Friday

Gone are the working days when Friday was cause for celebration or payday, now that is a good news/bad news story, Eh!  It was a nice day, a bit overcast, but perfect for a bike ride.  There were 6 of us this AM, pretty good turnout.  Some bike groups we come across are about double that, but most are less.  We made right about 8 miles today, which for me is great as it is enough to work up a sweat and get some exercise.  Marg was up early [before I left] and out and about by the time I got back.
  We are really suffering from the pollen in the air these days.  The pollen from trees and plants is at a very high level, but the dust born is quite low.  We seem to be sneezing a lot more than usual and are both taking off the shelf remedies for it.  Seems to be helping, but I think a good rain would really help. 
  At 11 Marg had a meeting with Karen, who looks after decorating the hall, to see if she had anything that would help with dressing the hall up a bit for Rich & Brenda's anniversary party.  It turns out she had quite a bit of stuff that will be a big help to Marg in putting the day.  On her way back, she made a few stops to speak with folks about the impending party.  Lots of ideas, but she wants to have something very casual and not make the couple uncomfortable.  She also put up a poster on the board outside the door in the community room to stimulate interest.  Seems to be lots of people wanting to help out and quite bit of interest in going as Richard is particularly well liked.
  After lunch we went out with Marg's buddy Nancy to Home Depot & then to Lowes.  The girls were looking for carpet and I was trying to make certain we bought the right kind and enough of it.  Nancy settled on one a Lowes and we came back home.  I am replacing carpet on their outside steps as theirs is badly worn. We thought it would be nice to do something for them as they are always doing stuff for others and most of the happy hours are in their breezeway.  I think it is supposed to be in ours tomorrow, just in case I don't work fast enough and we wouldn't want to leave people without a place to go.
  Supper tonight was some brats, potato salad and a new kind of yam that Marg picked up at the ranch market.  It was very nice and we had some of the Krustekai for dessert.  Being Friday, it was the animal races tonight and I won 6 of 8, while Marg won 5 of 8, so we were better off for having gone, well that and all the whooping & hollering.