Not much new to report in the Kraebber house. We are all ready for this misery that has been the Purdue football season to end and for the excitement of basketball to begin. We had lots of visitors come for football games so that made me happy, even though I had to work while they were here. One game left, which initially should have been an exciting event and nice send-off for coach Tiller, has now turned into a game that no one cares about with a coach that most fans cant wait to send into the sunset. Its kind of sad but at the same time I am sort of excited about no bowl game- I know, I shouldn't say that but its nice not to have to rush around between basketball games, the bowl game and trying to spend time with my family during the holidays. Now I can relax a little more and not have to run off right away after thanksgiving and we can spend some time traveling for fun at Christmas... somewhere other than El Paso or Orlando for once! Basketball season has already started and the expectations are so high for our teams that it seems like the games just cant get here fast enough. Karl is busy at work during the days but has free time at night to hang out with friends before meeting up with me at the games. Women's basketball continues to struggle with attendance but I'm pretty confident in some of the initiatives that I have been working on so hopefully that will pick up when we get into the conference season. No projects to report around the house- the deck and landscaping look great and we have been very pleased with how both turned out. Neither one of us are too pleased about the change in season and the jump right into winter but that's Indiana for you! Ella is a happy little puggle but is not appreciating this rain much right now. She loves playing with Bob and spent the weekend with him when we went to MSU for the game last week.
On a not so happy note, both of my grandparents have been in and out of the hospital a lot lately. I have a very close relationship with all of my family, but especially to my grandma Marilyn and the past week has been hard not being there and not always knowing whats going on. I am entering a stretch of 18 athletics events over the next 10 days so I really cant leave here so phone calls are really all I have to stay connected right now. This is a serious down side of not living at home but hopefully everyone will be back home and out of the hospital very soon.
Upcoming events for us include lots of basketball games, specifically two crazy games for the Big Ten/ACC challenge with Duke and Maryland. Our holiday plans include an extended trip to WI for thanksgiving, a short trip there for Christmas then a few days vacation in San Diego before coming back to work basketball over the New Years holiday. We are excited to see my family and to spend time with Karl's parents in California, even though we live in the same town we really don't see them that often! I'm hoping to see friends from home and visit Madison for volleyball and hockey over the holidays. (Its rather funny that my two closest friends at work are also from Wisconsin so we are making plans to cheer the Boilermaker volleyball team on when they play the Badgers the Friday after thanksgiving since we will be so close.) Wisconsin Hockey is really the only team Karl will wear Badger gear and cheer for!
Other points of interest: fantasy football standings have EK in the lead at 9-1 and KK tied for 4th at 5-5. Karl has the points lead but I have the best record!
Big Happy Birthday to my mom on Saturday :)
Ella did not think the Devil ears were fun but she loves tugging on socks with Bob!
Ella did not think the Devil ears were fun but she loves tugging on socks with Bob!
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I hope Grandma Mar and your grandpa get better soon! My thoughts and prayers are with you guys!
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