Monday

Well the morning started out routine with a few moments of quiet time and a lite breakfast before riding out on the bike to the rec. Yikes, it was nippy this AM as I needed my flannel shirt plus Nancy had the heat on over night. The first time this year so far but looks like its going to be in the 30's here over the next couple of nights as well. What can I say. We just spoke with our "mountain mom" Helen and the conditions there have been terrible; no heat for 12+ hours, unable to get in or out of her lane unless your in a 4 wheel drive vehicle, plus its down in the teens tonight and possibly the rest of the week. We are sure glad we didn't decide to head to the cabin for Christmas and that may just put the damper on any future plans for spending the holidays up there.

I got in 2 + good hours of PB with 13 players.We had some great play and several wet shirts. Nancy came up to work out on the (t)dreadmill for her 30 minutes about the time I was ready to head out for home. It surely had warmed up considerably when I rode out from the rec and it looked like rain as well. Well after lunch all of that changed as a front moved through clearing out the cloudy skies and bringing lots of cool windy temps with bright sunshine. It actually got noticeably cooler as the day progressed but with sunshine. After lunch we started on breaking down the Christmas decorations for another year. The tree and all were packed up and once again stored in the attic. I managed to transplant a few broccoli seedlings and sowed some additional beets, onions, and lettuce seeds before picking some radishes and jalapeno peppers.

We took a quick brisk walk to Amy and Tylers to pick up their mail and water his garden around 4 PM. It had really cooled off especially with the strong brisk northern wind blowing. We came back and read before getting ready to start dinner. Nancy sauteed some fresh yellow squash with onions, heated up a can of black beans over white rice along with salmon fillets. Another great meal. No wonder I gained a couple pounds over the last week with all those great meals plus baked goodies. Well not much else going on except to say how dull the living room is without all the beautiful Christmas decoration. LATER.