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Monday, November 16, 2015
Busy, Busy, Busy
The year is almost gone already and I haven't gotten used to 2015 yet. Now that Holiday time is upon us, I don't seem to have time to figure out what to post on here. Besides that I haven't posted since spring. Maybe I'll do better next year. There's just way too much happening in Mtse to keep up.
Monday, July 13, 2015
June 2015
June was busy. We had several visitors. Joy stopped in on the 3rd. Bill, Judy and Katie were here the 25th, Dave and Karen were here the 30th.
Gma and I went to Roger Fernandez's funeral. They used to live in Meeteetse and Gma knew them quite well. I went to a Memorial service for Mary Fisher in Thermop. She was a Gma era friend.
Mowed grass at the Town House twice and the Country Estate once. The Game Warden finished that one for me.
Went to a movie at the rec center with the Senior book group. Saw "Waking Ned DeVine". Then the rec center started doing movies on Thursday evenings for the kids. They had one at 5:00 for all ages - 0-107, and one at 6:45 for older kids, but all movies are rated PG. I didn't have time to see both as there wasn't enough time between movies to come home for ice cream with Gma. So I opted for the later movie. No one else showed up so I got a private showing. It was "If I Had Wings". The next week the lights fell down in the building so they had to cancel. The next week, John had told us on the bus that they weren't having one because of the Fourth. Besides the Schumachers and Limings were here. Apparently they did have one and called a few people but nobody could go. Now they aren't having them anymore because nobody showed up. I tried.
Big Jim is back. They had a party at the Cowboy for him the 21st. I went down and visited for a bit, but there were just a couple of people there. They didn't have any goodies out like they advertised. So I visited a bit, got my picture taken with him, and came home.
Had breakfast at the ElkHorn with one of the Church ladies and her daughter and son-in-law the 14th. That was fun. The daughter is the head janitor at the school here.
Then there was the usual Senior lunches on Mondays and Wednesdays and the bus trips to Cody on Thursdays. Fridays the bus ladies have coffee or breakast at the ElkHorn now.
Keeps us busy just doing normal everyday stuff.
Gma and I went to Roger Fernandez's funeral. They used to live in Meeteetse and Gma knew them quite well. I went to a Memorial service for Mary Fisher in Thermop. She was a Gma era friend.
Mowed grass at the Town House twice and the Country Estate once. The Game Warden finished that one for me.
Went to a movie at the rec center with the Senior book group. Saw "Waking Ned DeVine". Then the rec center started doing movies on Thursday evenings for the kids. They had one at 5:00 for all ages - 0-107, and one at 6:45 for older kids, but all movies are rated PG. I didn't have time to see both as there wasn't enough time between movies to come home for ice cream with Gma. So I opted for the later movie. No one else showed up so I got a private showing. It was "If I Had Wings". The next week the lights fell down in the building so they had to cancel. The next week, John had told us on the bus that they weren't having one because of the Fourth. Besides the Schumachers and Limings were here. Apparently they did have one and called a few people but nobody could go. Now they aren't having them anymore because nobody showed up. I tried.
Big Jim is back. They had a party at the Cowboy for him the 21st. I went down and visited for a bit, but there were just a couple of people there. They didn't have any goodies out like they advertised. So I visited a bit, got my picture taken with him, and came home.
Had breakfast at the ElkHorn with one of the Church ladies and her daughter and son-in-law the 14th. That was fun. The daughter is the head janitor at the school here.
Then there was the usual Senior lunches on Mondays and Wednesdays and the bus trips to Cody on Thursdays. Fridays the bus ladies have coffee or breakast at the ElkHorn now.
Keeps us busy just doing normal everyday stuff.
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Help from the Rec District
On June 1st the kids from the Rec district came to help do yard work for Seniors. They were not allowed to use any motorized equipment. I said it they couldn't use a mower or weed eater I didn't have anything for them to do. Then I gave it some thought and decided that if I got the lawn mowed they could rake up all that grass. Usually after mowing it looks like I need a hay baler. Raking would be good. And they could pull weeds. Then I thought of the sheep shears for trimming. I called John and asked if they could use the sheep shears. They aren't mechanized, but they are a sharp object. He said he'd have to check on that. Next day he called me and said the 16 year old could use a weed eater. I thought that might be safer for them than the shears anyway as I doubt if any of them know how to use old fashioned shears.
I did get the lawn mowed before June 1. They came with a mower and two weed eaters. I had two kids
weed eating and two raking. The other one pulled weeds. He was older, like college material and was a sort of supervisor for the high schoolers. They did end up doing a good job and really cleaned up the yard. They did weed eating all around the outside of the garage and in the alley.
John and Angie (Rec District managers) came to check on them and I gave them a tour of my house. Angie used to live there when her youngest was born. That child is now in 5th grade, I think. It had changed a lot since she lived there. Anyway they hustled the kids up as they had to go to lunch at noon as some had other jobs at 1:00pm. And they had another place to work on before noon. Sent over a couple of more kids to help finish up. I got a picture before they all got away, so I could give it to John for the Rec district info on their "help" programs.
They did a good job and were very nice about it and paid attention to what I said needed to be done. I really appreciated their help. However it was just a one day thing and now the grass is ready to be mowed again and weeds are all back in the alley.
I did get the lawn mowed before June 1. They came with a mower and two weed eaters. I had two kids
weed eating and two raking. The other one pulled weeds. He was older, like college material and was a sort of supervisor for the high schoolers. They did end up doing a good job and really cleaned up the yard. They did weed eating all around the outside of the garage and in the alley.
John and Angie (Rec District managers) came to check on them and I gave them a tour of my house. Angie used to live there when her youngest was born. That child is now in 5th grade, I think. It had changed a lot since she lived there. Anyway they hustled the kids up as they had to go to lunch at noon as some had other jobs at 1:00pm. And they had another place to work on before noon. Sent over a couple of more kids to help finish up. I got a picture before they all got away, so I could give it to John for the Rec district info on their "help" programs.
They did a good job and were very nice about it and paid attention to what I said needed to be done. I really appreciated their help. However it was just a one day thing and now the grass is ready to be mowed again and weeds are all back in the alley.
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
May
May! What can I say? May is Gma's birthday all month, and then Mother's Day is thrown in there as well. Gma had 30 people in the yard and 2 fire trucks to sing to her this year. It was kinda cold and spitting little bits of snow every now and then, but they came anyway. Maylee Potas and Sara Rankine played "Amazing Grace" on their recorders and then everyone sang it to her. It was great. She got lots of phone calls from relatives and friends. Some came in the afternoon and brought more goodies and flowers.
The day before she had a couple of visitors, Terri brought her rum laced cookies and Levi Gitlitz brought her flowers.
On Sunday (Mother's Day) the whole congregation of St Therese's sang "Happy Birthday" to her and many came and shook her hand and wished her many more. The Bill Bains came to visit that afternoon. Woody Bains visited the 12th and came back again the 24th with Audrey Gray, Chris and Karen's sister. David Bain was her the 27th. There were other local visitors throughout the month.
May gave us lots of rain and made the grass grow and grow and grow. It finally quite long enough for the Game Warden to get the country estate mowed the 28th, and I got the town house mowed the 29th. Looked like I needed a hay baler
This month the Senior bus ladies have been having coffee and breakfast at the ElkHorn on Fridays. It's a regular thing now. There were a couple of funerals this month, and a bank history program at the Museum. High school graduation was May 30th. We had an invitation from Wilson Renner, but didn't go to the school ceremony. There was a picnic in the park afterward, so I did go over to that for a minute to congratulate Wilson, but didn't stay for the eats. I really don't know many of those people anyway.
The day before she had a couple of visitors, Terri brought her rum laced cookies and Levi Gitlitz brought her flowers.
On Sunday (Mother's Day) the whole congregation of St Therese's sang "Happy Birthday" to her and many came and shook her hand and wished her many more. The Bill Bains came to visit that afternoon. Woody Bains visited the 12th and came back again the 24th with Audrey Gray, Chris and Karen's sister. David Bain was her the 27th. There were other local visitors throughout the month.
May gave us lots of rain and made the grass grow and grow and grow. It finally quite long enough for the Game Warden to get the country estate mowed the 28th, and I got the town house mowed the 29th. Looked like I needed a hay baler
This month the Senior bus ladies have been having coffee and breakfast at the ElkHorn on Fridays. It's a regular thing now. There were a couple of funerals this month, and a bank history program at the Museum. High school graduation was May 30th. We had an invitation from Wilson Renner, but didn't go to the school ceremony. There was a picnic in the park afterward, so I did go over to that for a minute to congratulate Wilson, but didn't stay for the eats. I really don't know many of those people anyway.
Saturday, April 25, 2015
another busy week
Thought I'd have more leisure time this week. WRONG!!!!
There was Seniors Monday and Wednesday and the bus to Cody on Thursday. That's the day those of us on the bus decided to meet the next morning for breakfast at the ElkHorn. We've talked about it before, but our schedules were all too busy to get it in. So this week we just did it. Was a fun morning and we all enjoyed our breakfasts and the visit. Will have to do it more often now.
Tuesday I went to Cody in the morning to get my hair cut. It was long, long, long overdue. Then got back in time to fix lunch and go back to Cody to take Gma to the doctor about her sore shoulder. She wrenched it one night pulling up the covers. Said she heard it pop. She thought it would go away, so we put thergesic on it a couple of nights, but that didn't help. She would take tylenol which did help her sleep some, but it wasn't working real well either. If she could get it positioned just right she could sleep, but then she'd move and it would hurt enough to wake her up again. So off to the doc we went Tuesday afternoon. It wasn't swollen or bruised, but he thought it needed to be x-rayed. Good news was it wasn't broken, bad news was she had torn the rotor cuff. She doesn't do well with pain pills, but she told him she could handle codeine. He prescribed tylenol 3 which has codeine and it seems to help some. At least she sleeps for longer periods of time at night. She will only take one at night. She says it doesn't hurt so much in the daytime when she's sitting up. She can rest it on the arm of her chair. He also showed her an easy exercise to do so it doesn't stiffen up. It doesn't put any pressure on the shoulder, but keeps it moving. She does that when she comes to the table.
Gayle brought more stuff to put in my shop. This is the big furniture type stuff. She had some Sunday and again on Thursday.
Saturday evening I went to a wedding. It was supposed to be in the back yard of the Oasis, but it was raining tonight, so they moved it into the ElkHorn. That was where the reception was to be held anyway. I didn't stay for all that.
There was Seniors Monday and Wednesday and the bus to Cody on Thursday. That's the day those of us on the bus decided to meet the next morning for breakfast at the ElkHorn. We've talked about it before, but our schedules were all too busy to get it in. So this week we just did it. Was a fun morning and we all enjoyed our breakfasts and the visit. Will have to do it more often now.
Tuesday I went to Cody in the morning to get my hair cut. It was long, long, long overdue. Then got back in time to fix lunch and go back to Cody to take Gma to the doctor about her sore shoulder. She wrenched it one night pulling up the covers. Said she heard it pop. She thought it would go away, so we put thergesic on it a couple of nights, but that didn't help. She would take tylenol which did help her sleep some, but it wasn't working real well either. If she could get it positioned just right she could sleep, but then she'd move and it would hurt enough to wake her up again. So off to the doc we went Tuesday afternoon. It wasn't swollen or bruised, but he thought it needed to be x-rayed. Good news was it wasn't broken, bad news was she had torn the rotor cuff. She doesn't do well with pain pills, but she told him she could handle codeine. He prescribed tylenol 3 which has codeine and it seems to help some. At least she sleeps for longer periods of time at night. She will only take one at night. She says it doesn't hurt so much in the daytime when she's sitting up. She can rest it on the arm of her chair. He also showed her an easy exercise to do so it doesn't stiffen up. It doesn't put any pressure on the shoulder, but keeps it moving. She does that when she comes to the table.
Gayle brought more stuff to put in my shop. This is the big furniture type stuff. She had some Sunday and again on Thursday.
Saturday evening I went to a wedding. It was supposed to be in the back yard of the Oasis, but it was raining tonight, so they moved it into the ElkHorn. That was where the reception was to be held anyway. I didn't stay for all that.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Busy week
Last week we were on the go all week. Monday was Seniors, Tuesday I went to Hdn to vacuum more cobwebs and check out my house. Then went to the realtor and put it on the market. Good feeling to have that done. Wednesday was Seniors again, Thursday went to Cody on the Senior bus, Friday the Seniors went to lunch at the Senior Center in Worland. That was fun as we got to visit with some Mtse people that now live in Worland. Two of us used to live in Worland and now live in Mtse. Saturday I went back to Worland for Katie Janicek's party. She earned her degree in Criminal Justice. It was also the same time as the Geis's Old Geezer Party so they combined it all in one. They are all relatives, so it worked out. Got a short visit with all the Bains and Janiceks. Sunday Dave and Karen were here for a visit and I took them to lunch at the ElkHorn.
This week has been just about as busy. Senior lunches Monday and Wednesday, Senior bus to Cody on Thursday. Tuesday Gma went to see the doctor about her sore shoulder. She wrenched it pulling up the covers a couple of weeks ago and figured it would go away. But it didn't and seemed to be getting sorer. They took x-rays and she has a torn rotor cuff. Gave her a prescription for tylenol 3 for pain and some easy exercises that won't over tax it, but will keep it moving. The tylenol makes her sleep better and she only takes one a night. She can take more, but she won't.
So far nothing going on Friday, but Saturday I go to the Oasis for a wedding. Reception to follow at ElkHorn.
Sometime next week I'm going to have to mow my grass. I noticed today that it's getting tall since the last wet snow. Dandelions are showing up as well, so will have to get out the weed spray too.
This week has been just about as busy. Senior lunches Monday and Wednesday, Senior bus to Cody on Thursday. Tuesday Gma went to see the doctor about her sore shoulder. She wrenched it pulling up the covers a couple of weeks ago and figured it would go away. But it didn't and seemed to be getting sorer. They took x-rays and she has a torn rotor cuff. Gave her a prescription for tylenol 3 for pain and some easy exercises that won't over tax it, but will keep it moving. The tylenol makes her sleep better and she only takes one a night. She can take more, but she won't.
So far nothing going on Friday, but Saturday I go to the Oasis for a wedding. Reception to follow at ElkHorn.
Sometime next week I'm going to have to mow my grass. I noticed today that it's getting tall since the last wet snow. Dandelions are showing up as well, so will have to get out the weed spray too.
Monday, April 13, 2015
Art Work
George came over and helped me hang some pictures in the garage and shop. It was payment for three pieces of wood. He said he'd come back and help me put some of the tables back together, if I want.
Then I got most of the lawn raked up. Just have one little corner of the back lawn and the side with the trees and rocks and the garden. That won't be too bad, I don't think. After that I can get to the side of the garage now that the woodpile is gone. Millie and Yvonne have all the weed spray stuff so we will spray soon. Things are really looking up.
Then I got most of the lawn raked up. Just have one little corner of the back lawn and the side with the trees and rocks and the garden. That won't be too bad, I don't think. After that I can get to the side of the garage now that the woodpile is gone. Millie and Yvonne have all the weed spray stuff so we will spray soon. Things are really looking up.
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