The snow did arrive on Saturday, Oct. 28 just as was predicted! I don’t know how much we received all day but what did come covered everything sitting out in the open.
Next Sunday, Nov. 7 is the day we FALL BACK—Set your clocks BACK one hour as Daylight Savings Time ends. The cows and people in nursing homes won’t be happy with this time change, but we don’t live in Arizona or Hawaii where they don’t have it.
This has been a week of events! Faith Lutheran had Meals on Wheels that Dave and Lucille Pearson helped with—thank you! Tuesday night was the MMCRU 9-12 Music Concert at the gym. It was the first concert since the High School was done over. There was a different entrance way to the gym and a handicapped ramp to the far right of the entrance way.
Once inside I noticed that the yellow stage curtain was gone! That curtain used to be a problem when taking pictures so I’m not missing it! The Marching Band did not have chairs to sit on and play their instruments but “marched” to the direction of two Drum Majors who stood on a ladder to direct them. They did well in giving us a show of moving and creating a new scene. Both groups did well.
They will not have a December music program as they will be performing in the Madrigal Dinner Theatre at the Sawyer Center in Marcus on December 2-3. However, the Middle School at Remsen will be having their Holiday Concert at Remsen on December 14 at 7 p.m.
Wednesday night was the night the Marcus Public Library had a program on “Prisoners of War in Iowa” given by Linda Betsinger McCann. It really was unbelievable that we had prisoners that England didn’t have room for that came to the U.S. Of the number that came (435,000) there were only 24 that escaped. Two were found but I don’t know about the others. The prisoners came from Italy, Japan, and Germany. A good share of them really didn’t want to go back after the war was over, but had no choice. Many went back to “nothing” that was left of where they had previously lived. Most were very grateful for how the Americans treated them since they had been captured as “enemies”.
Thursday Steve and I went to the Methodist Ham Loaf and Salad Bar supper. And Friday we watched the MMCRU football game that was played at Moville with Woodbury Central for playoffs. MMCRU lost 28-35 (by one touchdown). MMCRU came close to tying it up as they were “goal to go” but not enough seconds left to accomplish this. They did well and we are still proud of them that they had come as far as they had.
I had put my Absentee Ballad envelope in a drawer in my hutch where I keep things of importance I don’t want to lose. I went uptown to do some business and when I returned, the envelope was gone! I knew I had put it there. One other time, some missing things were found that had gone over the back of the drawer. Most drawers can be lifted and will come out and at that time what ever had gone over the top had gone down into the next drawer. This drawer is different. It cannot be lifted out and whatever goes behind it, goes under the drawer that is a “sealed” drawer. Meaning, that there is a board that is under the drawer and will not let anything go into the next under compartment.
The drawer was taken apart and yes, the ballot plus other things, were under the drawer. From now on, I am putting important things in a brown envelope that cannot positively go under the back of this drawer. This is the second time this has happened. Up to this happening, I had never had a drawer that couldn’t be lifted up and pulled out and things retrieved in the next compartment. There are 5 other drawers that are the same way.
I was watching Little House on the Prairie the other morning and saw Nellie Oleson at her best (what is new with her?). She wanted the horse, “Bunny” that Laura Ingalls had and convenienced her mother Harriet, to buy it. She went to get the horse, got on it, and gave it a sharp kick, with the horse taking off and Nellie was thrown off the horse. Laura got her back to the Oleson store where Harriet Oleson (mother) was furious and blamed Laura for what happened.
Then Nellie pretended that she had “no” feeling in her legs. That enraged Harriet to no end. Nellie then said that the horse should be put down because of what had happened to her. Laura was upset and was hoping this wasn’t going to happen. Nellie’s father, Nels did not want the horse gone and dragged things on to prevent this—much to his wife’s dismay.
Nellie was in a wheel chair, when people were around, but out of the wheel chair and walking in her room otherwise with people still believing that she couldn’t walk. That is until one day when her brother, Willie, came in and saw her out of the wheel chair. She made him promise not to tell anyone. One day Laura (who had been coming with her school assignments every school day) came and offered to take Nellie outside for some fresh air. In the process, whether Laura did it on purpose or not, the wheel chair got away from Laura and took off, throwing Nellie out of it. Nellie got up and walked!
Her dad saw this and that was the end of her lying about her “no feeling in her legs”. He gave the horse back to Laura who was delighted but Nellie and Harriet were not! This showed where someone could take whatever if there was enough money to buy it. Sadly enough, Bunny met its end one day when Laura was riding her and the horse went into a barb fence that no one knew had been put there. The horse went down and had two broken legs. A horse with a broken leg has no chance and Bunny didn’t either. Laura did enjoy the time she had with Bunny in spite of what Nellie tried to do.
Remember in your thoughts and prayers those who have lost 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” are more important than “needs” that prestige isn’t everything and be with those who are still struggling to shorten the distance between family/friends to build a bridge instead of a wall. Count your blessings!
I will leave you with this quote: “Give others a piece of your heart; not a piece of your mind.”