Well Saturday was a fun day and ended with a family dinner at our nephew beautiful place on Snell Island as Nancy's brother was in town to nail down the estate of their mother who passed away in November. What a fiasco that has been but hopefully that is settled and she and her brother and sister will finally received the funds from the estate. We have decided to tithe one tenth of that off the top.
I started the day much the usual with a before 6 roll out to my usual cup of hot green tea laced with turmeric and a slice of fresh ginger while I posted this ramble then spent some quiet time with my Creator in thanksgiving and lifting several up by name for healing, comfort and safety, including our duly elected POTUS Trump, our military and those on the front line keeping us safe who wear the badge. I too carried a badge for 30 years as well as served 7 years in the military never giving a thought that what I did daily could result in a sacrifice for my country. All those I lift up daily seem as well as can be expected. I spoke with Paw Paw and his age is reflecting with his hearing and repeating of issues, but other than being nearly 92 he is still able to get about and carry on.
I headed out to the rec. on my bike for nearly 3 hours of pickle ball and had a great work out. I'm sure going to miss these daily workout starting in June as it will be pickle ball play usually one evening a week but I will make up for that workout with a mountain hike at least once a day and of course all of my mountain chores with the yards and gardens. Our mountain neighbor Gerald sent me some pictures of the cabin last week and the lilac's were blooming which are always gone by the time we get there in June. We have both purple and white lilacs and their fragrance is such a delicious smell. We do usually have some peonies still in bloom which are also delicious in smell and I equate the two aromas.
I did hand water the gardens and yards before a lite lunch as I knew we would eat hearty later in the evening. Nancy's sister Betsy decided to join us for the ride to Austin and Megan's place which is in northeast St.Pete on Snell Island. There are several small bridges out to their place in this beautiful section of the city. We had a grand time visiting and eating; grilled marinated flank steak, chicken breasts, asparagus, sweet taters and of course some vino while indulging. Nancy made a huge fresh garden salad and a decant chocolate cake. Amy our daughter made a delicious cheesecake and brought ice cream as well. It was a feast and afterwards we taught them a new card game called "31". We had 10 adults and 5 kiddos present so there was excitement through out the evening until nearly 9:30 when we headed home. We did stop and watch the Derby and was surprised to see the winning horse being disqualified for what was an apparent minor maneuver on a wet sloppy track, oh well!!!
Well this Sunday morning I was up early for the 6 AM load in at St.Pete College for BridgePoint Church. We had a great crew of volunteers to unload and set up the college for the 9:00 first service and then another service at 10:30. We will surely miss all of these fine folks who make life great as we help others get closer to GOD. Our volunteers are enough to man a regular church as we have that many dedicated folks. We see new faces every Sunday and both Nancy and I love our being able to serve each week with such loving and friendly folks. We do love our mountain church but we serve very little there as we already have a building which we are in need of in Seminole. I will miss the togetherness we have established with so many in our Life Groups as well as the volunteer team.
Well that was about it for Saturday and Sunday morning, LATER
