No Blog yesterday
For the record I did not get a blog posted yesterday.
Bernadette has not been feeling well for about a week now. Yesterday we talked her into going to the mall. She was having problems changing her clothes when we were getting ready. She sat on the bed and said “I am not going, I just don’t feel like going”. At the time Novie was in her house getting ready to go with us. In short order Novie came over and helped her get dressed and put on her jewelry. When Novie came I left the room. She listens to Novie. Both Novie and Mirasol went with us to the Mall. In the mall she was a lot better, but by no means good. They were having big sales for kids toys. She had it in her mind she was going to completely finish her Christmas shopping for her great Nieces and Nephews of which she did yesterday. We were in the mall for about 4 hours and came home with a car load of toys.
Last night about 9;00 PM when I was getting the blog ready to post, Bernadette became depressed. She went to bed and slept OK, but this morning she was very depressed. She was giving up. Today Novie and Mirasol have spent most of the day with her. Her depression is a bit better, but she is still giving up. She said her whole body feels very tired. Her balance is not good either. She needs assistance to walk. Her hand movements are not good either. A true test to her condition is the TV. In the bad times she will not turn on the TV. Today the TV has not been on. Hopefully, like before, she will snap out of this one too.
Gary
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Happy Birthday Dustin Striker (DHS ’89): Wahpeton, ND
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It is a small world
Message from Dick Johnson (’68): Dunseith, ND
Gary and Friends,
Back in August our music group, Highway 43, was asked to
provide entertainment for the international RV club called the Good Sam
RVers. They had a big gathering in Rugby at the fairgounds. After our
stage show we had a break and then played for a dance for a couple
hours. When all was done, a gal came up and thanked us and in the
course of visiting she asked where we were from? She said she had lived
in Dunseith as a youngster. I asked her maiden name and she said
Sutton. I told her I knew her brother Roger fairly well and did
remember her dad too. I remembered them having the taxi on Main Street
back in the mid -late 50s. I can’t remember where she said she lived
now but I think it was Colorado. It’s a small world and the more you
travel, the smaller it gets. Thanks Gary!
Dick
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Reply to the reposting of Larry Hackman’s story
From Dale Evans: Algona, WA
Thank you Gary, I got a headache trying to read the other one!
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Reply to Larry Hackman’s story
From Dick Johnson (’68): Dunseith, ND
Gary and Friends,
Larry brought back some memories with his story of frozen feet and
blocked streets. In the mid 50s we were all at my grandparent’s place
here on Horseshoe Lake for some winter function–Christmas or New Year
probably–and some of us young kids decided to walk across the ice on
the lake to the south side. It’s about a half mile across and it was
pretty cold out. We were all under 10 years old and hadn’t realized how
far it was. By the time we got to the other side, our feet were really
cold as in those days we just had shoes and overshoes. Patty Fassett
had only rubber boots on and she was crying because her feet were so
cold. Pam tried to carry her but she was probably only 10 years old
herself so it was too big a job for her so Patty had to walk and cry all
the way back. When we got back to Grandma’s house, she made us take
off our socks and put our feet in hot water. Then she made us run
around on a big rug and get the blood flowing in our feet. She
obviously had seen this before. We eventually got the feeling back in
our feet and Larry is right–they hurt bad. We didn’t have any lasting
problems though, but sure learned a lesson. I remember being about 14
and getting my first pair of Army surplus cold weather ‘Bunny Boots’.
After all the years of freezing my feet with shoes and over shoes, I
had that deal licked. With those felt double lined boots, I could
stand still all day ice fishing and have warm feet. What a deal!
Thanks Gary!
Dick
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50th Birthday party at the Radisson.
Back: Gary and Kelvyn Vaz (Kelvyn & Rosette are our good friends from India)
Middle: Rosette Vaz, Lourdes Manning, Cecilia the Birthday gal
Front: Barbara Kenny, Bernadette, Novie Bernadette’s niece and Celsa Barker.
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Bernadette’s niece, Mirasol, who celebrated her 33rd birthday yesterday.
Mirasol is working us now too. She accompanied us to the mall yesterday
and was very surprised when these gals came over and sang her Happy
Birthday with a bowl of hot fudge topped with ice cream
