MAAC Swimming 2020 Championship

The event is being held in Buffalo this year. Our Grace has competed in three events so far and placed in all. That's quite an accomplishment for a freshman in a conference with eleven colleges. Canisius does a good job using social media and I picked up this image from one of their Twitter accounts.

The entire meet has been streamed as well so I took video off the TV for two of the three events (50 Free and 200 Free Relay) with Grace getting her medal and celebrating with teammates who also placed. Not the best, but something.

50 Free Individual

200 Free Relay

Big sports fan (yeah, right)

Dew and Joy have season tickets for the Canisius College basketball games. The team played Marist yesterday and naturally we were there. A very exciting game, back and forth until Canisius won in the final seconds by 1 point. You can see the sports enthusiasm on Dew's face. Oh, wait---I'm looking at my phone. Never mind.

Then it was on to the Van Burens to watch the Super Bowl. Another very exciting game. Who won?  😂

DewJoy Books is No More

The time has come to discontinue them. Why? Because public libraries across the country now provide a service that can't be beat. It's called Libby and even I use it. You can check out both books and audiobooks and download them to either your phone or tablet. Follow the link to learn more about it.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Winter sport?

We drove through a snowfall of some magnitude and loved by skiers to watch Grace and her Canisius teammates compete against Niagara University. The pool was heated like a summer day and Canisius won. Each swimmer is allowed to compete in 4 events and Grace won two and placed second in two. Then we drove home through even more snow. 😒

Have you heard of this game?

Dakota brought it to our Christmas family get together at the house last night. I was in another room while they were playing and was blown away by the screaming and laughing.
It involves a large ball of plastic wrap that is layered with all kinds of little treats. Players get in a circle and start passing the ball from one to another based on whether doubles come up as dice are repeatedly thrown. While in your possession, you wear mittens and madly try to rip off layers of plastic to get at the treats, which you can then keep. Sounds kind of dumb but it's infectious and great party fun.

Here's a brief video.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

We Buffalo Bayers are without the Van Burens this Christmas Day. They are in Cancun celebrating with extended family so our traditional dinner get together on Christmas Eve has been postponed until Sunday. But the rest of us got together for drinks at the house followed by dinner at a favorite local restaurant. Real good time.

Here's a brief video we sent to the Van Burens through Snapchat.

I'm not fully conversant in using it so thanks, Zann for instructing me.

All the best to Chicago family! Thinking of you.

Smile! You're on camera!

Seems like everywhere we go some surveillance camera catches our movements. Never bothered me. Indeed, long ago I started playing with them at home. I've now evolved to the best camera and recording options I've found---Wyze. Look for it on Amazon---25 bucks. I've got three, providing me with various views around our house, primarily of the outside. Android and ios apps give you access to the camera from anywhere.

Here's a sample of what you get. I pointed my front door camera into the living room and set it to record motion as Joyce and I work on the tree. Notice me waving after telling the camera to start detecting motion as the video starts. Then I told the camera to stop. Happy Christmas Season!