Thursday

Well today was sort of a relax and do not much of anything day for Nancy except she and I did put up the Christmas tree and she sort of unwound by decorating it. After our morning fowl wake up I did my quiet time then had a bowl of oatmeal with a banana before pedalling out to the rec for some 2 plus hours of pickle ball. Wow was it ever nippy at 49 degrees and a stiff northern breeze. We had 5 players initially and that made for some great play with lots of wet shirts. I stopped off at the library before heading home. We decided since Amy wasn't coming for lunch we would run to Sam's Club then stop at her folks place and do a few chores as we have no idea when they will return from Michigan.

Speaking of Michigan it seems her folks have settled in nicely with son Eric and family and even Pap's demeanor has improved albeit his health isn't great especially his renal failure. There is supposed be another doctor's opinion about his condition and if he will need dialysis. Nancy spoke with them late in the evening and it seems getting this new phone system gave us unlimited long distance calling, so that is a blessing in disguise. Anyhow we came home and finished up the leftover grilled chicken on a salad for lunch, YUMM!!

Nancy took off for a long walk as the temp's really got nice outside; around 70 with lots of bright sunshine. I sat in the sun on the front front reading then did some paper work(businessman that I am)for the up coming special of the month for December. I will send all and e-mail as soon as I receive it from our team leaders. I then got all of the Christmas decorations down from the attic so we could get in the spirit but it is just not quite there yet with all the stress from her dad's illness. This goes back to last year as we traveled home(Florida) from the cabin several times during the summer and this year we spent a total of 10 weeks at the cabin because of his health. Nancy has constantly been the one to drive them everywhere and look after their daily needs so now its kind of a relief but at the same time a void and of course concern for both of her parents health; both physically and spiritually.

I baked a frozen pizza for supper as we ate good for lunch and neither of us was in the mood after cooking big meals the past 5 nights with all the family gathering together for her folks departure. We just chilled after watching FOX News and I read until it was shower time. I did manage to watch a little of the Mountaineers put a whupping on the Bulls at Tampa Stadium. LATER Just a note from the picture of the tree is the difference in the lighting on the top and bottom half. The bottom half are new led lights we purchased today at Sam's and the top half are our older lights, interesting!!!