THE CROW’S
NEST-------------
January 3, 2008
HAPPY NEW YEAR
to everyone!
You
know you are getting
old when the staff at the
“hotel” you are staying at
says, “don’t forget your
night-light” as we checked
out! Whenever UND Hockey
has home games, Chuck and I
spend the weekend at the
Grand Forks Air Base in
their wonderful
accommodations. They book
us into the same suite every
time, so the staff knows us
very well. They all know
our little idiosyncrasies
and that we are set in our
ways by bringing along
things that are near and
dear to us--like our
nightlight and pillows. We
have been known to leave
both behind. The staff
takes good care of us.
Besides leaving stuff
behind, other things happen.
Last Sunday morning at 7
AM, as we were going over to
the Dining Facility to have
breakfast, I hit a wrong
button on our remote starter
and set the car alarm off.
I saw window shades moving
to see what was going on. I
truly wondered how I would
live this down. When we got
back to our rooms I
apologized to the people at
the front desk for all the
noise I had made. The
receptionist reminded us
that Chuck had also set the
car alarm off not too long
ago from inside our room.
Chuck remarked that the
staff must really talk about
us. The receptionist agreed
they did, but they think we
are always so pleasant and
happy-go-lucky. That must
mean something.
Our hearts and our prayers
go out to Luann and Steve
Ashpole and their 3 young
daughters. Luann suffered a
brain aneurysm December 22nd.
Luann is in the ICU Unit at
St Josephs Hospital in St.
Paul. Luann’s story is in
the “Caring Bridge”
website. That is a
wonderful site to keep
friends and family updated
on people hospitalized. I
put the necessary
information on how to get in
to the site on the Home
Page. The whole Ashpole
family is in our thoughts
and prayers daily.
There was an Open House
Retirement Party for Mike
Spanier before Christmas.
Mike retired from Polar
after being employed there
for 30 years. Lots of
people came to wish Ina well
now that Mike will be home
every day. Just kidding
Mike! I know you are
looking forward to
retirement. It means you’ll
have more time to be with
the grandchildren.
At Mike’s Open House a plan
started formulating in my
mind as I thought of all
these retired gentlemen
around town. I think we
should invite them to join
Trinity WELCA so they can
help with the serving that
we do for various
occasions. Our numbers are
getting smaller----and
older. These guys meet most
all the requirements. They
love to socialize----what
better place than in the
kitchen at Trinity helping
with dishes, etc. They have
time on their hands----what
better way to utilize that
time than by helping make
hotdish. They are stronger
than the gals----what better
way to show off their brute
strength then by lifting
those heavy-duty dishwasher
racks. The upside for the
ladies is we’ll get in on
some of that “knowledge” the
guys are known for around
the table at Cenex. They
can share it with us in
Trinity’s kitchen.
Everybody wins!
Congratulations to Chad and
Jana Gudmundson on their new
baby girl born Christmas
Eve. Her name is Allison
Rey. I know of a set of
very excited
grandparents---Elroy and
Vera Brandvold. I don’t
suppose the rest of us had
quite that much excitement
over Christmas, but I do
hope everyone had a
wonderful holiday with
family and friends.
The days are starting to
stretch in length and the
seed catalogs should soon be
in the mailboxes. Can it
get any better? Thanks
Shelly for your message in
the guestbook. You are a
special young gal to me.
Have a great day and will
visit later.
I
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