Thursday, December 7, 2023

Thursday Morning Dec 7th

 Well Wednesday started out with much cooler temps and with the stiff breeze it was even colder. There was plenty of sunshine which made it nice to work outside after 2 hours of pickle ball play at the Rec starting at 8 AM. On MWF there more intermediate and beginner players from 8-10 but on Tue.& Thur. there are mostly advanced play and that is awesome, but I do get a work out on every day which is mainly what I'm after in hopes I will continue to drop a few pounds and some inches off this tummy. I'm finally down to 189 to 190 consistently now for a couple of days and with play today I'm hoping to see 188 or even lower, plus my stamina is back which makes me feel even greater.

 I started the day with a well before 6 rollout to my routines that start with some quiet time to honor my LORD, give thanks for another day and to lift several up by name for comfort and healing. Eddie seems to be doing better and we've heard no word on how Tyler's mom Cindy is doing or if she is still hospitalized. Everyone else is holding. We got a call from an old friend from Sparta who was passing through to Sarasota for his annual prostrate checkup. Larry and his son Brandon did a ton of work for us at the cabin a few years back and have remain friends over the years. He was just here overnight and we never visited with but did enjoy his call. He remains cancer free but gets a yearly checkup here in Florida.

We ran some errands returning an expensive pair of slippers that was a present for Annsley but ordered the wrong color and then a couple other stops before getting back to work outside until lunch time. Nancy seems to be getting a little better after being down from a cold or the flu, but weaken to where she had no energy. She did take a walk in the afternoon for the first time in a week or so. We ate around 5'ish as we were heading over to church for our get together on Wednesday night. We have been gone away every evening and will do so the rest of this week as well with the Christmas program for Sam and Eliza tonight at our church and then a basketball game for Ava in Tampa on Friday night, oh well. We aren't letting any grass grow under our feet as the old saying goes, LATER