Tuesday and Wednesday

Well just let me say it was down right "freeze your bippy off" the last 2 morning while riding the bike to the Rec. at 7:40 AM. After my quiet time and the usual oatmeal for breakfast I got in 2 hours each morning on the the pickle ball court. Tuesday I even went back at 1 PM and got in another 1 1/2 hours of badminton. Ava and Amy came for lunch on Tuesday(Nancy's 52nd birthday) then the girls went to Target. Tuesday evening Amy had the both of us for a spaghetti & meatball dinner with a garden fresh salad and garlic bread. That Amy is getting to be a great cook just like her mother. We came back and watched 2 hours of American Idol. It was a very subdued birthday celebration but we will do it again this Sunday at grandma's(G/G's) house.

Wednesday was Nancy's all day cook at the church day.We served about 60 people for her famous beef stroganoff. Wow is that an ever good meal with lots of compliments. I spent the afternoon after pickle ball reading another book on arctic exploration. Some how I'm fascinated about living at 55 degrees below zero, hunting and eating frozen caribou, seal, walrus while sleeping in an igloo at nights in animal furs. It's hard to believe people actually thrive as meat eaters only.

The afternoon turned really nice with temps reaching the 70's so I sat in the backyard reading. My garden is starting to gear up again with the bean plants once again blooming and lettuce big enough to eat. I picked lettuce, beet greens, kale, parsley and oregano for a fresh salad for lunch. I received some snow pictures from our neighbors on top of the mountains(the Fuller's) that show about 10 inches of snow. The cold temp's this morning were single digit once again. The sun was out bright and with the blue skies the snow made for an awesome picture.Thanks for sharing, Fred and Brenda.

Well will close for now as we met with our house church group tonight at 7 PM. We have a great group with 7 different families represented. Our next project will be to donate blood and platelets to help save lives the last Saturday of this month. Well will close for now. LATER