Well Monday was another rather warm day with temps up close to 80 and some humidity had creeped back into the picture but there was plenty of sunshine and blue skies. Another great winter day especially after seeing real winter weather from back home and in the mountains. I do not miss those days of being snowed in and then slosh and cold wet freezing at night temps, oh well. Those were the days.
I started the day much the usual with a before 6 roll out to my usual cup of hot green tea lace with turmeric and fresh ginger root while I posted this ramble then spent some quiet time with my Creator and Lord giving thanks and lifting several up by name. Nothing much has changed with many due to their ages and health concerns but I'm hoping for a couple miracles for a few which is always possible. I got ready and pedaled out to the Rec. around 8 for some nearly 3 hours of pickle ball outside. I really like the game outside which is totally different than inside play as the humidity is not so bad here in the winter. We had 5 players which gave you a rest every 4 games which was nice. There was the elements you have to contend with which is also a factor in the play especially with the wind which did pick up as the morning progressed. I left whupped with a wet shirt around 11:30 for the house.
I hand watered the gardens as Nancy was in the weight room on one of the treadmills getting a work out. She has been away from any cardio workout due to a prior knee and leg issue but she is back to working out. We did a hike everyday up the steep back mountain trail while at the cabin which helped to keep us in shape and now she raises the treadmill to get some of that effect as well but the scenery is nothing like the mountains, oh well. After lunch I headed out on my bike to the barber shop which is just a short distance from the house while she headed to Publix for shopping. She starts her marathon cookie baking today as she has 3 or 4 already baked and in the freezer. We give out a plate of several different Christmas cookies to our neighbors, post man, garbage men and family members each year as our way of saying thank you.
We headed out around 4'ish for Keswick School to watch grand daughter Ava play basketball and they beat the team from a Bradenton School by 20 points. Ava was awesome on defense and did score 6 points as well. She is very aggressive and is the top rebounder for the team. We stayed and watched the boys team as many of them attend BridgePoint but they were down by 9 at half time due to their poor defense and bad passing. We left and headed to Dillards at the mall for a gift card and then headed home to have a late lite supper of soup. We watched the Fox Cable channel until 9'ish then I hit the shower and watched a little of our division leader the Saints beating the Colts before calling it a night around 10'ish, LATER
