by with several men and boys playing this shoot'em up Halo game and the prize for winning this contest was a 47 " LED big screen TV. It was a fund raiser for one of the families in the church who is still dealing with the expenses they incurred during the loss of their 4 year old son last year; such a sad occasion which happened this month last year.
It was after 11pm before we got back to Seminole and said our "good nights". Many thanks to Patrick for driving us in his hybrid Toyota. Nancy had the kiddos wired up with ice cream sandwiches and popcorn while watching a movie with them and they all came down stairs to say good night as well before we left Brandon. Annsley is now doing multiplication tables in the first grade and gave me a quick demonstration of her intelligence. We had a grand time for the evening and enjoyed the time with Patrick and Dan as well. Carole was unable to leave her mom as she is the primary care giver which restricts their ability to socialize away from the home and Kathryn is recouping from her surgery.
Today, Saturday we are celebrating our son, Bobby's 34th birthday with a family supper; wow where did that time go? We will have everyone here for brauts, fresh broccoli out of the garden and salad and Nancy made a fruit cobbler instead of a cake per his request. The grand kiddos will have a chance to play together and renew their friendships as we haven't had them over all together since Christmas, LATER
