April 11, 2021

 Weekend Update for WE 11APR

Blog time 1645 Saturday sitting in office.

Up at 0700

Nancy and I walk to Panera

Oatmeal breakfast and coffee.  Same Saturday crowd.

At home Nancy started laundry

I drove to Meijer’s to replenish banana, oatmeal and Ensure supply.

I took 11 mile bike ride.  

Shaved and showered before lunch.  Lunch of yogurt, Ensure, last of soda bread and a cookie.

Measured my single speed bikes gear ratios.  Plan on an update to make pedaling easier.

Starting blog when Nancy called saying she was caught in rain.  I picked her up at Shepard’s Grill.  She only got 0.4 miles in.

As soon as we got home big thunderstorm rolled thru.

French onion soup for dinner along with ham sandwich

Watched Brokenwood Mysteries.  This was a new season and we were disappointed.

Slight rain when checked front yard at 2200.

Debbie and Missy FaceTimed.  Good news Debbie got her shot.

Sunday April 11, 2021

Blog time 1800 on Sunday sitting in living room.

Up at 0700.  Quickly dressed and headed to Panera for two coffees and bagel.

Left home at 0845 for Trinity Lutheran.  Small crowd at church.

After church we took a ride.  Headed south on Thornapple to Barry County.  Drove through Whitneyville, Middleville, and Caledonia. Ride duration was 90 minutes.  We enjoy these relaxing rides through rural MI.

Took 10 mile bike ride on single speed.  Love the simplicity of a single speed.  The recent rains have really brought out the green foliage.

Lunch

Today Nancy got a message from Ancestry that her DNA results were available.  Downloaded the results but had some difficulty viewing.  The problem was that Nancy has changed email address and we have also changed internet providers. 

We called Debbie and she helped us get it straightened out.

The only surprise in Nancy’s DNA was that she only had 5% German ancestry.  Her Grandfather Hartmann was born in Germany.  

Nancy’s DNA showed primarily ancestors from the British Isles.

Debbie and Missy were identified as daughters.  She also had some distant Patton and Hartman cousins. I hope she builds her family tree.

Spent time reading the GRP.  Coronavirus still dominates the news, followed by the death of Prince Philip.  

I finished the afternoon with nap.  

For dinner we had Nancy’s world famous scrambled eggs with ham.  

We watched the news and 60 minutes.  We finished the evening watching New Tricks on Prime.

Missy FaceTimed this evening.  

Slight rain when I checked the front yard at 2200.  Cooling trend for the next week.  Low 40s for tomorrow morning.