A busy day.   This morning, Jody, our cleaning lady, came at 8AM.    She does such a good job.  I did some wash, and waked the dog and worked on the computer while she was cleaning.   I also dusted "Roxie's"  room.

Now I  just have to inflate the bed and put sheets on it for Bret when he gets here.   The basement is all clean with clean sheets on the bed and everything.

This afternoon, I had a meeting with Beth and Katie Dippel at the Research Center so we could move forward on the July 17 event at the Sheboygan County History Museum about the Irish.   I have a lot to do this weekend.  Prepare a timeline, find pictures and call a bunch of people to find out where our holes are for the event.

Tomorrow I am going to make a bram brack,and Irish bread to be sure that it is the recipe that I used last before let others know how to make it too.  Several have brown bread.   We want to set up a bread and tea table at the When Irish Eyes Were Smiling event.

On the way home from the research center, I stopped at my friend Norb's to pick up my 12 gauge.  Norb changed the shoulder rest, added new sites and replaced the spring so that I can close it without bracing it against my hip.   I want to try it on Sunday.   Hopefully I will be able to shoot the summer league that starts on July 7.  Last year I started, then had to stop because of my knee surgery.

I got the following about the economy today.  I know that I have seen it before gut it is funny.   I will send you a few  of them for the next few days.



 

Subject: FW: Economy

The economy is so bad that...

I got a pre-declined credit card in the mail.

I ordered a burger at McDonald's and the kid behind the counter asked, "Can you afford fries with that?"

CEO's are now playing miniature golf.




God love you

Mary

Here we are at the end of another day.    It was successful.  Dr. Sharon took the stitches out of Dick's arm this morning and says it looks just fine.   The results of the lab tests were just fine.   So we are very relieved.   Then we stopped at Dairy Queen for Burgers and fries to celebrate.

I did some cleaning in Roxie's room today.   Wanted it to be really clean when Bret has to sleep there next week.     He will be here next Thursday afternoon.   Bart and Barb will be very close to that time also so I can hardly wait.


A friend of mine sent me and email showing lots of birds attacking people and it reminded me of a story about Randy.   When he was a little guy, still in diapers,  the family went to a friends house for a gathering.  They had a lot of chickens and a big old rooster took off after Randy, just toddling around and pecked him on his little bottom just below the diaper line.    Mr. Wallner was so mad, he grabbed that rooster and killed him right on the spot and they had him for dinner.

Jeff and Kathy and Tim used to raise chickens for meat for many years.   They were out at Jeff's place.  He and Kathy would feed them and care for them and Tim was in charge of the butchering.   Usually there was one rooster that was very aggressive and would attack Kathy whenever she got in the pens to feed and water them.   They would usually cull the flock for a meal during the year and Jeff and Tim always sent Kathy in the pen to see if she could draw out the mean one but he was too smart for that.  Tim always said that he knew the executioner was there and was on best behavior.

Tomorrow is a busy day so I will be winding down and going to bed right on time.

God love you

Mary

Hi.   This was a very busy morning which left me pretty much drained for the rest of the day.   Chelsea slept until almost 5AM.   I was amazed.  I went back to bed, of course, but made sure I was up by 6AM because I had to be in Sheboygan at V W Motorville at 9AM.    I don't know how much I told you about this, but my rear tire on the passenger side was losing air.   It started out that I had to fill it maybe every two weeks or so. Then lately every 5 t0 7 days.   They found a screw in the tire and fixed it for me.

I went right from there to the Pig to do our grocery shopping.   Boy, is this a good time for fruit.  Pineapples were $1.99 each and strawberries and watermelon were really reasonable.  So we have a super fruit salad in the fridge.

I bought a rotisserie chicken at the Pig and we had that with Cole slaw, steak fries and peas for our noon meal.   Then we had grilled cheese and fruit salad for supper.

Monday, when I was at Mother's I had her help me fill in a few facts on the "work history" I had done on Dad.   You will love this.   When Mother and Dad first started dating, He worked at the Midwest Woolen Mill making 20 to 25 cents an hour.   Then the mill closed and he went to work for Bemis for 35 cents per hour.   Finally in 1939,  he got a job with Badger State Tannery.  There he received 65 cents per hour and Mom and Dad were able to afford getting married.  And they did.   The next year, I was born.

Can you imagine .65 per hour?   But when I started on my first job at Citizens Bank of Sheboygan, I made $1.00 per hour.   That was 52 years ago.  

Our economic growth is a funny thing.  Wages go up but they buy less.


Have a great Thursday.  Dick gets the stitches out of the excision that he had last week.   We have not heard the lab results.   I am assuming that everything was OK or we would have been called back sooner.

Let you know tomorrow night.

God love you

Mary

A busy morning.   Dick had his appointment with Dr. Cheryl to see if the infection in his eye was gone.   She was pleased.   We will keep medicating for a day or two, but it looks very good.   We set up an appointment for three months from now, unless he gets an irritated eye again, because three months seems to be when this naughty lash starts scratching the eye.


We stopped at Walgreens on eht way home for a couple of things then home for the rest of the day.

We had Black Beans and Rice with Andoule sausage for our lunch.  Then I took a nap.

I called Bret and Bart and Barb to find out what days they are coming next week.   Then I can decide when to fix the Swedish Meatball dinner for them.    I told you that we are having a Deeley/Kunert gathering on Sunday the 27th.  I am so excited to have them here.  It has been too long again.

I did a bit of wash this afternoon and generally picked up things around the house and cleaned the counters.

We had quesidillas with peaches and cottage cheese for our supper.

Now it is settle down time.

Tomorrow is a triple busy day but hopefully the rain will not be with us.   It rained from 11:00AM til now and steadily today.

Have a good Wednesday yourself.

God love you

Mary

A typical Monday but rather quiet anyway.   The only meeting I had was our bible study.   There were eight of us..  A lively discussion.   We were discussing what Jesus said about nation rising against nation and the signs of the end of the world.   It seems that there are more "signs" in the past years or two than there have been been  in many years before.  We reminded ourselves that our end of the world is really an individual thing relating to our death and we may not be here for that final coming   Also, how much is it our responsibility to stand up for justice.

Then I went to Mom's.  She seemed pretty good today.   It took her some chocolate cake.  She loves getting desserts. She and I also reviewed the "job history" that I had written from her accounts of Dad.   Did you know that when he finally got a job making .65 per hour, they decided that they could afford to get married?

Home again,  Dick was sleeping.  So I let him sleep, ate my lunch and then rested.   Then I went out and cleaned half of the garage.  I will finish on a sunnier day as I will have to wash the salt off of the other half of the floor.

So.  That was my busy day.   Tomorrow, we just have to take Dick to see Dr. Cheryl to be sure that his eye infection is cleared.

Be healthy and happy.

Mary



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A pleasant unrushed Sunday.   It was cloudy all day.  I had to go out to Rhine to help with the Sunday open.   we are open from 12PM to 2PM.  I got there at 11:Am and to my delight there was a whold crew out there who had the traps set up and were mowing and  edging their hearts out.   So I helped sweep the sidewalks and helped runt eh bar and the gun room until about 1:30PM.  It was very quiet so I came home then.

I baked a cake and froze a dozen cupcakes for when the company is here.  I didn't feel like getting into much so went through my saved documents.  I deleted a LOT of them but found several that I had forgotten about that are really worth working on.   I will bring two of them to the Cream City Writers on the 21st.

I got some super terrific news while I was at Rhine.   Matt's son, Chris, got his new heart last Tuesday.   He is doing very well.   The next morning he inhaled a three egg omelet and a Mountain Dew for breakfast.   He has had one setback with the adjusting of the medications to his body but is doing very well.  We can give prayers of thanks and continue to pray for his recovery.

Now I am watching the Tony Awards.   I love them and it makes me feel so continental.   I like to know what is happening on Broadway.  I think I told you I want to go back to New York sometime because when we went it was three weeks past 9-11 and we did not get to go to the Statue of Liberty and several other things I wanted to see.  So I HAVE to keep up with Broadway so that when I go, I know what plays I want to see when I am there.


Have a good week and God love you.  I sure do.

Mary