Well I'm back redoing the bathroom in the front of the house as Nancy wanted to change the color of the walls, patching the nail holes and getting new shower curtains, pictures, etc. This woman watches too much HGTV late at night, oh well.
The day started with my usual before 6 rollout to my routines that start with a cup of hot green tea laced with turmeric after washing down a handful of vitamins and supplements. I posted this ramble then spent some time with my Creator in humble thanksgiving for another day and lifting up several by name. We lost one of the most influential men of this century at the age of 99 who openly professed to the world that everyone needed Jesus Christ in their lives to know the meaning of the love of GOD. Billy Graham will be sorely missed as his evangelism for Christ covered the world and he is now with his Maker in Heaven. There will none other like him in my time here on this earth.
I headed out for the Rec. a little before 8 and got in two hours of pickle ball play as 5 of us A players had the challenge court for all of the morning session. I was whupped by 10 and left with a wet shirt once agin. This active play has helped me whittle down my weight to 187 this morning from 197. Wow did it ever take a whole lot longer to take off than put on these 10 pounds. I'm hopeful to be able to maintain and possibly go down to my target level of 180; but that is doubtful as I'm a lover of eatin'.
I hand watered the gardens then got the bathroom ready for painting samples which Nancy had in mind. We settled on the same color of the kitchen which is a light gray paint and luckily I have plenty leftover after painting a couple areas a dark blue color, oh well. At least its not a large space so I should complete the walls by Friday afternoon with a second coat and even a third coat to cover the sample blue paint. I did get in a short reading and nap session after Amy and Eliza left around 2:30. We set records for heat this time of the year despite records set throughout the nation for cold and snow and we had the heat on here for the first in years with days at a time. It was 88 here with a breeze that dries everything out especially the garden despite all of the mulching. I hand watered twice during the day but it was a great day for drying clothes on the line.
I grilled a couple pork ribs and put a pot of collard greens on the stove after getting back from pickle ball. They simmered all day in a pot of chicken broth, smoked bacon and onions. Oh My were they ever delicious with our ribs. We are trying to stay away from from carbs as much as possible except for my handful of mixed nuts with my glass of vino around 4'ish. I did get some fantastic news from the VA Hospital that the tests that first indicated I may have Hepatitis C was a only the fact I had been exposed to the virus sometime in my lifetime. It seems the body remembers of that exposure but my immune system rejected the virus and I'm virus free so no further testing or ultrasound is needed. That was great news on a day we were saddened with the passing of Dr. Graham.
Well we tuned into the Fox News channel which seems to be the only network that broadcasts the real unbiased news. I saw clips where the major MSM outlets are constantly making up their agenda to destroy this POTUS and now we are seeing how they are complicit with covering for Obama and Hillary. Finally the DOJ is starting investigations into all of their criminal dealings with the heads of the FBI, DOJ and now the State Dept. We also are seeing where the CIA and some of their heads are being looked into for lying and covering for them as well in what's been referred to as the "deep state" put in place by Obama. We have a mess on our hands with those who disregarded the constitution and the laws and now we know why there has been such lying and obfuscation by the Dem's and the liberals to destroy Trump. He isn't afraid of them and hopefully he will expose all of those in the government both Dem's and Rep's who helped to circumvent the law. NO ONE is above the law which means Hillary and Obama should be tried if found complicit in these crimes. We can only send a message to other crooks and criminals that our Constitution and Bill of Rights made US(A) and great nation, LATER
