I had tennis at 9:00 today. BUT before that I was able to get some work done. The kitchen was a mess from the last two days so the dishwasher was loaded and started, the kitchen counters were cleared and the things from our Thursday picnic were put away. I just had not felt like doing any of that yesterday so things were left in a BIG mess.
I did get something done yesterday that was important. I was able to turn the grill on it's back and look at the wheels that were a mess. Two had come off, some were bent and several screws were missing. I was able to straighten some things out and then I went to the hardware store to get some 1/4X20 screws. I was able to get all four wheels back on and of the 16 metal screws only one was a mess. In that I was able to get three of the screws on and tightened with lock washers so I am sure we are good to go. I am not certain what I will do next February for our brat/burger picnic. I have to wheel the grill about two hundred yards or more and about 200 feet of that is on cobblestone walk. That is hard on the grill and that is the reason the wheels got messed up. Now I am sure they were not put on and tighten in the right way but I am still not sure how to do it next year. Well I have an entire year to figure it out so I should be able to come up with something.
I had a really good time at tennis this morning. The play was with "the big boys" which I have had a difficult time breaking into. Can one imagine that??? We played 45 minutes and then we switched and the winners played and the losers played. We also switched partners. Dave, my partner, and I won 8 games to 2 in the first 45 minutes. Denny and I played even up for the last 45 minutes. It is really fun and good to play against the "big boys"! I would say without any doubt that I belong with the "big boys" but then I am not the only judge! I will end by saying I did not embarrass myself at all.
I have been thinking a lot about the stages of life. I think one goes through many of them during a life time. I would define the stages of my life in this way:
- infant through Wood Lake School (3rd grade)
- 4th grade through 8th grade
- high school
- first 3 years of college
- Married life for the first 18 months.
- family life from John's birth through John's 8th grade
- high school years of the 4 children
- time from Cynthia's HS graduation through the end of Cynthia's college
- the first marriage in the family in 1993- the first grandchild in 2003
- the beginning of grandchildren through Gail's death in 2009
- September of 2009-March of 2011
- my marriage with Terry to now
For today I will be content to say I feel and think that my tiredness is gone and I am good to go forward. Terry and I are expecting a dear friend of Terry's, Norma and husband Wayne, to arrive next Thursday and stay until Saturday AM. Wayne has gotten tickets for a Twins game on Friday so we will go to that. They are just such a special couple and just wonderful people so we are looking forward to their visit. IF Terry and I can be a little bit like them at their age I will be a blessed person.
One could almost guess what I have been eating since our picnic. Leanne made potato salad for the picnic and sent the left over home with us. So that plus lift over burgers and brats have been my "go to" food for the last 36 hours. Just so you know I have NOT been on the scale!!!
Time to say a breakfast of FP with some salad and a burger has me feeling GOOD.
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