Monday, October 14, 2019

The beginning of a busy tennis week






As I walked around the yard yesterday I thought these would be wonderful proof that Terry and I are now in Naples!  Even though Naples has been in an unusual dry spell the flowers are still out in full force and beautiful.  

Here we are in the start of our second full week of the winter season.  Oh my it sounds like we kind of got out of Minnesota just in time BUT I would add that I lived in Minnesota winters for 30+ years and never (well not very  often) said this is terrible.  In fact even the winters in North Dakota were enjoyable IF one made the most of them and took advantage of the fun things one can do outside in the cold.  I do remember one winter in Devils Lake (maybe the winter of 1973) when I traveled from 710 3rd street to the School for the Deaf with chains on the car for about 3 months.  That was not so much fun as I drove with the clunky sound of chains on the pavement.  However it did enable me to get out of our backyard and onto the street with ease.

One day and their is some success with this darn weight issue I have.  I admit that my weight is WAY down from where it was in the early 2000s BUT still with league tennis on the horizon I need to lose weight.  Also it helps with the clothes issue as well.  This morning I was pleased to see the scale show some loss so Carmen, you need to keep the pedal to the metal!

Terry purchased a new grill/smoker for her home here.  A week ago Traeger grills were being shown at Costco.  We purchased it but had to wait until yesterday to pick it up as they were on the floor through the 13th.  At this time it is in the back of the car as it is fairly heavy and I will need help getting it out.  When we were in South Bend John and Mary used their new Traeger and it was pretty impressive.  Costco claimed it was $400 off so I googled it and they were honest.  Well one could kind of expect that from Costco, right?  I am hoping to get some help with it after my tennis game this morning.  I did think it came with a large cookbook but no dice so we may have to order one.  

I have tennis lined up Monday-Thursday.  That should go a long way towards getting my legs back in tennis shape.  I do have some effects in my legs from my ruptured hammy two and a half years ago but it does not seem to bother my movement on the court much.  Actually it does not seem like it was that long ago but I guess I had surgery in January of 2017.  Thats right, I used it as an excuse most of last year when I had a bad tennis day!!!

If my calendar is correct Mom would be 108 tomorrow and Joan/Ron will celebrate their 58th anniversary as well.  

No my FP is down to the last drop and I may just bike over to the courts to see what is going on.

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