Well this first month of the new year is about gone and did it ever just go so quickly. We had rain for most of the day and evening and at times a "gully washer" or "street river" depending or where we are. At least it wasn't a cold rain with temps in the upper 60's but that is supposed to change today as the front pulled in some cooler air from the north as it moved out and away from us. It's that time of the year with the Gasparilla Festival is remembered with the pirates invading Tampa. I use to have to work that event when all of the city was just one big drunken party, yet some of the costumes where quite enchanting and what some of the gals would do for a string of cheap beads would make a sailor blush, oh well.
I started the day with a 6'ish roll out and then to my usual routines of honoring my Creator with a few quiet moments and then my daily discipline. I lost two acquaintances yesterday as one was a classmate and another was an old Mountain Falls feller I hadn't thought of since I was a kid. She was my age and he a couple years older but I knew him and his folks and older sister who are all gone as well. His mom was one of our summer Bible school teachers at the local church and he graduated a couple of years ahead of me. I keep up with the local news from Winchester, Va and noticed their obits in the paper.
I rode out to the Rec in a mist and came back in a light rain. We started a half hour earlier than usual so as to get in a good workout and I had a wet shirt by 9 AM and decided I was through for the day on the pickle ball court. There wasn't anything to do outside as the rain had the garden good and wet so I chilled with a new read and spent the rest of morning inside this book. Amy, GG and Eliza Faye all came for lunch. I finished up the leftover pinto's and wow could I ever dine on those almost every day along with some chopped onions and hot sauce in the mix. I must make a mental note to have these more often. The gals had garden salad with deli meats on top but I had the last corn muffin instead. I'm keeping the spare tire somewhat deflated but I'm still trying to lose another pound or so before summer. The knees are holding up and I think I'm finally getting back into some shape, despite the roll around the middle.
We took off to the veggie stand for tomato's and a few other goodies before stopping at Aldi's where their avocados were 39 cents apiece, wow they were perfect as well so we loaded up on several and will make a guacamole on Sunday when we entertain Bobby, Katie and the kiddos for his 35 birthday along with the Ross Family and GG. Bobby wants King Ranch Chicken for his BD meal and the guacamole will go along perfect. My cilantro is the best ever this year and that makes for a good guac. Well we got soaked a couple times before finally getting back to the house and learned our small group was not meeting later in the evening due to headaches and busyness. That was fine with me as we weren't happy about going out in the rain again. We chilled and read until it was time to start supper which was some shrimp fried rice, yeow was that ever delicious with a little soy sauce. That was one of my fav's when flying into the orient especially in Japan as well as I loved the sweet and sour pork dishes in the Philippines. We have never made the latter but are learning how to do the fried rice dishes.
After the cleanup we settled into the Fox News Channel and eventually some of the early debate with the lesser known candidates. I like this Virginia former governor Gilmore as he is a straight shooter and the only veteran in the mix. I definitely will support the GOP nominee whom ever, but I hope its not someone from the established political folks. I'm fed up with politics per say and want someone who cares about the country and the downward spiral we are in instead of their own personal legacy and fortunes. We have let the "fox into the hen house" with this last potus and he has destroyed our unity and culture while giving him a pass because of political correctness. I certainly hope we elect a rational, uncorrupted and competent person to see us through this valley of shame on America. It's a shame we run on a platform to not protect the innocent and sell their parts for profit as well as being a proponent of gay marriage to where we have to lawfully accept it despite knowing it's morally wrong. We no longer honor our Creator or the precepts set forth in what made us a great nation with a government that was for all the folks and not just the special interests. We have allowed our moral compass to head south when determining what is right and wrong based on those precepts and now the truth is being shattered and destroyed for personal gain over what is the good for the country. We have corrupted and criminal folks vying for the leadership of the country, LATER
