a gorgeous fall day

I took Roko and Jorvanna to the airport this morning so they could rent a car and follow some of their friends to Knoxville Tenn to attend and play in the next tournament. They have slept late every morning so I was worried they would not wake up in time but they did. They had to be there at nine o'clock. I went shopping afterward mostly for Christmas stuff but the most important item was paint for our dishwasher panel. We have worked on this problem for weeks and I wanted to get it finished. So I stopped by Loews and picked up the paint. It is absolutely gorgeous outside. Rick has been raking leaves and now I see him out the window spreading mulch around the trees at the top of the hill by charlie's I cleaned up Bradley's room some but still have lots to do. The washer just stopped.
Rick and I watched two of the tennis matches at the Boar's Head last eventing. We saw Singh vs Kim. Sing was the Cville favorite because he is still a student at UVA. It was an exciting match that was finally settled with a tie breaker and Kim won to the disappointment of the crowd.
I am tyring to make Tucker's room look presentable in case Tucker and Liz want to stay there at Christmas. So I have been organizing books and papers and have come across some interesting letter and pictures.

I am reading Active Voice which is about writing more abstract essays instead of just narrative which I seem to do. I think beginning with my next essay I will try to include more generalities. the author talks a lot about writing in present and past tense. I remember Joe Spekteck used to circle our verbs. I need to pay attention more to the tense I am writing in.