Well Thursday was another busy day that found me on my feet most all day with pickle ball for 3 hours straight and then after lunch outside piddling around in the yard and gardens. The weather was ideal with a nice breeze and lots of sunshine.
I started the day with a seldom after 6 roll out. I knew I wasn't leaving for the Rec. until 9'ish because of the late session in the gym with really good pickle ball players. It was a great time of play and we had some visiting players from St.Pete Beach whose facility was closed so they came and played with us. All 4-5 of them were really decent players and and I teamed up with one a couple times to win. Our usual 8 AM crew was there which many of them are just average and it was nice to have different good players for a change. I left around 12:30 whupped and with a wet tee shirt for a change.
I had a bite of lunch and then Nancy got back from shopping once again with several items and one was a 20+ pound turkey. We will have every one here next Thursday for the big day and meal except for Annsley who is going to N.Y. with her mom and grand mom to see her aunt, but everyone else will be here.
I headed outside to hand water the gardens then move 24 beet seedlings into 6 packs. They are one of the hardest to save when they are small but once they get a couple of inches they usually transplant well as I brought 4 back from the cabin and I'm already harvesting their leaves for our salads. I also harvested Swiss chard, lettuce and kale to add to the salad bowl. The collards and kale seedlings I moved into the ground seem to be taking a hold as well. The carrots are showing more color each day and the cucumber seedlings are adding another leaf as well.
The back yard developed this weed which is like wire in texture and sends out runners and the root is 8 to 10 inches in depth. It is a job ridding the St Augustine grass of this pest as well as another grass which gets in the garden. I spent a couple hours on my knees in the shade pulling these weeds and grasses by hand and my fingers are sore as well as swelled from this chore. Oh well it was just great to be outside without the heat and humidity. We had the windows and doors open for most of the day until Nancy got a hot flash after her shower, so I headed under the covers while trying to stay awake watching Fox until 10'ish.
The one good thing for being outside all afternoon on my feet is I've lost several pounds around the middle. I'm down 5 pounds and staying in the 185 range and have been as low as 183. I enjoy a beer with lunch which is fattening but good for your cholesterol and a single glass of red wine with my supper which is also healthy. We have been trying to eat no carbs with proteins and staying away from decadent desserts which is probably the hardest of all to do.
On the political scene Trump wins again as the radical dems can prove nothing he said or did which does not lead to any high crimes for impeachment. The dem's had a debate with their 17 candidates which I didn't watch but all of them are just total idiots to think Americans are going to support their anti-America agenda and hate for this our duly elected potus Trump. I'm hoping the repubs take back the house as well as keep the senate and re-elected him for four more years then maybe the nation will be saved from this globalist ideology proposed by the dems and keep America first and strong.
I'm hoping some of the big name dems in the last corrupt administration are heading off to jail for their duplicity while serving in the major agencies like the CIA, FBI, NSA and the state dept. and for their attempted coup of this potus Trump. Seems the evidence is mounting, LATER
