Right now, it's 66 degrees! Can you believe that?! For mid-November in northern South Dakota - that is phenomenal. And boy howdy are we loving it! And we better, because it's supposed to snow tonight. (I know) So - get out and run. Ride bike. Go for a walk. Sit on your porch in a tee shirt and smile at the sun! Enjoy the day. It's a beautiful one. And it just might be the last one for - months and months.
Do you get the feeling that all we have to talk about up here is the weather??!
Last night we stopped in at the book signing for Don Meyer's new book, 'How Lucky Can You Be?' It was so neat to hear the author talk about the coach in such an endearing way, sharing some funny stories and some emotional ones, to a packed house. You have got to admire this guy and what he and his family went through. He credits God for everything and it's so refreshing to hear him do that in a bold way. They say there might even be a movie made of it. Now wouldn't that be something? And I don't know, just living here, watching the games he coached, seeing him break the all-time winning record, being on ESPN and the national news, and then standing in line with him at Qdoba is pretty cool. Kind almost feel a part of it, you know? Anyway, if you have a chance, get this book, and be prepared to be wowed. It's a fabulous and yet unbelievable story. Snipets can be found on youtube also, if you want to take a look.
We of course bought a book and even got it signed by both the author and Coach Meyer. I usually detest standing in line for autographs, because to me, it really doesn't matter that much, but after we bought the book and started to walk down the hall, there was the table where they were sitting and only about 20 people in line. I figured, what the heck, so I just walked up, and in 5 minutes, got the book signed by them both. Not bad. Of course, my boys, ever the entrepreneurs, (or greedy mongers, take your pick) wanted me to buy more so they could immediately turn around and sell them on Ebay for a nice profit! Kind of scary, isn't it?
This weekend we went to listen to a musical group from Israel play and sing. It was quite good. It wasn't your traditional Israeli music, but it was enjoyable. We were kind of waiting for 'If I Were a Rich Man' type of stuff from Fiddler on the Roof, but there was no 'Tevye' or 'To Life' to be found. Rats. Watching the percussion guy was fun though. He was rocking out like mad, playing 8 different kinds of drums, goat toe nails and bells and cymbals. So there, we do have a bit of culture up here in the prairie. Once in a while.
Well, good-bye - I'm going outside for my last hurrah before we have to break out the boots and mitts.
I'm being paged to be the ref in an intense soccer game. Or maybe just the cheerleader. Then again, probably just a spectator. I better not push it . . .
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