50th High School Reunion

I did go to the reunion. My son drove me up and my granddaughter went with me to the dinner. I enjoyed seeing friends I had not seen in 45 to 50 years. One of those friends was a neighbor and he was like a brother to me. While his mother and my mother were alive I got to hear about him but lost contact after their deaths. I found out he was doing well and was living in Texas. We didn't talk long because he was using his time making contact with as many friends as he could. I made the mistake of sitting down too soon but did make contact with those who were roaming. Those who did like I did and sat down but were on the other side of the room I missed. I did get a chance to see more friends as we lined up for the class picture. That was a major job for the photographer, because we talked and moved about as he tried to get us all in. There was good attendance. We lost 20 members do to death.

The important thing to have arranged for is pictures of members as they were in the year book and name tags. Some times the name would not be remembered but the old picture would restore the memory. Our old pictures were put on individual key chains. I was sitting across the table from a man I could not remember. He shared that he met his wife who was sitting beside him in Canada. She was from Australia but was hiking up to Alaska. She fell over a cliff and he was going by saw her fall and aided her bringing her to the hospital, meeting her and falling in love. Then he shared how shy he was in school and how he had a crush on the lady sitting at the end of our table because she would smile and talk to him. We then took out out old pictures and he was a person I had a crush on. How funny.

We had a short program, names were drawn for hand painted plaques of landmarks of Escanaba. I did not get my name drawn.

My son granddaughter and I toured by car Escanaba. First we went to the home I grew up in. The street seemed so narrow and the yard so much smaller than I remember it. Then we drove down Main Street past the Ludington Hotel to the park. We drove out to the beach and came back driving on a one way street going the wrong way. We were looking at the park not reading the signs. Then we drove by the home of my biological parents where I spent the first four years of my life. There were major changes making the home look great. Then we drove out to the Garden's of Rest cemetery to see my parents graves. My son went out while we were at the reunion and he couldn't find them. I told him I knew where they were. I didn't so we walked the whole place, not finding them. Memory is a strange thing. The markers are flat making seeing the names difficult unless you get out and walk. After an hour we gave up.

I am glad I made the trip.

4th of July

May everyone have a great 4th of July. May it be safe and fun.

Teens and Babies

There is a new show on TV of teen couples in an experiment where they live in a provided house and they live the stages of life. Starting with an apparatus that make one feel pregnant and then the babies are given to them from volunteers which monitor the care their child is receiving. The purpose is to see if the teens want and can take care of children . They take care of each placement for three days. They start with the babies next is toddlers, then children, then teens and then elderly. Thank goodness we don't have it this way in real life. You grow with your children and take each stage as it comes. If someone had told me as I was to marry Dr John that I would have to literally wipe his mother's behind, and give her shots etc. , I might not have agreed to marry him. His mother was a wonderful person and I loved her and taking care of her was not a problem.

Also these children and people are not theirs and they have been taken from their parents. The children are going to act up because of the separation. I am not sure if this experiment will help them make the correct choice. It will give them an idea that the job of raising children is not an easy one, and you have to place others care over your own wants.

Dogs and American Doll

Dogs and American Dolls don't seem to go together but they were an important part of my week. I took care of my son's dog while his family got away for a short vacation. Maggie and Spanky played together but I had to watch them to make sure that the play didn't turn to a fight. Maggie did not like Spanky sitting in my lap . She would share toys, food , and bones , but not my lap. My daughter read an ad in the paper about an American Doll and Fisher Price sale in Oshkosh ,so my daughter and I went down to take a look. American Doll has an Outlet store but the sale was not there .It was in a different mall where they must have rented the building. The sale is once a year. Remember Christmas shopping the day after Thanksgiving it was like that only the crowd was nicer. We had to line up and wait to get in the store, because they only let so many in at a time. As you walked in They handed you a large garbage looking bag. People came out with a number of those bags full. Some had to use a dolly to carry their load. It was standing in line for an hour and half just to check out. Good deals. We will be prepared next year. The roads were dry now but you could see water damage from the flood in the building. The goods were not in the flood but were brought in only for this weekend.

Updates

I will begin with an update on my sister who has a brain tumor. After treatment she continues to have MRI's and the first one show shrinking but they have not said anything but they have not gasp either. She feels well.

Dr John as he reported is feeling a little better.

I want to say something about the rose on Dr john's blog. I am so glad to see it bloom. Roses and I have a history. When I was at the parsonage I planted roses. I would follow all the instructions and I got one rosebush which grew for a number of years and never a bloom. I had another which was in the railroad garden and it was covered with buds but just before it would blossom the deer had lunch or the rabbits. I had a rose hedge and that was OK. I planted these roses in Neenah under protest. When we were in the store Dr John had the roses in his scooter basket. Pat's boys dug the holes and I planted them. We will see how they grow.

Hit forward and place an X by all the things you’ve done and remove
The X From the ones you have not. Answer the 29 questions at the end
And send it to your friends (including me). This is for your entire
Life!
THERE ARE ONLY 29–

( ) Gone on a blind date
() Skipped school
( x) Watched someone die
(X) Been to Canada
( x) Been to Mexico
( x) Been to Florida
(X) Been on a plane
(X) Been lost
(X) Been on the opposite side of the country
( x) Gone to Washington, DC
(X) Swam in the ocean
(X) Cried yourself to sleep
(X) Played cops and robbers
(X ) Recently colored with crayons
() Sang Karaoke
() Paid for a meal with coins only?
(X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn’t?
() Made prank phone calls
(X) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
(X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
(X) Danced in the rain
(X) Written a letter to Santa
( ) Been kissed under the mistletoe
(X) Watched the sunrise with someone you care about
(X) Blown bubbles
(X) Gone ice-skating
(X) Been skinny dipping outdoors
(X) Gone to the movies

June is going fast.

There was an exercise in the water I wanted to go to at the pool. The class started today. I just couldn't face getting into cold water, although it has been in the 80s here. So I didn't go. Rain has been our forecast for the week. We are OK, but just South of us it is not. Allot of flooding. I did check the basement and it was dry.

On the Today Show this morning they talk about and had pictures of a man who was going to have a baby. He was a she. I find this disturbing or maybe just confusing.