And they are off!

Today is the beginning of the winter tennis league for me.  I am on a 70+ team that plays on Tuesdays.  I think I will play on that team maybe every other week.  I am scheduled to play today and it will be interesting.  The captain has paired me with a guy I have played with in league maybe a dozen+ times over the years.  I do not remember us winning once, maybe once!  My partner was on my original team in 2015 and then in in 2018, I think, opted to stay at the 2.5 level as I brought my team up to the 3.0 level.  I will give it my best shot and we will see what happens.
Tomorrow my team, the one I captain, plays our first match.  We play a new team in our league, Sterling Oaks, and they are only a hop, skip and a jump from our club.  I have high hopes for the match so we will see what happens.  I have had high hopes in the past and it ended up to be kind of LOW hopes so it is a wait and see!
Our warm weather continues for at least the coming week.  It looks like temps will be in the mid 80s for a while and I think our normal would be mid 70s.  With a temp of 85 and humidity high playing this afternoon should be a challenge.

I am pretty sure I did not post this before.  Here is Terry's grand daughter Tori at her college graduation.  Tori is Terry's third grand child to graduate from college and each of them has gotten a blanket, personalized, from us.  It is a fun gift.  It is a throw flannel blanket that is comfy to have.  We find old pictures to put on it.  One can do a lot with Shutterfly!  Tori is working at the college she graduated from for this winter and hopes to start med school in the fall.  She wants to specialize in an area of medicine that would allow her to reach out to people in countries who have less than us.

In February one of Terry's very special friends from her senate days will be here for a visit.  Norma and Wayne are coming to Florida to visit some family in Tampa.  They will drive here, 150 miles, and stay I think 2 nights.  Wayne has purchased spring training tickets for a Twins game while they are here.  They are a special couple.  IF Terry and I can kind of be like them at their age I will be more than happy.  I bring it up because we have a TV that is on top of the dresser in the guest room.  Terry would like it mounted on the wall so that is my current project.  The TV is not huge so I purchased a bracket that mounts on the wall.  Well the way it mounts it needs to be in the middle of the space as the dresser is between the window and a wall.  Of course there is NO stud in the middle of the space. I cut a piece of plywood, painted it and will mount that attached to the studs.  Then the TV can be mounted to the plywood.  I know it sounds like an easy fast project but for an old slow guy it takes time of course!  I think I am ready to mount the plywood to the wall.  I borrowed a stud finder from a guy close to us so I THINK I have it down pat!  Maybe I can get that done this morning as I am not playing tennis until the team thing this afternoon.  Some time ago I decided that I just could NOT play twice in a day when I have team competition.  I say that and guess what?  I played at 7:30 yesterday and then again at 10:30.  I don't even like to do that but I had a 7:30 court and then someone backed out of a 10:30 match and the guys playing were some of the better players that I have been trying to get in with for a couple of years.  I felt I needed to play and after playing I would say I played as well as anyone at the 10:30 time.  I would never think I am better than I am, right???  Well it did not do my body any harm to play twice but I would just as soon not do that very often.

Enough, the FP is pretty much gone and I am into the morning.