The Komets had their Teddy Bear Toss game early this year! It was Friday, which was also nice because it doesn’t have to be the day before one of Beth’s big craft shows, like it has been before. I again raided the Goodwill store for as many decent stuffed animals as I could find, got 5 for around 8 bucks, and we prepared to toss. It didn’t take long. The Komets scored first about 5 minutes into the game. A pretty good haul, it looked like to me. I wondered if there would be fewer so early in the season but it didn’t look like it. Anyway, the game wasn’t bad but it seemed like the players on both sides were kind of lackadaisical, maybe it’s just still too early in the season. Until the last period anyway, when things started getting hot. The Komets had a 3-2 lead for most of the 3rd period, and late in the game the other team went on a power play AND pulled the goalie. Even shorthanded 6-on-4, the Komets broke away for an empty net goal and won it 4-2.

Beth has been ramping up for soup lately. It's still hard to find things, whether it's jars or barley or whatever. And everything is more expensive. She's ordered a lot of stuff online, and has concluded that she will need to raise her prices. So soup is going to be $12 this year. We've spent an awful lot of money so far, and she's busily making a bunch of them. But her first show was cancelled due to covid again this year, so she only has two now. And we're not sure how they're going to go, if they'll be super busy since they weren't held last year or deserted because now there's another new variant out there. Guess we'll see...