The weatherman was only partially right. Today was a thoroughly miserable day but we didn't get any snow here. It rained hard and the wind blew steadily. We had 1.1 inches of rain.

We live on a lake. A neighbor had purchased a sailboat earlier this fall and left it tied to a mooring. The mooring let loose around lunch time and the boat floated over to the opposite shore and grounded. Unfortunately, there are no boats in the water at this time of year to go rescue it. Late in the afternoon, the owner brought over a motor boat to go get it. We haven't heard any more and we hope it all turned out successfully.

It was a great day to do paperwork. I worked on trying to get some of our calves registered. The Lowline Association was having an Internet cattle auction from the American Royal in Kansas City. I watched it for a while.

When you live in a small town you have many hats. In addition to serving with our local volunteer fire department, I am a deputy Fire Coordinator for the county. This means I am a liaison to eight departments in the northern part of the County. The County Association had their monthly meeting at my department so I went to attend.

Mary serves as Treasurer for the Boy Scouts and sits on their Board of Review. She had to interview candidates for advanced ranks in scouting tonight. Jim, who is an Eagle Scout, went to his regular scout meeting.

The cattle didn't like the weather but they chose to stand out in it rather than going into the barn. They'll be happy when the wind and rain die down. Just east and north of us there is snow on the ground making travel difficult.