It is almost 11:00PM and I just got home from working at Rhine. We had shooters until almost 10:00PM. With the storm last weekend there were hardly ANY league shooters on Friday so everybody was there and trying to catch up. Boy did we ever go through the beer and peanuts. I just REEK of cigarette smoke.
Had a nice lunch with Mother, Betsy, Betsy's Mom Dorothy and Dick at the Other Place in Falls. The Other Place was Fitz's when I was a kid. The dining room we ate in used to be a clothing store called Deeley's Men's Wear. Not a coincidence. My Uncle Jack owned it. He sold really good men's clothing. My Bret looks a lot like Uncle Jack.
I also got the kitchen cleaned.
Well, Jim got the picture I want to show you onto my computer in an e mail. I am afraid it will be tomorrow or Sunday before you get it because I have to figure out how to get it on the blog. In the meantime I will tell you one LITTLE story about Aunt Claire, my Grandpa Bowser's other sister. She is NOT on the picture.
Aunt Claire, as I said was Grandpa Bowser's sister. She married Uncle Henry Uelman, who was my GRANDMA Bowser's baby brother. They had two girls, Mary Alair and Ellen. Ellen married a Gilboy and lives in California and Mary Alair lives in the East.
Uncle Henry lived in California near his daughter Ellen for many years in a mobile home park. He was my Mother's godfather and when Mom visited we always went to see Uncle Henry. He was a dear man, at that time in his 80s and he walked 5 miles every day. He was such a pleasure to be around. He was a perfect gentlemen and treated every woman he met like a perfect lady. Such a joy.
Love
Mary
Friday, January 27, 2006
Thursday, January 26, 2006
The sun shone most of the day today. The temps were only in the upper 30's but Chelsea and I had a great walk. With the sun shining on us I almost got too warm. We went for out walk shortly after Dick and I got back from grocery shopping.
I got to stay home most of the day after we got back from shopping. I cleaned the bathrooms. Then I spent the afternoon cutting and pasting the song for the Cancer benefit and just catching up on things in the computer. Tonight was choir practice, so I stopped to visit with Mother for a bit beforehand. Aunt Kathleen called while I was there. She is back at their site in North Carolina with Uncle Bob and still is enjoying remembering the surprise she gave Mother. She also had some news that was not so good. My Aunt MaryAnn, Uncle Roman's wife, had to have surgery this week. She had a very large tumor on an ovary that had grown so fast that her son, Tom, noticed a bulge in her abdomen and insisted that she see a doctor. They removed both ovaries and I believe the uterus, but they do not believe that it is malignant. That is a blessing. She is in a lot of pain, but that surgery does result in pain. Pray for a speedy recovery.
Now I want to tell you about the third Great Aunt, Jo, who is on the picture that I hope to have Jim scan for me tonight. Then I will paste it into the blog tomorrow.
These are,as I said, Grandpa Bowser's sisters. There was a forth,, Claire. I will tell you a bit about her tomorrow. She died in 1956 long before this picture was taken.
Anyway, about Aunt Jo. Josephine. She married Bob Cardwell. He was in insurance and quite successful. They never had any children. Aunt Jo was quite handy. They had a lovely house in Santa Ana. Aunt Jo love to decorate and build things too. She built at least three patios and/or decks onto the house in the MANY years that they lived there. She would build a patio, cover it , eventually enclose it and make it into another room and then she would start on another one.
This worked out well as long as they were living there. But when it came time to sell there were big problems, not only were there no permits for all these extra rooms and square footage, but much of the rooms were not up to code and they ended up tearing some of them out.
At one time, she decided to redecorate the house in an oriental style while Bob was gone and he came home to find that she had cut off the legs of all the coffee tables and painted them black. During the Mosaic craze back in the 70s, she and Bob both started doing that and almost every surface in the house was covered in mosaic. This also is OK, but the weight makes it impossible to move the things.
Aunt Jo was a traveler too. She was always very proud of the Clifford Irish roots that we have. Imagine her surprise when she went over to Ireland and found that the Cliffords had originally come over with Cromwell. Though they had assimilated and intermarried, they were part of an invading people. Dad always found that amusing and used to say that Mother was not really Irish, but "Orange."
So there are some stories about Aunt Jo. Aren't the three Aunts interesting?
Tomorrow I will tell you a bit about Aunt Claire.
Have a great Friday.
Mary
I got to stay home most of the day after we got back from shopping. I cleaned the bathrooms. Then I spent the afternoon cutting and pasting the song for the Cancer benefit and just catching up on things in the computer. Tonight was choir practice, so I stopped to visit with Mother for a bit beforehand. Aunt Kathleen called while I was there. She is back at their site in North Carolina with Uncle Bob and still is enjoying remembering the surprise she gave Mother. She also had some news that was not so good. My Aunt MaryAnn, Uncle Roman's wife, had to have surgery this week. She had a very large tumor on an ovary that had grown so fast that her son, Tom, noticed a bulge in her abdomen and insisted that she see a doctor. They removed both ovaries and I believe the uterus, but they do not believe that it is malignant. That is a blessing. She is in a lot of pain, but that surgery does result in pain. Pray for a speedy recovery.
Now I want to tell you about the third Great Aunt, Jo, who is on the picture that I hope to have Jim scan for me tonight. Then I will paste it into the blog tomorrow.
These are,as I said, Grandpa Bowser's sisters. There was a forth,, Claire. I will tell you a bit about her tomorrow. She died in 1956 long before this picture was taken.
Anyway, about Aunt Jo. Josephine. She married Bob Cardwell. He was in insurance and quite successful. They never had any children. Aunt Jo was quite handy. They had a lovely house in Santa Ana. Aunt Jo love to decorate and build things too. She built at least three patios and/or decks onto the house in the MANY years that they lived there. She would build a patio, cover it , eventually enclose it and make it into another room and then she would start on another one.
This worked out well as long as they were living there. But when it came time to sell there were big problems, not only were there no permits for all these extra rooms and square footage, but much of the rooms were not up to code and they ended up tearing some of them out.
At one time, she decided to redecorate the house in an oriental style while Bob was gone and he came home to find that she had cut off the legs of all the coffee tables and painted them black. During the Mosaic craze back in the 70s, she and Bob both started doing that and almost every surface in the house was covered in mosaic. This also is OK, but the weight makes it impossible to move the things.
Aunt Jo was a traveler too. She was always very proud of the Clifford Irish roots that we have. Imagine her surprise when she went over to Ireland and found that the Cliffords had originally come over with Cromwell. Though they had assimilated and intermarried, they were part of an invading people. Dad always found that amusing and used to say that Mother was not really Irish, but "Orange."
So there are some stories about Aunt Jo. Aren't the three Aunts interesting?
Tomorrow I will tell you a bit about Aunt Claire.
Have a great Friday.
Mary
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
It was cold but sunny today. The temperatures are predicted to go up into the mid to upper 40s by and through the weekend with rain on Saturday and rain/snow mix on Sunday. I don't like that as I am going rabbit hunting on Sunday. Well, we will just have to see what happens.
Today, I finished the baby quilt top. Now I just need to do the label and then assemble it after I pick up the batting and backing on Feb. 4. The fabric they gave me is really pretty. Nice and bright with cute little bears on it. I had to add some fabric and found a nice bird print that blended nicely.
I also cleaned and straightened out the projects and material AGAIN.
Dick and I filtered the batch of White Zinfindal that we have fermenting and also mixed up a batch of the Luna Bianca. I have four batches of scratch wines that are coming up on being ready to filter and/or bottle. As soon as I free some gallon jugs, I need to mix up the grapes that I have frozen.
Here is another story of one of my Great Aunts. I will have Jim scan in the picture of Mother, me and the three of them and put it on this blog for you.
This is the story of Aunt Lenore. Aunt Lenore was a registered nurse. When my Tony was born, Aunt Lenore was in the hospital and as soon as he was born she saw to it that he was baptized. I was always grateful for that. He, of course, did live for three months, but someone cared enough to see that he was claimed by God at his birth.
Anyway, Aunt Lenore was a nurse. She got her education and did her training in Gary Indiana. She boarded with a family named Walters. The Walters had a little boy about 2 or thre years old. About 20 years later, Aunt Lenore married that young man. His name was Clyde.
They had two children (I don't know where they are or what they do.)and some rocky times. I know that Uncle Noel and Aunt Lois said that he ran around on her some. However, they stayed together and they loved each other. The last time I saw Aunt Lenore, she had had a stroke or something and had suffered some memory loss. Uncle Clyde took care of her. She visited quite happily with Mother and me, sometimes in the present and sometimes in the past. Occasionally, she would call for Clyde and if he was out of the room, he would rush in to reassure her. And she would smile a beautiful smile at him. They are both gone now. They used to say that Lenore raised him and then married him. Maybe she did, but it worked out for them.
Tomorrow is shopping and choir.
Take care
Mary
Today, I finished the baby quilt top. Now I just need to do the label and then assemble it after I pick up the batting and backing on Feb. 4. The fabric they gave me is really pretty. Nice and bright with cute little bears on it. I had to add some fabric and found a nice bird print that blended nicely.
I also cleaned and straightened out the projects and material AGAIN.
Dick and I filtered the batch of White Zinfindal that we have fermenting and also mixed up a batch of the Luna Bianca. I have four batches of scratch wines that are coming up on being ready to filter and/or bottle. As soon as I free some gallon jugs, I need to mix up the grapes that I have frozen.
Here is another story of one of my Great Aunts. I will have Jim scan in the picture of Mother, me and the three of them and put it on this blog for you.
This is the story of Aunt Lenore. Aunt Lenore was a registered nurse. When my Tony was born, Aunt Lenore was in the hospital and as soon as he was born she saw to it that he was baptized. I was always grateful for that. He, of course, did live for three months, but someone cared enough to see that he was claimed by God at his birth.
Anyway, Aunt Lenore was a nurse. She got her education and did her training in Gary Indiana. She boarded with a family named Walters. The Walters had a little boy about 2 or thre years old. About 20 years later, Aunt Lenore married that young man. His name was Clyde.
They had two children (I don't know where they are or what they do.)and some rocky times. I know that Uncle Noel and Aunt Lois said that he ran around on her some. However, they stayed together and they loved each other. The last time I saw Aunt Lenore, she had had a stroke or something and had suffered some memory loss. Uncle Clyde took care of her. She visited quite happily with Mother and me, sometimes in the present and sometimes in the past. Occasionally, she would call for Clyde and if he was out of the room, he would rush in to reassure her. And she would smile a beautiful smile at him. They are both gone now. They used to say that Lenore raised him and then married him. Maybe she did, but it worked out for them.
Tomorrow is shopping and choir.
Take care
Mary
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Chelsea was really goofy this morning. She woke me up at about 5 minutes after five. I took her out and tried to go back to bed, but she started jumping on me about 10 minutes later, so I gave up and took my shower.
I was home all day except for a trip to Dr. Casey the chiropractor, and picking up som amended tax returns. I did some writing, some quilting (I almost have the baby quilt top assembled.) and just general catching up.
I did call Mother and found out that the name of Aunt Gee's first husband was Willie Lindsay. The Lindsay family and the Bowser family were close friends. Willie was mean to Aunt Gee. Grandpa helped her get on the train and go to California. Another brother, my great uncle Matt and his wife were living out there at the time. Uncle Matt managed a grocery store. So she stayed with them for a while. Mother thinks that Willie did go out there and try to talk her into coming back, but she was not stupid. Ahead of her time, she must have known that once and abuser, always an abuser.
The Lindsays were always rather distant to the Bowsers after that as one can well imagine. Willie lived with his sister in Cascade and never married.
That is enough for tonight, I'll tell you something about Aunt Lenore tomorrow.
Mary
I was home all day except for a trip to Dr. Casey the chiropractor, and picking up som amended tax returns. I did some writing, some quilting (I almost have the baby quilt top assembled.) and just general catching up.
I did call Mother and found out that the name of Aunt Gee's first husband was Willie Lindsay. The Lindsay family and the Bowser family were close friends. Willie was mean to Aunt Gee. Grandpa helped her get on the train and go to California. Another brother, my great uncle Matt and his wife were living out there at the time. Uncle Matt managed a grocery store. So she stayed with them for a while. Mother thinks that Willie did go out there and try to talk her into coming back, but she was not stupid. Ahead of her time, she must have known that once and abuser, always an abuser.
The Lindsays were always rather distant to the Bowsers after that as one can well imagine. Willie lived with his sister in Cascade and never married.
That is enough for tonight, I'll tell you something about Aunt Lenore tomorrow.
Mary
Monday, January 23, 2006
Guess what! I went to the Post Office and they HAD TWO CENT Stamps. This was my fourth stop. No wonder the Post Office is failing as a business. If they cannot keep supplies in their stores, how can they succeed. But I finally have them for myself, Mother and Rhine Plymough. WHEW!
A small crew, 5 of us, from the church environment committee spent a couple of hours in the loft behind the altar, sorting all the decorations into season and holy day. We are very pleased with the result and have made plans for future consolidation. We also took down more Christmas and put up a couple of Ordinary Time green banners. Next Monday, the pointsettas will be beyond keeping and we will take them away and put up some simple trees and spotlights that will keep us until Lent.
We had to get up at 5:30AM because we took the Elantra in for servicing. Now both cars are set for several thousand miles.
I know I told you about the DVD that Randy made with pictures of Mom from the time she was a teenager until NOW with all of us and with the grandchildren. I had Jim make a copy and he is going to produce two so I can send them to Bret and Bart. It was so neat to see all of us and our children at different ages. An pictures of Mom and Dad as they grew older and you can see all their love. Then, the pictures of her as a teenager. We see her stamp on her granddaughters, especially Britt and Jessica for some reason (and they don't look at all alike.) Wow. Now we have more pictures to add to the mix.
There was one picture that I submitted that I have always especially liked. It is in California in Uncle Nowl and Aunt Lois's backyard. Mother and I are standing with Grandpa Bowser's three sisters, Aunt Gee, Aunt Jo and Aunt Lenore. They were interesting ladies. Aunt Gee for example, married a man from the Town Mitchell area. I can't remember his name right now, I will ask Mother and record it in the geneology file. Anyway, one day Aunt Gee came over to Grandma and Grandpa Bowser's house and told Grandpa that her husband had become very frightening and was sleeping with a rifle next to the bed. Grandpa went over to the house with her and got her things. She moved to California - I am assuming that there were friends there and eventually remarried the Uncle that I knew, Andy Kramer. They lived to a ripe old age. When I saw her last I believe that she was 90 years old. They had one son. I don't know what happened to him. As I recall, he lived somewhere in Northern California. Aunt Gee was a lovely loving woman.
Tomorrow, I will tell you a story about Aunt Lenore.
Love
Mary
A small crew, 5 of us, from the church environment committee spent a couple of hours in the loft behind the altar, sorting all the decorations into season and holy day. We are very pleased with the result and have made plans for future consolidation. We also took down more Christmas and put up a couple of Ordinary Time green banners. Next Monday, the pointsettas will be beyond keeping and we will take them away and put up some simple trees and spotlights that will keep us until Lent.
We had to get up at 5:30AM because we took the Elantra in for servicing. Now both cars are set for several thousand miles.
I know I told you about the DVD that Randy made with pictures of Mom from the time she was a teenager until NOW with all of us and with the grandchildren. I had Jim make a copy and he is going to produce two so I can send them to Bret and Bart. It was so neat to see all of us and our children at different ages. An pictures of Mom and Dad as they grew older and you can see all their love. Then, the pictures of her as a teenager. We see her stamp on her granddaughters, especially Britt and Jessica for some reason (and they don't look at all alike.) Wow. Now we have more pictures to add to the mix.
There was one picture that I submitted that I have always especially liked. It is in California in Uncle Nowl and Aunt Lois's backyard. Mother and I are standing with Grandpa Bowser's three sisters, Aunt Gee, Aunt Jo and Aunt Lenore. They were interesting ladies. Aunt Gee for example, married a man from the Town Mitchell area. I can't remember his name right now, I will ask Mother and record it in the geneology file. Anyway, one day Aunt Gee came over to Grandma and Grandpa Bowser's house and told Grandpa that her husband had become very frightening and was sleeping with a rifle next to the bed. Grandpa went over to the house with her and got her things. She moved to California - I am assuming that there were friends there and eventually remarried the Uncle that I knew, Andy Kramer. They lived to a ripe old age. When I saw her last I believe that she was 90 years old. They had one son. I don't know what happened to him. As I recall, he lived somewhere in Northern California. Aunt Gee was a lovely loving woman.
Tomorrow, I will tell you a story about Aunt Lenore.
Love
Mary
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Today was spectacular. The sun was shining and it was in the mid 30s with no wind at all. Chelsea and I took a walk and I actually got a little warm with my jacket and hat and all. As we couldn't walk yesterday because of the ice, today was especially pleasant.
I didn't get to bed until midnight last night. Chelsea let me sleep until almost 6:30 though and she was very polite when she did wake me up. I rolled over and was trying to see the time when I heard a very quiet little whimper from across the room. Usually she jumps on the bed and stomps on me.
I stopped to see Mother after church. She weathered yesterday very well. She had a whole stack of cards to read from all the guests. She opened her presents at the party. George, Jeff, Randy, Dolores and myself (and our families) chipped together for the TV/DVD/CD unit. Eileen got her a Waterford Crystal glass and a bottle of wine. Nora got her a beautiful beaded sweater from Nordstroms. There were a few other small gifts too. But knowing Mother the greatest gift was to gathering.
George and Betsy came in while I was there so I got to see George again before he left for home. Betsy is staying for a week or so and we will go to lunch with our Mothers on Friday. We are all SUCH busy people that Friday is the only day we were free. I will have to cancel lunch in Plymouth but I will call someone during the week and let them know.
Jim and I went shooting today. My scores were decidedly unspectacular. I keep forgetting the elbow brace that I bought. It might help as I am favoring the elbow because of the discomfort.
We had turkey, stuffing, brussel sprouts and cole slaw for supper and I fixed Bananas in warm caramel sauce with chocolate syrup and whipped cream. Nice and light and tasty.
January is going so fast. Next Friday, Dick and I will go to the Fireside to see The Fabulous Fifties. They always put on a good show and and excellent meal. I also like to bring home some of their fresh breads.
Hope your week is nice. As the Irish say , "May the wind be always at your back." I thought of that last week on my walk with Chelsea - mainly when we were FACING the wind and I understood the sense of the wind at one's back.
Mary
I didn't get to bed until midnight last night. Chelsea let me sleep until almost 6:30 though and she was very polite when she did wake me up. I rolled over and was trying to see the time when I heard a very quiet little whimper from across the room. Usually she jumps on the bed and stomps on me.
I stopped to see Mother after church. She weathered yesterday very well. She had a whole stack of cards to read from all the guests. She opened her presents at the party. George, Jeff, Randy, Dolores and myself (and our families) chipped together for the TV/DVD/CD unit. Eileen got her a Waterford Crystal glass and a bottle of wine. Nora got her a beautiful beaded sweater from Nordstroms. There were a few other small gifts too. But knowing Mother the greatest gift was to gathering.
George and Betsy came in while I was there so I got to see George again before he left for home. Betsy is staying for a week or so and we will go to lunch with our Mothers on Friday. We are all SUCH busy people that Friday is the only day we were free. I will have to cancel lunch in Plymouth but I will call someone during the week and let them know.
Jim and I went shooting today. My scores were decidedly unspectacular. I keep forgetting the elbow brace that I bought. It might help as I am favoring the elbow because of the discomfort.
We had turkey, stuffing, brussel sprouts and cole slaw for supper and I fixed Bananas in warm caramel sauce with chocolate syrup and whipped cream. Nice and light and tasty.
January is going so fast. Next Friday, Dick and I will go to the Fireside to see The Fabulous Fifties. They always put on a good show and and excellent meal. I also like to bring home some of their fresh breads.
Hope your week is nice. As the Irish say , "May the wind be always at your back." I thought of that last week on my walk with Chelsea - mainly when we were FACING the wind and I understood the sense of the wind at one's back.
Mary
Saturday, January 21, 2006
It has been a long wonderful day. Wonderful is a word that is much overused, I know, but that is the easiest word that comes to mind tonight as I am trying to wind down.
Quite a bit of snow had piled up by this morning, perhaps two or three inches. Chelsea was delighted, of course. I tried to take her for a walk but upon reaching the road immediatly knew that walking was NOT a good idea, as the road, though plowed was covered with ice and slippery patches. So, no walk.
I kind of lazed around the rest of the morning, though I did call to see how Bart and Barb were doing.
I left home at about 11:15 to pick up Mom's corsage from Rick's Florist. It was lovely, two white rosebuds with baby breath. It looked so fresh against the red and black jacket that she wore. We got to the Villager for her party at about 12:15. Bobbie came in just as we did and Dick and Jim shortly after. All of us children were there and a goodly number of the grandchildren and the great grandclildren. That pretty well fills up the room. The dinner was so good. Chicken and beef tips with potatoes corn and salads. Then we had Mom unwrap her presents. The guys plugged in the TV/VCR/DVD that some of us had pooled our funds for and put in the DVD that Randy and Mom had chosen pictures for and Brian (Becky's husband) had assembled with music. They made a copy of the DVD for all of us. I am going to see if I can get it copied for Bret and Bart. It is really a treasure.
Friends and relatives showed up all through the afternoon. What a pleasure to spend time with all of them. The biggest surprise was when my cousin Chris and her husband Rod came in with AUNT KATHLEEN who wasn't going to be there because she and Bob spend their winters in South Carolina. She said that she just couldn't stand not being here so decided at the last minute to come. We have great pictures of her and Mother and Uncle Pat. They are the three remaining Bowser kids.
This evening, after bringing Mother home, I came home myself, napped and then went over to Eileen's for a bit as all who could were going over to Legand Larry's on 8th and Penn to see John (Eileen and Fred's son) perform in the Martini Lounge. He and his friend do a nice act and there is no smoking in the Martini Lounge. I am still just a bit hoarse from hollering conversations because of the noise. Had a nice visit with Britt and her friend Andrew who is an artist/photographer. (Photographers are also artists - I mention both because he paints too.)
I should have neat pictures to share soon.
I decided to share an old picture - this is the sample of the Maid Mother Crane blocks that I designed a couple of years ago.
Happy Sunday.
Mary
Quite a bit of snow had piled up by this morning, perhaps two or three inches. Chelsea was delighted, of course. I tried to take her for a walk but upon reaching the road immediatly knew that walking was NOT a good idea, as the road, though plowed was covered with ice and slippery patches. So, no walk.
I kind of lazed around the rest of the morning, though I did call to see how Bart and Barb were doing.
I left home at about 11:15 to pick up Mom's corsage from Rick's Florist. It was lovely, two white rosebuds with baby breath. It looked so fresh against the red and black jacket that she wore. We got to the Villager for her party at about 12:15. Bobbie came in just as we did and Dick and Jim shortly after. All of us children were there and a goodly number of the grandchildren and the great grandclildren. That pretty well fills up the room. The dinner was so good. Chicken and beef tips with potatoes corn and salads. Then we had Mom unwrap her presents. The guys plugged in the TV/VCR/DVD that some of us had pooled our funds for and put in the DVD that Randy and Mom had chosen pictures for and Brian (Becky's husband) had assembled with music. They made a copy of the DVD for all of us. I am going to see if I can get it copied for Bret and Bart. It is really a treasure.
Friends and relatives showed up all through the afternoon. What a pleasure to spend time with all of them. The biggest surprise was when my cousin Chris and her husband Rod came in with AUNT KATHLEEN who wasn't going to be there because she and Bob spend their winters in South Carolina. She said that she just couldn't stand not being here so decided at the last minute to come. We have great pictures of her and Mother and Uncle Pat. They are the three remaining Bowser kids.
This evening, after bringing Mother home, I came home myself, napped and then went over to Eileen's for a bit as all who could were going over to Legand Larry's on 8th and Penn to see John (Eileen and Fred's son) perform in the Martini Lounge. He and his friend do a nice act and there is no smoking in the Martini Lounge. I am still just a bit hoarse from hollering conversations because of the noise. Had a nice visit with Britt and her friend Andrew who is an artist/photographer. (Photographers are also artists - I mention both because he paints too.)
I should have neat pictures to share soon.
I decided to share an old picture - this is the sample of the Maid Mother Crane blocks that I designed a couple of years ago.
Happy Sunday.
Mary
Friday, January 20, 2006
Another busy day. It was kind of chilly and damp most of the day. Tonight it is snowing. A bit more than we expected. We even heard a snowblower going accross the street. Chelsea is quite pleased.
Went to the Dairy Queen in Plymouth to have lunch with the Wells Fargo people. The only one who is still working is Barb Wollner and she has moved to Community Bank.
On the way home I went to Younkers. to shopp with a gift card that Dick and Brenda gave me for Christmas. I had waited for a big sale and this weekend was a good one. I found a new pair of black pants, a black short jacket with red lining (that will look good with my red kilt which I intend to wear to the big birthday party tomorrow) and a pink washable "suede" shirt. Not bad. It was fun. I haven't shopped for quite a while.
I tried to get 2Cent stamps today too, but for the THIRD time in three weeks, the post office said they were on backlog from Milwaukee. This time they say that they don't know WHEN they will have them. No wonder the Post Office is failing as a business. I stopped to let Mother know and will bring her a few 39 cent stamps for just in case situations until we can find the others. Flowers are arriving for her birthday. She got an azalea from the neighbors and Mike Holehouse and family sent a lovely cut flower arrangement. I know Jennifer Holehouse and Andrea Ayers are also sending some. They are unable to come and want their presence known. Mom's house will be a beautiful greenhouse, full of beautiful flowers.
Tomorrow is her big day. Ninety - Wow.
Ever consider what our dogs must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul -- chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth!
-Anne Tyler
Goodnight. Mary
Went to the Dairy Queen in Plymouth to have lunch with the Wells Fargo people. The only one who is still working is Barb Wollner and she has moved to Community Bank.
On the way home I went to Younkers. to shopp with a gift card that Dick and Brenda gave me for Christmas. I had waited for a big sale and this weekend was a good one. I found a new pair of black pants, a black short jacket with red lining (that will look good with my red kilt which I intend to wear to the big birthday party tomorrow) and a pink washable "suede" shirt. Not bad. It was fun. I haven't shopped for quite a while.
I tried to get 2Cent stamps today too, but for the THIRD time in three weeks, the post office said they were on backlog from Milwaukee. This time they say that they don't know WHEN they will have them. No wonder the Post Office is failing as a business. I stopped to let Mother know and will bring her a few 39 cent stamps for just in case situations until we can find the others. Flowers are arriving for her birthday. She got an azalea from the neighbors and Mike Holehouse and family sent a lovely cut flower arrangement. I know Jennifer Holehouse and Andrea Ayers are also sending some. They are unable to come and want their presence known. Mom's house will be a beautiful greenhouse, full of beautiful flowers.
Tomorrow is her big day. Ninety - Wow.
Ever consider what our dogs must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul -- chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth!
-Anne Tyler
Goodnight. Mary
Thursday, January 19, 2006
What a day. It was fairly warm. In the mid 30's, sunny (most of the day) and not at all windy. However, when I cam home from choir tonight at 8:30PM or so it ws very foggy. Really foggy. I drove much of the way by just following the white line.
Dr. Hodous, the podiatrist, looked at Dick's feet this morning and declared them much better. We will have them checked every two months or so to be sure that the situation doesn't arise again. He also had his blood checked and AGAIN it is perfect. He is now Sue's pride and joy because he has been in the perameters for a year now.
Then I took Dick home (he had a bit of a sore throat) and went grocery shopping. This was quite a saving week. They had a "meal plan" (you buy the meat and they give the side dishes), a lot of items marked down to $1 and coupons, plus I had earned a $25 gift card from them. I felt REALLY good about the bill.
Tonight I had to go to choir so I visited Mother for a bit too. I did get the words together for the Unity Concert. I will enclose them here for you, but don't tell anybody. They chose two of the 5 verses because of the time constraint. These two seem to reflect the mission of the Concert the best.
BEACON OF HOPE
I.
We are all but a shadow in life.
We are cast by the light of the Lord
Made tall by the strength of His love.
As we go out as Jesus commands.
May we reach out our hands to the poor
To the lonely, the sick, the afraid.
To the families and neighbors we know
And to those who are lost in despair.
CHORUS
I'm the kiss of the breeze on your cheek
I 'm the choir of avian songs
You can find me in flowering fields
And the gentle soft fingers of dawn
II.
Whe-en thunder and lightening surround
I’m beside you to calm all your fears
If the world is a frightening place
I'm the lighthouse that shines through the storm
Jesus taught you that Love is the Way
And by sharing the journey you grow
Heaven is coming safely home
With your hand in the hand of the Lord
This is sung to the tune of For Ireland, I Won't Say Her Name. This is my favorite traditional Irish Air and it is believed to have been written in the late 1700s or the early 1800s.
Have a great Friday.
Mary
Dr. Hodous, the podiatrist, looked at Dick's feet this morning and declared them much better. We will have them checked every two months or so to be sure that the situation doesn't arise again. He also had his blood checked and AGAIN it is perfect. He is now Sue's pride and joy because he has been in the perameters for a year now.
Then I took Dick home (he had a bit of a sore throat) and went grocery shopping. This was quite a saving week. They had a "meal plan" (you buy the meat and they give the side dishes), a lot of items marked down to $1 and coupons, plus I had earned a $25 gift card from them. I felt REALLY good about the bill.
Tonight I had to go to choir so I visited Mother for a bit too. I did get the words together for the Unity Concert. I will enclose them here for you, but don't tell anybody. They chose two of the 5 verses because of the time constraint. These two seem to reflect the mission of the Concert the best.
BEACON OF HOPE
I.
We are all but a shadow in life.
We are cast by the light of the Lord
Made tall by the strength of His love.
As we go out as Jesus commands.
May we reach out our hands to the poor
To the lonely, the sick, the afraid.
To the families and neighbors we know
And to those who are lost in despair.
CHORUS
I'm the kiss of the breeze on your cheek
I 'm the choir of avian songs
You can find me in flowering fields
And the gentle soft fingers of dawn
II.
Whe-en thunder and lightening surround
I’m beside you to calm all your fears
If the world is a frightening place
I'm the lighthouse that shines through the storm
Jesus taught you that Love is the Way
And by sharing the journey you grow
Heaven is coming safely home
With your hand in the hand of the Lord
This is sung to the tune of For Ireland, I Won't Say Her Name. This is my favorite traditional Irish Air and it is believed to have been written in the late 1700s or the early 1800s.
Have a great Friday.
Mary
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
It was very sunny today, but cold. When Chelsea and I walked at about 10:30AM it was only 27 degrees. There was very little wind, so we took the whole walk but my legs and face were really stiff by the time we got back.
I did end up going out once today after all. Since I had finished the mailing for the Senior Saint program, I took them to Sandy at church to get them mailed. Then I met Marcie In church and we changed the altar cloth and took down the Christmas hangings.
I also worked on the baby quilt and the quilt that I am doing by hand. Since we are going on a bus trip to the Fireside on the 28th, I wanted to have the next piece ready to do. I have two borders, the trees, the assembly and the edging. It is a very bright quilt. I think it will be really sharp when it is all done.
Tomorrow, Dick gets his blood tested and the doctor will take a look at that callous that had the blister to be sure that it is all healed. I also have choir in the evening. We will see what the "experts" think of the words to the song I have assembled. I did a bit of revision and added a verse.
Would you believe that Ice T - the rapper said "Passion makes the world go round. Love just makes it a safer place."
Safe places are nice. Jim said he saw a BIG bird swoop down in front of his car the other. Perhaps that is why animals are disappearing. Wouldn't that be awful.
Ours are safe, they never roam around loose.
Later
Mary
I did end up going out once today after all. Since I had finished the mailing for the Senior Saint program, I took them to Sandy at church to get them mailed. Then I met Marcie In church and we changed the altar cloth and took down the Christmas hangings.
I also worked on the baby quilt and the quilt that I am doing by hand. Since we are going on a bus trip to the Fireside on the 28th, I wanted to have the next piece ready to do. I have two borders, the trees, the assembly and the edging. It is a very bright quilt. I think it will be really sharp when it is all done.
Tomorrow, Dick gets his blood tested and the doctor will take a look at that callous that had the blister to be sure that it is all healed. I also have choir in the evening. We will see what the "experts" think of the words to the song I have assembled. I did a bit of revision and added a verse.
Would you believe that Ice T - the rapper said "Passion makes the world go round. Love just makes it a safer place."
Safe places are nice. Jim said he saw a BIG bird swoop down in front of his car the other. Perhaps that is why animals are disappearing. Wouldn't that be awful.
Ours are safe, they never roam around loose.
Later
Mary
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
It rained a bit and even snowed, but none of the snow stayed on the ground. It does not seem to be freezing either. Today, in the mailbox I found a notice that a family up the street has lost their big black fat cat called Harry. That is two animals in a week in the neighborhood. I don't think that Wishbone has been found either. Sure glad we keep our cats in and Chelsea leashed - Hunters Glen seems to be rather dangerous for critters these days.
I received a call last night from a woman, Mary Ann Wildbauer, who is part of organizing a unity conder to raise funds to help Cancer patients in Sheboygan County. The group is called Sheboygan County Cancer Care Fund. They help anyone, at any facility, of any background and with any financial needs. She called because Beth Hoegger (my choir director) and Jim Wilsing (my bagpiping friend) told her that I could write words for the song that we used for Celtic Faire for this concert for the ecumunical choir to sing. I talked to Beth and she said that the words I had were fine with some adjusting and additions. I am rather excited. This would be a REALLY big audience for my poetry. I did some revising and minor additions to the song and will review it with Beth, Jim and MaryAnn on Thursday.
Dick and I only went out to the Drug store to pick up a prescription and to OfficeMax to get some ink cartridges. The rest of the day I just worked on several of my projects, the Environment Committee notes, the song lyrics, the baby quilt. It was FUN.
Have a good Wednesday, It should be more of the same for me.
Charles M. Schulz said. "All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt."
Mary
I received a call last night from a woman, Mary Ann Wildbauer, who is part of organizing a unity conder to raise funds to help Cancer patients in Sheboygan County. The group is called Sheboygan County Cancer Care Fund. They help anyone, at any facility, of any background and with any financial needs. She called because Beth Hoegger (my choir director) and Jim Wilsing (my bagpiping friend) told her that I could write words for the song that we used for Celtic Faire for this concert for the ecumunical choir to sing. I talked to Beth and she said that the words I had were fine with some adjusting and additions. I am rather excited. This would be a REALLY big audience for my poetry. I did some revising and minor additions to the song and will review it with Beth, Jim and MaryAnn on Thursday.
Dick and I only went out to the Drug store to pick up a prescription and to OfficeMax to get some ink cartridges. The rest of the day I just worked on several of my projects, the Environment Committee notes, the song lyrics, the baby quilt. It was FUN.
Have a good Wednesday, It should be more of the same for me.
Charles M. Schulz said. "All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt."
Mary
Monday, January 16, 2006
Today, I FINALLY got all the ornaments off the tree and packed away. Even the Santa's are back in their boxes to wait until next year. Now all we have in the living room is a tree with lights on it. The kitties will be able to enjoy sitting under it for a day or so longer, I imagine, as Dick will have to take the lights off an disassemble the tree.
I will here share with you my brother Matt's poem about Christmas.
CHRISTMAS IS OVER
christmas is over again
it won't be back for another year
the lights have been taken down
santa claus went back to the toy factory
so we can all fight each other
with a clear conscience once more
Matthew, as you can see from this poem, did not believe in capital letters or most punctuation for that matter. He had a very cynical view of life. I do not really share that.
Tonight, we "took down Christmas" in church also. We put away the trees and wrapped and stored the ornaments and the creche and the wreaths and garland. We will enjoy the pointsettias a bit longer and leave up the red and gold on the back altar.
To get back to Matthew's poem, one of my friends, Ione Gregoire, said that she always leaves one Christmas decoration out to remind her to keep the joy and love of Christmas in her All year round and not let it fly away at Christmas. I think I will take her example to heart. Now, what should I bring back out? Perhaps, Grandma Bowser's little Nativity scene.
Be happy.
We may have snow by the end of the week.
Mary
I will here share with you my brother Matt's poem about Christmas.
CHRISTMAS IS OVER
christmas is over again
it won't be back for another year
the lights have been taken down
santa claus went back to the toy factory
so we can all fight each other
with a clear conscience once more
Matthew, as you can see from this poem, did not believe in capital letters or most punctuation for that matter. He had a very cynical view of life. I do not really share that.
Tonight, we "took down Christmas" in church also. We put away the trees and wrapped and stored the ornaments and the creche and the wreaths and garland. We will enjoy the pointsettias a bit longer and leave up the red and gold on the back altar.
To get back to Matthew's poem, one of my friends, Ione Gregoire, said that she always leaves one Christmas decoration out to remind her to keep the joy and love of Christmas in her All year round and not let it fly away at Christmas. I think I will take her example to heart. Now, what should I bring back out? Perhaps, Grandma Bowser's little Nativity scene.
Be happy.
We may have snow by the end of the week.
Mary
Sunday, January 15, 2006
The choir sang at 10:30 Mass this morning. We sang Just as I AM, which is a real favorite hymn of mine. The harmony is really easy and lovely. We sang ALL six verses. After Mass, I had to head right out to Rhine because it was my Sunday to work. It was very cold but we had 11 squads and the clubhouse was full of people enjoying their beer and the playoff games.
Rebecca, 15, one of our members who is turning 15 on Tuesday, brought birthday cake. Jim got out there about 2:00 so he and I went down to shoot. I had a rather low first round, only a 38 but the next two did go up - only 45 and 48 but at least they did improve. I have purchased an elbow brace and am going to try that next week to see if it helps steady my arm.
This is a comparatively quiet week, though Thursday, Dick has two appointments at the clinic and Saturday is Mother's Birthday. Mother said that Nora and Leif and George and Betsy will be in on Friday. It will be good to see everybody again. Tomorrow, after Bible Study, I am going to Rick's Florest to pick out a corsage for Mother.
Her is a quote that if found by a Rober Brault. "Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they wer the big things."
Mary
Rebecca, 15, one of our members who is turning 15 on Tuesday, brought birthday cake. Jim got out there about 2:00 so he and I went down to shoot. I had a rather low first round, only a 38 but the next two did go up - only 45 and 48 but at least they did improve. I have purchased an elbow brace and am going to try that next week to see if it helps steady my arm.
This is a comparatively quiet week, though Thursday, Dick has two appointments at the clinic and Saturday is Mother's Birthday. Mother said that Nora and Leif and George and Betsy will be in on Friday. It will be good to see everybody again. Tomorrow, after Bible Study, I am going to Rick's Florest to pick out a corsage for Mother.
Her is a quote that if found by a Rober Brault. "Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they wer the big things."
Mary
Saturday, January 14, 2006
Today the sky was blue and it was not damp. Chelsea and I went for a walk this morning and though there was a rather chilly breeze it was very nice with the sun shinning down on us.
Dick and I went to Sears to get some sox for him. They have done a lot of rearranging in the store, so we looked around a bit. We went into the appliance department and were surprised at the new washing machines. They are front loading and look really weird. You can get them on a pedistal so you don't even have to bend over to load. The look very futuristic.
I finished drawing out the plans for the banner that I want to make for church for Celtic Mass. It should work. I must now start looking for fabric.
I also got the plans for the Senior program that will be presented in February. We, Senior Saints, will join the school kids at their 1:00PM Mass on Wednesday Feb 22, then I will have refreshments in the vestibule followed by a concert of the Golden Chordaliers, a Senior Chorus who sing four part harmony. One of their members is 94 years old. Wow. My friend Dorothy Ruh is a member of the chorus. I made up a flyer for the bulletin and to send to the seniors. I will put an ad in the Sheboygan Falls News too. Perhaps some people from the greater community will come.
When Bart and I came to Wisconsin from Minnesota, I did not have a job. We found an apartment in Sheboygan. Bart told me later that he was really scared at that time. Later on, when he was older, and he found out how little I was making at that time he asked me how I ever did it. He said that anytime he wanted anything I always managed to get it for him. Fortunately, he was not a demanding kid and his requests were always reasonable. I was a pretty good manager of our funds and we did OK.
He was the one who always wanted to go looking at houses on weekends and when we found our little house in Sheboygan Falls he kind of pushed me to buy it. It was perfect for the two of us and Zero and Waylon. Two little bedrooms upstairs. One bathroom, a kitchen a dining room, a living room and another small room downstairs. They were all little teeny rooms but they were fine for us. I think it made him feel more secure to be in our own place. It was not an easy time, but I did the best I could.
Tomorrow, Bobbie and I work at Rhine. We will have to shoot pistol league too. Have a nice day.
Mary
Dick and I went to Sears to get some sox for him. They have done a lot of rearranging in the store, so we looked around a bit. We went into the appliance department and were surprised at the new washing machines. They are front loading and look really weird. You can get them on a pedistal so you don't even have to bend over to load. The look very futuristic.
I finished drawing out the plans for the banner that I want to make for church for Celtic Mass. It should work. I must now start looking for fabric.
I also got the plans for the Senior program that will be presented in February. We, Senior Saints, will join the school kids at their 1:00PM Mass on Wednesday Feb 22, then I will have refreshments in the vestibule followed by a concert of the Golden Chordaliers, a Senior Chorus who sing four part harmony. One of their members is 94 years old. Wow. My friend Dorothy Ruh is a member of the chorus. I made up a flyer for the bulletin and to send to the seniors. I will put an ad in the Sheboygan Falls News too. Perhaps some people from the greater community will come.
When Bart and I came to Wisconsin from Minnesota, I did not have a job. We found an apartment in Sheboygan. Bart told me later that he was really scared at that time. Later on, when he was older, and he found out how little I was making at that time he asked me how I ever did it. He said that anytime he wanted anything I always managed to get it for him. Fortunately, he was not a demanding kid and his requests were always reasonable. I was a pretty good manager of our funds and we did OK.
He was the one who always wanted to go looking at houses on weekends and when we found our little house in Sheboygan Falls he kind of pushed me to buy it. It was perfect for the two of us and Zero and Waylon. Two little bedrooms upstairs. One bathroom, a kitchen a dining room, a living room and another small room downstairs. They were all little teeny rooms but they were fine for us. I think it made him feel more secure to be in our own place. It was not an easy time, but I did the best I could.
Tomorrow, Bobbie and I work at Rhine. We will have to shoot pistol league too. Have a nice day.
Mary
Friday, January 13, 2006
I told Dick the other day that I was hungry for a fish fry. He said that it sounded like a great idea to him, so - tonight we went to Zana's for a Lake Perch Dinner. It was very good. The only complaint is that they serve WAY too much food. We brought enough potatoes for breakfast and fish for lunch. I guess that is OK, but if they served less and charged less I would be happier.
It was damp and chilly today thought the temperatures stayed in the upper 30s.
We also went to see Narnia this afternoon. Thank you Brenda. It is a wonderful movie. I can see why it is getting all the award nominations. I understand it is full of symbols about the war. It would be really interesting to find them out. I think I will have to read the story. I don't think I ever did. At least I didn't remember the story line.
Tomorrow is pretty quiet, but we do have to go out and do a bit of clothes shopping for Dick. Sox mainly. Aside from that, I intend to write and sew. I hope Chelsea stops being such a pest. She wants to go out too much. I am beginning to think she just wants lettuce. If she doesn't "perform", I am not giving her any.
I have always had dogs and cats. We had them growing up and I had them in my
California life also. I told you a bit about my Sam cat yesterday. She was quite a girl. Once, she had climbed into the camper when I went to the store to pick something up. I opened the camper door to put my purchased in and she shot out and took off. I was only about five blocks from home so after a cursery search, figured she would find her way. However, she did not come home that night or for the next three weeks. Boy, was my neighbor, John, who adored her mad at me. He spoiled her terribly. He used to fix her fresh chopped liver for treats.
To continue, one evening I heard a noise at the kitchen screen and there was my Sam.
I rushed to open the door and she glided in. I was SO elated, I called John. Then she turned her other side to me and I almost collapsed. There was a scar, an inch wide and running almost the full length of her body. It was healed over, but was still awful. I called the Vet immediately. The first thing he asked was why was she not brought in sooner. So I told him what happened. As it turned out it was a flesh wound. A huge one for sure but a flesh wound. He gave me a salve to put on it and it healed so well that you would never have known. The only thing that we can figure is that she climbed under the hood of a car to get warm and got clipped by the fan. Then she must have crawled off to nurse her wounds until she was well enough to make her way home.
We had her for quite a while after that. I really loved that cat.
Have a special weekend.
Mary
It was damp and chilly today thought the temperatures stayed in the upper 30s.
We also went to see Narnia this afternoon. Thank you Brenda. It is a wonderful movie. I can see why it is getting all the award nominations. I understand it is full of symbols about the war. It would be really interesting to find them out. I think I will have to read the story. I don't think I ever did. At least I didn't remember the story line.
Tomorrow is pretty quiet, but we do have to go out and do a bit of clothes shopping for Dick. Sox mainly. Aside from that, I intend to write and sew. I hope Chelsea stops being such a pest. She wants to go out too much. I am beginning to think she just wants lettuce. If she doesn't "perform", I am not giving her any.
I have always had dogs and cats. We had them growing up and I had them in my
California life also. I told you a bit about my Sam cat yesterday. She was quite a girl. Once, she had climbed into the camper when I went to the store to pick something up. I opened the camper door to put my purchased in and she shot out and took off. I was only about five blocks from home so after a cursery search, figured she would find her way. However, she did not come home that night or for the next three weeks. Boy, was my neighbor, John, who adored her mad at me. He spoiled her terribly. He used to fix her fresh chopped liver for treats.
To continue, one evening I heard a noise at the kitchen screen and there was my Sam.
I rushed to open the door and she glided in. I was SO elated, I called John. Then she turned her other side to me and I almost collapsed. There was a scar, an inch wide and running almost the full length of her body. It was healed over, but was still awful. I called the Vet immediately. The first thing he asked was why was she not brought in sooner. So I told him what happened. As it turned out it was a flesh wound. A huge one for sure but a flesh wound. He gave me a salve to put on it and it healed so well that you would never have known. The only thing that we can figure is that she climbed under the hood of a car to get warm and got clipped by the fan. Then she must have crawled off to nurse her wounds until she was well enough to make her way home.
We had her for quite a while after that. I really loved that cat.
Have a special weekend.
Mary
Thursday, January 12, 2006
I was on the run all day today. This morning, Dick and I went out to breakfast after we got the trash out. Then we went grocery shopping and on to Fessler's Drug Store to pick up the last pair of the compression stockings that he has to wear.
We got home just in time for me to get the groceries put away before I had to pick up Mother for her appointment with the hearing aid doctor. Both of her hearing aids needed cleaning and adjustment. One of them is failing fast so Dr. Nytis fitted her for a new one. The new one will filter out some background noises and can be directed to the front in some conversation situations so that conversations in back won't be rattling around. We HOPE to have it by next Friday so that she will be able to wear it at the big Birthday Bash. But the doctor does have the old one functioning if that doesn't happen.
When I got home, it was so beatiful and the sun was shining so Chelsea and I went for a walk. Was that ever nice. Then I cleaned bathrooms, fixed dinner and headed for choir.
I also got a welcome call from Jacquie, my ex-sister-in-law. It is always so good to hear her voice and catch up on all those people that were a part of my life for so many years. Aunt Velma, my mother in law's sister, is going to be 95 in February. We exchange Christmas Cards and I am always SO very glad to get hers. She is a lovely person. I will be sure to get a card off to her for her special day, February 4th.
This morning, I was remembering friends from years gone by. One friend that came to mind was Karl Kendall. Crazy Karl we used to call him. Karl was a carpenter. One time he fell off a roof and landed upside down with his head stuck between the fender and the front of a car. He wasn't hurt a bit. We always told him that if he had landed on his feet he would have killed himself.
One time he did some work for Dick (my ex) and me on our house. He was getting ready to go into the house and saw our cat, Samantha, a beautiful black cat with emerald green eyes, sitting on the neighbor's fence. He figured that we probably didn't want her in because we were both at work. So he kept his eyes on her as he opened the door and sidled into the kitchen. Then he turned to go into the hall and there was Sam. In the middle of the kitchen floor. She was a work of art too.
Anyway, Karl lives in Bullhead City, about a mile from Jacquie and she said he is as crazy as he ever was. So things don't change much.
Have a nice Friday.
Mary
We got home just in time for me to get the groceries put away before I had to pick up Mother for her appointment with the hearing aid doctor. Both of her hearing aids needed cleaning and adjustment. One of them is failing fast so Dr. Nytis fitted her for a new one. The new one will filter out some background noises and can be directed to the front in some conversation situations so that conversations in back won't be rattling around. We HOPE to have it by next Friday so that she will be able to wear it at the big Birthday Bash. But the doctor does have the old one functioning if that doesn't happen.
When I got home, it was so beatiful and the sun was shining so Chelsea and I went for a walk. Was that ever nice. Then I cleaned bathrooms, fixed dinner and headed for choir.
I also got a welcome call from Jacquie, my ex-sister-in-law. It is always so good to hear her voice and catch up on all those people that were a part of my life for so many years. Aunt Velma, my mother in law's sister, is going to be 95 in February. We exchange Christmas Cards and I am always SO very glad to get hers. She is a lovely person. I will be sure to get a card off to her for her special day, February 4th.
This morning, I was remembering friends from years gone by. One friend that came to mind was Karl Kendall. Crazy Karl we used to call him. Karl was a carpenter. One time he fell off a roof and landed upside down with his head stuck between the fender and the front of a car. He wasn't hurt a bit. We always told him that if he had landed on his feet he would have killed himself.
One time he did some work for Dick (my ex) and me on our house. He was getting ready to go into the house and saw our cat, Samantha, a beautiful black cat with emerald green eyes, sitting on the neighbor's fence. He figured that we probably didn't want her in because we were both at work. So he kept his eyes on her as he opened the door and sidled into the kitchen. Then he turned to go into the hall and there was Sam. In the middle of the kitchen floor. She was a work of art too.
Anyway, Karl lives in Bullhead City, about a mile from Jacquie and she said he is as crazy as he ever was. So things don't change much.
Have a nice Friday.
Mary
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
I went to quilt guild today. Usually I try to avoid going to the day meetings - however - I want to make a quilt for the At Risk Babies at Childrens Hospital and if I hadn't gone today I would not have gotten the kit in time to get it done. I also wanted to pick up a Challenge Block for the yearly raffle. We had a speaker from The Sewing Basket talk to us about thread. I learned quite a lot. The Guild is probably not going to have a Quilt Show this year because noone came forward to chair the event. It sounded like there were a couple of people who might take the challege up for the following year. Apparently some guilds only do one every two years. Everyone can be very proud of me - I did not volunteer for ANYTHING.
We had good old Kraft Dinner for supper - I made it with ham in it. Sure tasted good. We shop tomorrow. Good thing as we are out of fruit and even more serious. There is NO MORE LETTUCE left for Chelsea. She may leave home. Of course, we can Kind of fake her out with celery or carrots, but lettuce is the creme de la creme in her mind.
It is still gloomy around here. There was even some rain but the temps went up to 40 this afternoon, so Chelsea and I did take a short walk. I saw the people who lost their dog and they still have not found poor old Wishbone. I hope someone took him in and will try to find his owners. Dogs like that keep wandering. I had a black lab named Buddy once. He got out of the yard and it was a few days later before I got a call from a school miles away. He had traveled several miles and crossed several busy streets to get there. I think she just kept wandering one way and then another and finally someone corralled her. The guy kept saying "Are you sure she is yours? You live WHERE?" But Buddy knew me and that is always a pretty good clue. Of course, Chelsea would probably run right by me. She is such a silly girl.
Have a nice Thursday.
Mary
We had good old Kraft Dinner for supper - I made it with ham in it. Sure tasted good. We shop tomorrow. Good thing as we are out of fruit and even more serious. There is NO MORE LETTUCE left for Chelsea. She may leave home. Of course, we can Kind of fake her out with celery or carrots, but lettuce is the creme de la creme in her mind.
It is still gloomy around here. There was even some rain but the temps went up to 40 this afternoon, so Chelsea and I did take a short walk. I saw the people who lost their dog and they still have not found poor old Wishbone. I hope someone took him in and will try to find his owners. Dogs like that keep wandering. I had a black lab named Buddy once. He got out of the yard and it was a few days later before I got a call from a school miles away. He had traveled several miles and crossed several busy streets to get there. I think she just kept wandering one way and then another and finally someone corralled her. The guy kept saying "Are you sure she is yours? You live WHERE?" But Buddy knew me and that is always a pretty good clue. Of course, Chelsea would probably run right by me. She is such a silly girl.
Have a nice Thursday.
Mary
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
We did have some sun today but it never got as warm as Sally Severson from Channel 12 said it would. The highest that I saw was 33 degrees. Chelsea and I went for a nice walk this afternoon anyway. On our walk, one of our neighbors and a boy stopped us and asked us to keep our eyes out for their dog, Wishbone. He is a beagle, black, brown and white with some gray around his whiskers. Apparantly he wandered off and they can't find him. They said he likes to chase rabbits. Chelsea and I saw no sign of him but will continue to look as we walk each day. Poor little dog, I am sure he is frightened by now.
Aside from my walk, I did NOT leave the yard today. It was really quite nice. Kitties followed me all over the house. Roxie was naughty this evening. I was in the den sewing. Chelsea was sleeping peacefully in front of Jim's chair and Roxie just walked up to her and started beating her up. Chelsea looked hurt, so I told her to come and sit with me for a while. Right now, Roxie is acting like little Miss Innocent, sleeping peacefully on the desk underneath the lamp.
I guess that I had better make a coconut cream pie this weekend. I made banana cream for New Year's Day and Jim said that he thought that coconut should be next. This is a quiet weekend, a good thing since the next weekend is Mom's birthday and the following weekend we are going to the Fireside to see the Fabulous 50s. I don't know why everything always has to come at once. But at least we had a couple of quiet weekends in between.
Yesterday the Cadfael Book of Days said. "There is a right place for every soul under the sun." I liked that. It is nice to think that everybody is special and has his/her own place. Bloom in yours today
Mary
Aside from my walk, I did NOT leave the yard today. It was really quite nice. Kitties followed me all over the house. Roxie was naughty this evening. I was in the den sewing. Chelsea was sleeping peacefully in front of Jim's chair and Roxie just walked up to her and started beating her up. Chelsea looked hurt, so I told her to come and sit with me for a while. Right now, Roxie is acting like little Miss Innocent, sleeping peacefully on the desk underneath the lamp.
I guess that I had better make a coconut cream pie this weekend. I made banana cream for New Year's Day and Jim said that he thought that coconut should be next. This is a quiet weekend, a good thing since the next weekend is Mom's birthday and the following weekend we are going to the Fireside to see the Fabulous 50s. I don't know why everything always has to come at once. But at least we had a couple of quiet weekends in between.
Yesterday the Cadfael Book of Days said. "There is a right place for every soul under the sun." I liked that. It is nice to think that everybody is special and has his/her own place. Bloom in yours today
Mary
Monday, January 09, 2006
Today was a very nice Monday.
Started off with the very first Bible Study of the year. As we are studying the scriptures of the upcoming Sunday, it does become quite timely. Sunday is about answering the call of Jesus. We also reviewed a few things. I realized that a couple of our members are not too familiar with the order of the books of the bible so just before we left I reviewed things a bit.
There are two books - the Old Testament and the New Testament. The New Testament is as follows: the four Gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John (in that order. When I was young, I learned this little poem which always helped me remember. "Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, went to bed with their britches on." The word britches always makes things easy for a kid to remember.) After the Gospels comes the Acts of the Apostles. Next are the letters or epistles (one of our members did not know that letters and epistles were the same thing.) and last but not least is the Book of Revelation.
Anyway, sometimes we assume that people know things that we do. Not everybody has been exposed to the same things.
Today, the travel channel featured a parasail adventure. It reminded me of the time I went up on a parasail behind a jeep out on the desert. There are no words to describe the peace and beauty of such a ride. I did attempt it in a poem. Did I ever publish that on this site? If I didn't and you would like to read it let me know.
Went to Writers Club this afternoon. I read and sang the song lyrics that I wrote for Celtic Faire. They liked them and Ann Pirrung said that she figures she does not have to go to church for a while.
We did a fun little exercize of a type of poem called a Cin Quain.
Here is my little poem
Puppy
Chubby - Happy
Yipping - Jumping - Licking
Goffy little ball of slobber
Cuddly
Be Happy today
Mary
Started off with the very first Bible Study of the year. As we are studying the scriptures of the upcoming Sunday, it does become quite timely. Sunday is about answering the call of Jesus. We also reviewed a few things. I realized that a couple of our members are not too familiar with the order of the books of the bible so just before we left I reviewed things a bit.
There are two books - the Old Testament and the New Testament. The New Testament is as follows: the four Gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John (in that order. When I was young, I learned this little poem which always helped me remember. "Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, went to bed with their britches on." The word britches always makes things easy for a kid to remember.) After the Gospels comes the Acts of the Apostles. Next are the letters or epistles (one of our members did not know that letters and epistles were the same thing.) and last but not least is the Book of Revelation.
Anyway, sometimes we assume that people know things that we do. Not everybody has been exposed to the same things.
Today, the travel channel featured a parasail adventure. It reminded me of the time I went up on a parasail behind a jeep out on the desert. There are no words to describe the peace and beauty of such a ride. I did attempt it in a poem. Did I ever publish that on this site? If I didn't and you would like to read it let me know.
Went to Writers Club this afternoon. I read and sang the song lyrics that I wrote for Celtic Faire. They liked them and Ann Pirrung said that she figures she does not have to go to church for a while.
We did a fun little exercize of a type of poem called a Cin Quain.
Here is my little poem
Puppy
Chubby - Happy
Yipping - Jumping - Licking
Goffy little ball of slobber
Cuddly
Be Happy today
Mary
Sunday, January 08, 2006
We had SUNSHINE today. While Bobbie and I were driving back from Rhine after shooting, we suddenly saw shadows. Then we saw blue sky. What a wonderful pleasure. As soon as I got home, Chelsea and I went out for a nice long walk. She didn't turn in at the driveway this time. She even took the extra little dogleg that we sometimes skip. We both felt WONDERFUL when we got back home.
The singing at Mass went very well. The kids sing well and we blended together nicely. I think the congregation liked it too.
I fixed venison steaks with baked potato, fresh green beans and tossed salad for supper tonight. I marinaded the steaks in a steak rub that I often use. They were tender and very tasty.
The teens at Blessed Trinity that are planning on going on mission this summer are selling cinnamon rolls again this year. I bought four. We shared one tonight so we could have a taste (we are still dieting, you know) Then there is one for each of us. Dick an I figure on that for breakfast on Tuesday, as we will be done with the blast off week and can have just that and fruit for breakfast and still not be overdoing.
I have decided to make two wall hangings for Church for Celtic Mass. I am beginning to draw out the first which will be adapted from a design that I have on a pin called the Hand Of God. It is full of Celtic Knots rising up to a hand in the sky with a halo surrounding the hand. I will have to do it in thirds so that it will be big enough. The companion piece, (if the first works) will be a Celtic High Cross adapted from the pictures of high crosses that I took on my trips to Ireland. I will keep you posted.
Less than two weeks to Mom's Birthday. Time is a flyin'. Haven't heard from anybody, so I guess that all I have to do is order the corsage for her. I wrote to the White House requesting a birthday card. I know she doesn't think much of Bush, but I still think that she deserves recognition from our President.
Have a nice Monday. I have Bible Study AND Writer's Club. I have decided to share the song lyrics that I wrote and we sang at Celtic Mass.
Love
Mary
The singing at Mass went very well. The kids sing well and we blended together nicely. I think the congregation liked it too.
I fixed venison steaks with baked potato, fresh green beans and tossed salad for supper tonight. I marinaded the steaks in a steak rub that I often use. They were tender and very tasty.
The teens at Blessed Trinity that are planning on going on mission this summer are selling cinnamon rolls again this year. I bought four. We shared one tonight so we could have a taste (we are still dieting, you know) Then there is one for each of us. Dick an I figure on that for breakfast on Tuesday, as we will be done with the blast off week and can have just that and fruit for breakfast and still not be overdoing.
I have decided to make two wall hangings for Church for Celtic Mass. I am beginning to draw out the first which will be adapted from a design that I have on a pin called the Hand Of God. It is full of Celtic Knots rising up to a hand in the sky with a halo surrounding the hand. I will have to do it in thirds so that it will be big enough. The companion piece, (if the first works) will be a Celtic High Cross adapted from the pictures of high crosses that I took on my trips to Ireland. I will keep you posted.
Less than two weeks to Mom's Birthday. Time is a flyin'. Haven't heard from anybody, so I guess that all I have to do is order the corsage for her. I wrote to the White House requesting a birthday card. I know she doesn't think much of Bush, but I still think that she deserves recognition from our President.
Have a nice Monday. I have Bible Study AND Writer's Club. I have decided to share the song lyrics that I wrote and we sang at Celtic Mass.
Love
Mary
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