Monday (0 Miles). Went to Austin's parent-teacher conferences. He is doing very well at school this year.
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Tuesday (0 Miles). Avery's froggy voice has turned into a full blown upper respiratory cold. He is having a hard time sleeping and is keeping us up at night.
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Wednesday (0 Miles). Cheryl stayed home from work to care for Avery. Austin's Thanksgiving break began with a 1/2 day of school. In the afternoon, the boys helped Cheryl make some cookies for Thanksgiving. Cheryl and I did the prep work for the meal tomorrow, including our tradition of deep frying a turkey and pickles.
"Avery and Austin making cookies"
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Thursday (10 Miles). Happy Thanksgiving. I went for my traditional holiday ride with Mike and Taylor. This year's weather was cooperative with temperatures in the upper 20's with a slight dusting of snow. So much for the 2-4 inches of snow predicted. Cheryl's family joined us Thanksgiving dinner.
"Taylor, Mike and I leaving for our ride"
"Grandma Serra reading to Avery"
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Friday (25 Miles). Cheryl and I started the decoration transition from fall to Christmas. Since I am a Grinch, this is a difficult time of year for me. I couldn't get the headset to stay tight on the Pugsley due to a slipping star nut. I had another star, but don't have the specific tool for setting it. I took the Pug to the local bike shop to have them set it and watched as seven of the shop workers awed at the bike. During my ride at Al Sabo, I had several walkers comment on the bike and others that just stare.
"Hallway Christmas trees"
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Saturday (0 Miles). Sears was running an early bird special on snowblowers and even though I hope for minimal snow this year, it was time to purchase a new snowblower. The last 4 years I have used my dad's old Cub Cadet, but difficult starts and snow discharge issues made it more effort than it was worth on snow falls less than a foot. After my snowblower purchase and assembly, I stabilized the fuel in the tractor for the winter. Cheryl and I finished putting the summer stuff away and got the rest of the Christmas outside lights lit. Grandma and Grandpa Kucharski made a visit. We went to Erbelli's for pizza and went shopping for a new pre-lit Christmas tree. The tree is assembled and awaits Cheryl's talented decorating. My job during the decoration process is to bring the hundreds of boxes up from the basement!
"Bare Christmas tree"
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Sunday (15 Miles). Mike and I rode a couple laps at Al Sabo. The scenery was pretty and the ride was very peaceful this morning. My effort of duct taping my shoes under the neoprene covers seemed to keep my toes warm. We went to the mall to have our annual family pictures taken and everyone did extremely well. The boys finished off the long weekend by decorating their upstairs Christmas tree. It looks very nice.
"Boys Christmas tree.
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Yearly Mileage: 7874