Well Tuesday was a sad day for me especially as I found out a fellow classmate trooper passed away in Tallahassee, Fl. and then after getting back from pickleball Nancy informed me our "mountain mom" Helen passed away during the early morning hours on her 97th birthday. She was in the hospital after having gall bladder surgery, oh well. She lived a long life and while the last couple years had taken its toll on her health she always had a chuckle. She and Nancy and I spoke nearly everyday when she remembered to answer the phone. We had made plans to celebrate her birthday with flowers and a cake as well as bringing another chair for her room, oh well.
I started Tuesday with my usual routines that begin with a 5:30 rollout to some quiet times after posting this ramble to honor my lord, Jesus, give thanks for another day and to lift up several by name. Everyone else seems to be holding and grand daughter Ava dressed out and warmed up with the school basketball team last evening but she didn't play. The team played well against a very aggressive team from Babcock School which is in Sarasota. Keswick now goes down to Naples on Friday and Ava hopes to play aginst this powerhouse team which is undefeated in the state. I got in an hour of pickle ball play before calling it a day as the Rec was closed on Monday so some of the intermediates showed up and made the wait longer than I wanted to, so after 3 matches I made a stop at the library on the way home.
I had tons of projects going and the main one is getting the house ready for painting and helping Nancy pick out the colors she wanted, so we drove around the neighborhoods looking at houses and their paint colors. We ended up with a darker that I wanted blue paint from the Sherwin Williams store of which my neighbor has a contract with which gives me a discount. Their paint is supposed to be one of the better paints so we bought two samples to bring home and paint on small areas all around the house. I also made plans for new seamless gutters and then I pained the fascia boards before getting them installed later in the week. I also made plans to have the shingle roof washed as it has some dark areas. I really enjoy painting and I don't have to be up real high on the ladder which gives Nancy a fit as she worries about me falling off.
It was busy day as I did some garden work before power washing the whole house. I mainly wanted to get the dirt off so the paint would stick better. Today we will probably order several gallons of paint so I can get started later this week on the trim. We had our big meal for lunch and then some trail mix for me for supper before we headed out to Keswick School. We beat this team by 19 points but at one time they closed to within 4 points after we blew a 20 point half time lead, oh well. There was a huge crowd on hand and we saw lots of old friends who had ties to the school and the players, LATER
