Back in Saddle

Well! I'm deeply frustrated. I just wrote a good portion of this new post, then decided I'd better highlight it and save it to a clipboard. In the process of doing that I accidentally erased it and was unable to retrieve it in an "undo" command. I was so mad I almost decided to abandon posting for the day, but due to all of the friendly badgering to update my blog, I suppose I ought to start again.

AAARGH! ;o)

My brother-in-law, Ken, came to town on business last week, creating a great opportunity for him to meet my brother's fiancée, Kate. We had a ball. (Figuratively and literally.) We had the pleasure of watching Kate play in her last soccer match of the season. She played well, and the game was a lot of fun to watch. I haven't been to a soccer match, or played the game myself for many, many years, so it was a real treat to cheer on someone I know. :o) I don't have any photos of the game, but Mark sent me one of Ken and Kate that I will post here.

After the game, we enjoyed a much needed repast at Le Peep, then went to a local pumpkin farm to pick out pumpkins for Mark and Kate. We brought them back to Dad's house, where Ken was staying for the duration of his time here, and proceeded to carve some fun images that Mark obligingly drew for us. (Thank goodness for the artistic talent of my brother, or my pumpkin might have turned out pretty boring.) LOL

Mark carved the left one; mine is the middle one; and Kate carved the one on the right.

Below is a picture of Mark and I, but I was sort of spacing out and forgot to act "goofy" as instructed, but Mark did a great job. LOL

Poor Ken, I inundated him with sports many of the evenings he was in town. First, the sad demise of the Rockies' efforts during the World Series, and then the "sudden death" loss of the Broncos to the Packers on Monday Night football. Whew -- tough week for Colorado. Still -- the Rockies have given me a renewed respect for baseball--after all, they did make it all the way to the World Series.

And the Broncos are sort of revamping the team a bit, with new young players that need a little bit more time on the field with one another in order to learn to play well together. I think with the talent and some more time, this football team will be back where I like them: in the playoffs heading toward the Superbowl. :o)

Meanwhile, at the ranch, I've completed the rough draft of my short story. It is now going through the editing process with the help of my family and friends as they read it and offer suggestions for improvement. Hopefully, it will be ready to send off, and I can move on to the next one.

In the meantime, I will try to keep up with my blog, and keep everyone posted.

Signing off...