Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was a nice day so we took Rosebud for a walk at the duck pond near the house. She likes to go there to see all the ducks and the honking geese.

We came home to cook some bird for dinner. Last night,

Aimee had some work friends over for a pre-Thanksgiving feast. She made some brisket and salad with a fruit cobbler dessert. There was eight of us altogether.

Today, we started to watch some football but both of the games were blowouts so we went to the pond.

Now we're back and Rosebud is passed out on the couch as usual.

Irish and Lions

We didn't get a chance to go to the game on Friday night but Notre Dame was in town to play LMU in basketball.

It turned out to be a closer game than it probably should have been. Loyola has a terrible program and it's been that way for several years.

They had a huge crowd and ND won by 11.

Even though the Irish won, it was just part of an underwhelming weekend for Notre Dame.

It will probably get worse this weekend when Weis and the football team face USC.

That's one we'll be happy to sit out.

ND might lose by 50.

In the rain.

Too Much Smoke

We were not able to do much of anything outside this weekend. There was way too much smoke in the air from all the nearby fires.

Unfortunately, these fires are huge and have done a huge amount of damage.

We are lucky that the worst part for us is smoky air and a pool full of ashes. Also, Aimee's softball games were cancelled over the weekend.

That meant more time at home to give Rosebud a bath, brush her teeth and have her nails filed down. It was like a day at the spa for Rosebud.

Halloween

Friday night we were at home with a bowl of candy and, as usual, very few people came by.

Typically, we'll get about 3-5 groups of kids the whole night and that's about what we had again this year.

Not sure why there is not a lot of foot traffic.
There's plenty of kids in the neighborhood and it
was a warm night.

Maybe they're going to clean out one of the
fancy neighborhoods nearby.
















Here are a couple of pictures of Aimee's prize-winning pumpkin from last year. There wasn't a carving contest this year at her office.