We Brought Home The Bacon

-The Minnesota Vikings didn’t play well at times on Sunday, but they managed to still have a relatively easy time with Detroit to raise their record to 8-1.

Final score from Sunday’s game was Vikings 27 Lion 10 – another victory.

-Good morning .. it is Monday .. yes we still have our colds.  I think Steve will be feeling better today, as he seemed to be feeling better yesterday.  As for me … well it is going away, but it just takes a bit of time.

I guess it goes with the territory – called life.

-Our morning weather is 25 clear degrees at this hour.  Today’s area forecast is: Mostly sunny. Highs 43 to 48. West winds around 5 mph becoming southeast in the late morning and afternoon.

It’s going to be a fairly decent November day, if the temperature is like it was yesterday around here.

-Steve has a busy day at his job, he heads up to the “Iron Range” area today to interview about nine different people for some employment with his company … so he will be out of town all day.

Myself .. no particular plans – except to get my health back and get rid of this darn cold.

I want to feel better by Wednesday – because that is the day we leave for Cincinnati our on driving trip.

It’s been proven the world over that people who take vacation, as in a real, away from work vacations, more often than not, live happier, healthier and longer lives.

If you have taken vacation recently, start planning your next. It keeps you motivated with something to look forward to, and if you haven’t, it’s time to plan.

-While the national forecast for holiday hiring is for the same level or slightly more than last year, that’s no reason to celebrate. Last year was the worst hiring season since 1989, according to federal Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

As far as the Duluth and northern Minnesota area goes … If you’re thinking about getting a holiday retail job, you’re probably too late.

Most stores have done their seasonal hiring.

“We get serious about hiring at the end of September and early October,” said Bryan Brown, manager of the Duluth Younkers store. “The bulk of our hiring happens in October and a little bit into November.”

It looks like jobs are kind of scarce around here for the holiday season.

-Talking about “holiday season”, when Steve and I were at the Miller Hill Mall on Saturday .. almost every store was crammed with people .. wall to wall people doing their Christmas shopping.

Gosh, I haven’t even thought of Christmas shopping yet.

Yikes!

-5:47 a.m. here … I think I’m going to grab some breakfast.  Yesterday, in spite of feeling kind of crappy – I fixed both Steve and I – bacon and eggs for breakfast.  We normally don’t eat a heavy breakfast – but we’d purchased some bacon and eggs on Saturday and thought we treat ourselves to something just a bit different for our morning breakfast.

I do have some really blueberry waffles – that I might just fix this morning, along with a 8 ounce glass of skim milk.

How about you?  What are you having for breakfast today?  Hopefully something enjoyable.

Steve will be rolling out of the bedroom around 6:15 a.m. to hit the shower and shave his cute face – then dress his naked body for work.

-Have a great Monday and a great week guys.

Steve and I will meet you back here again tomorrow morning.