Well Monday was another hot muggy day here in Central Florida and from the weather forecast for the mountains it was rather hot there as well. I was hoping for some cool temps next week. We had an awesome day of fellowship with friends in the neighborhood that started around 1 and ended close to 9. We ate and play games and just had a great time. Many of them will come to the cabin later this summer where we will do it all over again.
I started the day much the usual with a before 6 roll out to my cup of green tea laced with turmeric and fresh ginger root while I posted this ramble then spent some quiet time with my Creator. I lifted up several by name as well as gave thanks for my many blessings. This was a holiday that celebrated our freedoms because of our military and those who fought to preserve and make America great. We are a blessed nation because of our love for the one true GOD we read about in the Bible. We now have politicians running around saying we are not that nation any longer and there are other gods we must acknowledge and we now see the mess they have created by taking the one true GOD out of everything. There is a resurgence of honoring GOD again with this POTUS Trump and we are seeing evidence of that despite what the biased news networks promote. They are part of the reason for promoting such a dichotomy within the nation.
The gym was closed due to the holiday so I got in a good workout on my bike riding through the hood then came back and did some chores that needed to be done as we start packing today. The plastic containers and the luggage all needed to be retrieved form the attic and washed out and dusted off. I mixed up a batch of weed and grass killer and sprayed the fence lines and around the gardens as well as hand watered the gardens and the new seedlings. It wasn't long until my shirt was dripping with sweat it was that muggy. We skipped any real eating except for a smoothie using using up some fruit and kale for a mid morning breakfast. I knew we were dinning on finger food until around 6 when we had the usual holiday fare of burgers, potato salad, baked beans, Nancy's delicious squash casserole and then strawberry shortcake for dessert.
We arrived at the Botbyl's where Patrick, Kathryn, Tom and Elizabeth were already there around 1'ish. We brought con casio dip, guacamole and several games to play. There was vino as well. We snacked while watching the Ray's beat the Jay's and played Sequence. Well needless to say the GUYS were the big winners AGAIN in this raucous 2 out of 3 set. It was next a board game called Smart Ass. This game is individual participation and Tom was the big winner and then it was a "dice" game which he and Elizabeth were first and second, neither of them had ever played before; beginners luck. Well it was still light outside but it was going on 9 o'clock. We broke up and said our goodbye's as we won't see the gang from Dade City until they all come to the cabin.
It was a great day and the time just flew by. Tom and I both were USAF and he retired from the agency and he came in several years after me. I did the Viet Nam era and he missed it and never served in that combat zone. I found out he was 12 years my junior as well is Elizabeth. Anyhow they fit right in and have become good friends with all of us and they live a couple houses down from the Tracy's.
Well it was shower time and then I read for the next hour or so before calling it a night, LATER
