Wed.-Wed., Nov. 25-Dec. 2, 2020
Thanksgiving Weekend, is a traditional time in America for family, football and food.
Food was definitely NOT
a problem . . .
. . . neither was football
Unfortunately, being with family in this pandemic year of 2020 was a problem.
The Coronavirus was in its ferocious Second Wave in the United States and health officials voiced their views against large family gatherings. Thus forewarned, Laurie and I opted to stay at home on Thanksgiving Day and share a modest lasagna dinner.
On Friday, Mike, Vanessa, Jacob and Mary joined us for a more traditional turkey dinner.
On Saturday, the six of us drove down to my Mother's home to have a small gathering that included my sister Linda.
In a roundabout, social distanced way we did meet with part of the family after all.
Now, back to football . . .
Friday marked the 100th
anniversary of the first game
at Husky Stadium
On that long ago day, the 7-2 Dartmouth Indians defeated the 1-5 Washington Sun Dodgers 28-7.
Sun Dodgers?
The FIERCE Sun Dodger logo
In 1920 and 1921 this was the UW's official nickname.
In 1922, the university came to its senses and became the Huskies.
Sun Dodgers, really . . .
On Saturday, the 2020 Huskies (2-0) would host the Utah Utes (0-1).
The San Francisco 49ers (4-6) would
travel to Los Angeles to take on the
host Rams (7-3) on Sunday
Friday night saw this colorful
match-up between the 3-0 Oregon Ducks
and the 1-2 Oregon State Beavers
Once you got past the neon uniforms, it was a great game to watch as the Beavers pulled off some last second heroics to win 41-38.
Jacob with Great-grandmother Chuny
at her home after giving her a drawing
Mary getting comfortable
Great-grandmother Chuny
with Jacob and Mary
It was good to see the two little ones interact with my Mother.
Saturday we were ready for
HUSKY FOOTBALL!
TE Cade Otton was a BEAST in this game!
Despite his efforts, Utah led 21-0 at the half.
No problem, whatever the Husky coaches said at halftime worked as the Huskies roared back in the Second Half.
Yes, The Dawgs scored 24 unanswered
point to improve to 3-0
The 3-0 Huskies sit atop the PAC-12 North standings while the 3-1 Oregon Ducks are in second place.
On to the NFL . . .
After coaching our Women's
Europe Warriors team in Mexico City
last year, I found this news quite
exciting for all the women who
love and play our sport
The 49ers completed their two game
sweep of 2020 series between these
old rivals
No one said that being a Rams' fan would be easy.
Notes from the net . . .
It made all the difference
in the world
Just when you think that it
can't get any zanier
But I had great intentions
With the weekend behind us, it was time to get Jacob back to work at on-line school in our home while at the same time putting away Laurie's myriad Thanksgiving decorations in order to start setting up for Christmas.
Jacob loves all of Laurie's
stuffed Christmas animals
Smashing Pumpkins?
Laurie read somewhere that it was a good idea to smash your leftover pumpkins to allow a feast for wildlife.
What 8-year old boy would say "NO" to such an opportunity?
Dropping it off of our short back yard retaining wall didn't do the trick, so . . .
It was time to hack at it
Using a new tool, Jacob
finally beat it into . . .
. . . SUBMISSION!
We'll find out Thursday morning if any critters liked their Thanksgiving feast.
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