We have had a beautiful fall here in Wisconsin.  Above normal temperatures and lots of sunshine.  The way I think it used to be!   But it has been above normal and there are averages, which means it will need to be below normal some days.  So yesterday morning we woke up to some snow and howling winds.  Back to some sunshine today.   The leaves are off the trees though,and we are in the grey days of early winter with bare trees and ominous clouds.   But we will take the blessings we have had.   The Oshkosh Christmas parade this week had the warm weather and the crowds with their children were out.  And we have many blessings to be thankful for as we head into this Thanksgiving week.   We have a house rented again in southwest Michigan for the holiday weekend and will share time with MJ, John, Skip, Claire and Denise.

And the following week Chris will be retiring and we will go to Waukesha for her retirement party at the office.   And then from there we start heading south to Florida.  So we will be there for the Boynton Beach Christmas boat parade the following week.  I have been given permission to work from Florida until after Christmas which I greatly appreciate.  Of course they don’t know what they will get out of me, since I am retiring Jan 6,2017,  what are they going to do fire me?  I have started transitioning my workload to someone and have some projects to work on in December.  So it is an exciting time.  We have spent a lot of time on Social Security, Medicare, insurance and what do we need to take to live in Florida for a number of months?   All good things.   So more excitement to come as we prepare.  We even have new phones (and yes I finally have a new smartphone and a new phone number) and there will be other things to take care of.   It will be good.  So we wish all the best for everyone on this holiday, and my next pictures may look a little different!

Lake Winnebago

south Oshkosh

Oshkosh Sunset

city of Oshkosh tree