May 22

A full day. Quiet time with God reading Psalm 98 and prayers in the morning. I tended to my little garden. What joy! My tomatoes begining to ripen. Habenera peppers are mostly ripen. Dragon Caynne peppers are begining to ripen also. And most of the Dragon's Toe pepers are ripen. Long pool time with Will and devotion in the pool. We had a long and good conversation too. We talked about whether or not to refinnace our home. A little about theology. About visiting Paris this summer. A little about family and mostly aobut our lives as husgand and wife. I loved that. At midday we went to eat lunch at " The big Chinese buffet on Fruitville". I went to the Liquer store near by to ask if they had "Blanton's Bourbon", of course they did not. The man in there gave me some education on why. Buffalo Trace Distilery had been sold to those who do not continue making my favorite Bourbon, "Blanton's." So sad but I treasure "life giving" conversation with a stranger like this man. He is so passionate and knowledgeable about his vocation. I thank God for such a wonderful exchange. So, then on we went to a furniture store called "Nattusi." Met a young man who turned out to be the manager "Daniel" born in Jamaica but brought to Orlando by his parents at age 4. Nice, polite, kind again knowledgeable of his vocation Catholic man. So happy. At the end of the conversation I invited him to our home for dinner. He said he will come. We may buy a sofa from him. We went to the mall and walked. We bought some shirts for Will. It was a good thing. We made 2 more stops at furniture stores, and at a Wallgreens on the way home. We had been so very active today. Home. Leftover for supper. Nap on sofa. Bed. Thank God for a full good day.