Friday

Well it was a rather nice morning with temps down into the 70's, no rain but lots of clouds so that kept it comfortable outside until later in the day. After my quiet time and the proverbial bowl of oatmeal with fruit I pedalled out to the rec for some 2 1/2 hours of continuous pickle ball play. We had some great play with long rallies and by 10 o'clock I was ready to get off the hardwood. My knees felt like I had climbed Mount Everest. I stopped off at the library and picked up a couple reads to tide me over until Monday. I'm into memoirs and biographies for a change and picked up 3. Will let you know if they're worth reading(my opinion).

Amy and the kiddos came for lunch so we ate and didn't wait for Nancy as she drove her dad to the doctors. They didn't put in the hospital but swelling is in both legs and he has shortness of breath once again due to the fluid retention. There is a battle between the kidneys and heart but so far except for the swelling he is holding his own. Continue to keep him in your thoughts and prayers.

After the gang left we chilled reading and working up our order for Amway, wow are we ever impressed with their products especially Nutrilite. This month only our team is running a special on all Nutrilite products with buy on get one free. Now this is not the company just our team as a way to help out and get folks interested in these good for the body products, the meal replacement shakes are about 2 bucks and where can you get a wholesome lunch for 2 bucks and they taste great as well and this month you get 2 for the price of one so that's a buck a meal. We have tried them and the energy bars and unbelievably delicious, check out our store at www.Amway.com/JNTriplett. OK enough!!!


We had pork chops along with spinach and a baked spud for supper and afterwards we hooked up with neighbors Dan and Carol for a long walk around the hood(it was that nice out). We made plans for them to eat with us Sat. evening, fresh Salmon ahhh!! After the walk I got into the Rays game versus the Red Sox and we kicked tail, 7-2 only 5 games back from a wild card spot in the playoffs. Oh by the way one of the memoirs I picked up you can read on line at Pioneer Woman.com.Black heels to tractor wheels. Its a cute book and updated daily. There are a few things not mentioned in the on-line blog but she is really an interesting gal, great mom, cook and just a funny person. She is on TV with a cooking show but she not near as interesting in person as she is on paper, something about her voice. LATER