Well Monday started out on the chilly side for a change and it was a big change as I wore a hoodie while outside until mid morning and then it began a warmup to where it was shorts and t-shirt temps. There was plenty of sunshine and a breeze. I started the day much the usual with a 5:30 rollout to my routines that begin with some quiet times to honor my lord, Jesus, give thanks for another day and to lift up several by name for comfort and healing. All seem to be holding with this post. Since there was no pickle ball due to the Rec being closed for the holiday I decided to start getting the house ready for painting.
I first hand watered the gardens then starting trimming the shrubs on one side of the house and the starting taking down the old gutters that were leaking and in bad shape since the tree cutters damaged them some what. They had been up for many years and while they served their purpose they were well beyond their looks, plus I wanted to make sure the fascia board was in good shape before having new seamless gutters installed. That kept me busy for a couple hours as I then washed the dirty areas on the fascia and filled in some nail holes with putty.
Grandson Sam came by for a visit and for an interview with me for a school project he was doing about the biography of some one he knew, so I basically gave him a short version of my life from growing up with no actually knowledge of my father and a mother who was never much in the picture from my life after the age of 4 or 5. My mother's brother took me in and raised me until I left the old farm at age 17 and headed down to college in N.C. I shared some college experience before joined the USAF and then some of my experiences during those 4 years active during the Viet Nam war and then 3 years of active reserve where I flew on weekends, holidays and during the summer while attending college in California and then of my experiences and many stories during my 30 years as a state trooper here in Florida. Sam is my first grand son by my daughter Amy and his sister Ava Mae is also my first grand daughter by Amy.
Sam is quite the gentleman to boot with his classmates and with older folks. I've seen his personality and he will be a great young man with integrity and he is very talented both on the jiu situ mat and while performing in school plays. He loves gardening and of course grazing among my many fresh herbs when visiting. Well after he left I finished up for the day doing some cleaning up before we headed over to the Nymark's for supper and cards. The supper was delicious with salmon grilled, fresh carrots and a garden salad Nancy prepared and brought. We settled into hand, knee and foot and the gals were on last evening so much so we never added the final score as they were a head once again by a huge score. They were lucky with getting all of their required books before us and it showed. We got back to the house around 8:30 and I hit the shower and was soon watching some ALONE on the Roku TV until lights out at 10 for me, LATER
