It is another week of work leading up this time, to Thanksgiving. I'm trying to get caught up on my inspection writeups and marketing call reports. Darla is off work this week. She went to visit her grandfather yesterday with the boys and is off to visit her hairdresser today and pass on some of our money to this person for keeping her beautiful. The wind is supposed to kick up this week, but so far it has been sunny and calm. The forecasters have been predicting a huge wind storm over the last three days that seems to have fizzled out. No complaints here as I have 21 trees on my property and most of them are deciduous.

This past weekend was quiet and enjoyable. We had David's football banquet on Friday night. He won the award as the Most Valuable Defensive back and was a Captains Choice for offense.They have one for offense and one for defense. The hardest award to swallow was that the other quarterback made MVP of the offense. He threw for 369 yards for the entire year with three touchdowns, seven interceptions, five fumbles and -26 rushing yards. Hard to believe we only won three games with him as the offensive star. David WILL likely be the starter at quarterback for his varsity team next year according to the head coach. They don't have any junior qbs and he wants an ATHLETE at quarterback. Adam, the other qb, is a good passer, but is slower than an Arkansas cowboy doing calculus and is flat out afraid of contact. David creates contact on both defense and offense and the Varsity coach has noticed.

I had a good trip to Reno last week. The gambling part is fun, but I think I enjoy it too much. I can play for hours on end. I lost early on this trip, but hit another Royal Flush, this time with only five coins in for $200. I had hit the Royal Flush two months ago with the full twenty coins in and won $896. This is on a nickel poker machine. Not bad. The weather was great up in Reno and I was turning the territory over to my Phoenix based marketing rep. When the agents asked why, I said that I was taking over the Bay Area territory, but really my gambling problem had more to do with it. Just kidding.

The ant-festation in our house is winding down. We've again put borax out and we are slowly killing the colony. It gets old, but at least it's not termites. Right, Dad?

Both David and Daniel are involved in basketball. David is the starting shooting guard for his JV team and Daniel is a reserve center. As much as I'll miss football, there is some contentment in sitting in a heated gym watching basketball when the weather is cold, rainy and blustery. I'll miss the football, but not the nose running cold that permeates your body. Besides, I have a moustache and it's a bit messy.

I will add more to this later. Jennifer is doing well in the Army. She just passed her Hummer test, so she can drive the military Hummers. She took the beast off road and I think it was considered work, but she had a ball.

Finally, I have a good friend, Tami Tuel, who is going through some medical difficulties with some partial blindness in her vision. She is being tested and will be in for an MRI tomorrow. Please pray for her. She has been an angel in my life and I can only ask God to hold her in his arms now.

Ken