My calendar is filling up with more appointments than I’m used to having. Not all are cancer related – one is for my new hearing aids. Yippee! I get excited when a new pair of hearing aids is ready. I update my Ears, as I call them, every seven or eight years, depending on my needs. It’s nice to have something positive coming up.

As life goes on, so does Eating the Opponent. This week my Packers face the Chicago Bears, and lo and behold, the Bears are playing well this season! Yikes! We approached the game with Chicago style hot dogs – all beef franks dragged through the garden, as they say.

No ketchup. Nope.

The dill pickles are homemade (mine, of course), and the jalapeno pepper came from my own garden. (I skipped the pepper. I’m not a spicy hot person.)

On Saturday we’ll pick up our order of Bear Claws pastries from the local bakery. Bear Claws and coffee should set us up for a Sunday afternoon victory.

As always, Go! Pack! Go!