Shooting Hoops, Shiners, Shopping & Snow

It was a fun weekend in Luck staying at Kyle & Heather's and spending time with Ruby, Gage and Jack & Stella. Luck High School's basketball team is very good and it was fun to watch them win a game on Friday night against Frederic. Jack got a good shiner at school on Friday when another player's head hit his cheek during some recess basketball. It did not slow him down from performing his chores as one of the team managers for the varsity basketball team though.

Saturday I lounged with Ruby all morning as the boys & Kyle were busy at basketball practice, Heather was working and Stella stayed overnight with Grandma. The kids are growing up fast and Ruby has changed alot since I last saw her. Saturday afternoon Heather and Ruby and I enjoyed a trip to Cafe Wren for fun coffee & snack and some shopping at the holiday art fair. I found a couple of unique items created by local artisans.

A fabulous meal on Saturday night was shared with sis in law, Lois and her brother Harry, as well as Heather's sister and nephew. Many laughs but a very late night. Getting home on Sunday was somewhat exciting. When we woke up in the morning it was snowing hard and I didn't think I'd be able to safely drive back to Rice Lake. But, as the day went on, the temperature went up and snow turned to rain. Since sub zero temperatures were predicted for Monday, I decided to sprint home during the rain. The roads stayed wet luckily but once I got back to RL the temperature started to drop and we had snow falling soon after. Nothing like a little ice under the snow.

The kitties were fine this time. They have been good about not dismantling the tree, but not too good about sleeping at night. Somehow their days and nights need to get aligned with mine. Barley seems to love the Christmas rug.