The usual happened on Friday morning with our quiet time, lite breakfast and me heading out to the rec. for pickle ball. It's so funny that Nancy does her quiet time on the front porch since its rained a couple times this week. Well a rather large tree frog has taken up residence on the bench she sets on. I heard her squeal the other morning and she came in the house to announce to me to get rid of this creepy feller. It reminded me of the Geico commerical of the 2 eyes as this little feller was peeping over the edge of the bench peering at Nancy. Long story short when Amy and Ava came later they moved him to the bushes. I found another small frog in my potting soil bag and Ava just loves playing with him.
Nancy invited our good friends Dan and Carol down for dinner so we pigged out on chicken fajitas, black beans and rice as well as a salad. She also used a frozen bag of wild blackberries I had picked last summer to make a cobbler. We were so full we forgot to eat it.I had a bowl with cold milk on it for breakfastthis morning, YUMMM. We are getting ready to head out to Riverview and spend part of the day with Bobby and Annsley as Jill has to work a long shift today. Then when we get back we will babysit Ava this evening as well. We have to get as much grand baby time in as possible.
After dinner last night we played Mexican Train domino's as that's Carol's favorite and I smoked everyone by a couple hundred points. Lookout N.C. the "champ" or "king" is looking to rebound. LATER
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Wednesday and Thursday
Nancy has retired from her fellowship meal cooking at SFBC. Wow we often talked about having to face this decision the last couple of years. Really the only draw back was locking us into a weekly commitment from the first of November until the middle of May. Now with this freedom to come and go as we choose, we will be able to take off for the mountains whenever and possibly stay longer into November. We had a great time with the kitchen duties and felt it was a great service to serve many from our church and even a few non-members. What great relationships we made and will always cherish those friendships; but with 2 new grand girls and with helping out with Bobby's Element Church in Tampa, we felt it was the right time to hang up the apron's. Thank you SFBC for the generous and sweet gift cards. We will always have a soft spot in our hearts for you.
Wednesday evening after cleaning up the kitchen for the final time and getting home we had a very hard down pour of wet delicious rain. It rained off an on most of the evening and was most welcomed. This evening about 8 PM it started raining again and it continues as I write this. There have been some heavy down pours with severe thunder and lightning. Luckily we have had no damage or flooding but Tampa did sustain some flooding to the Element warehouse. Bobby said it took him quite awhile to finally get the floor moped and dried.
Thursday was much the usual with; quiet times, pickle ball for me, Nancy on the treadmill at the rec., Ava and Amy for lunch and feeding our neighbors Jim and Laurie's salt water fish while they are on a cruise(Ava loves to help me do this). After getting suitcases and tubs down from the attic so we can start to pack for the mountains, I then began calling and making address changes to our accounts, mail forwarding and magazine subscriptions. So much to do and that it really is finally getting close to heading north to the high country and our mountain cabin. It is a totally different lifestyle. I read a book here nearly everyday; there I doubt if I read one in a week.
Well I will close for now LATER
Wednesday evening after cleaning up the kitchen for the final time and getting home we had a very hard down pour of wet delicious rain. It rained off an on most of the evening and was most welcomed. This evening about 8 PM it started raining again and it continues as I write this. There have been some heavy down pours with severe thunder and lightning. Luckily we have had no damage or flooding but Tampa did sustain some flooding to the Element warehouse. Bobby said it took him quite awhile to finally get the floor moped and dried.
Thursday was much the usual with; quiet times, pickle ball for me, Nancy on the treadmill at the rec., Ava and Amy for lunch and feeding our neighbors Jim and Laurie's salt water fish while they are on a cruise(Ava loves to help me do this). After getting suitcases and tubs down from the attic so we can start to pack for the mountains, I then began calling and making address changes to our accounts, mail forwarding and magazine subscriptions. So much to do and that it really is finally getting close to heading north to the high country and our mountain cabin. It is a totally different lifestyle. I read a book here nearly everyday; there I doubt if I read one in a week.
Well I will close for now LATER
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Sunday Evening, Monday and Tuesday
Sunday morning worship was super at Element. The music, teaching and general fellowship will be greatly missed as Nancy and I will be absent until some time in November. We are making a wedding the end of July and Annsley's birthday bash in October but will return for the first couple weeks in November to our mountain cabin; as Nancy has retired from cooking. As a matter of fact tomorrow(Wednesday) will be her last fellowship meal at SFBC.I think its been close to 16 years that she has made this a part of her ministry. I will of course receive those daily blessings as I have been for nearly 30 years.
Sunday evening we celebrated a great meal of; brats, potato casserole, broccoli and a watercress salad with a strawberry angel food cake. All of us left with full tummy's and a great time of watching Ava and Annsley play with one another. Both little ones were tired and nearly asleep as they left the driveway for home. We have one more big family dinner on the 22nd as we will celebrate Amy's 26th birthday before heading north to the cool mountain air(47 this morning). We actually had a sun shower for about 10 minutes in Seminole. That has to be the first rain in months to fall on us.
Monday was much the same with; quiet time, Pickle ball, lunch with Amy and Ava and did I tell you the big news, Ava is potty training. She doing quite well at our house. I remember I was never so glad to not have to buy diapers. That was a big day in our house hold and probably about 25 extra bucks in our monthly budget. Monday after dinner Nancy and I went over to G/G's and Pap's to cut down a large limb that was hanging over into his yard and shrubs. After taking care of that chore(actually was a bigger job than I first anticipated) we headed back home to watch a little NHL(Caps beat the Penguins in OT , go 'Canes over the Bruins tonight).
Tuesday brought the usual quiet time , oatmeal breakfast and pickle ball. We only had a small group to start with as one of usual members failed to show. I first checked the obit's(he a little old) and then the police blotter(sometimes out of control) but failed to see his name listed so that was a good sign, then resolved to think he was tired of us whupping up on him. That should get him back in the AM. We surely missed our South Carolina players who spent an entire week of their morning's playing pickle ball with our group. Both Ken and Lynn are super players and great people. Thanks to you guys for bringing spirited play amongst us. Looking forward to seeing you all next year.
Well will close for now but its down right HOT and MUGGY here in Seminole.LATER
Sunday evening we celebrated a great meal of; brats, potato casserole, broccoli and a watercress salad with a strawberry angel food cake. All of us left with full tummy's and a great time of watching Ava and Annsley play with one another. Both little ones were tired and nearly asleep as they left the driveway for home. We have one more big family dinner on the 22nd as we will celebrate Amy's 26th birthday before heading north to the cool mountain air(47 this morning). We actually had a sun shower for about 10 minutes in Seminole. That has to be the first rain in months to fall on us.
Monday was much the same with; quiet time, Pickle ball, lunch with Amy and Ava and did I tell you the big news, Ava is potty training. She doing quite well at our house. I remember I was never so glad to not have to buy diapers. That was a big day in our house hold and probably about 25 extra bucks in our monthly budget. Monday after dinner Nancy and I went over to G/G's and Pap's to cut down a large limb that was hanging over into his yard and shrubs. After taking care of that chore(actually was a bigger job than I first anticipated) we headed back home to watch a little NHL(Caps beat the Penguins in OT , go 'Canes over the Bruins tonight).
Tuesday brought the usual quiet time , oatmeal breakfast and pickle ball. We only had a small group to start with as one of usual members failed to show. I first checked the obit's(he a little old) and then the police blotter(sometimes out of control) but failed to see his name listed so that was a good sign, then resolved to think he was tired of us whupping up on him. That should get him back in the AM. We surely missed our South Carolina players who spent an entire week of their morning's playing pickle ball with our group. Both Ken and Lynn are super players and great people. Thanks to you guys for bringing spirited play amongst us. Looking forward to seeing you all next year.
Well will close for now but its down right HOT and MUGGY here in Seminole.LATER
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Well as you've noticed I have been lax in writing my daily blog and that's for several reasons. The first is I've been lazy, not much to write about(mundane) and lately because the Ray's come on around 7 each night so I've become engrossed in MLB. Now I usually write about the time the game starts so you see where I'm going with this. Some nights they play well and then there are other nights. Anyhow each day has got back to the routine; pickle ball, lunch with Amy and Ava and then after dinner baseball.
We did have a great Saturday morning at the beach with friends The Botbyl's and Amy, Ava and Tyler came for a couple hours. The water was 80 degrees and great for playing and swimming. After the beach we goofed around waiting for the time to leave for Outback Steak House. I've never has a bad meal there. I also ate a first for me as Tyler ordered some tuna seared on the outside and raw otherwise which was very good. I would try that again as an appetizer. Oh I forgot to mentioned if you want to clear out your tear ducts watch the movie Marley and Me.
We are getting ready to leave for Element Church in Tampa. We are having the family here this evening for a Mothers Day dinner. I will post some pics later. Oh by the way some of our mountain friends informed us Allegheny County(where our cabin is located) was struck by some devastating tornado's Fri and Sat. Pray for those folks who were injured and lost their homes. LATER
We did have a great Saturday morning at the beach with friends The Botbyl's and Amy, Ava and Tyler came for a couple hours. The water was 80 degrees and great for playing and swimming. After the beach we goofed around waiting for the time to leave for Outback Steak House. I've never has a bad meal there. I also ate a first for me as Tyler ordered some tuna seared on the outside and raw otherwise which was very good. I would try that again as an appetizer. Oh I forgot to mentioned if you want to clear out your tear ducts watch the movie Marley and Me.
We are getting ready to leave for Element Church in Tampa. We are having the family here this evening for a Mothers Day dinner. I will post some pics later. Oh by the way some of our mountain friends informed us Allegheny County(where our cabin is located) was struck by some devastating tornado's Fri and Sat. Pray for those folks who were injured and lost their homes. LATER
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday morning
Well Sunday was a superb day;both at Element Church and at the Nursing pavilion. Bobby had a large crowd with lots of newbies, tons of children and several pregnant ladies. Wow what great teaching he did. Nancy and I are in awe of his abilities as a dad, pastor, musician and a leader as well as a chef. We got back from Element around 12:30 and stopped at Subway for a foot long for lunch as we knew we had to pick up Dan and Carol at 1:40. Subway is good inexpensive eating for lunch and healthy as well.
The nursing home ministry is a awesome way to make these folks(patients)feel needed, loved and cared for. We have a couple who are over 100 years of age. Many are infirmed; missing limbs, some are in various stages of dementia and the majority have no family as they have out lived their relatives. We sing hymns, pray with and for them and give a 10-15 devotion then push them back to their rooms. Actually I think we workers are more blessed than they because we realize some day we may be in their same situations and can relate to someone other than a health care worker giving a few minutes to love on them. We will miss that program when we head to the mountains.
After the nursing home we just chilled the rest of the day watching the Ray's whup the BoSox's for the 3 rd win in 4 games. We caught up on some reading and cooked a small steak for dinner.
Monday was the usual with our quiet time and me heading out to the Rec. for some pickle ball. I got in 2 good hours of play with about 14 players then did 30 minutes on the elliptical as well as some heavy weights. I've loss a pound of the the seven I gained while sick and laying around. At pickle ball a couple who come down to Florida each year, Ken and Lynn from South Carolina played with us and will be here all week. Sweet folks and both are good players. We keep in touch the rest of the year with this blog. (I knew this rambling was good for something).
After the workout little Ava and Amy came by for the first time in a week as Tyler folk's started back on their long drive back to Kansas. We wish them Godspeed. I took off after lunch and had my ear's lower then just chilled the rest of the day except for picking a few herbs and white egg plants for dinner. My single egg plant has about 10-12 fruits on it. My is that good eatin' fried egg plant with a sliver of crispy cucumber on top with a little ground red pepper, oregano and a sliver of fresh jalapeno.(of course thats home grown as well) We ate that as the main course with a small portion of chicken fajitas.Yumm Yumm!!! We then watched the Ray's lose to the Orioles in a poor pitching job by their ace lefty, Kasmir. Oh well !!!
Tuesday(today) was much the same with the usual morning routine however I had to leave pickle ball early to help Nancy do the church shopping for Wednesday night dinner at church. We shopped and then picked up some goodies for Mother's Day dinner at our house on Sunday. After dropping off the food items we headed home for a great fresh salad for lunch. Ava and Amy ate with us and then the girls all went birthday shopping for Amy. Amy will be 26 on the 19th. While the girls were gone I changed out a door knob and watered the garden. Tonight Nancy is making my favorite soup, Zuppa des conta. Its a little warm for soup but I have tons of fresh kale in the garden and it needs to be used, plus I'm taking 2 bunches of kale and collards for friends at church on Wed.
Well I'm rambled on long enough and the girls just got back and Ava needs my attention. LATER
The nursing home ministry is a awesome way to make these folks(patients)feel needed, loved and cared for. We have a couple who are over 100 years of age. Many are infirmed; missing limbs, some are in various stages of dementia and the majority have no family as they have out lived their relatives. We sing hymns, pray with and for them and give a 10-15 devotion then push them back to their rooms. Actually I think we workers are more blessed than they because we realize some day we may be in their same situations and can relate to someone other than a health care worker giving a few minutes to love on them. We will miss that program when we head to the mountains.
After the nursing home we just chilled the rest of the day watching the Ray's whup the BoSox's for the 3 rd win in 4 games. We caught up on some reading and cooked a small steak for dinner.
Monday was the usual with our quiet time and me heading out to the Rec. for some pickle ball. I got in 2 good hours of play with about 14 players then did 30 minutes on the elliptical as well as some heavy weights. I've loss a pound of the the seven I gained while sick and laying around. At pickle ball a couple who come down to Florida each year, Ken and Lynn from South Carolina played with us and will be here all week. Sweet folks and both are good players. We keep in touch the rest of the year with this blog. (I knew this rambling was good for something).
After the workout little Ava and Amy came by for the first time in a week as Tyler folk's started back on their long drive back to Kansas. We wish them Godspeed. I took off after lunch and had my ear's lower then just chilled the rest of the day except for picking a few herbs and white egg plants for dinner. My single egg plant has about 10-12 fruits on it. My is that good eatin' fried egg plant with a sliver of crispy cucumber on top with a little ground red pepper, oregano and a sliver of fresh jalapeno.(of course thats home grown as well) We ate that as the main course with a small portion of chicken fajitas.Yumm Yumm!!! We then watched the Ray's lose to the Orioles in a poor pitching job by their ace lefty, Kasmir. Oh well !!!
Tuesday(today) was much the same with the usual morning routine however I had to leave pickle ball early to help Nancy do the church shopping for Wednesday night dinner at church. We shopped and then picked up some goodies for Mother's Day dinner at our house on Sunday. After dropping off the food items we headed home for a great fresh salad for lunch. Ava and Amy ate with us and then the girls all went birthday shopping for Amy. Amy will be 26 on the 19th. While the girls were gone I changed out a door knob and watered the garden. Tonight Nancy is making my favorite soup, Zuppa des conta. Its a little warm for soup but I have tons of fresh kale in the garden and it needs to be used, plus I'm taking 2 bunches of kale and collards for friends at church on Wed.
Well I'm rambled on long enough and the girls just got back and Ava needs my attention. LATER
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Saturday
Well the morning started out the usual way with our quiet time and lite breakfast(cereal and banana) before heading out to the beach. WOW was it ever a gorgeous morning, a nice breeze, blue skies and not to humid.
I must tell you a little about the Motion Film Fest held at the channelside area in downtown Tampa. Nancy and I volunteered along with 6 other members of our house church for Element from Pinellas. There were 10-15 other volunteers from the Tampa area as well. The attendance was lite the first night with I would guess 50 or so paid customers. I understand the second night(Sat.) was supposed to be well attended. The films were all made by amateurs, I think although several that I saw could have been shown on the big screen, they were that good. A few were "what was that all about"and some were very dramatic or down right spooky. I only saw 6 before we left at intermission, so there were another 18 or so to be viewed on the second half of Friday and then all new films for Sat. were shown. Bobby did a good job of organizing this first time event for the Tampa area.
The beach was so nice and Nancy and I did a couple miles walking in the surf as well as basking in the sun. I did a little swimming and the water was delicious. After about 2 1/2 hours we headed home for lunch then Nancy spent the rest of the afternoon watching all the stories about the Derby horses. Wow wasn't that a great race for an unknown horse at 50-1 odds to win by more than 20 lengths. Mine Than Bird will probably be our next triple crown winner if he continues to run the way he did yesterday.
We did dinner at the Botbyl's and Carol did the whole shebang. Great food and lots of fun afterwards with a game of Golf(card game). Nancy Jean won in close finish.
Well its time to get ready for worship this morning in Tampa at Element Church. Check out the website@Iamelement.org Later
I must tell you a little about the Motion Film Fest held at the channelside area in downtown Tampa. Nancy and I volunteered along with 6 other members of our house church for Element from Pinellas. There were 10-15 other volunteers from the Tampa area as well. The attendance was lite the first night with I would guess 50 or so paid customers. I understand the second night(Sat.) was supposed to be well attended. The films were all made by amateurs, I think although several that I saw could have been shown on the big screen, they were that good. A few were "what was that all about"and some were very dramatic or down right spooky. I only saw 6 before we left at intermission, so there were another 18 or so to be viewed on the second half of Friday and then all new films for Sat. were shown. Bobby did a good job of organizing this first time event for the Tampa area.
The beach was so nice and Nancy and I did a couple miles walking in the surf as well as basking in the sun. I did a little swimming and the water was delicious. After about 2 1/2 hours we headed home for lunch then Nancy spent the rest of the afternoon watching all the stories about the Derby horses. Wow wasn't that a great race for an unknown horse at 50-1 odds to win by more than 20 lengths. Mine Than Bird will probably be our next triple crown winner if he continues to run the way he did yesterday.
We did dinner at the Botbyl's and Carol did the whole shebang. Great food and lots of fun afterwards with a game of Golf(card game). Nancy Jean won in close finish.
Well its time to get ready for worship this morning in Tampa at Element Church. Check out the website@Iamelement.org Later
Friday, May 1, 2009
Thursday and Friday
Well both morning started out the usual with a little quiet time and a lite breakfast then a 5 minute ride to the Rec. for some pickle ball. Afterwards I headed to the weight room and got back on the elliptical for 30 minutes and nearly a 400 calorie burn. Wow do I need this as I stacked on 7 pounds during those 2 weeks I laid around with the cough. Man is it harder to take off than put on, anyhow I have about 23 days to work out before I have to really be in shape for those hills, yard and garden work.
Last night (Thursday) we had Nancy's folks(G/G & Pap) over for dinner and I grilled marinated Mahi Mahi. Nancy fixed parsley, rosemary oven spuds, salad and G/G made a zucchini pie. A very tasty dinner. Afterwards we played a game of chick foot dominoes and I smoked them all by a big score. First time we had played in months.
This evening we are heading out to downtown Tampa for the Motion film fest Element Church is sponsoring. Should be an exciting evening. Will talk to you LATER
Last night (Thursday) we had Nancy's folks(G/G & Pap) over for dinner and I grilled marinated Mahi Mahi. Nancy fixed parsley, rosemary oven spuds, salad and G/G made a zucchini pie. A very tasty dinner. Afterwards we played a game of chick foot dominoes and I smoked them all by a big score. First time we had played in months.
This evening we are heading out to downtown Tampa for the Motion film fest Element Church is sponsoring. Should be an exciting evening. Will talk to you LATER
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