Smells Like Thanksgiving

Today turned out to be a very enjoyable day, topped off by a very enjoyable Sunday dinner. The weather is still nice enough to use the grill, charcoal of course (gas grills are just inherently wrong) for the main dish, while the oven was employed for the sides. The entree' was a pork shoulder roast, grilled to perfection, with scalloped corn and pumpkin casserole to fill out the plate. The pumpkin casserole has the flavor of pumpkin pie due the spices that are in the recipe, namely cinnamon, cloves and ginger. We usually make it with yams, but a can of pumpkin was available which yielded similar results...DELICIOUS! You can never get enough pumpkin pie, and when you can eat it with the main meal it is just that much better.

The day started with the Sunday morning church services. I am happy to report that no one got hurt. We had a few more visitors today, which is always nice. One "young" lady reported that she was a retired Lutheran school teacher that has recently moved to the area from Arizona, and wanted to know how she could help out. I definitely think that we can find a way to oblige her! This afternoon I joined my softball team for the final tournament of the fall season. The games were delayed due to wet grounds from all of the rain that fell last night, so I got there just after my team's first game of the day began. We were playing a team that was winless for the entire season. They now have at least one win. We went out in style, extending the game to 7 innings without the humiliation of having the game end early due to the mercy rule, which is usually the case. After that it was home again for a short nap and then production of the evening's cuisine. Tomorrow is a day off, but there is school and a couple of meetings on the schedule so we will see what else gets done.

Weather-wise it was decent today. The temperature was near 60 and a mostly cloudy sky did manage to yield some sun at times. We are still on schedule for dry weather tomorrow and Tuesday, with some sunshine and highs in the upper 50s. Rain will return by Wednesday afternoon and evening, and cooler temperatures will also be taking over. It doesn't look like there is any cold weather coming our way through the week, just your typical October conditions.