Well Wednesday morning was the coldest of the winter thus far with temps into high 30's but the wind made it feel even colder. There was plenty of frost just north of us with freezing temps but we were spared once again although my eyes watered on the ride out to the REC this morning on my bike. I even donned an extra sweater for the ride and the heat ran off and on for most of the night and day. By late evening we saw the temperature rise to the low 60's and this morning it's back to the 50's to start the day.
I was up at my usual 6' ish to start the day and had my usual cup of hot green tea laced with some ginger and turmeric. After my morning routines of a few quiet moments to honor my Creator and now my daily discipline I got ready to ride out to the REC for a workout on the pickle ball court. I did get in some exercise despite having a large crowd in attendance as this sport has really taken off. We do have a lot of northern visitors this time of the year to add to the mix as well and some are decent players.
Amy and Eliza came early today for lunch as the girls had to do some shopping for baby shower gifts so Eliza and I watched a movie she choose to see. She eventually fell asleep and got in a half hour nap before the girls got back. I think her trip to the doctor for her 2 year old shot helped with her being sleepy but she never fussed at all. We cleaned up the last of the soup and leftovers from last nights dinner with Eliza's "noonies". She can put away some pasta. After they left for the day to pick up Ava and Sam at school I went into deep reading for the next couple of hours while Nancy did her hike through the hood and visited with neighbor Carol.
I peeled some fresh veggie stand turnips and sliced them for a casserole which is one of our favorites with bread crumbs on top in a white sauce and then we finished the leftover baked beans and some cole slaw as well for our supper. The past couple of days have been veggie's mostly for supper. After the clean up we settled into the Fox News Cable channel and then into the Idol show. We did speak with some mountain neighbor's and they were already getting lots of snow sticking on the ground and were bracing for the big snow storm later this week which could put them at over a foot of the frozen white stuff. We sure hope Tyler gets out of D.C. before his flights get grounded from this winter storm.
Well that was about it for the day. The cold didn't seem to hurt the garden and now I have sugar peas ready to harvest to add to our salads along with some Bibb lettuce. The tomato's have lots of green ones but are slow to ripen. The sweet onions are growing as are the carrots and cabbages. I'm looking forward to a pot roast with home grown carrots. Surprisingly the herbs are the best ever this year with the exception of the sweet basil which is not a fan of cold temps, but it's still hanging on. The dill is almost out of control as is the cilantro, rosemary and parsley.
I just want to mention that we folks who love our freedoms and liberties and our families and who honor our Creator had better wake up and see what the secular progressives are doing to our culture. You would think with Europe's failed results in promoting socialism for the nation that we(USA) would learn from their dismal results. But no we have so many inept politicians that have no wherewithal of what is before their very eyes, especially the example in Greece and their slide into bankruptcy and financial ruin. We are seeing some of that now with our own stock market decline where we are growing increasingly in debt while spending incessantly with horrific government waste and no accountability. I wouldn't doubt if an audit doesn't show that many of our politicians have greased their bank accounts with this wasteful spending. I do think Bernie has a point about the corrupt political class in D.C. but that is about all that I agree with him, LATER
