Monday, November 26, 2007

Thanksgiving is over and back to school. Well, today was an in-service day for teachers. It will be a short week for me. The 6 state championship games are this weekend. Me and my brother will be going to all the games. There is one local team, Louisville, in the D2 game. Paul Brown Tiger Stadium should be packed for that game. All the games look like good games. This will be the 4th year in a row I will be seeing all the games. It really is a great weekend. This is the second best football weekend in Stark County.

We did make it out to dinner with T's aunt from PA. She loves taking us out to a nice dinner. It reminds me so much of the dinner with my aunt and uncle from Texas. It is nice to go out without the kids as well. When we left, I was surprised it took over 2 hours for dinner. It seemed like an hour. The food was good. T and I both had the surf and turf. The surf was better than the turf, which surprised me. But, it was better than Outback or LoneStar.

Yesterday, we put up some Christmas lights. Now, I am not Clark W. Griswold, but I enjoy having lights on during the Christmas season. We are adding some light this year. If I can get a good picture I will post it later.

Til next time...Bayou out!

Thursday, November 22, 2007

O H I O

The Buckeyes won the Big Ten and will be going to the Rose Bowl or the BCS Championship Game. They need some help to get to New Orleans but it has been a crazy year in college football. So if you want to help the Buckeyes get back to the BCS Championship game then, root against LSU, Kansas, Missouri, and West Virginia. Actually, only 3 of them need to lose a game in the next two weeks.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
We have been busy the last few days. It doesn't look like it will be settling down til Monday.
Saturday:
The Ohio State University defeated Michigan 14-3. I did not see too much of the game, because I was shooting a wedding. The groom and groomsmen were getting ready in front of TV. I will add a picture of the them in the familiar O H I O pose. It was an overcast day, but the ceremony was beautiful. The reception was fun.
Sunday.
It was a sports type day. The Browns won a crazy game over Baltimore and the Cowboys beat the Redskins. T had to work.
Monday.
I went to school, then on to my in-laws. There was a dinner after the afternoon calling hours. All the relatives from out of town were there, except for Shelly. Then it was off to the funeral home. The kids did really well for the 2 hours.
Tuesday.
The funeral was at 10am. My brother watched 7 kids while the cousins went to the funeral. He then joined everyone at the lunch hosted by the church. My mother in laws is doing pretty well. Jim asked her and Carol to help him with all the decisions that needed to be made. I think that helped her deal with the loss. We will see her today and see how she is coping.
Wednesday
I went back to school. I could have taking 2 day off, but I only took one. Maybe I should have taken both of them. It just did not feel like Thanksgiving week. I went to Brian's for cards. I finish 3rd in the 4th annual Leon "Turkey Day" No-Limited Hold'em tournament. This is the first time I did not finish either 1st or 2nd.
If I don't get to blog; here is what is going on for the next couple of days.
Today, we will be at my sisters and in-laws for big turkey dinner. Tomorrow, T wants to shop in some door busters deals. After that we will be visiting with T's aunt from PA. Then Saturday night we will go out to dinner with her. She loves taking us (adults) out to dinner. I am not sure where will be go but it will be a nice place. By the end of the weekend I will need to go up a pant size or two.

Til next Time,
Bayou

Friday, November 16, 2007

I have been in touch with my mom while she has been on her cruise. I found a neat website, cruisecal.com, that lists where cruise ships are in the world. There are even some web cams from ships and ports. I was able to see her ship in St. Thomas.
T received some sad news today, her aunt (her mom's twin) passed away. She was battling cancer. She was just 60. We are waiting to hear funeral arrangements. T thinks it will be Tuesday. I imagine it will be difficult for my mother in law to handle, especially this close to the holidays.
On a brighter note, I am shooting a wedding tomorrow. It is a former student. He did not check the calendar first, because he is getting married on OSU/UM game day. I am sure I will get updates throughout pre-ceremony pictures.

Til next time,

Bayou out

Sunday, November 11, 2007


Here are a couple of images from yesterday. My mom and aunt travelled to Florida to enjoy a week on the high seas. I am sure they will have an enjoyable week. I cant wait til our cruise next summer. I start earning money for the trip on Monday. Wrestling practice starts. We have a bunch of wrestler that need to turn in paperwork. It will be a slow start to the season.
Do you remember what you were doing 15 years ago? I do. T and I went on our first date. It was a Wednesday night and we did not have a KKPsi meeting. We both were so busy with school, work and fraternity and could not find a night to go out until Kent State was closed for Veterans' Day. We went out Friday night for dinner. B's girl scout troop need K and J for a unit on child care, so we had 2 hours to ourselves.
Til next time,
Bayou Out.

Saturday, November 10, 2007

The Cats season came to end tonight. They played better than the 40-16 score.

Ohio States reign as the BCS #1 is over. I think everyone outside Ohio is happy the Buckeyes lost. So far this is not a good sports weekend. I will blog more later.

Bayou is off to bed.

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Big news today:

Both B and K were named on the Honor Roll. Plus, they both had perfect attendance. We had conferences with both teachers on Monday. We received good reports from both teachers. K will have a speaking part in this year's Christmas play. They both will be in the play. The first and fourth graders put on the play. It will be nice to see them both on the stage together.

Bayou out, again.
A few things from yesterday...

1. It was election day. Jim Holmes was upset in his bid to retain his seat as a Perry Township trustee. He has served 28 years as a trustee. I do remember when he first ran back in 1979. The winner was my 6th grade science teacher. He lost his seat as a trustee 2 years ago and put up all his re-elect signs for this elections. There was some confusion about who the incumbent was and how many trustees to vote for. Thank you Jim for your 28 years of service to Perry Township.

2. It snowed.

3. I went and picked up the new mats for the wrestling team. Wrestling team will wait til the football team is done before we can get into the swing of practice. Also, we finally finished the schedule. We added Ursuline and Akron North. We have a tougher schedule this year. I think this will help us com e tournament time.

4. Did I mention it snowed? It did not last very long or stick to the ground, but snow fell from the sky. Could snow days by to far away.....

5. The Bayou Steelers won there MNFFL game. The Pittsburg Steelers' defense scored 14 fantasy points and I won by 1 point. We are currently in 3rd place. I am not sure how I am doing it, but hopefully, it will continue to a repeat championship.

---Bayou out!

Saturday, November 03, 2007

Playoff time...

Mogadore 25
Columbiana 14

We will be playing Bascom Hopewell-Louden. Until this week I had no idea where Bascom, Ohio was located. I am not sure where we will play them, but there will be a week 12 for the Cats.

In case you ever need to go to Bascom, head to Tiffin on 224 and then ask for direction. It is located west of Tiffin and south of Bowling Green.

See you Down by the Bayou

Thursday, November 01, 2007

What might have been. It is a sunny day with temps in the low 60's and temps in the 50's by game time. Tonight would have been Game 7 of the 2007 World Series between the Colorado Rockies and Cleveland Indians, if the tribe could have won 1 more game against Boston. I was lucky enough to win the chance to buy tickets. The face value of the ticket was $175. I would have loved to take K to the game, but it is "wait til next year" again this year. The 2008 season is the 60th anniversary of the last World Series won by the Tribe.