Fire Dept. at Work

Our day started off with a call from Diane a little before 8:00. She thought she was going to have the baby today for sure so we went to the hospital. Dismissed at 2:00 to go home and wait for closer contractions!

Came home and put some sandwiches together and made some bars for the firemen tonight. I had asked Bill's mom if she would make my bars since I was with Diane - and she did. But then I got home in time to help make
the other stuff needed and went with the fire chief's wife to help "serve" it. Which meant we got to be kind of close to the fire, watch and I could take pictures!

This had been a 2 story house that was already in a large, 1 story pile but the fire dept. needed to burn it since it was very close to 2 houses. They asked the Havelock (nearby town) dept. to help out. They brought their big water tanker.











All seemed to be going well and they had eaten when they got another call - a wreck north of town - 2 vehicles. So half of the firemen stayed with the fire and the others went to the wreck. Five people are ok but were all taken to the hospital. One vehicle ran a stop sign.

Glenn's New Job

It was a sad time for me the week after Easter when Glenn told me that they would be moving to Dallas soon. Seems like I just got out here and all of us but Mom were finally back in the same area.

Glenn & Amy sold their Dunkerly Ag & Truck building here last spring. There just aren't enough people in this rural area making it hard to be a business owner here. Glenn is now working for Coker Equipment Sales selling wreckers in eastern Texas. He has known the owner since back when he and Amy had their wrecker business in Carmel. Amy is going back to school and the boys are transferring to a college in the Dallas area for their last year. They're all excited to get away from snow!

So no more boys to cook those big breakfasts for or take to Pizza Hut & DQ or sit in church with . . .

Humongous Marshmallows

We had a nice Memorial weekend. Perfect weather except for a short time of rain. We grilled a lot, watched the Indy 500 and Nascar races, took a nap, helped with the flags at the cemetery.





Diane has always been quite a shopper - from a young age. I'm not so anytime I want to know where to find something I ask Diane and she knows.

Recently we were in a grocery together and she showed me a bag of HUGE marshmallows and wanted to know if I had seen them before! They were the funniest new thing I'd seen in a long time. We finally tried roasting them this weekend. They're really good! You roast it the first time and peel off the browned part and eat it and then try to roast the creamy, gooey middle part before it falls off!

The last picture shows the size difference between these and the regular size ones. They are Campfire brand Giant Roasters. Let me know if you've tried them! We figure one equals about 4 regular size ones.

Memorial Day

I'm going to copy what my nephew Reed said on Facebook today:

Thank you veterans..past and present, for the sacrifices you have made to let us enjoy a beautiful Memorial Day.

Memorial Day Weekend

The past few days have been quite interesting. Thurs. evening I went to Lacey's preschool graduation (Bill went to a visitation at the funeral home - our neighbor's mother). It was a really cute program, and Lacey did a great job. They had lots of words to songs and motions to remember! She's under the first "O" in this picture with a white nurse's coat on. They sang and did motions to some of the ones we all know like Ants Go Marching, It's a Small World and If You're Happy and You Know It. Lacey lost her first tooth while chewing gum the day before this! I'm sad - I think baby teeth are so cute. She was wanting the tooth fairy to bring her $100 but she got $1. She's funny - she doesn't want to put her money in the bank - she's afraid they'll keep it!

Thurs. I went to Ft. Dodge for semi parts. Stopped at Menard's to price some landscaping things and get a new dehumidifier for the basement.

Last evening we helped put up the flags in the cemetery - there are about 50. Several people came to help so it took less than 30 min.! They just leave them up for this weekend. There is a ceremony Mon. morning that the school band plays for, there's a speaker and lunch afterward.

I've been to the hospital with Diane a couple of times this week. She's having some early contractions and not sure when to go in. The hospital is 26 miles away from their house so she's worried about waiting too long especially since her dr. said she may have it pretty quick. It's been neat for me to be with her to hear the heartbeat and what a kick sounds like when she's being monitored! I'd like to post a picture of her pregnant but she would not be happy!

Seems like it took a while to be flower planting weather, but I finally got my flower pots going. I'm trying some new sunpatiens (impatiens that like lots of sun instead of the usual shade), a trailing pink geranium, the one hanging over has small white flowers and there's a spike in the middle. The garage faces west so they will be getting lots of heat and sun.

Looking forward to watching the pre-race activities and at least the beginning of the Indy 500 tomorrow. Being from the Indianapolis area, we went to the race several times. It's always blocked out in that area so it's a treat to be able to watch it on TV here. Jim Nabors has sung "Back Home Again in Indiana" for years - one of the traditions. My dad used to try to sing it like he does - every year. I found out a couple years ago that my cousin, Paul, has told some of the George family that when they need him, he's ready to take over for Jim! He's a dentist and takes care of some of their teeth so maybe he has a chance at the job!

Snake in the window!

This snake was in the window well of my stamp room for several days. I kept mentioning it to Bill but to no avail. I finally decided today that I'd have to take matters into my own hands! I didn't want to have to look at it any longer or have it maybe find a way into the house! This was the first snake I'd seen around our house and I've never seen one when mowing anywhere. I've seen them on the road a few times and Glenn had some in his yard.

I got Grandpa R.'s old sidewalk edger out and thought I'd chop it in half. Either the edger was really dull or snakeskin is tough (probably both) 'cause it wasn't as easy as I thought - ick. I ended up getting a rake and bringing it up out of the window well that way. I carried it over to the lane with it's tongue going in and out the whole time (after it had been stabbed many times!). Thought chopping it on the hard gravel of the lane would do the trick. Still not easy but think he'll surely die eventually!