Well Friday morning started out with a nice hike with Mike, Dee and Sophie(dog) and myself and then they left for Woodstock, Va. around 10'ish. I did my routines after they left and then we cleaned up the house and got some laundry out on the line as it looked like a nice morning with plenty of sunshine after being overcast and rainy the past several days. The temps stayed nice and we cut off the a/c for the rest of the day except for night time.
We had an early lunch as we were heading to Sparta around 1:15 for visitation for a dear friends of our whose daughter died at age 61. We were in line for close to an hour as lots of the town folks who knew this lady and her folks who we also became close friends with for many years. The father actually wired and plumbed our cabin and we ate many a meal with them and their family but the past couple of years we haven't been in touch except for maybe a phone call. Both of the parents have aged considerably with severe health issues which so saddened us. We sure had lots of close family suppers and get togethers over the 30 year we have known them and we were so sorry we haven't been close to them the last couple of years, oh well. We did share some laughter despite this solemn occasion. We hadn't been real close to their daughter as she lived in Tennessee but did know her and was shocked at how she had aged at death.
We came back and I fired up the weed eater and gave the place a trimming as the rain this past week has caused the grass and weeds to grow. That kept me busy for the rest of the afternoon and evening and then Nancy cooked up a pot of half runner green beans and we then ate them and some leftover chicken tenders for our supper. We still have lots of leftovers for the next couple of days plus we are eating with Heglar's this evening as a grand son of their's is enlisting in the military and heads off to boot camp. Nancy was busy making cup cupcakes which didn't turnout well and has to redo them this morning, plus she baked some cookie dough to take to the get together.
I piddled around in the gardens until dark then settled into the Ray's game which they lost in extra innings and afterwards it was shower time and some horizontal lab for me around 10'ish or a little before. We love company especially family but it was nice to be alone again for a couple days before we visit them for a few nights and days the end of next week, LATER
