The high winds, cold temps, and cloudy skies continued until late this afternoon when the clouds finally gave way to sunshine. Today the high temp reached the upper 30's--winter is on its way and our thoughts are turning more and more to heading south.

John spent some time today sorting through golf balls and tees and cleaning up our golf clubs and bags. They are now sitting back in the office ready and waiting to go to Texas. I did a couple of loads of laundry this morning and this afternoon made birthday cards and wrapped presents. We're now ready for our family combination Thanksgiving and birthday party to be held in a couple of weeks. The next job for this week is to start sorting through our canned goods and see what needs to be packed up and what can stay here until next spring. I hope to start tackling that job tomorrow. A quiet evening was spent watching the Eagles play the Bears.