Day Planner

8 a.m. - Mimicking "Monday Night Football" theme song, Mom says, "Are you ready for some football?" Carter sings, "Yes, some Saturday football!"

9 a.m. - Hit the road to Auburndale, swinging by Jim's sister's house on the way.

10:45 a.m. - Opening kickoff for the Rapids Raptors! Raptors score first! Yay! But then Auburndale answers with a whole lotta points. The final: 29-6. Carter did get on some tackles and did get stepped on a little but he had a great time. And knows they will be working pretty hard in practice next week!

1 p.m. - Visit Jim's Uncle Frank in Marshfield. Uncle Frank turns 77 next week and is spending some time alone while his wife visits her grandkids in Alaska. He's a good guy and always has a positive attitude despite major setbacks in his life (like have a leg amputated after a "routine" knee replacement went awry). It was great to see him.

2 p.m. - Tasty "World Buffet" lunch at the mall there (we're still full) and shopping at Steve & Barry's. The store is closing so everything was on sale for $8.98 or less. Carter got some jeans (I had hoped he'd wear shorts all through September but that ain't happening), Daddy got some shirts and Mommy got some clothes for work. Everybody wins.

3:30 p.m. - Stopped by the cemetery in Halder to visit Grandma Austin's grave and see a new bench erected there in memory of Jim's grandpa and grandma.

4 p.m. - Swung by Aunt Elaine's close to Mosinee to deliver a picture of her with Colin from the racetrack the week before. She wasn't home but Jim visited briefly with his cousin there.

4:30 p.m. - Made it the hospital in Wausau to see Jim's dad. He's doing well and is supposed to come home from the hospital tomorrow, barring any problems. I don't do well in hospitals (squeamish me) so I was glad he was sitting up and not connected to a bunch of machines like earlier in the week. I think the nurses have been spoiling him (that Austin charm, ya know), so he's doing pretty good.

7 p.m. - Arrived home. Carter showered and I got some Sunday School stuff together for the first day tomorrow. Jim walked over to the neighbor's and is probably sipping on something cold. I'm just glad to be sitting down and not going anywhere for awhile. And we wonder how time flies!

8 p.m. - Blog is done. I'm going to go turn on my electric blanket!