Well Thursday found me in the dentist office with this sensitive molar and now I'm heading to Boone on Monday for a root canal, yikes; but at least it hasn't started to get infected and its not throbbing, just a dull ache. This will be probably my 5th or 6th root canal and the dentist must go through and already crown, oh well.
I started the day much the usual with a 6ish roll out to start the day with my usual regiment of Nutrilite vitamins and supplements washed down with a cup of hot green tea laced with turmeric and fresh ginger while I posted this ramble and then some quiet time with my Creator while I humbly gave thanks for my many blessings and then lifted several up by name. All is well thus far as I've heard nothing to the contrary. I did learn where a grade school friend lost her husband this week in the Winchester, Va. area at a young age.
My friend and neighbor Dan who is with his wife Carol and who are visiting for a couple weeks rode to Sparta with me and who I dropped off at the Wellness Center for a workout while I visited the dentist at 10:30. We got back to the cabin after a quick stop at a local building supple for a couple of items then headed home to a delicious lunch of broccoli salad and a deli meat wrap. Afterwards we made a trip to the top of the mountain on the golf cart to pick up a loaf of fresh baked bread by our dear friend Jetta as well as a couple items she was getting rid of that we could use around the campfire. I picked her a bag of fresh lettuces, kale and Swiss chard for a salad for her and Joe in return. We fixed the seat on my kayak which the fastener has pulled loose from the wall and then we settled down on the front porch and read until it was time to head out to Sparta.
The Botbyl's wanted to look at some property and cabins that were listed for sale and we saw two very nice places and one that has great potential with several acres. We took a couple back roads to the Tracy's rental cabin where we were anticipating a Thanksgiving Dinner prepared by a marvelous cook Kathryn. All of our gals are awesome cooks and love doing it. We taught them a new way of playing 6 person spades which we all find to be very exciting and much more enjoyable than Euchre by a few of us; Carol especially. We started a game and then around 5:30 quit for supper which we ate while sitting on their outside deck. Wow the food was so delicious with roasted turkey breast, smashed taters and gravy, French green beans, yams and dressing with cranberry sauce. We skipped any type of dessert as we snacked on cheese and crackers, salami, black and green olives and pickled cauliflower which was one of Nancy's dad favorites.
We finished the first game after cleaning up the dishes and the gals won albeit with some less than honest moves and then they won the second game as well, dang it. We are a raucous group of 6 know as the Cool Peoples Club. Everyone loves this new game and I'm sure it will become a stable with this bunch. We left around 8'ish and headed back to the cabin where we played one game of Kings on the Corner before the other three watched the tube. I watched the Ray's beat the Orioles in their stadium on line then hit the shower and was soon in the horizontal position as the sandman calleth a little 10.
Today Dan and I are floating the New River in our kayaks and the girls are heading to West Jefferson for shopping, browsing or whatever and lunch out with some friends we've known since childhood who own a small cafe called Harvest Cafe in W. Jefferson. After the float we will fix our "mountain moms" golf cart mirror and then meet the gals at a new Italian eatery called Grave which has received some good reviews from neighbors and friends, LATER
