August 8, 2021

 Sunday August 8, 2021

Blog time 1745 sitting in office.

Up at 0645.  Quickly dressed, brought in the GRP and fixed breakfast.  Even at 0700 it was hot 72 and very humid.

Panera’s Drive Thru does not open until 0800.  They operate the drive thru on weekends no inside dining. This morning I was first in line.  Got our morning coffees.

Left for church at 0845.  Small turnout at church this morning.

After church we drove to Sparta a small rural community NW of GR.  Sparta is known for its apple orchards.

Our purpose was to locate a restaurant in downtown Sparta called Downtown Trini’s.  The owner is a high school classmate of daughter Debbie.  Debbie has been reading about their good food on Facebook.  We wanted to check it out.  Will visit some weekday.

A home I put on bike clothes and took a 8.8 mile ride.  It was so humid I was covered in sweat 2 miles into the ride.

At home showered had lunch followed by a quick nap.

Today is my Sister, Helen’s, birthday.  We gave her a call.  She has received many calls today.  She now can join the Octogenarian club.

Despite being her birthday Helen is fixing a salmon loaf for dinner.  She is using my Mother’s recipe.  My Mom always put creamed celery on top of her salmon loaf.  Helen said she did not have time.

Happy Birthday Helen.

The Delta variant is for real.  I just don’t see folks refusal to get a shot.  

For dinner tonight Nancy fixed two fried eggs on waffles.  Very tasty.  We also had blueberries.

Today is a final day of the Olympics.  We just could not get in the mood.  Our viewing time was about 20% of previous Olympics.  Too bad!  

We are  being told the Winter Olympics are only 6 months away.  Confused?

No 60 Minutes tonight.  Instead we just sat in den and read today’s GRP.

Tonight we watched an episode of New Tricks.  Nancy headed to bed and I stayed up to watch the final episode of Bang.  Although it was not the final episode.  It left me hanging.  Bummer!

Debbie and Missy FaceTimed tonight.  

It was very humid when checked the Courtyard at 2200. Rain predicted for tonight.