Weekend Update

reading: Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub

It’s been a long week for us. I’ve had a lingering chest cold that gives me coughs even yet today. Tomorrow will mark the beginning of the fifth week of the cold! Well, at least I do not have a lack of energy, and I do not have wheezing and chest rumbling.

Soccer season is over, and that gave us the opportunity to take a little road trip yesterday and see some of Michigan’s Fall colors. You can see my two Facebook albums here and here.

After church, Katelyn had a birthday party at the movie theatre. While she was watching American Girl, Heather and I watched The Secret Life of Bees. Neither of us really cared for the movie, although well put together and well acted. I’ll not spoil the show for you, but I simply do not care for Civil Rights era movies set in the Southern United States. Although that was not the focus of the movie, it played an important part in the subplots and background.

Katelyn lost one of her front teeth this weekend. It had been wiggling for some days, and she finally pried it out Saturday morning. Check out that gappy smile! She had reached a point of eat/not eat because the tooth was so loose and hurt so much when she chewed on it. It was decision time, and she made the right one.

After a few month layoff, we were finally able to start hosting the regular Thursday Night Bible Study again. I had missed the fellowship and the worship and the discussion. I was really thankful to get back into it again. It’s been something I missed.

My high school’s football team is having its worst football season in history. If they lose in the first round of the playoffs to Mishawaka Marian this next Friday, the varsity team will set a school record for losses in a season. However, my sister tells me that the freshmen team completed an undefeated – and unscored upon – season, so my Vikings are looking good in the future.

My Boilermakers are having a tough time of it themselves this season. They are a listless 2-5 so far, and did not look very good at all against a decent Northwestern team. It could be a long five game stretch if they cannot get something going.


However, there is some good football here locally. St. Joseph is currently 8-0 heading into the last game of the regular season. If they win out, they look like they will have home field advantage through the first three games of the playoffs. What makes this team amazing is they were 12-1 last year after going 0-9 in 2005. Worst to first.

buck on 10.19.08 @ 09:26 PM EST [link] [No Comments]