Time to Add Basketball to the Mix

A pretty quiet week on the home front.  The weather has started to threaten that winter is around the corner and I spent some time getting the leaves off the yard as our maple in the front of the house finally started shedding its leaves.  Not too many yard chores left for the season besides picking the parsnips out of the garden - probably next week - and then waiting for the Bradford pear trees in the back to finally drop their leaves, which is usually some time in mid to late December often it has already dropped the first snowfall (or two).  With the yard chores winding down, I have moved to starting to do my annual crack repair throughout the house which since I took last year off is a little more intense this season.  While the plaster walls add to the charm of the house, they certainly create a lot of cracks.

We spent the weekend over in Madison again, as we had our first basketball game.  We have new seats this year, as we managed to move from our last season seats in the third tier (second row from the top) to ones in the second tier.  It is nicer to be closer to the court and much warmer as well (our seats were close to an external wall last year).  It was fun to see the new team and how the players from last year had grown - both in their play and physical size.  Long season ahead and who knows if there is an NCAA berth at the end.

Saturday before the football game against Rutgers - in which we won, but not looking particularly pretty doing so - we hit a local diner for a great omelet (the best in town in our humble opinion) and some french toast.  It was good to be all loaded up with food before sitting outside at the game.  Kept our insides warm even as our fingers slowly froze as the temperatures where in the low 40's (we managed to keep our tootsie's warm though with toe warmers - yeah).  After the game, we were able to pick up our living room coffee tables which when combined with the armchair, bar stools, and rug that was delivered on Friday means we are almost fully decorated with everything except what is coming from our Milwaukee home.  Starting to be pretty comfortable to stay there.  We especially like not having to sleep on our inflatable mattress - especially as we move into the colder months (the air mattress was never warm).

Sunday we got up really early and were home by 8, partly due to the time change and partly due to Jo's travel schedule.  Jo finished some packing, had a quick lunch, and then headed to Phoenix to get a bit of warmth while attending a work conference.  I had an equally exciting day catching up on a backlog of newspapers - living on the edge, I am.