Today's is Jeff's 49th birthday! Think we'll have to celebrate this weekend though — so tough during the work week.

We're very excited for an email update we expect tomorrow about a new couch we ordered for the basement. When we first ordered the couch, we were told not to look for delivery until after Thanksgiving, but last Wednesday we got word that it may be coming as soon as this weekend! Ah! We will have gained back our basement finally after the flood took it out last April.

We went downtown with Bob & Deb Klimko for Gallery Night Friday night. We each had time restraints, but we made the most of what we had. Perfect weather for it. I got to see some fellow Guild member's art on display, but unfortunately the artists themselves weren't there to chat with.

Paige was supposed to head to Carroll to visit Bryn last weekend, but Bryn's cross country coach had other ideas. He scheduled a full-day practice in Ripon Saturday (where their next meet will be held), which pretty much cancelled out Paige's visit. With time back on her side, Paige was able to go to a haunted house up in Hubertus Friday night and then to a haunted corn maze in West Allis Saturday night. Perfect weekend for all these outdoor activities.

We hosted a chili dump Sunday during the Packers/Vikings game and it was a lot of fun. Many guests were a little leary about the whole idea, but all agreed that the chili turned out delicious. Loved talking to friends that we hadn't seen for months. Jeff, Paige and I will be eating leftover chili and cornbread muffins for quite a while as everyone was too generous with bringing side dishes.

Backing up a bit, Bryn did recover from her ankle injury to run in Oshkosh on Oct 15th. Jeff, Terry and I came to watch her run against the wind that day. Then we were invited to a teammate's home in Neenah for lunch after the meet. Drove to Menasha to get in a quick visit with Jeff's Dad. And finally went to see how Maggie and Tom were doing since Maggie's foot surgery. Finally we drove back to Waukesha to get Bryn as Carroll had a couple days off for a Fall Break. Bryn had the house to herself and did her laundry and kept up with her running.