A full day

Well, it's kind of been a full day around my house. We got up fairly early this morning to go and visit one of my Dad's first cousins. She lives about 20 minutes away and we don't get a chance to see her very often. I had visited with her about a month ago and she wanted me to bring the kids with me then next time I came. It had been over a year since she had seen them. With both of us in the midst of preparations for Thanksgiving we could only stay about an hour. She is expecting about 25 people in for the holiday meal, so she had a lot of cooking to do. I wanted to get home so I could cook my pumpkin roll. It was a nice visit and before leaving she gave me some photos that she had made copies of. The pictures were from my Grandparents 50th Wedding Anniversary party. There are several good shots of my Grandparents as well as of my parents. I will see about having a couple of them enlarged for framing.

Before coming home we ran to the grocery store so I could pick up more cream cheese. I had decided the previous night that I would make a double batch when making the pumpkin roll. We all love it so much and a can of pumpkin will make several batches. It was raining and since it was the day before Thanksgiving the parking lot was pretty full. As a result I had to park in East Oshkosh. Since I didn't have an umbrella with me, I got soaking wet. I had on my crocs with a pair of socks and although these are probably the most comfortable shoes I own, they are not at all water tight. By the time we arrived home I was freezing. I couldn't get warm and stayed cold for several hours. It wasn't until I had the oven going and was working on the batter for my pumpkin roll that I finally got warm again.

Jacqueline and I ran into her ex-boyfriend Tuesday night. I invited him over for dinner, if he feels up to it. He said he would try to come by, but that he was expected at his Dad's house at 5:00pm to eat. He then has to work that evening. He's a good kid who's had a rough time the last 6-8 months. I sure hope things are looking up for him. He had a real struggle trying to keep up with rent and utilities when he couldn't find full time work. There were many weeks where he didn't have $20 for groceries.

We really needed the rain we got today. It wasn't much, but every little bit helps. The only complaint that I have about the rain is that when it moves out early tomorrow, we will see a decrease in temperatures. Today's high was 68 and I think our low Tuesday night was in the low 50's. Tomorrow's high is only supposed to be in the low 50's and Friday is forecast to be about the same. The overnight lows are also going to be much cooler. Friday night it's supposed to be right around freezing. Oh joy! Sitting through another football game in freezing temps. Why can't we have the temperatures in the 50's on football nights?