Well Wednesday started out with mild temps and some overcast skies but by late afternoon it clouded up and we saw our first heavy rainfall in weeks. It was much needed as well as I have been hand watering the gardens twice daily. I started the day much the usual with a 5:30 rollout to my routines that begin with some quiet time to honor my lord, Jesus, give thanks for another and to lift up several by name. We have lost 3 that we know of in our circle of associates; one from the mountains, a fellow trooper and now our "mountain mom" just a day ago, oh well. Two were unexpected as both were much younger than me but Helen lived to be 97, wow.
I headed out to the Rec for an hour or so of pickle ball play but so many came that it was no longer to your advantage to win as it was 4 on and off the court after each match, oh well. I got in three matches with all wins before leaving before 9, plus I had tons of work to do around the house, yard and gardens as I get ready to paint the house whrn Nancy finally decides what color she wants. She makes me wonder why I ever wanted to paint the house as she can not make a decision. She watches too much HGTV. I worked outside until 1'ish when I finished up a couple of small jobs and the rains were heading our way. I got cleaned up and all my tools put away before it came down in a fury. I rested the rest of the afternoon catching up on the war in Israel and doing some reading with a new book by Freida McFadden who is quite the storyteller; I even got a catnap in between harvesting 4 messes of collards to give away at church in the evening.
We had a frozen pizza for a late lunch which held me the rest of the day as we had church at 6 PM. We had to be there to greet the front door folks coming for the mission conference being held this week. We heard from 5 different speaker coming from Africa, South America and New Guinea. Very interesting to say the least. We got back to the house around 8:30 and then it was hot shower and some ALONE time for me until lights out at 10, LATER
