Well Tuesday was another beautiful winter day in Florida but the humidity is starting to creep back into the picture which led to an overnight storm that brought lots of lightning, thunder and some rain. The rain was needed but the storm took out a transformer in the hood and left us with no power during the nighttime hours. It is back on as I post this ramble this morning but all of the clocks and stove needs to be reset.
I started the day much the usual with a 5:30 roll out. This redo of the kitchen has me working in my sleep. I did my morning routines that started with a cup of hot tea laced with turmeric while I posted this ramble and then I spent some quiet time with my Creator in thanksgiving and lifting up several I know and love for comfort and healing. Nothings changed since a couple of days ago with Paw Paw as he is still in the hospital and waiting to be moved to the VA hospital in Martinsburg, W.Va. We still haven't heard whether he has a broken hip from his fall or if its a prior fracture from a long ago fall.
I headed out to the Rec. for a workout on the pickle ball court and left with a wet shirt around 9:30. I made a stop at the library for a couple new reads before heading home on my bike. The weather was perfect with temps in the low 70's with lots of bright sunshine but we did have a strong breeze. I hand watered the gardens before heading out with Nancy to Home Depot where we met up with Bobby who helped us pick out an order the flooring, backslash tile, mastic and grout. He then had a quick lunch with us before his next appointment in Land of Lakes which was over an hour away. Amy and Eliza came for lunch and then I repainted the kitchen door and window seat. I set up the backsplash and began to layout how I wanted to install it. Neighbor John Perry is just finishing up doing his whole kitchen as well and lent me his tile saw and tools needed to do the backsplash. What a big help that is and will save me some extra bucks.
Nancy had to go over to her mom, GG's house an assist her with some odd jobs while I read for an hour or so. Today Wednesday I will start on the first tile setting adventure in quite awhile. I watched several DIY videos on this project and feel confident about the job. This will be my first attempt at back splashing, oh well. We had burritos for supper using our fresh cilantro, green pepper, onion and tomatoes. Delicious along with some refried beans. After the cleanup we settled into the Fox News Channel for the real news on what's happening in the country. We are heartened to see Betsy Devos was seated as the next education secretary and now maybe the kids of our nation can get a decent education in schools of their choice with quality teachers.
That part of our society has become so politicized its unimaginable with the dumbing down of the nation because we have secular progressives running the asylum and trying to run the government. Trump put a stop to that as of now and hopefully his executive order on the immigration ban for folks coming from terrorist affiliated nations with be upheld for the next 90 days or so until we can properly vet them for their intentions. What is so wrong about who we let into the nation and do they want to be here for assimilation or for nefarious reasons. Yikes, even I country boy can understand that ban and the logic. Well after a hot shower and the Tucker Carlson Show on Fox it was horizontal lab for me, LATER
