Thursday, December 21, 2023

Thursday morning Dec 21st Shortest day of the year

 Well Wednesday started out on the chilly side but by noon it had warmed up enough to open the windows and doors with some high clouds but enough sunshine to make it pleasant to be outside. I started the day with my usual well before 6 roll out to some quiet time to honor my LORD, give thanks for another day and to lift up several for comfort and healing. All seem to be holding as of this post.

I headed out on my bike to the REC which was rather nippy to say the least with temps in the upper 40's. I got in two hours of pickle ball play and made a stop on the way home at the library to drop off a book. I headed home and piddled around in the garden transplanting some lettuce seedlings as well as moving two large tomato plants from the side garden. The one tomato plant that was about a foot in height isn't looking good and I'm thinking maybe all that rain on Saturday caused it to rot at ground level, oh well I still have several other plants, one that is loaded with green fruit and another blooming. We should have tons to give away with they mature.

I finished up the veggie soup for lunch and then held off eating again until around 7 when we ate at church after serving about 40 people we were hosting for a Christmas party for families of prisoners. I think about half were black and white so it was a good mixture with tons of small kids as well as some teenagers. We fed them and played games and then loaded them up with tons of presents and then sent all this food home with them as well and there was tons of it, all delicious. Everything was home made except for the fried chicken we purchased from Publix's.

I washed all of the dishes, pots and platters after the supper and once everyone left by 8 we were also leaving shortly after cleaning the kitchen. We had tons of help and both pastors and wives were there as well. We got back around 8:30 and I hit the shower and was then watching some ALONE on the tube until lights out at 10, LATER