Thursday

Well around 5 AM this morning a front passed through our area and the thunder, lightning and heavy rain hit and lasted until late morning. The road in front of the house looked like a river with the heavy runoff of rain. That was the first real rainfall in several weeks and maybe even a month or so, wow did we ever need that. There was no chance to workout at the rec as its closed until Monday, bummer!!! Any how I ate a fresh home grown orange from Amy and Tyler's tree then a banana for breakfast after our quiet times.

I just hung out in the house reading and waiting until it cleared off enough to head out side. Amy and the kids came for lunch so we finished the left over soups and the spinach dip from last nights house church. They hung around until after 2PM watching the series Avonlee. After they headed home for their afternoon naps Nancy and I got ready to do about an hour walk through the hood. The temps had really dropped with the north wind so she had on a jacket plus long sleeved sweat shirt and long pants. I didn't think it was nearly that cold so I only added a flannel shirt over the tee shirt and shorts. It was a great walk with no humidity.

After getting back I pulled radishes, picked green beans and cut Swiss chard and kale for supper all except the beans which we will eat tomorrow. Amy and the kids came for supper as Tyler was teaching ESL at SFBC. I made a first time treat for us with fresh home grown kale called kale chips. My were they ever delicious and easy to make. I took about 10-12 kale stalks and cut the center stem out and separated the leaves into bite pieces, then after making sure they were dry I took a couple tablespoons of olive oil with a little apple cider vinegar and mixed together then added the kale pieces and tossed them. Not to heavy on the oil but just enough coat them, I then sprinkled a lite coating of sea salt on the leaves and placed them in the oven at 425 for about 10-12 minutes on a cookie sheet. Wow were they ever crispy and delicious. Sam loved them as well and we ate all of them before setting down to supper. You can also add a little garlic salt, cumin and cayenne pepper if desired. They were delicious and I understand you can use beet greens, Swiss chard and even collards.

Nancy had some oven taters baking and along with the baked fish sticks and sauteed Swiss chard we had an excellent supper. Sam went crazy over the kale chips, greens and fish. Yikes what a good supper and Nancy made homemade tarter sauce to go with the fish. Well after supper and the kids bath they headed for home around 8 PM. Nancy is now glued to American Idol. Wow it's supposed to head down into the 40's tonight, I never would have thought we would see these low temp's this time of the year. Well spring training baseball is in the area so it won't be long until the regular season begins. We saw where one of our favorite Ray's player signed with the Red Sox and was back in the area to play against his old teammates, Oh well!!! LATER