Tuesday Morning

Well Monday started with mild temps but looking like rain of which the area once more was passed over. I was awake the usual time around 5:30 with the roosters next door crowing. I did learn today that our neighbors are moving a couple houses down into their mothers house who passed away a year or so ago. Hopefully they will take the chickens as well. One of the hens managed to get into the yard for about 10 yesterday and she had dug up 3 lettuce plants as well as up rooted several onions. She was scratching and digging and eating worms like crazy. I picked her up and put her back over the fence then moved all the junk away from the fence that she climbed up on to get in my yard.

After the usual "spot of tea", a few quiet moments and a breakfast of fruit and oatmeal I headed out on the bike for a couple hours of pickle ball at the rec. It started out with just a handful then slowly filled up to where we had several waiting to get on the court. I managed to get a wet shirt before heading out the library on my way home for a new read. It sure looked like rain but I hand watered anyway and its a good thing as we maybe had a sprinkle. I cut a mess of lettuces, cleaned them and put together a huge bowl of greens so Nancy could top it off with other goodies from the garden like radishes, sugar peas, tomato's, green pepper, cabbage, and dill, yeow did that ever make a beautiful and yummy salad. Amy and Sam picked up GG and brought her for lunch as well.

After they left Nancy and Headed to Home Depot for some seats for both of the commodes as well as washers for the shower valves then headed to the post office for stamps. I got back to the house and realized we left the washers in buggy at Home Depot so I had to go back for more, Oh well!!! I changed out the toilet seats and one was damaged in the box so I have to go back today and return that one, oh well!!! I got the plumbling finished and turned the water back on to the house and no leaks, yeah!!!

I read for awhile and then we spoke with our "mountain mom" they are having ice storms there with cold temp's. Rain was frozen everywhere on the fences, trees as well as on the road so the conditions were supposed to get even worse, Yuck!!! I grilled a couple marinated deer tenderloins and were they ever delicious along with fresh asparagus and tater tots. We bought a 5 pound bag of them(tots) a month ago about the time we decided to not eat starches with protein so now we are afraid they will get freezer burn; but the taters tasted good for a change despite eating them with meat.

After the cleanup we settled into the Fox News channel then we got a phone call from out friends Eddie and Kimberly who were in Elkin, N.C. and on their way back up the mountains. They too remarked how bad the ice conditions were and hoped to make it back up the mountain before dark. Well I tuned into the Lightning hockey game and they finally pulled off a win over the Flyer's. Hockey on T.V. is awesome to watch and even better to see in person. Well that was about it for the day and the surprise news is the neighbors are moving as the bank is foreclosing on their house. They have let this house and its yards go and its rundown. It's almost embarrassing with all of their junk stacked and left to rot everywhere to be seen, plus we learned they have rats in the attic as well. It's such a shame as their back yard was once nice. Oh well, LATER