Well Monday started out on the chilly side but with bright sunshine and by the mid afternoon it was almost summer like with a breeze which made for perfect conditions for working outside all day long with a paint brush in my hands. If this weather holds, I may have the house painted by weeks end. Its a job but one I've always liked doing as you can see the results of your work.
I started the day with my usual well before 5:30 rollout to my routines that begin with some quiet time to honor my lord, Jesus, give thanks for another day and to lift up several by name for comfort and healing. On a sad note our "mountain mom" Helen is being buried today in N.C. She passed on her 97th birthday after being operated on for her gall bladder, oh well. We sent a nice arrangement of flowers from the family as our kids and grand kids were the only ones she ever had in her life time and they all at one time or another had their pictures taken with her. Everyone else is holding and we got word our first grand child Ava Mae does have an issue with a protruding disc in her back which gives her so much pain at times. I know because I had a herniated disc while serving in the USAF and was operated on back in 1968. I will always have some pain and discomfort since then and occasionally need to see a chiropractor, but that operation saved my life because my orders for overseas was given to me, but since I was in the hospital they gave the orders to a different airman and he perished along with the whole aircraft crew in Viet Nam a year later. You just never know what life holds for you or when your time is up.
I painted all day long except for a break for lunch and I got just about all of the cutting in completed some from on a high up ladder which Nancy managed to make it stable for me. I used up one gallon of the blue paint which is the main color she choose and nearly one whole gallon of the white trim paint. Today I'll use a roller for the first time which should go a lot faster and be easier on my arms than the brush. Since we ate out on Sunday and we had a couple thawed prime rib steaks in marinate we decided to stay home for Nancy's birthday supper and I grilled those steaks to perfection and along with fresh broccoli, so we "ate high on the hog" which is an old country saying and because I grew up in the country and I'm still a country boy at heart. We had a garden fresh salad for lunch from my back yard gardens which are still producing and I gave away a mess of collards for Eliza our youngest grand daughters teacher at Keswick School yesterday. She was thrilled according to Eliza.
That was about it for the day so after the cleanup from supper we settled into the Fox news until 8'ish for me, then it was shower time and then some ALONE time on the TV in the bedroom until lights out at 10'ish, LATER
