Style show and a lunch

My friend before she moved to Bemidji was very active in the Nisswa Women's club.  A group of us attended the 30th style show that they put on to raise money for scholarships for the area youth.  There were nearly 500 women that watch average sized models model clothing from the area stores.  They had raffles and silent auctions.  It was well worth the trip  into the Lake country.   It was held at Madden's Town Hall near Nisswa.   Food was good, conversation was excellent and we had a good time. 

Jax update

New trick-- Look who is sitting up.  What a talented kid he is.

roof repair

My roof got sun burned. I guess I did not use enough sunblock on it.   Only on the South side of my roof.  Last fall I tried to get someone to fix it but it was too small a job for most roofers.  So Rik found me a construction worker who wanted to make a little money on the side.  He and his brother came over on Monday and completed the job in just a few hours.  It is so nice to have it done. 

Memorial Day

Brrrrrrrrrr. It was cold.  This service took place in Becida at the Becida Cemetery.  The VFW lead the ceremony.  A 21 gun salute, patriotic songs, speeches, prayers and reading of the veterans that were buried in the cemetery.  There is one Civil war Veteran buried there.  I read the list of names and there were 61 veterans.  We then had a potluck dinner at the Fern hall.  Lots of conversation and memories.  My homemakers club organizes this event.

Greeting in church

This weekend I greeted in church with a friend.  She asked me to read the May 26th essay in the pamphlet called Christ in our Home.    I have included a picture of that essay.  Notice that the prayer concern is for the church greeters.  We both thought that was really neat.  But little did we know it was probably meant for us.  After church we met at Minnesota Nice for breakfast.  The hostess that was to seat us asked us if we were greeters in church.  We were so surprised and we looked at each other.  Only then did we realize that we both had our greeters badges still on.  I wonder what second service did for badges.  Actually there were more in the drawer.  I really like that job in the church.  Especially on a beautiful day when everyone comes in with smiles on their faces.

A beginning and an end

I have been camping since I was five years old.  That is 61  years. My family started like most do with a tent.  We then moved to a metal camper.  I have personally owned four campers during my years.  I love it.  The cooking over the fire is one of my favorite things to do.  One of the families that I camped with like to do the entire meal over an open flame. So I remember surprising him with cinnamon rolls to add to his breakfast plans.  You take a big orange and hollow out all the fruit.  Making a small bowl with a cover.  Then you put a cinnamon and brown sugar mixture and a pat of butter in the bowl.  Then two pop and bake biscuits are added to the bowls and the orange cover is put back on.  Then they are wrapped in aluminum foil and place in the fire pit on the coals.  They are turned and baked for 15 minutes.  They are the best orange flavored caramel rolls on the planet.  Okay so we are always very hungry when we camp so they tasted very good.  Anyway, back to my story.  Everything has a first time to do it and a last time.  I have come to the last time in camping as I sold my Toy Hauler camper this week.  I put it on Craig's list at 8:00 in the  morning and by 9:00 that night it was rolling out the driveway.  Wow.  I really was dragging my feet with every excuse that afternoon to get it ready.  I even complained to the ladies at knitting that I didn't want to do the prep  work necessary to get it ready to show.  But I was glad that I did do all the necessary work.  Yes, I have sellers remorse.  Yes, I am glad I no longer have the responsibility for it.  But when You think of all the history I have with camping you surely can understand why I am a bit sad.

Graduation presents

I was asked to help with the blankets that are to be given to the high school graduates that attend our church.  Originally they had the blankets taken to Skeeter's Stitches to embroider the name of the student and the church name on the blanket. That is expensive.   I suggested to save some money make computer printed labels and stitch them on.  You can get computer paper that has fabric on the front.  Then they are printed in your laser printer from your computer.  I use this technique in quilting all the time.  So as you see in the picture the Bemidji Woolen Mill blankets have labels with all the information plus a bible verse for each student.   

flavored water

This flavored water has limes, lemons, kiwi, strawberries, and oranges.  I have been drinking fruit infused water.  Not only do you benefit from the extra water you will be drinking, but the vitamins and minerals that are in the fruits.  But another benefit is the detoxifying of the body.  This simple drink is a cleanser.  It is truly a joy to go get a glass of cold water from the frig. 

bird house

This has been my busiest spring.  I have added again to my gardens not realizing that each year I add more the next spring it takes me longer to get each garden going.  But I noticed that one of  my bluebird house was laying on the ground when I went to clean it out.  So not having the time to fix it permanently ( kind of like my mailbox fix) I just taped it with electrical tape to the tree next to it.  Never fear it is on the list to fix this summer just like the mailbox is on my list to fix. 

church clean up

Our church held our biannual cleanup this week.  We had many workers.  I washed windows inside and cleaned in the kitchen. Others did pruning, raking and parking lot clean up.  Snacks were great for the morning coffee.  I didn't stay for lunch but that looked good too - sloppy joes, chips, lemonade and lots of desserts. 

How do you eat an onion ring

I have lived a very long time.  Each time I see something different I am still amazed.  I really thought that people that ordered onion rings eat them.   But that is not necessarily so.  Just recently I dined with friends in which one friend ordered onion rings.  The conversation was great so I really didn't notice that my friend was taking all the onions out of the rings and placing them in a cup. When I asked them about it the answer was that they didn't like the onions.  But they did like the onion flavored breading.  Okay.  Not too long ago the onion blossoms were popular in restaurants.  I wonder what might happen if they ordered that for their side.  I am surely happy that we are all different.  What a dull world this would be if we all eat our onion rings in the same way.

clean up

Car club recently cleaned our two miles of road on highway 189 N.  With such a great turn out we were done in 45 minutes.  Wood tick check was next.  A lot of us found several of those nasty bugs.  My Dad always said if he had a wood tick on him the tick was looking for a place to get off.  He was so funny.  Then on to Westside Restaurant for pie and coffee. You realize that stress cannot exist in the presence of pie. It was a fun evening and the weather was nice too.

Over 80's party

Eunice, Miriam, and Sarah worked had at putting on this party at the church.  No, not three women, but the many women that belong to those three circles. It was on May 17th so they decided to use that theme and put on a Syttende Mai party.  Syttende Mai is the date that Norway signed their constitution.  A little history was presented for us.  We ate delicious Norwegian desserts.  Almond coffee cake and fruit was a big hit.  But the one that caught my eye, but unfortunately not my taste buds( gluten free) was the heart shaped waffles with lingonberry jam on them.  I looked up lingonberry when I got home.  It is a short evergreen shrub that bears edible fruit.  It is found in the northern hemisphere.   We also had Pastor Linnea read the names of the ladies that had pasts on this year and say a prayer.  A candle was lit for each our program consisted of Melanie Hanson play her Hardanger Fiddle.   She gave a brief history of her costume and her fiddle.  We also had several songs by John Frankforth in Norwegian. My favorite was O Store Gud ( How Great Thou Art).