November Over

   We had a family Thanksgiving with all the boys and Sharon for turkey and fixings. Gramma and Mark came for pizza on Wednesday as they were going to Petra's Thursday and we wanted them to see Jon before they left Friday morning for Iowa.  The west coast of Michigan and the U.P. got record snowfalls for November and the ice was forming 10 days earlier on the Great Lakes.  But that was nothing compared to Buffalo's 7 feet of snow off Lake Erie, fortunately we only had about 4" here though the polar vortex gave us single digit wind chills.  I came down with a chest cold 2 weeks ago that started effecting my voice last Friday and is now deep in my chest causing coughing fits. I've been working every day but may take it easy depending on this cold. Lansing Catholic, Ithaca and Sexton all lost in the High School Finals after having undefeated seasons.  In Ithaca's case it ended their nationwide leading winning streak of 69 games.  MSU ended their season 10-2 and await a major bowl invitation.  Mister Man has now been gone 2 months so he may have passed on leaving us 3 indoor and 2 outdoor cats.  Next April the results of the DEQ study of the GM sites will be released saying the parking lots and foundations must remain to cover up pollutants and prevent them from spreading to the ground water. The only likely development would be solar farms BWL has proposed since the GM bankruptcy in 2009 left $3 million for redevelopment.  That was a small price for GM to pay for the billions of dollars it will cost us the tax payers for the plant sites they dumped on us through the RACER settlement. Advent the time of waiting, Lord help us, our trust is in you not corporate America!