I am making a bit of change with my blog. I will continue to write about Terry and I but I am going to start using the blog in experimenting with some writing. I am NOT a writer but I enjoy trying and am currently taking an adult ed class that lasts for 6 two hour classes. I am going to base stories on something that is true but ADD to the life story so maybe it can be called historical fact/fiction!!! I note this here as some people may sign onto the blog and see what it is and sign off so that they do not get bored. So everyone is forewarned.
Terry and I enjoyed our friends, Jerry/Shirley, visit over the weekend. They used to live next door to Terry and now live in the "Villages" about 150 miles north of here. They so enjoyed themselves. We did not do a lot but did take a trip to Avia Maria which is about 28 miles east. The entire complex is wonderful and the church is really really impressive. Shirley enjoyed sitting in the sun by our pool with the wildlife preserve on the other side of our cage. We ate at a couple of their favorite restaurants, took the boat shuttle over to the beach and back and then stopped at the Tikki bar for refreshments afterward. For several years they would be regulars at the Tikki bar on Friday night and met some people there that they still enjoy as friends. Anyway it was a grand time spending two days with them. This weekend we are looking forward to having Terry's brother Cab and his wife Carol spend a couple of nights with us. They live in the Faribault MN areas and spend a week in FL each January.
I plan to purchase a saw this week and begin the seating project for the kitchen. I have no idea how long it will take.
I got my exercise in for the day. Played tennis for an hour and a half this morning, then went on a 2 mile walk/run (mostly fast walk today) and then Terry and I biked about 11+ miles to the post office and the library. I think I will settle in for the afternoon with a Hemingway book. I suppose in high school we read some of him but I do not remember. I finished "The Old Man and the Sea" and "The Sun Also Rises" last week. Today we checked out "Farewell to Arms" and For Whom the Bells Toll". I have come to really enjoy his style of writing. I also have another book that we need to read for our book review which takes place February 9. On the tennis front for the week Terry is doing a "fun" women's round robin tomorrow and a clinic on Wednesday. I am playing Thursday morning and then will do a men's round robin on Friday. On Thursday I am also looking forward to Jim Clasen coming over at 9:00 when we will probably bike down to Clam Pass Beach and then over to the fish house for lunch.
I make myself some espresso just so I could sit here and say the coffee is gone!
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