Well Friday was a busy day to start with as I got in two good hours of pickle ball and then some garden work. It was another warm muggy day but the temps are supposed to drop as we approach Christmas Day.The garden is loving these cool nights in the 60's and warm days in the low 80's. I'm still having to hand water at least once a day. I did harvest my first mess of collard greens and they were fabulous.
The day started much the usual with a before 6'ish roll out to my cup of hot green tea laced with turmeric while I posted this ramble and then spent a few quiet moments with my Creator in prayer and thanksgiving. The update on GG was about the same as Nancy video chatted with her on her new phone. I called Paw Paw and got no response from either phones as I wanted to give him our new phone number since we cancelled the home phone. I got ready around 8'ish and headed out on my bike for the Rec. where we had four A players. We occupied one court for the whole two hours and was whupped by the time we decided to call it quits with tired legs and wet shirts. The other two courts were in use as well and we are getting some more new competition with in the group of B players.
I stopped off at the library for a couple new reads one for Nancy and a couple for me then headed home. Nancy had been to the lab to have her blood draw for testing purposes and was having some breakfast. I decided to harvest a nice mess of collard greens which were so tender and young. Wow did they ever make for a delicious meal for our supper. I cut up a half pound of smoked bacon and sauteed that with a whole cut up onions and then chopped the collards after rinsing and added to the pot with a box of chicken stock. I brought that to a boil then cut it down to a simmer for the next 4-5 hours with the lid on the pot, yeow delicious to say the least and they melted in your mouth. I have enough leftover for lunch today.
Nancy cooked off a ham and then made ham salad and saved the broth for pasta fasoule soup for Christmas Eve supper get together. The real eatin' begins again starting with the get together after the candle light services with family and friends. I'll head to Sam's Club today for a top sirloin roast for the big dinner on Christmas Day with Amy's and Betsy's families. We will sure miss GG this year. Bobby and family will come for Christmas Day breakfast then share his time with the kiddos with their mother. We will have a group here the eve, next morning and for dinner, yeow there goes the spare tire again.
I called Spectrum and cancelled my service and they tried their best to talk me out of doing so but I explained they continued to raise my rates and wouldn't budge on their newest rate rise a day or so ago but now they wanted to negotiate and I turned them down. Anyhow I seem to love this new service and we now get 4 HBO channels and a DVR with much less cost. Finally getting out of the stone age; of course I usually only watch FOX until its time for bed unless there is a sport on and I get several of those channels as well. The only thing I miss is the RFD channel and Dr. Pol for Nancy but she will survive, LATER
