Winter Is Coming… Third Week of November …

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Temperatures are falling and lots of rain!! Thanks to Doug the Rotor Tiller our back yard is looking like a WW I battlefield – looks like we are going to have to returf the whole thing next spring ☹ Quite the wind storm yesterday – wind gusts up to 55 mph. It’s supposed to snow for the next 3 days – and then melt again by Friday!! Didn’t take a drive around the countryside this weekend – what with maskless protests around St. Thomas and Aylmer it doesn’t feel safe to go outside any more ☹ If they want to go extinct – let them – just don’t take us along with you ☹ Speaking of idiots – D. J. Trump (“President In Exile Elect”) still refuses to concede to Joe Biden – give it up Don, you’re putting your country’s security and health at risk ☹ On a happier note, it was our 14th wedding anniversary on Friday (the 13th) – that’s us on the left taken on the beach in  Antigua - we were on a cruise. Best 700 $1 dollar bills (U.S.) I ever spent. The wedding organizer wanted paid in cash and all I could get out of the local ATM was dollar bills … so there you go!! 😊 Third picture is next day in St. Lucia - a little hung-over 🙂 We spent our first anniversary in Panama, the second on a Panama Canal  Cruise, the fourth on a Caribbean Cruise – lots of anniversaries at sea or at a resort. But not this year – and we were supposed to be on another cruise in two weeks … thanks, COVID ☹ But hopefully, next November … 😊 Last Sunday I made a Pork Tenderloin with Tomatoes and Olives and Feta Cheese – quite good. Last week ended up being comfort food and leftovers; last Tuesday was a macaroni, sausage, bacon and tomato casserole; and Wednesday more of the same as there was lots left over; and Thursday I made a Pork and Lima Bean Casserole; Friday was Chinese Chicken Curry; and Saturday – more comfort food with Ground Pork, Tofu, and Green Onions. Last night, Pork Roast with Mushroom Gravy and Hungarian Style Potatoes – turned out excellent. Tonight Kelly is making something with chicken, not sure exactly, but will be good 😊 Dishwasher broke down last night ☹ Had to unload and wash and dry by hand. It took a while, I couldn’t find the manual manual – brought back memories of kitchen duty on board navy ships 😊.  Last night we finished watching Season 2 of ‘Undercover’ – excellent police crime series – rated one of the best this year on Netflix. I’m Still following ‘Pablo Escobar – Patron del Mal’  – I’ve now done 32 out of 74 episodes. Starting to get a little heavy – all the corruption, drugs, and screwed up relationships. So I’m trying something lighter – ‘Borgen’ – a Danish series about corruption, drugs, and screwed up relationships. Just kidding – there’s no drugs yet. Actually, it’s an excellent political drama and ran  for 3 years from 2010 -2012. It just came on Netflix this year and was so popular that they are planning a season 4 to start in 2022. We are looking for some new shows to watch – there’s a Norwegian Christmas series coming up, I watched Season 1 last year of ‘Home For Christmas’ – it was  excellent. Making me a little dizzy following shows in Spanish, Belgian (Flemish), Danish and Norwegian 😊I  followed the Masters Tournament in Georgia – postponed from last May, again thanks COVID ☹  But Dustin Johnson won – the lowest 72 hole total in Masters History – for a payout of $2.07 Million U.S. – and he has a Canadian connection, he’s Wayne Gretzky’s son-in-law 😊 4 Canadians qualified but three made the cut of Top 50 and ties – which is pretty good – including Mike Weir who won back in 2000. Corey Connors was top Canadian – tied for 10th with a payout of $287.5 K U.S. Not too many upsets in the NFL games on Sunday … only two;  Baltimore losing to New England (which any other year with TB12 wouldn’t have been surprising – but with Patriots record of now 3-6, well …) and New York Giants whipping Philadelphia Eagles 27 - 17 – okay,  not an upset – but was my only loss in the early games. I won’t even mention my Seahawks – that was the worst I have ever seen Russell Wilson play, really bad decisions ☹ They are playing Cardinals again next week – good luck with that, there is now a 3-way tie for first place in that division.  Have a great and safe week … we will see you in a bit!!