The morning started out with a 6 'ish roll out for me. Nancy slept in until it was nearly time for me to head out a little before 8 for the Rec. My morning routines included a few quiet minutes with my Creator and then my 90 day's of daily discipline for personal growth. I really like this work book and how the daily thoughts give you some different ways of considering your approach to situations in life. It's very profound. I got ready for a cold ride to the Rec on my bike after having an apple for breakfast. We had 3 courts in action and a couple new players from the frozen north who are here for the winter. I had a great hour and half workout without leaving the pickle ball court. Most of these players are a B players but the attitude is so much better than when we had only A players. Most of them have moved on to other venues with one occasionally coming by to play and complain about the number of players. We have very few beginners and the ones who were learning have really improved their games. It's enjoyable to working out again and not having to hear the grumbles from the A players who must win at all costs and easily are critical of plays and players.
I stopped off at the library for a couple new reads afterwards on the way home as that is just about what I do in the afternoon after Amy leaves. I did pick another nice mess of green beans and then fed my new seedlings which are trying to grow. This cooler temps have slowed them down somewhat but the leafy greens are loving this weather. The snow or sugar peas are blooming their beautiful white blossoms. The 'maters are loaded with green ones but none seem to be turning. We had some fried green 'maters for an appetizer with supper and they are so delicious. I now love them the way Nancy prepares them. I bought them at the veggie stand as my 'maters are the the teardrop style and size which are great for salads but not big enough to fry, oh well!
We had GG for supper so we celebrated with a glass of vino, fried green 'maters and linguine with shrimp in a garlic butter sauce and a salad. It was much like shrimp scampi but oh so delicious. Well the diet suffered but what a way to go! I now have green peppers big enough to pick from the plants I brought back from the mountain garden and also the cabbages are heading up enough to where we can cut one for cold slaw for Eliza's birthday supper on Saturday with all of the family. Ann's and Gabe will be there and will spend the night with their cousins the Ross kiddos. After the cleanup we started to settle into the news when a message came on the TV to "please wait" which was annoying and took up nearly a third of the screen. So we had to reprogram the cable box which took nearly a half hour with the cable company but finally we got that fixed. You never know when these electronic's go on the blink and for what appeared no reason.
Nancy took GG home and then we settled in to learn were this potus and his new sec. of state John Kerry who along with another traitor in Vietnam, Jane Fonda is once again appeasing the Iranians after they captured for a day 10 American sailors from international waters after what was supposedly a mechanical break down of their small boats. We are the laughing stock of the world with this administration whose leader is in Lah-lah land with his almost laughable foreign policies if it wasn't so serious that he is selling us down the river on the world stage. His state of the union address of which was excerpted at times on the news broadcasts really puts him in a delusional class of his own. There is no doubt the Iranians are showing the world that we are no longer a force to be reckoned with as only this potus is worried about his legacy which is so much worse than Jimmy Carter's ever was and Carter's was very bad.
Well I tuned into the Idol Show after O'Reilly then hit the showers. It wasn't long afterwards the sandman calleth and I turned the "lights out as the party was over" as Dandy Don Meridith use to say on Monday Night Football many years ago, LATER
I almost forgot to mention today the 13th our newest grand daughter Eliza Faye Ross was born . She is such a blessing to us and is oh so smart as she is learning her ABC's and counting at the age of two. We will have a big celebration on Saturday at her house with all the cousins, GG and us. Tyler is smoking a turkey and then afterwards the kiddos will all bunk together for a sleep over. We will bring them back to Tampa on Sunday and attend Element Church.
