Well the count down on our proposed day to leave for the cabin is on. Two weeks from today (Tue.) I'm hoping to wake up in the stillness of the morning in our mountain cabin in N.C. It's been over 7 months since we left on that cold November morning and now I'm looking forward to some of that chill as the temps here in sunny Florida are now HOT and muggy.
I started Monday much the usual after a busy day on Sunday with a before 6 rollout to my usual cup of hot green tea; that is something I forgo on Sundays as I get up early wash my face and comb my hair, get dressed and jump on my bike for the ride to the load in at the college for BridgePoint. I just remembered missing my cup of tea laced with turmeric and fresh ginger each Sunday morning. I think the anti-inflammatory properties of the turmeric is a blessing and while it does stain initially the mouth and tongue it usually wears away with the teeth being brushed.
Anyhow I lifted up several during my quiet time to my Creator and gave thanks for my blessings as well. Nancy is doing well with her surgery but is still wearing a patch over the incision. She stayed away from church as the doctor told her no smiling, excessive talking and no chewing. The stitches come out on Friday and then we hope that is it. The cost out of our pocket was unbelievable for a couple hours in a doctor office and we already are paying big each month for health insurance, oh well. I sure hope we never give in to the dem's and their idea of socialism in the health care market, at least we get good care now when we need in and not sometime in the future. That corrupt obamacare has raised the cost but at least we still have a choice as of right now.
I headed out a little before 8 on my bike to the rec. for two hours of pickle ball. It was a rather small group until 9 when we finally had three courts in action and the play was action packed. I headed home a little after 10 to hand water the gardens which have just about dried up except for a few veggies. The heat is cooking the tomato's on the vine as I see blisters forming but the jalapeno peppers are still producing and the new seedlings I think will make as well. I'll take those with me for my summer garden at the cabin. The kale and collards wilt during the day despite two hand watering and it won't be long until I take down the plants and mulch them for my worms to compose over the long hot summer.
After a lite lunch I settled into a new read by Patterson titled RED ALERT which is a good easy read. It's just too hot to do anything outside after lunch time. Nancy took off to the mall for some shopping while I tried to find some filters for her hand vacuum and could find none other than ordering them, but the shipping costs was more than the cost of the filter, oh well. We decided to work on some of the leftover sauerkraut, pork and dogs for our supper and then finished up the ice cream as well. I headed outside after the clean up as the evening are usually very pleasant after the hot afternoons. I hand watered the gardens and set the sprinkler on the front yard which is very lush and green and it filled in completely. I have the shrubs in good shape before leaving but they will grow while we are gone. Grand daughter Ava wants to mow again this year with the help of her dad Tyler, so she will have some extra spending money which benefits us both.
The Ray's were off but I did watch the rally our duly elected POTUS Trump had in Pennsylvania and once again he rallied the state with his accomplishments and agenda of putting our nation first. It just blows my mind how far left and radicalized the dem party has become with the help of the msm. Never would I have believed in my life time the change in our nation with killing babies even after birth as a political platform, the idea of supporting illegals who kill and maim our citizens and drain our resources with open borders as their platform and the idea of a socialist society that is being showcased in Venezuela for the disaster it is. Where has common sense patriotic loyalty gone, LATER
