Beautiful, sunny Minnesota!  At least most days....It did rain on Monday like it would never stop!  The boys went to the Wild home opener and saw a great come from behind hockey game.

I have been showing Trey around Minneapolis & St Paul while Joe takes in the Arboreitum.  We have been eating way too much...Punch Pizza, Cossetta's Italian, Famous Dave's BBQ, Starbuck's, Caribou Coffee, Mickey's Diner,  Chipolte and Burger Jones.  If I missed any I am truely sorry.  Just way too many to remember them all.

Final week before the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Light The Night Walk in Pittsburgh!  The banner is done.  Chelsea's SURVIVOR shirt is here and ironed. We are still collecting donations, folks.  Still far from our goal of $2000.00.  What a bummer.

Had my Saturday morning coffee at Panera with Cricket & Bernie.  It is always fun to get together with the friends and catch up on all the gossip and family news.

I am walking in the Leukemia and Lymphomia Society's Light The Night Walk at Heinz Field on Thursday October 1 2009 with TEAM CHELSER & LUKE.  If you would like to join us at Heinz Field you can sign up on my site.  Your help in finding a cure for blood diseases is greatly appreciated.
http://pages.lightthenight.org/wpa/Pttsbrgh09/MEMAWIERCINSKI

Oh, I will be having more surgery on my neck but the date remains to be determined by the doctor. I know it won't be before November 1st because he has to schedule an ear, nose & throat doctor to assist him so he doesn't damage my voice box (I am sure Joe and a few others wouldn't mind if he did!) There is not enough time to get it done this month and recuperate before my vacation October 2nd through the 12th. And the rest of October is just plain out because someone else is on vacation the entire month. That leaves November-December. The earlier the better since I am planning on Jacob being here the week between Christmas & New Years. Hopefully, it can be done around the middle of November and I can be back to work by January 1st. I also need a few other things taken care of while I am off, like my right shoulder that I never got fixed 6 years ago! I will only let him clean it of arthritis and spurs so there is no recovery time. A bladder problem and a small hernia complete the fixes I am trying to juggle around the neck surgery!

Well, we have gone from July to September. How time flies! Seems like we did not have a summer this year. The nights were cool, the days were not very warm, and it rained quite a bit.
The tomatoes were not very tasty or large this season either. I would just like to go back to May 1st and start all over again. Make the days all over 85 degrees, the nights in the low 70's and let the sun shine abundantly!

FIREWORKS

The Pittsburgh fireworks at the Point were spectacular last evening. I had a very good seat on the Allehgeny River at the end of Mazeroski Way. I parked right across from the ballpark and only had to walk 2 blocks. Pyrotecnico from New Castle put on a great show. I was happy that Pittsburgh brought them in instead of Zambelli's whom they normally use. Don't get me wrong, I like Zambelli's but it is hard for anyone else to get a break in this area because of Z's reputation. Pyrotecnico did not disappoint...

I was amazed at the amount of young girls (and some women) in high heels! What is wrong with their heads? They looked as bad as all the fat people in tight clothing! It was an outdoor activity, not a ballroom dance! And, I might add, the end of a long, sunny day of racing at the Three Rivers Regatta.

Another high light of the festivities was the performance of Three Dog Night. I have always been a fan of them and they drew quite a crowd at the stage across from the Hilton. Unfortunately, I did not get to see them do OLD FASHIONED LOVE SONG, one of my all time favorites.