Vince's Journey

We had a blast in Pittsburgh this weekend! We arrived at 2 pm on Saturday afternoon and left around 6 pm yesterday with a 38-31 Bengals win over the Steelers. I had a tremendous view from my last row seats! Yes, we sat in row LL which is the last row in the endzone seats. (Actually we stood in the last row since a winter storm came through Pittsburgh on Saturday night and left most of the seats covered with a sheet of ice.) Despite the weather and 'nosebleed' seats we had a great time and were pleased to watch all the disgruntled Steeler fans head for the exits with about 5 minutes to play and the Bengals up 14 points. Next up for the Bengals are the Cleveland Browns...two more wins and the Bengals clinch the north division crown and a berth in the playoffs! Who Dey!!

Today I'll have a CT scan of my neck region. As I said last week, I had an abdomen scan last Thursday. We'll get together with Dr. Leming to go over the 'results'on Wednesday. So a few extra prayers this week would certainly be appreciated.

I hope everyone is getting into the swing of the holidays. Only 20 days until Christmas; we don't have any decorations up, don't have a tree, Judd hasn't even done his Christmas list...we need to get busy! Maybe we can get things set up this weekend.

Finally, you've probably heard that Ohio State and Notre Dame are going to be squaring off in the 2006 Fiesta Bowl. You may recall the last time these teams hooked up back in the mid-90's Ohio State not only ruined the Heisman hopes of Ron Paulus but also threw the Irish into a tailspin that they are just now recovering from. Sun Devil Stadium has become a home away from home for the Buckeyes these past few years and I expect the Scarlet and Gray to show the Irish that they ain't playing Stanford anymore. Go Bucks!