And Now it is Basketball Season

Yes, this is another posting about us going over to Madison for the weekend to watch some more sports.  This time it was a basketball game on Friday and football game on Saturday.  We had tickets for another basketball game on Sunday but decided another three sport weekend was too much.  This was the actual opening game of the season - all the games prior to this were considered "exhibition" games.  Not sure the logic there, but I'm not a basketball coach.  Anyway, our Badgers were successful on the court against South Carolina State and afterwards we enjoyed a great meal at a local Mexican restaurant.  At least we think the meal was great, since we are very sure that the margaritas where great.  Two of them and we were both a bit wobbly.  

We got up on Saturday and walked to breakfast - at least partly to walk off our meal/drinks from the night before - where we were joined by our friends Jim and Judy at Madison Sourdough.  Good breakfast catching up as they continue to settle into their new house.  Naturally a few of the pastries, since Madison Sourdough has a major pastry selection, had to find their way back for a noontime snack - we wanted to be well fueled for the football game.  After breakfast we did a little shopping focused on purchasing new light fixtures for our renovation.  Then we got back in time for a short nap before piling on layers and layers of clothing to try and stay warm during the afternoon game.  The weather turned much colder this week - dropping into the 20's at night.  And with no sun forecast for the game, we figured we needed as many layers as we could fit under our jackets.  We both looked like the Pillsbury Doughboy once we had stuffed ourselves into our jackets.

The game was thrilling to watch as the offense tried to see how many times they could let Iowa's defense score while the defense played a brilliant game holding Iowa to less that 100 yards total offense for the game.  Fortunately, the home team came out on top at the end and left the crowd go home happy.  You might ask what does a die-hard Wisconsin fan do after sitting in 30 degree weather for 3.5 hours slowly freezing into a popsicle from the outside in.  What else, get ice cream!!  OK, we did then climb into a steamy hot shower to finally completely thaw out.

Sunday we came home early to have a weekend day at home for once and spent the day getting a little exercise, catching up on home chores, and Jo doing some work work since she was a bit behind.