VBS and More

VBS started on Sunday with a picnic in the afternoon. Up North VBS was in the morning until noon. In Wis. they have it in the evening. I am doing pictures for the St Marks web site. There were some hard feelings on the part of my daughter. Very early the leaders asked her if she would do puppets which she agreed to do. In the ads they mentioned puppets so she gave it no more thought and cleared her work , she works until 8:ooPM. A card was sent for a meeting of those working at the VBS and she attended the meeting only to find out that she was not doing puppets but registering, and she was needed for only two hours for two days. She was very disappointed. She did what she was asked to do. When they started planning there was just our church and then they joined with another. The pastor of the other church does puppets and he and his wife were just called so my daughter was forgotten. The VBS has about 60 students. There are pictures on the St Mark's web page, which you can get to by Dr John's blog.


I enjoyed the opening of the Olympics but I did think about the fact that the farmers can't use water for their rice crops because it is needed at the Olympics. The relay swimming was exciting last night, with a last reach to give the USA a gold.

Plant Closing

At the same time as everyone was focused on Farve a plant closed, close to Green Bay, putting 500 people out of work. The company would not sell the plant to another paper company, because it was reported that would help the competition. The company said that the workers will just have to look for other jobs. Not to much more was reported that I saw. There were some political people , the workers asked for help and they said not much could be done. I am more upset over these people loosing their jobs than I am over Farve going to the Jets and not playing for the Packers. Some of them worked longer or as long as Farve and they did not choose to quit. Prayers are needed for these families.

Today I started to clean my very dirty carpet. I also got my hair cut.

Are They Still Safe?

A horrible thing happened in the Iron Mountain area. Three teens were killed and another wounded by a sniper as they were swimming. This was a safe place to live. People leave the city to come up North to be safe. The shock of the incident made everyone feel insecure.The man believed to be the shooter h as been caught and brought to court, but there is still a fear that was not there before. I have had two shootings on either side of my former home up North. One was a man who had escaped from State Prison who shot a man sitting on the porch of his house . The man was shot in the head but he did not die. The other was a woman who was killed by a man on the steps of the county police station. The police station is across the street from my house. The county police station was remodeled and they no longer used that door and they did not hear her cries for help. In both cases I or my family could have been in danger. There were two grocery stores near my home and we sent my boys to the one away from were the the shooting took place of the man on the porch. I was at the church putting on make up to be a clown for the bible camp. When I left the church my house was marked off with crime scene tape. As I drove to the bible camp I turned on the radio and they reported what had taken place. These shootings took place with a distance of time so we remained feeling safe. I feel this area is a safer area to live in, but I am sure that the families who children were killed or hurt will never feel safe again.

collections

I have been thinking about items people collect. I commented on the mans Star Wars collection. My mother collected three things, cups and saucers, salt and peppers Shakers, and stuffed bears. We gave her Christmas plates. As a child she wanted a teddy bear and she couldn't have one , so when she could she collected them. Some she got as gifts, some from rummage sales and a friend of hers made them and she bought from her and the friend gave her some. The cups and saucers and salt and pepper shakers she bought when we would go on trips. She had some very cute salt and pepper Shakers, such as a squirrel and a nut.



My mother-in law collected stuff bears also, think about the bears I have inherited. We also gave her Christmas Hummel Plates. My sister -in -law gave us a collection of Ten Commandment plates. I have the beginnings of a collection of snow globes and angels. There is of course the trains, which Dr John gave up, but not all. I have also the collection of the houses on the train layout.

In our house up North, the houses and trains were outside in a garden or in the garage during the winter. The plates we hung in the dining room, kitchen and hallway. We now have very little room to display anything. Oh I forgot the dragons.

The above is the reason for our working at selling on E-Bay. Emotionally it is so hard to let things go.

I Wonder Why

I watched Dr Phil yesterday and I was disturbed because a man confessed to killing a number of people. He is claiming to want help as a reason for coming on the program. The police found no body where he stated he put it. He is not sure if he really did the killing or not. The doctor ,not Dr Phil ,who examined him believes he can't tell what is real or not real. Will this bring out more people who just want their time in the sun on the program? I truly hope he can be helped because he is married and has a family.

I got to see a little of Dr Phil today and there was a man with a huge Star Wars collection. His wife thought she was loosing out to the collection. On "Clean House" I have seen them on different shows ask the person getting their house cleaned to sell their collections to end clutter. On one show the book collection was the only thing that was neat. Is there something wrong with people who want to collect items?

Barbie Dolls

I have inherited 20 Barbie Dolls from my youngest sister-in-law and my daughter. It is time to but them on E-bay because my granddaughter has a large supply of her own and does not want these. My granddaughter while she was here help me go though them. I am missing a lot of clothing. I went out yesterday and bought a book about Barbie Dolls. I am confused about the dates on the backside and the dates in the book. They do not match. I have the clothing and the doll pictured but the dates are not the same. The date on the doll is earlier that the one in the book. Although this is time consuming it has been fun.

At The Movie

We, my daughter, granddaughter and I , wanted to go to the American Girl movie all week and we got to go today. There was a time of concern because my daughter had a problem at work and they asked her to go to the court. She did get done in time. It was a very enjoyable movie, with comedy, mystery,and family relationships.

After the movie,we went to Circuit City and my daughter bought a laptop that you can write on, for work. Then my daughter and I drove my granddaughter back home. We will miss her and so will Maggie, the dog ,who was enjoying all the attention she was getting.