Well Thursday was definitely a total weather change with us not seeing the sun all day. There was overhead clouds to start the morning after what appeared a be a drizzle or light rain most of the night. It had cooled down 10-15 degrees but still comfortable with a sweater or light jacket. Around mid-morning the light rain started again and continued throughout the rest of the day and into the night. What a welcomed rain as the garden and yards with be showing some relief from the drought.
The morning started much the usual with the roosters dueling their crowing way before any dawn or daylight around 6'ish. I rolled out at 6:30 to start the day with my cup of green tea, quiet moments and then a lite breakfast of grapefruit before pedalling out to the rec for some 2 1/2 hours of workout on the pickle ball court. What a great workout if the wet shirt is the indicator. I headed home after a quick stop at the library for a couple new reads.
I then headed out to my new dentist Dr. Brian Beirl office in Seminole at 10:15 for what seemed the rest of the morning and early afternoon to have some work done. This man becomes your friend and with us it was special as he started his dentistry career where I had my major dentistry work done when I entered the Air Force; the only difference was he came to Travis AFB in '75 and I left there in '73. I was having him replace a crown and install a new one on a tooth I had another dentist work on a couple years ago and this guy botched the tooth by not having the crown fit properly thus allowing bacteria to enter on the post where the crown sits and as a result decay started under the crown. Well since I had another molar on the other side of my jaw that needed a crown we decided to do both at the same time so it saved me a little money as well as another trip. It was after 2 PM before I was finished. This is the most thorough dentist, completely painless and he uses all the new techniques in dentistry as he also teaches at the local college through the University of Florida dental program; plus the guy is doggone friendly.
Well anyhow it was a one of those days when you get what you pay for and I learned the hard way by this other dentist who botched that tooth. Nancy just loves this guy and feels she finally will be able to eat without pain in her mouth and so far its working. This guy called me later in the evening to find out how I was doing from the days procedures. By the way his practice allows for referrals for a cash discount so if you use him he will not only discount your visits but the person who refers as well; not much but a little. So if you want thorough dental work call him and mention my name.
Nancy got home after working at GG's all morning with Amy putting her kitchen back in order after the remodel. I had a snack of a peanut butter sandwich then an apple for a late lunch. Carol our neighbor invited us for spaghetti for supper and we made a huge fresh salad from the garden, yeow was that ever tasty. Afterwards we played a game of Oh -ell and Dan slaughtered us with the girls being third and fourth. It drizzled all the way home as we walked into the cooling night air. We watched Idol and then got ready for some horizontal lab, LATER
Friday, February 15, 2013
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Thursday Morning
Wednesday morning was much the usual with a wake up by the noisy roosters next door then my quiet time before pedalling out to the rec for a couple hours of pickle ball. We had a large crowd with 3 courts going at one time with a couple folks waiting to get on to play. Afterwards I headed home to work in the garden.
The humidity level headed upwards despite the morning fog and overcast skies so the A/C went back on. There was moisture in the air and by sundown we experienced some light rain. Wow did we ever need that for the yards. I transplanted my sweet onions that are supposed to make a bulb from the 9 pack containers into the ground and did they ever have some nice big roots. The secret to growing onions is to not plant them to deep or all you will have his scallions and they are voracious eaters as well; so use lots of fertilizer or what I use is a time release osmocote. I took our new neighbors another large head of bib lettuce and she was thrilled plus I picked several more tomatoes. I'm cleaning out a row of matured lettuce as I have several more seedlings that will go in the ground in a couple weeks so I made a nice large salad for lunch which Nancy and I shared along with the last of the rotisserie chicken on top, Yeow was that ever good.
I picked up KILLING KENNEDY by Bill O'Reilly at the library yesterday and wow is all I can say about this read. I did about half of it yesterday and it's awesome the way he writes and puts things into perspective. This should be a history book along with KILLING LINCOLN and a must read for all students. My family was Roosevelt Democrats and loved Kennedy and they were severely upset over his death. I was in high school and I remember sitting up over night to watch the election returns when he won the election as well as in just a few short years later he was assassinated. While I was never a fan of Teddy Kennedy's politics and his personal life decisions I did like JFK's ideals for America and thought that Bobby was somewhat of a decent person as well.
We headed over to pick up GG around 5 then headed for Amy and Tyler's for supper. She had roasted a small turkey along with smashed tater's, green beans, gravy and GG brought her famous dried stuffing. Wow what a feast that was and even Sam cleaned his plate. Ava is a little more finicky with her eating but she too ate well. Nancy and I brought their Valentine's Day gift bags with cars for Sam and little ponies for Ava along with clothes and candy. We stayed and played with the kids until nearly 8 when it was time for their baths.
Well it was home in the rain after dropping off GG to watch Survivor and Idol. I flipped in between shows and finally watched a show of Duck Dynasty. DD is my favorite all time reality show and it is a gut buster of laughter, LATER
The humidity level headed upwards despite the morning fog and overcast skies so the A/C went back on. There was moisture in the air and by sundown we experienced some light rain. Wow did we ever need that for the yards. I transplanted my sweet onions that are supposed to make a bulb from the 9 pack containers into the ground and did they ever have some nice big roots. The secret to growing onions is to not plant them to deep or all you will have his scallions and they are voracious eaters as well; so use lots of fertilizer or what I use is a time release osmocote. I took our new neighbors another large head of bib lettuce and she was thrilled plus I picked several more tomatoes. I'm cleaning out a row of matured lettuce as I have several more seedlings that will go in the ground in a couple weeks so I made a nice large salad for lunch which Nancy and I shared along with the last of the rotisserie chicken on top, Yeow was that ever good.
I picked up KILLING KENNEDY by Bill O'Reilly at the library yesterday and wow is all I can say about this read. I did about half of it yesterday and it's awesome the way he writes and puts things into perspective. This should be a history book along with KILLING LINCOLN and a must read for all students. My family was Roosevelt Democrats and loved Kennedy and they were severely upset over his death. I was in high school and I remember sitting up over night to watch the election returns when he won the election as well as in just a few short years later he was assassinated. While I was never a fan of Teddy Kennedy's politics and his personal life decisions I did like JFK's ideals for America and thought that Bobby was somewhat of a decent person as well.
We headed over to pick up GG around 5 then headed for Amy and Tyler's for supper. She had roasted a small turkey along with smashed tater's, green beans, gravy and GG brought her famous dried stuffing. Wow what a feast that was and even Sam cleaned his plate. Ava is a little more finicky with her eating but she too ate well. Nancy and I brought their Valentine's Day gift bags with cars for Sam and little ponies for Ava along with clothes and candy. We stayed and played with the kids until nearly 8 when it was time for their baths.
Well it was home in the rain after dropping off GG to watch Survivor and Idol. I flipped in between shows and finally watched a show of Duck Dynasty. DD is my favorite all time reality show and it is a gut buster of laughter, LATER
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Tuesday Morning
I find it hard to believe just a few hours from here the weather is such a force in one's life; record snow falls along with severe storms and tornadoes causing such havoc. We here in Florida must be due for a major hurricane this coming year as our weather has been spring like for weeks. Oh well!!!
Monday was a busy day with nothing exciting except for a trip down into St.Pete to deliver some Artistry samples to a bridal consultant for daughter in law Jill. Wow has St.Pete changed since we've last been there and Nancy made an appointment for me with her dentist to have a tooth that I had capped then a root canal and it still doesn't seem right after a couple years. So that's for today Tuesday after pickle ball.
Speaking of pickle ball, on Monday I got in nearly 2 1/2 hours of play before heading home to work in the garden. I picked lots of lettuces, beet greens, kale and dill for a beautiful salad along with a dozen or so tomato's. While the 'maters are of the cherry type in size that are ripening I have some soft ball size ones that are still green. This year so far will be the best for a garden as we've had no real sustained cold weather. I have all kinds of new lettuce seedlings up and they need to be transplanted today as well as new tomato seedlings.
Nancy drove her mother to the dentist and afterwards she along with Amy and Sam came for lunch and we dined on that beautiful salad. After eating we headed out to sit in the back yard so Sam could play when we observed 2 racer type black snakes mating on the back wooden fence. That's a first for any of us as the ritual they went through was interesting. It was amazing to watch their ability to stay on the fence on such a narrow space with their performance. After Amy and Sam left we took GG with us back to where she bought her appliances, then to St.Pete for the drop off, then to Sam's Club for some goodies then we took her home. We picked up a rotisserie chicken and along with the last broccoli from the garden and a baked 'tater and salad we had a feast for supper.
I spent a couple hours trying to update or correct my service record on line but that seems to be a feat I will personally have to spend some time at the VA later this week. Well after supper we chilled on the couch watching the news then it wasn't long before shower and eventually some horizontal lab(sleep), LATER
Monday was a busy day with nothing exciting except for a trip down into St.Pete to deliver some Artistry samples to a bridal consultant for daughter in law Jill. Wow has St.Pete changed since we've last been there and Nancy made an appointment for me with her dentist to have a tooth that I had capped then a root canal and it still doesn't seem right after a couple years. So that's for today Tuesday after pickle ball.
Speaking of pickle ball, on Monday I got in nearly 2 1/2 hours of play before heading home to work in the garden. I picked lots of lettuces, beet greens, kale and dill for a beautiful salad along with a dozen or so tomato's. While the 'maters are of the cherry type in size that are ripening I have some soft ball size ones that are still green. This year so far will be the best for a garden as we've had no real sustained cold weather. I have all kinds of new lettuce seedlings up and they need to be transplanted today as well as new tomato seedlings.
I spent a couple hours trying to update or correct my service record on line but that seems to be a feat I will personally have to spend some time at the VA later this week. Well after supper we chilled on the couch watching the news then it wasn't long before shower and eventually some horizontal lab(sleep), LATER
Monday, February 11, 2013
Monday Morning
Well Sunday was an awesome day of worship with the message about our assumptions and the music really lifted your spirits in praise. We got to visit with Annsley and Gabe and gave them their Valentine gifts as we won't see them before. Dan and Carol decided skip church so we drove alone and then stayed afterwards for a brief E-kids meeting. Once again there were several new faces and lots of kiddos in attendance. We got back to the house around 1 PM.
The morning started out a little cool with temps in the high 50's and eventually warmed to near 80 with bright sunshine and a gentle breeze. I checked on my garden and it loves these days and nights. I cut some lettuce and made a nice bed for some chicken salad for lunch. Afterwards we just chilled with me watering the gardens and planting another hill of cucumber seedlings that were about 6 inches in height. I noticed my sugar peas are finally blooming so I will soon have them to add to the fresh salads. All of the seeds from Bobby's tomatoes came up so now I have about 6 or 7 seedlings that I have to find a place to put them in the garden, oh well!!!
We just snacked for our supper with soup and chips for me and Nancy did a cheese roll up with pickles. We just stayed around the house after getting back from Tampa. I read a little, spent some time with an old USAF buddy on FB and then we both took a T.V. each and flipped, LATER
The morning started out a little cool with temps in the high 50's and eventually warmed to near 80 with bright sunshine and a gentle breeze. I checked on my garden and it loves these days and nights. I cut some lettuce and made a nice bed for some chicken salad for lunch. Afterwards we just chilled with me watering the gardens and planting another hill of cucumber seedlings that were about 6 inches in height. I noticed my sugar peas are finally blooming so I will soon have them to add to the fresh salads. All of the seeds from Bobby's tomatoes came up so now I have about 6 or 7 seedlings that I have to find a place to put them in the garden, oh well!!!
We just snacked for our supper with soup and chips for me and Nancy did a cheese roll up with pickles. We just stayed around the house after getting back from Tampa. I read a little, spent some time with an old USAF buddy on FB and then we both took a T.V. each and flipped, LATER
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Sunday Morning
Well Saturday was just a slight bit cooler and the air was very dry; seems the big storm Nemo in the northeast sucked all the moisture out of the south causing the big snow fall. Any how it was most pleasant all day and you could really tell a difference in the shade. Ava and Sam woke up to the crowing of the roosters next door around 7 AM. They were so cute together sleeping in their mother's bedroom in her bed. They got a kick out of knowing she slept in that bed when she was a little girl. I hope they enjoy this rambling of mine in this blog when they grow older and have families of their own; because I want them to remember Nancy and myself on a daily personal bases.
We had purchased a couple frozen pastries from Annsley for a school fund raiser so we had the cinnamon one thawing out over night and Nancy baked it this morning. Sam had two large pieces whereas Ava didn't care much for it. She did like the juice from my grapefruit and so Nancy scrambled eggs for her. Both of them started out with each eating a banana. They were wound up after their sleep over at our house. After the breakfast cleanup Sam and I watched monster trucks on the Internet and Ava and Nancy were doing something. Amy and Tyler came around 9:30 to pick them up as they where going to a birthday party at 11 so after they left we got ready to travel to Oldsmar to the Tampa Bay Downs Racetrack. It was such a beautiful day and the crowd was huge.
Well we stayed for 8 of the 11 races and we did wager very sparingly. We did manage to pick several winners but bet them in a way where the winners were paired with losers so we won no money until the 7th race when Nancy recognized one of the horses was studded by a Derby contestant. This horse was not even listed as one of the favorites by all the track picks. Well the odds were 26 to 1 and this horse blew the field away by at least a length. Our first win of the day that paid $52 bucks for a $2 bet. We then decided to just pick horses and bet them to win. We did pick the winner of the next race but because the odds where 9.5 we only won $5. Not bad and that caused us to come away with $20 of their money after enjoying all the horses and the thrill of the races. We had a great time and the weather was fabulous. We headed out around 4 PM.
We made a stop at GG's house to see the nearly finished kitchen remodel and its looking good. She needs some tile work and painting done which I will probably do after she decides the colors all can agree on. Seems everyone has their opinion and none are agreeing with the other, oh well!!! We then made a stop at the Dollar General for coloring books and then we headed home.
I cut 2 heads of fresh Romaine lettuce from the garden for a Caesar salad and Nancy doctored up a frozen pepperoni pizzas with fresh mushrooms and green pepper. Yeow what a treat as both the salad and pizza complimented one another. After eating we decided to check on how Uncle Mike Dillon was doing since his open heart surgery a couple weeks ago. He is healing nicely and is talking about going back to work in a couple weeks. He sounded great and of course he was in good shape physically before the operation which is helping with his recovery. We had a nice visit on the phone and all seems well there with them and their 2 girls.
Well the sunshine and fresh air whipped us so after our showers we chilled and were soon in the sack for the night before 11. Today is church day in Tampa at Element and we will get to see Annsley and Gabriel as well as the rest of the church family. We will drive today as it's our turn carpooling with neighbors Dan and Carole, LATER
We had purchased a couple frozen pastries from Annsley for a school fund raiser so we had the cinnamon one thawing out over night and Nancy baked it this morning. Sam had two large pieces whereas Ava didn't care much for it. She did like the juice from my grapefruit and so Nancy scrambled eggs for her. Both of them started out with each eating a banana. They were wound up after their sleep over at our house. After the breakfast cleanup Sam and I watched monster trucks on the Internet and Ava and Nancy were doing something. Amy and Tyler came around 9:30 to pick them up as they where going to a birthday party at 11 so after they left we got ready to travel to Oldsmar to the Tampa Bay Downs Racetrack. It was such a beautiful day and the crowd was huge.
Well we stayed for 8 of the 11 races and we did wager very sparingly. We did manage to pick several winners but bet them in a way where the winners were paired with losers so we won no money until the 7th race when Nancy recognized one of the horses was studded by a Derby contestant. This horse was not even listed as one of the favorites by all the track picks. Well the odds were 26 to 1 and this horse blew the field away by at least a length. Our first win of the day that paid $52 bucks for a $2 bet. We then decided to just pick horses and bet them to win. We did pick the winner of the next race but because the odds where 9.5 we only won $5. Not bad and that caused us to come away with $20 of their money after enjoying all the horses and the thrill of the races. We had a great time and the weather was fabulous. We headed out around 4 PM.
We made a stop at GG's house to see the nearly finished kitchen remodel and its looking good. She needs some tile work and painting done which I will probably do after she decides the colors all can agree on. Seems everyone has their opinion and none are agreeing with the other, oh well!!! We then made a stop at the Dollar General for coloring books and then we headed home.
I cut 2 heads of fresh Romaine lettuce from the garden for a Caesar salad and Nancy doctored up a frozen pepperoni pizzas with fresh mushrooms and green pepper. Yeow what a treat as both the salad and pizza complimented one another. After eating we decided to check on how Uncle Mike Dillon was doing since his open heart surgery a couple weeks ago. He is healing nicely and is talking about going back to work in a couple weeks. He sounded great and of course he was in good shape physically before the operation which is helping with his recovery. We had a nice visit on the phone and all seems well there with them and their 2 girls.
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Saturday Morning
Well Friday turned out to be another spring like day with some high clouds but with temps into the middle 70's. It felt like a cabin morning as I pedalled out on my bike to the rec for a good 2 1/2 hours of pickle ball after my quiet time and a lite breakfast. What a great workout I had with 2 courts going and a few waiting to get on to play. It was a wet t-shirt morning for me. I headed on home afterwards to spent the next couple hours working in the garden as Nancy was at her Friday morning Bible study at our old church at SFBC.
Nancy got home a little after 12 and I settled down to a lunch of fresh made Caesar salad but she opted for the regular salad. After lunch she took off to pick up GG and take her to Home Depot where they could look for paint and tile to finish up her kitchen remodel. It seems the new cabinets and appliances are installed and just a few finishing touches are all that is left. I read most of the afternoon and piddled around the yard and garden. We were having Ava and Sam spend the night so we had plenty of Thursday dinner leftover and all we had to do was heat it up. The kids ate it up and I licked the platter clean as it was that good.
Well Nancy played Go Fish and Old Maids and entertained the kiddos while I showered then I read 10 plus books for Sam while Ava and Nancy watched some show then they both watched Avonlee after their baths before bedtime. They slept all night and the rooster woke them this morning around 7 AM. A good time was had by all, LATER
Nancy got home a little after 12 and I settled down to a lunch of fresh made Caesar salad but she opted for the regular salad. After lunch she took off to pick up GG and take her to Home Depot where they could look for paint and tile to finish up her kitchen remodel. It seems the new cabinets and appliances are installed and just a few finishing touches are all that is left. I read most of the afternoon and piddled around the yard and garden. We were having Ava and Sam spend the night so we had plenty of Thursday dinner leftover and all we had to do was heat it up. The kids ate it up and I licked the platter clean as it was that good.
Well Nancy played Go Fish and Old Maids and entertained the kiddos while I showered then I read 10 plus books for Sam while Ava and Nancy watched some show then they both watched Avonlee after their baths before bedtime. They slept all night and the rooster woke them this morning around 7 AM. A good time was had by all, LATER
Friday, February 8, 2013
Friday Morning
Well we finally got some rain last evening and into the night. Lots thunder and even some lightning and I'm sure the yard and garden will be most appreciative. Thursday was a day that I was back at the VA Center for a checkup and to meet my primary physician. He is a young doctor with some Asian decent, very personable and interested in my physical condition. I really like him and he will be my physician while I'm in Florida and then I will use Doctor K while in the mountains. Hopefully I won't need much from either of them but he did suggest that since I smoked heavily during my formative years I should have an aneurysm scan which I have agreed to and that maybe I should have a colonoscopy depending upon the fecal test I just mailed into the VA lab. I did receive my first ever pneumonia shot as well as a flu shot today. I sure hope I don't get sick again but I feel fine this Friday morning.
I spent most of the morning at the VA getting my photo taken for an ID card and also learning that my DD214 failed to show my participation in the Vietnam campaign. I'm making steps to correct that as I have nearly 5000 flying hours on a C-141 and lots of missions into southeast Asia which included Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia. I learned of the mistake when I went to sign up for the registry of being exposed to Agent Orange. While I was never directly sprayed by this defoliate we transported it from the states to Vietnam on the C-141 and several of my load master buddies suffered ill effects from this agent. Many have cancer as a direct result of just being aboard the aircraft with this highly carcinogen agent. Luckily I've never seemed to show any affects but I know of one veteran who led a terrible quality of life before his death.
I'm getting paper work to correct my DD214 to show that I was flying into a combat zone several times a month for 7 plus years. I have an Air Medal hanging on my wall that shows I had at least 35 missions in Vietnam from July '66 to Oct of '67. Once you reach the 35 missions you receive an oak leaf cluster for any additional 35 missions and if my memory serves me correct I have at least 4-5 clusters, oh well!! They don't award the Air Medal for flying stateside.
Well I got home just before lunch so I watered the gardens and then Amy brought GG along with Sam for lunch. The girls ate chicken salad on a garden salad and I cleaned up the black beans and rice from last nights supper. We all sat out in the yard an watched Sam play and read as well. After everyone left Nancy headed to the rec for her workout and I chilled reading.
GG came for supper and Nancy made chicken Kiev as well as fresh green beans from the garden to go along with a fresh Caesar salad. Wow was that ever delicious. The rain started about supper time and last until about bedtime; nothing to hard but it seemed at times to be steady. We were certainly dry here in Florida. I guess its part of the big front that's supposed to hit the northeast today with major snowfalls of 2 feet or more, yikes!!! LATER
I spent most of the morning at the VA getting my photo taken for an ID card and also learning that my DD214 failed to show my participation in the Vietnam campaign. I'm making steps to correct that as I have nearly 5000 flying hours on a C-141 and lots of missions into southeast Asia which included Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia. I learned of the mistake when I went to sign up for the registry of being exposed to Agent Orange. While I was never directly sprayed by this defoliate we transported it from the states to Vietnam on the C-141 and several of my load master buddies suffered ill effects from this agent. Many have cancer as a direct result of just being aboard the aircraft with this highly carcinogen agent. Luckily I've never seemed to show any affects but I know of one veteran who led a terrible quality of life before his death.
I'm getting paper work to correct my DD214 to show that I was flying into a combat zone several times a month for 7 plus years. I have an Air Medal hanging on my wall that shows I had at least 35 missions in Vietnam from July '66 to Oct of '67. Once you reach the 35 missions you receive an oak leaf cluster for any additional 35 missions and if my memory serves me correct I have at least 4-5 clusters, oh well!! They don't award the Air Medal for flying stateside.
Well I got home just before lunch so I watered the gardens and then Amy brought GG along with Sam for lunch. The girls ate chicken salad on a garden salad and I cleaned up the black beans and rice from last nights supper. We all sat out in the yard an watched Sam play and read as well. After everyone left Nancy headed to the rec for her workout and I chilled reading.
GG came for supper and Nancy made chicken Kiev as well as fresh green beans from the garden to go along with a fresh Caesar salad. Wow was that ever delicious. The rain started about supper time and last until about bedtime; nothing to hard but it seemed at times to be steady. We were certainly dry here in Florida. I guess its part of the big front that's supposed to hit the northeast today with major snowfalls of 2 feet or more, yikes!!! LATER
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