More dust
12/04/05 6:00 A.M.
13 F, Clear, W wind 5 mph.
Good morning,
A little dusting of snow during the night, but nothing major. Expect the temperature to drop a bit as daylight approaches. Should be sunny and cold today.
The harvest dinner went without a hitch. Not as many folks as past years, but there was plenty of food. Turkey and ham were the main items with all of the trimmings added to the meal. Some one donated a spiral-cut ham, which I had the task of cutting from the bone and getting ready for serving. Not as easy as advertised. I don't think the extra cost is really worth it. Still a lot of monkey business to get it off of the bone. Besides, the slices are too thin.
I did get to pick up a mother and her three children from Casco. She was of Mexican decent and spoke no English. The nine year old daughter was the interpreter for the family. She is a cute little gal and is going to turn some boy's head in a few years! There are three boys in the family too. One apparently was working somewhere. I think there is a father in the family too, but not sure. The youngest is a babe in arms and slept about half of the ride to church and all during the dinner, waking up when it was time to leave. The other boy is about 3-4 I would guess. Both of the boys are very "chunky" to say the least. They are going to be big kids I think. Not too sure what is going on in the family, but they came here from Colorado three months ago and the mother is feeling very isolated and alone. I did find out that she has not been anywhere in the area and had no of very few friends. There were two cars in the parking space beside the home - one had been burned and the other had the windows smashed. Howard got the call to pick them up from the County Human Services. I will ask him to check in some on the family. Maybe there is something we can do for them.
The folks who planned the dinner did miss some major points I think. There should have been something for each kid who came to take home with them - there was nothing. A bag of anything to take home would be a big deal for them. One of the gals and I did find some candy and a couple of zip-lock bags for the two older kids I brought, but they were the only ones to get anything. There was more then enough food that several of the folks could have taken some home with them, but no thought was given to that until all of the folks at the meal were gone. Some of the older folks would have made good use of it. There were no activities for the kids either. In years past the youth group had activities for them, but not this year. I did mention it to several of the organizers and I could see the lights go on in their heads indicating they had never thought of it. Hope they do next year.
I did steal the ham bone from the meal and started the cooking process of making split pea soup. Probably will put it on the woodstove to finish cooking today. One of the gals gave me a hard time about putting the bone in the refrigerator and taking it home, instead of throwing it away. She surprised me as she is a farm girl and I just assumed she would know about things like that. Anywho, we are looking to having some good lunches from it this week.
13 F, Clear, W wind 5 mph.
Good morning,
A little dusting of snow during the night, but nothing major. Expect the temperature to drop a bit as daylight approaches. Should be sunny and cold today.
The harvest dinner went without a hitch. Not as many folks as past years, but there was plenty of food. Turkey and ham were the main items with all of the trimmings added to the meal. Some one donated a spiral-cut ham, which I had the task of cutting from the bone and getting ready for serving. Not as easy as advertised. I don't think the extra cost is really worth it. Still a lot of monkey business to get it off of the bone. Besides, the slices are too thin.
I did get to pick up a mother and her three children from Casco. She was of Mexican decent and spoke no English. The nine year old daughter was the interpreter for the family. She is a cute little gal and is going to turn some boy's head in a few years! There are three boys in the family too. One apparently was working somewhere. I think there is a father in the family too, but not sure. The youngest is a babe in arms and slept about half of the ride to church and all during the dinner, waking up when it was time to leave. The other boy is about 3-4 I would guess. Both of the boys are very "chunky" to say the least. They are going to be big kids I think. Not too sure what is going on in the family, but they came here from Colorado three months ago and the mother is feeling very isolated and alone. I did find out that she has not been anywhere in the area and had no of very few friends. There were two cars in the parking space beside the home - one had been burned and the other had the windows smashed. Howard got the call to pick them up from the County Human Services. I will ask him to check in some on the family. Maybe there is something we can do for them.
The folks who planned the dinner did miss some major points I think. There should have been something for each kid who came to take home with them - there was nothing. A bag of anything to take home would be a big deal for them. One of the gals and I did find some candy and a couple of zip-lock bags for the two older kids I brought, but they were the only ones to get anything. There was more then enough food that several of the folks could have taken some home with them, but no thought was given to that until all of the folks at the meal were gone. Some of the older folks would have made good use of it. There were no activities for the kids either. In years past the youth group had activities for them, but not this year. I did mention it to several of the organizers and I could see the lights go on in their heads indicating they had never thought of it. Hope they do next year.
I did steal the ham bone from the meal and started the cooking process of making split pea soup. Probably will put it on the woodstove to finish cooking today. One of the gals gave me a hard time about putting the bone in the refrigerator and taking it home, instead of throwing it away. She surprised me as she is a farm girl and I just assumed she would know about things like that. Anywho, we are looking to having some good lunches from it this week.
We had another "chat" with Brenda yesterday. I even got in on the act. Brenda has a new computer, so I think is enjoying "playing" with it. Glad she does. I mentioned to Brenda that it would be nice if we could also talk "live". She said there is a way to do that and gave me a website to check it out. I will probably do that and who knows, we might have internet phone service here soon. Apparently she has it. Computer phone sure would be cheaper than land lines.
Guess it is time to get to other things and get the day a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
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