I guess I can report on the first snow fall of the season. The was snow on cars as I pulled into the parking lot here at MHS.

I did golf on Monday. It was cold, but no rain. Butch and I did not keep score. There was no one on the course, so we "hit'em til we liked 'em" I did hit some good balls of the tee and sank of couple of long putts. It will be a long time til golf season opens again.

The Bayou Steelers are 7-1 in fantasty football. We are a game ahead of Deez Nutts (my brother in-law). Monday night LenDale White carried the team to a victory. Hopefully, we can ride this good play into the play-off and win our 4th MNFFL Super Bowl title.

Til next time,

See you Down by the Bayou

Well, the Cowboys and Browns saved my sports weekend.

Yesterday, was trick or treat. We were out for only an hour. B was a yellow M&M. Kent was a Cleveland Indian and J was a pirate. The kids enjoyed it, but after an hour they were ready to go home. Since they trick or treat at Atwood, they get their fill of candy early. Of course, there was plenty of candy for me and T.

Mogadore will play Leetonia this Friday night. I would like to go see either Canton South or Canton McKinley play on Saturday. But, I might just stay at home.

Tonight will be the last week of free golf. Hopefully, the weather will hold out.

There are 8 days left in the election. I can't wait for it to be over. The media has crowned Obama King of the United States. I believe with him in the White House, we are starting a march toward socialism. Why do I want my wealth to be spread around to everyone else who is to lazy to get a job? Why would anybody want to work, if the government just spreads the wealth around? I guess I am the idiot who will continue to work to support all the deadbeat democrats on welfare.

John McCain will get my vote. Kirk Schurring will get my vote.

Bayou for President.

It has not been a good sports weekend for Bayou so far. Mogadore lost. The Buckeyes lost. The Rays lost game 3. The Cowboys have a tough game against Tampa Bay and the Browns are the Browns.

Leetonia will travel to Mogadore for the first round of the playoffs. Mogadore have made the playoffs ever year I have taught. They have hosted 8 first round playoff games.

T worked yesterday at the hospital. When she got home we attended a benefit dinner for one of K's cub scout friends. He is in need of new hearing aids. His dad is fighting cancer and the family is struggling to pay medical bills.

When we arrived back home, we started getting ready for the Buckeyes' game. We had a fire in the back yard. My brother and his boys came over along with the Hallgrens. The Tolins were invited but the oldest son broke his collarbone and they spent the evening in the ER.

I would rather listen to the Buckeyes on the radio than the TV. We ended up sitting around the fire for 3 quarters. The weather was crisp and cool, but very enjoyable.

---Bayou

Some more truth about ACORN.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/22/voter.fraud/index.html?iref=topnews


Now, the article says no voter fraud has happened yet, but does that mean it wont happen this year? If a person has a list of 20 people registered in 20 different locations and votes 20 times, this is voter fraud. If ACORN has 1,000 people voting 20 times each, that is 20,000 votes which will be more than enough to win Ohio. If they do this in every battleground ground state, the election will be a victory for Obama.

Go McCain/Palin!

Christmas is coming early for the Bayou children. I purchased a Wii system from jjhuddle.com. I will go to Salem to pick it up after school today. The kids will be so happy on Christmas morning. They loved playing it at Missy and Tim's when we were there before the cruise. I think I will need to purchase Rock Band. T loved playing it.

I was almost Christmas at the gas pump yesterday. Gas was down to $2.29. I don't think it has been that low since early 2007.

There was a McCain/Palin rally at Green HS yesterday. They focused on national security. Senator Biden believes we will be attacked within the first 6 months of an Obama presidency. He said they will test him to see what he does under pressure. I don't think anyone will test John McCain. They know not to mess with him. My question to everyone who wants to vote for Obama; Why put American lives at risk with him in the White House? His supporters want the USA out of Iraq, yet an attack on the USA would put us in another conflict. So, instead of bring home soldiers, we would be sending more soldiers into harms way. Go job, Senator Obama.

The Rays lost Game 1 last night. I let K stay up and watch some of the game. I hate that the games start after 8:30pm here in the east. I am sure I will be flipping channels Saturday night between the world series and the Buckeyes.

The Bayou Steelers lost there first game this past weekend. It is going to be tough couple of weeks without Tony Romo and Reggie Bush. They have been big point producers for the Steelers. We still have a 1 game led on Deez Nutts.

Go Rays. Go Wildcats. Go Panthers. Go Buckeyes. Go Flashes. Go Cowboys. Go Browns.

First off, Congratulations to the Tampa Bay Rays! K and I root for the Rays (when they are not playing Cleveland). We saw a game in Tropicana Field in 2006 before our cruise. We were one of the first groups to visit the touch tank full of cow-nosed rays. I took both K and B to see the Rays play the Indians this season. The tribe sweep all 4 games in Cleveland this year.

I did not write anything about the way the Cowboys played last week in Arizona and I will not write anything about how they played yesterday. Hopefully, it was a case of playing on the road and some good home cooking will turn things around this week.

I went down to Atwood and helped move and load the Buss's camper and boat. It was a beautiful weekend. We could have camped this weekend. A nice big campfire would have kept us warm.

B spent the weekend at my in-laws. T and the kids went up there yesterday while I was at the lake. It sounds like they had a good time.

Saturday afternoon and evening we visited with the Moore's. We watched the Buckeye's spank the Spartans. The entire team looked good. I hope they look that good against PSU next Saturday night. If they win that game, they will have the inside track to the Big Ten title again this year.

The Mogadore Wildcats have locked up a home playoff game again this year. The Cats have made the playoffs every year I have been teaching. I think they have had home playoff game 8 of those 10 years and have won 9 of those games.

It looks good for golfing today. That is, if Jarret feels well. He might have an ear infection. He was up a couple of times last night. He finally total T that his ear hurt. He has a dr. appt. this afternoon. If he is not feeling good then I would need to stay home with him while T takes B to baton.

Go Rays!

--Bayou

T is starting to work more as a sub. Friday she worked all day in the Jackson District after 2 days at Mogadore. She will be at Mogadore all next week. I hope this will turn into a full-time job next year. She will be added as a sub for Perry next week.

Dad and I closed the camper yesterday and took the boat out of the water. We could have gone camping this weekend. It is a great fall camping weekend again. I will head to Atwood tomorrow and help the Buss's closed their camper and take their boat out of the water.

Mogadore rolled to 9-0 last night with a win over Waterloo 35-6. They will go for 10-0 next week against East Canton. SkyFox made their annual appearance at the game. When we watched the highlights on Fox 8, K and some kids he was playing with were on TV. He thought it was really cool.
This link might work http://www.myfoxcleveland.com/myfox/MyFox/pages/sidebar_video.jsp?contentId=7672698&version=1&locale=EN-US

GO Buckeyes!

--Bayou

ACORN strikes again...

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/14/mickey-mouse-tries-register-vote/

I just want to see someone come in and try to vote as Mickey Mouse.

This past weekend was fabulous. We went to Atwood for the weekend. It most likely was the last weekend to camp. Dad and I will tear things down this Friday. I really can't say more about the weekend other than near perfect. It will be a long 6 months until we can camp again.

It looks like T's time at the hospital is going to come to an end. She is on 3 sub list for local schools. I would like for her to work at least 2 days a week at the schools. Mogadore wants her for the next couple of days to train her, that is if one of the other schools doesn't call her in. I think she will continue to work every other Saturday through the end of the year and then decide what she wants to do about working there.

I play golf last night. I shot a 46, but no great shots to write about. I can still golf two more weeks, if the weather holds out.

The Bayou Steelers are 6-0 in MNFFL play.

Mogadore is 7-0 and has locked up a playoff spot. If they win this week, they should have a home playoff game.

Here is an article from the Canton Repository and their endorsement of Kirk Schuring for the 16th Congressional District.

http://cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=434437&Category=3&fromSearch=yes&subCategoryID=37

It does mention his opponent has moved into the district so he can run for this seat. I have heard he did not buy the house, but is renting it. I guess if he loses he can return to his "other" house in the Youngstown area. I don't believe we need a carpetbagger for the 16th District. He is just using the same talking points as other Democrats running for office. I hope it doesn't work and a native son will represent the 16th District.

Turn next time,

--Bayou out!

I think everyone knows I lean more right than left, even though I belong to one of the largest unions in the United States. However, I believe the Democratic nominee is the wrong choice for America. In my mind, he is not qualified to be President. Here are a couple of articles about ACORN and what they are doing to get him elected. It is sad that this group has to break the law to get their candidate elected. I guess Senator Obama can't win this election on his own merit, so he needs people to break the law to help him win.

http://www.myfoxcleveland.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=76355CF4F6DB1CAFBE25F970E3FB9294?contentId=7599386&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/07/acorn-vegas-office-raided-voter-fraud-investigation/

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/09/judge-orders-ohio-elections-chief-verify-voters/

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/09/acorn.fraud.claims/index.html

I will post more articles on other topics later, including ones about the race for the 16th Congressional district in Ohio.

-Bayou for President

If you take away Wednesday, this has been another beautiful week in Ohio and it doesn't look like it will change any time soon. The 70s will be here through Monday.

The kids have been enjoying the outdoors after school. There friends come over and they play for hours. It is better than them watching TV after school.

The Mogadore golf team headed off to Columbus yesterday. Who said Mogadore is just football? This is the third straight year the team has earned the right to golf at the state meet.

Speaking of the football team, they head to Windham tonight and should beat them. The Cats are currently #1 in Region 21 at 7-0.

Go Cats! Go Panthers! Go Flashes! Go Buckeyes! Go Cowboys! Go Browns! Go Rays!

First, here are a couple of pictures.

This one was taken the Sunday the leftovers from Hurricane Ike hit NE Ohio. The kids played in the yard all day. It was about 85 degrees with 60 mph winds.
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh172/bayousteeler/20080914_036.jpg
Here is a picture of B. She marched in 20+ parades this year.
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh172/bayousteeler/20080927_023.jpg
Here is one last shot of me and K at an Indians game. This is the game we both got a ball during batting practice.
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh172/bayousteeler/20080917_064.jpg

We went down to Atwood for Fall Festival. The campground was packed. There were people camping in place they don't normally let people camp. It was must of the same as the last few years. This year B and K wanted to go on the haunting hayride. So, I was elected to ride with them. It was not too scary. They had fun.
Saturday. We had to leave early. I shot my 4th wedding of the year. It went well.
Sunday. B went with another family to her parade. The rest of us enjoyed the car show. The model airplane airshow. We watched the airshow from the lake. It might have been our last boat ride of the year. We had a late lunch or early dinner and then a couple of games of corn hole. But, it was finally time to leave and pick up B. We are hoping to head to the camper again this weekend. We need to start packing things up.
I golfed a 44 tonight. The shot of the night was a 60 foot putt for birdie on the par 3 #2. We will try to golf again next Monday as long as the weather is good.