Hi Gals. Sunny and 83° It is a beautiful day. It’s hot out there in the sun but with the breeze blowing it’s really nice in the shade. I just came in from doing a few things out there. Went to mass this morning and along with everybody else said goodbye to one of our priests, who is being transferred to another parish. He will be taking over as the administrator. Hate to see him leave.
When I got home had a quick lunch and then I decided to take the ladder and go out to the entrance and replace the shake shingle. I got blown off the roof out there the other day. I think you have seen from some of the pictures that I have posted of the flower bed and stuff out at the entrance that there is a roof over top of that and it has shake shingles. They are in bad shape, but we can’t afford to do anything about it right now. Some of us are saying we wouldn’t mind seeing the whole thing calm down as it is getting wobbly. Then when I finish that I decided it was time to put some primer on the beam repair on my porch so that I can get a coat of paint up there. And I discovered that there is some rotting going on in another area of same beam, only the house end this time. So I sent a message to the photo that does remodeling ng/repair work and stuff, to see if he can come out and have a looksee and then when he gets time somewhere along the line, he can come and repair it. He teeth on small jobs, big jobs both, so he and his partner are really busy. If it isn’t one thing, it’s another.
And I have some terrific news to share. Those very talented young ladies played their State Softball Finals game yesterday, beat their opponents 8-3 and came home with the Division 2 State Championship trophy, making it the first in the school history in that sport. And thry broke the home run record they set on Thursday again. It now sits at 72. They were met at the south Gaylord Exit by I think, every available City, County and State Police vehicle here, the entire Gaylord Fire Dept. and EMS vehicles, then escorted along with the accompanying parents/fans cars all the way into town, where they were welcomed by groups of people including myself, along Main Street as they headed for the high school, where I’m sure a crowd was waiting. These girls have been playing together as a team for 10 years and they had a dream that someday they wanted to bring home a state championship when thry got to high school. They accomplish their mission. The community is very proud of them and actually it is probably something that this community really needed. The Gaylord has had a rough couple of years. We were just recovering from the pandemic, which decimated the tourist season here, when the tornado hit last year. Now, they have brought home community pride, and a feeling of accomplishment.
https://upnorthlive.com/sports/hometown ... vicksburg#Oh Sharon, I mowed a bit yesterday, but I ly about half my front yard and one side of the entrance out front. More to just cut down the scraggly weeds growing. Although we did have rain, it asn’t that much and the grass is not greening up in the hot sun. And no, I don’t hire out
I just stay clear of sweets, breads etc. and watch my carbs. Not that I don’t indulge once I awhile. Also, I watch fruits and which vegetables I eat, because some of those are very high in carbs. I contribute a lot of that to having more energy. Plus, I tend to drive myself too. Somedays. I am tired and I don’t feel like doing anything, but I make myself do something anyway and usually once I get going then I’m OK. I do not watch TV during the day and about the only time I read is while I’m eating or after I go to bed.
I hear you gals on the sleeping issues. I go around with that too. But like Sharon said, on days when we are really busy and I am outside in the fresh air, I sleep good at night. I have found that the more I make myself do things, the more I can do. It’s a case of like going to the gym. It takes a while before you work your way up to more strenuous exercises or more miles on the treadmill. But if you have physical limitations, then you’ve got a different situation and I also think physical location makes a difference. Living in the climate where it is hot, as opposed to living in the climate or tends to be cooler, does affect what you can do and what you can’t. And when you do it. When I do find myself awake at 3 or 4 o’clock sometimes, and if I can’t go back to sleep, then sometimes I will go get my iPad and I will play a game or something and that always makes me sleepy and puts me back to sleep. And for me, I like to have some kind of a project to get into because that kind of drives me too.
Velda, hope you can find some answers with your blood pressure issues. Carol, things sounds like some little improvements, but sorry Bill is having so many problems despite that. I decided when my last computer was outdated, not to buy another one. Didn’t want to mess with another Windows program. Decided to just get a new IPad as I love their zillion apps, way easier to use than Windows and there isn’t anything I can’t do on it, that I could do with my old computer. I never was a person to store stuff in my computer, other than maybe pictures.
Enough jabbering for today. Tine to go paint on my woodcraft outfit and decide about supper. One of those days when nothing sounds good.
