Yesterday, Sue and Christoph picked up pumpkins and candy at Target in preparation for Halloween.
I have no idea why they got three pumpkins since there are clearly only two pumpkin carvers here—the two younger people in the house. Later today some pumpkin carving may happen but tonight is reserved for the Packer – Viking game, the border battle, the Abominable Dome-men vs the Green Bay Cheese Heads.
I predict Vikings 31, Packers 27. Sue says Vikes 10, Pack 31 and Christoph who is perhaps the biggest Vikings fan around here says Vikes 27, Pack 24. The Star Tribune’s Chip Scoggins (great sports writer name) says Vikes 21, Pack 31. Let’s remember that the Vikings whupped the Packers in the season finale last year (and never mind that the Packers beat the Vikings the next week in the playoffs). Stat of the day: in 2009 Jared Allen of the Vikings sacked Aaron Rodgers of the State Farm commercials 4.5 times.
Yesterday our lowly Golden Gophers of the U beat Nebraska for the first time since 1960. Nebraska was ranked #24 in the nation and the Gophers almost never win. Awesome. Friend Carla, a big Nebraska fan and alumni wore all black to church this morning.
Speaking of all black, here is Mr. Ravel ramping up for his holiday, Halloween. We will get at least 10 kiddie trick-or-treaters dressed like Ravel. Sue may put Ravel on a leash and take him outside to hand out candy.
Here’s the busy boy busy doing his busy work, I mean, homework. In his American Lit class he is reading The Crucible, by the Arthur Miller, a four act play set in the 1600s during the Salem Witch Trials. Christoph was complaining about it a bit so I said I’d read it, too. I have read it and here is my reaction: it might be good to see it on stage but just reading it was dreadful.
Christoph has been using our laptops since his went on the blink a few weeks ago. The Geek Squad said they couldn’t work on it since they don’t have access to German parts for this made-in-China for the German market American computer company based in Texas. Acer is the company.
Yesterday while I was at my trombone rehearsal Sue and C-Gru dug out all of the dead flowers and plants. We’ve had several hard frosts this week and this morning on the way to church my car reported the temp was zero Celsius, aka 32 Fahrenheit. German people laugh about our use of Fahrenheit but let’s remember that Fahrenheit is a German word.
We haven’t raked any leaves yet and our boulevard tree hasn’t even turned to yellow yet. Ann next door sold her house to a first time buyer who might be in his 20s. She put an offer in on a townhouse in Burnsville.
Pete Z from Milwaukee is in town to cover the Packer game for channel 4 news in Milwaukee. We met him for some awesome Mexican food near his hotel in Bloomington. We pulled up to the hotel and saw the “Storm Team 4” news fan parked in the lot. Pete said he could drive it anywhere he wanted but he sticks out some. Tonight he’s staying at the Westin Hotel in Edina where the Packers team is staying. I asked him to ask Clay Mathews what kind of hair conditioner he uses.
Sue said she was going to carve her pumpkin into “an orange cat”. This squirrely orange cat apparently likes to gnaw on the pumpkin stem.
This photo might make the cut for our Christmas card.
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