Another Mother’s Day has passed and is just a memory. Here’s hoping that no matter how you celebrated, you had a good day!
Zachary and Bethany took me out for supper on Saturday night. Steve could have gone along but wasn’t home when we left.
I hope I never have another Monday like I had last Monday! I started my day at 5 a.m. doing laundry. Then it was time to do “Meals on Wheels” and later on went to the funeral parlor for Kevin’s wake. From there I was in Cherokee and made it back in time for the City Council meeting. As soon as that was over, we were on the road to Remsen for the Middle School Band Concert.
The sun was shining when we got to Remsen. But—it wasn’t when we went to leave! No one was prepared for the cloud burst that was going on! We were parked in the front row so were fortunate that we didn’t have to get to far distance vehicles like some people did. As I was ready to cross the area to get to our car, a car came and evidently thought it was going to get by and make all of us stand in the rain while they were in a car and dry. I finally stepped out in front of the car and everyone followed. (I imagine we were all getting cursed because the car had to stop.)
Wednesday and Friday were the last days Faith Lutheran had “Meals on Wheels” this time. We have it again June 26-July 4. Steve will get to help this time as he has been at school the other times.
Evidently there were two mother cats that wanted to spend Mother’s Day in a warm place. Bethany went to the barn the middle of the week and was in for a surprise—there were two mother cats with kittens! One was in the loft and the other in a stall. Zachary has a small “cat house” that is supposed to be used by Bethany’s cats when they didn’t make it in time when the barn door was closed. We have had a lot of rain and sometimes not so warm and evidently these two cats decided to get into the warm barn rather than use the “cat house”. No one is going to claim that they have lost an expectant cat so this has posed a problem. Now there are 9 kittens that will be looking for a home when they can leave their mothers.
Bethany is not worried about a “paternity suit” as all her male cats have been to the vet. The Humane Society in Sioux City charges (I think $65) for each animal brought to them. When they go to adopt them out, the cost is much higher unless some business had given some money to the animal that lowers the cost of adoption. The Humane Society has just put on television that at this time, they have an over surplus of cats. There is no way that Bethany can afford to take these kittens to the vet (to be spayed or neutered) or even to the Humane Society. She is hoping that there is someone out there that would take a pair or even one and give a good home. (There would be NO charge.)
Tuesday we went to Kevin Alesch’s funeral and Tuesday night we went to the MMCRU Scholarships in the Commons at Marcus. These graduating students did well in getting scholarships to start them on their way to their future. The MMC and RU Foundations’ money was great! It is at this time that I am going to mention that it would be nice if the student would acknowledge appreciation and thanks to the person/organization that gave them money. There was one business that gave and the next year didn’t. I asked why and was told that all it would have taken to continue giving would have been if the first student had just acknowledged and maybe told of what they planned to do in the future. I know that at the time students are busy but putting something on Facebook that maybe the donor doesn’t have anything to do with, isn’t always the answer. Even if more than one received from a person, that many could sign a card and send it. The person that gives is probably from another generation that did write a note of appreciation or maybe even a phone call. Don’t spoil it for another student in the future by not taking time to be thankful.
Friday night we went to the Marcus Community Center for the Friends of the Marcus Public Library and the Marcus Public Library’s presentation of William Kent Kruger. Kruger is a well-known author of 24 books. His presentation was held at the Center because a number of other area towns had interested people coming that would have been too many for the room the Marcus Library uses for these presentations.
He spoke on his personal life and some of the many books he had written. There will be more on his visit at a later time.
Saturday we went to the MMCRU Skills USA Industrial Tech Show for their open house. Even the ninth graders did good work on their projects. This year they make night stands instead of clocks. It was unbelievable how these night stands looked! Some had doors and others had drawers. Some had artwork carved in them. There were all kinds of tables that other classes had done. One project would have been nice for a wall as it had spaces for television and other things. These projects were sanded and varnished/painted to perfection. There were welding projects also as well as some small buildings.
Then it was time to go to the Greenhouse and see what they had been doing. There were geraniums and all colors of petunias all available for planting. I thought of getting some geraniums and putting them by my mother’s grave, but decided not to as the wind and rain would not leave them in one piece. (As I am writing this on Sunday afternoon, it is raining again!)
There were some different tomato plants. You would plant them as usual but then when they leaned over, just let them lay on their side as they would take roots and produce better tomatoes.
As we were leaving the Greenhouse, it was sprinkling. By the time I made it to the grocery store, it was pouring down. For anyone that planned on mowing grass, this rain isn’t going to help! (More information on the Greenhouse and the Skills Industrial Tech will be in at a later time.)
I just found out that Jennifer and Scott are back in Houston this weekend. I hope she has a good report this time.
I keep forgetting to tell the writer of a thank you that I received for an article I had written on a family relative of the writer, that I appreciated getting it. It came at a time when I was wondering if anybody ever read anything that I had written. Have you ever had days like that when nothing seems to be going right and then something comes along to change that?
I am able to get Sioux Falls on the television (sometimes) and had looked forward to Sunday afternoon when Little House on the Prairie mother, Caroline Ingalls was going to be featured for Mother’s Day. Well, all was going fine until the wind and rain changed it. Most of the time the picture was cutting out just when an interesting part was happening. I finally decided it wasn’t worth trying to see under these circumstances and went back to finishing up writing my articles.
This coming Monday (May 15) is the MMCRU School Board meeting at Remsen. Next Sunday (May 21) is graduation for MMCRU High School graduates. There is on Tuesday (May 23) Mark Brighton Elementary Track Meet with the last day of school for students being May 25. Those dates mark the last of the MMCRU School for 2023.
Remember in your thoughts and prayers those who have lost friends/loved ones to death, have had their lives changed, have health problems some of which are terminal, are struggling to make ends meet even though they have a job, help those who desire “wants” rather than “needs” that prestige isn’t everything and be with those who are still trying to shorten the distance between family/friends to build a bridge instead of a wall. Count your blessings. I will close with this quote from Leo Tolstoy, Author: “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”