Monday

Wow can you believe today is the last day of February and it felt like a warm spring day. The temps reached 80 degrees with a stiff southern breeze which kept it from getting to warm, but made for a nice day of hanging laundry on the clothesline especially since the nasty robins and blackbirds have moved out of the area. Last week there were thousands of them in the the oaks next to the house and they were feeding on the Brazilian pepper tree blue berries. What a mess they made in the yard, on the porches and on the lawn furniture.

Well the morning started early once again around 5 AM with that blasted rooster crowing his lungs out anyhow I managed to stay in the sack until 6:30 before getting ready for another day. After my quiet time I microwaved the last leftover buckwheat cake from Saturday, loaded it with home made blackberry jam and a banana before heading out to the rec on my bike for some 2 1/2 hours of pickle ball. We had a couple new players who weren't too bad; of course they are tennis players so that helps a lot if you want to learn how to play pickle ball. Anyhow we had about a dozen or 15 players for awhile and most were pretty good with some really good games. We are tuning up for the Good Life Games being held at out gym the third week in March, should be lots of fun with lots of really good players from around the state.

After pickle ball I worked out another 30 minutes on the elliptical, crunch machine and did another 50 sit ups. I'm still maintaining but not losing as much as I wanted. The spare tire is still evident but maybe a little less in size. Oh well!!!

Amy and the grand babies came for lunch and that Sam is starting to walk pretty good, of course if he wants to get some place fast he does his one leg scoot but his balance is getting better daily. Ava still is the great big sister and she plays with him lovingly. Tomorrow morning after pickle ball we head over to east Tampa to watch Annsley in her gymnastics class and to have lunch with them. Should be a fun day except for the hundred miles round trip, anyhow with the high price of gas I sure hope we don't have to make all those trips back to Florida from the mountains this summer.

Well I picked a bucket of sugar peas and Nancy added them with fresh mushrooms, celery, water chestnuts, garlic, peppers and onions to a stir fry over rice for supper. Eatin' healthy again. Well not much else is going on, LATER.