Well Saturday was an eventful day despite it being another warm and humid one. It was rather foggy and overcast to start the day but that quickly burned off while I was at the Rec playing pickleball until 10'ish. Nancy was busy in the kitchen with preparations for tonight(Sun) and then again on Christmas Day. I made a trip to Sam's for a beef roast and then we went out for supper with the Ross Family and then a walk through the park in Largo where the place was lighted with thousands of Christmas displays.
The day started with my usual before 6'ish rollout to a cup of hot green tea laced with turmeric while I posted this ramble and then some quiet moments with my Creator. The update on GG is she was talking quite lucid on the video chat and getting ready for lots of Eric's family to visit in the next couple of days. She was wanting her recipes from Betsy so she and Dianne can make some of her more famous dishes. I did speak with Paw Paw and he sounded good and had just got back from visiting his old girlfriend for the day. It was cold and rainy there and the update on Joe was also promising as he is doing much better in the rehab and may be moved into an ALF. Helen's son Rick was on the way up from here to spend the next few days with her over the holidays and may see snow again as its in the forecast.
I met up with several other players and had a good workout at the Rec. on the pickle ball courts for two hours before pedaling home on my bike. I did give the gardens a quick drink before heading out Sam's to pick up a sirloin roast for Christmas Dinner on Monday. That place was packed and already we can see the effects of the tax law our Potus signed a couple days ago. Consumer confidence is at a high level. The biased MSM will not report the good news from anything Trump does and none of the corrupt things the last administration was involved in but slowly its starting to leak out from other sources.
I piddled around the house helping Nancy with her prep for tonight after the evening service at the Mahaffey where we will work the 2 o'clock service and in then over to Tampa with Bobby and Family where he will lead worship at 5'ish afterwards the Tracy's, Botbyl's and the Ross Family visit for soups and finger foods. Should be some good eatin'. I picked up a 14 pound sirloin roast which we will roast on Monday and then have Amy and Betsy's families for supper after a huge mid morning breakfast with Bobby's gang, Amy's gang and the Botbyl's; I've already put on a couple of pounds just thinking about the good eatin.We will open presents with the kiddos after breakfast.
Amy and family picked us up around 5 and we tried out a new pizza place in Seminole. The food was good and the fried zucchini appetizer was awesome as was the pizzas. I passed on the cannoli's but they looked amazing. We then headed over to Largo to Central Park where the place was lite up like a Christmas tree. Lights everywhere and tons of folks. We spent a good hour and half visiting the many displays and the kiddos had hot chocolate. They dropped us off around 8'ish and I tuned into the Lightning game and watched them beat another good team from Minnesota. I hit the showers during intermission and then tuned into the old movie "Good Morning Vietnam" during commercial breaks. With this new provider I get four free HBO channels. Robin Williams was awesome in that movie and its such a shame we lost his talent a couple years back, oh well, LATER
