Saturday Morning

Well Friday started out with temp's much warmer than the past few mornings. The roosters started crowing earlier than usual due to the warm air plus I hadn't slept very good due to the midnight picking up of GG and bringing her back to our house for the night. It seems that problem is fixed as the fans were removed today and now we just wait for the new carpet to be picked out and installed.After a lite breakfast I got ready to head to the rec for a couple hours of pickle ball.

My dentist, Dr. Beriyl was coming this morning to try his hand at the game as he once played tennis and racquetball; so I assured him he would pick the game up quickly and he did. He stayed the whole 2 plus hours and by the end of session he was playing quite well for a first timer. He still had some difficulty with getting in the "kitchen" on volley shots. There is a 7 foot section on the court back from the net which your not allowed to hit the ball while it's in the air and that's the "kitchen". (I know it sounds weird but so is the name pickle ball.) In tennis that's a plus for putting the ball away for a winner while at the net, but not so in PB as your never allowed to enter that 7 ft. space unless the ball bounces first. He had trouble with that all day, but his strokes and eye hand was excellent as well as his quickness. He said he will be back next Friday.

I worked outside most of the rest of the morning until until lunch time; mowing the dried up yard of leaves, sticks and weeds then working in the garden. Nancy was in the kitchen for several hours as we prepare for 2 days of family get together's and today we do house cleaning. My cousin Tammy and her husband Rich and 2 daughters Megan and Brook will be here this evening (Sat.) for supper down from N.C. along with Bob and his kids and Amy and Tyler and their kids plus GG will be here. We will have a house full with only Jill missing as she has a prior engagement. Will fill you in later with some pics.

We were having an early 4 o'clock supper with Dan and Carol as we would be traveling to Tampa together for the Good Friday service at Element. She fixed sloppy Joe's and we made a fresh Cole slaw from cabbage and peppers from the garden. The service started at 6:30 but with Friday evening traffic we headed out around 5 as Dan was helping in the service. Amy and Tyler brought Ava and Sam as well. We had a nice crowd with awesome music and many were reduced to tears as we took the LORD'S SUPPER.

We got back in time to watch a little of the basketball tournament and the upstart team from Florida Gulf Coast were leading to start the game by a good margin but it slipped away and they were knocked out by the Gators as well as did Kansas who was leading big let the game get away to Michigan. Sunday should be fun to watch. Well it was after midnight once again when I cut the lights out, LATER