Busy, busy…..that is always my response these days when someone asks how I’ve been. “Busy-Busy!”

After my whirlwind trip to Texas to visit my stepfather after his bypass and to be moral support for my brother, I found myself running ragged back here in Kansas.

For awhile, we had other personal issues seemed to take over our lives here, but things are getting a bit back to normal.

Basketball season has begun and we are on a constant run with associated activities. Hais actually won the free throw contest with 13/15 score, followed by an additional 2/5…total 17/20 at the large annual tournament that we play this time of the year. She will most likely get to compete for the overall title at the Championship game on Saturday against other the other winners from the alternate locations of the tournament. We lost last night, so we will be playing for 3rd/4th on Saturday.

At this time of the year, my Ebay sales take over that little bit of life I have outside of basketball. All of that will die down on the 21st, and then the new push will be to get ready for our meager Christmas. Hais will be in Texas for the first portion of her break from school, but I will meet her and other members of my family for a small celebration in Oklahoma City. OKC is a good half-way point for us all.

I have not had an opportunity to do one bit of holiday decorating here. Our town is having a decorating contest for the first time I have known…and I am not going to be able to participate. In a way, that makes me sad, but then I think about the energy I am saving, mine and that of the electric company, I feel a bit better. At some point though, I AM going to have to put up a tree. The norm in my house is to decorate at least four trees…in themes…but moderation is the word of the month here.

So how is your holiday season going so far?