Next week is off at a gallop.
Jane and Augie are expected to arrive tomorrow
evening from Colorado. Gladys is concerned because
of the reports of impending snow showers.
Tuesday Sam Lei, Gladys, Dick, Jane and Augie will be traveling
to Miles City to visit Jim Lei at the hospital. Gladys also
has an appointment with Dr Lunde to have her eyes checked.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
Gladys' Power Bill Much Much Lower
Gladys' electric bill came in at $290 last week.
Thats a third of what it was in January. Dick has changed
to a propane hotwater heater.
Thats a third of what it was in January. Dick has changed
to a propane hotwater heater.
Another Song Pops Out of the Air
"Show me the way to go home
I'm tired and I want to go to bed.
I had a drink just an hour ago and it went right to my cerebellum.
Where ever I may roam,
over land or sea or foam
You can always hear me singing this song,
Show me the way to go home..."
"This song just came popping out of the air to
me this morning. I know I've sung it a lot in the
past. Its such fun walking home after the dances
were over. I didn't walk home, I usually rode
a horse or an old jalopy." Gladys chuckles...
"Dive for the oysters,
now for the clam,
now for the sardines,
take a whole can"
"I bet a lot of people around Sayle remember
that call. There were lots of square dances
there for years."
I'm tired and I want to go to bed.
I had a drink just an hour ago and it went right to my cerebellum.
Where ever I may roam,
over land or sea or foam
You can always hear me singing this song,
Show me the way to go home..."
"This song just came popping out of the air to
me this morning. I know I've sung it a lot in the
past. Its such fun walking home after the dances
were over. I didn't walk home, I usually rode
a horse or an old jalopy." Gladys chuckles...
"Dive for the oysters,
now for the clam,
now for the sardines,
take a whole can"
"I bet a lot of people around Sayle remember
that call. There were lots of square dances
there for years."
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Happy April Fools Day
"April Fool Fast
Biggest Fool Last
Aprils coming and
Your the biggest Fool
running"
Gladys is grinning widely...
Biggest Fool Last
Aprils coming and
Your the biggest Fool
running"
Gladys is grinning widely...
Friday, March 27, 2009
The Elks Club
Brad and Sandy are visiting Gladys this afternoon.
Sandy was reminicing about being a girl. When the family
would go into town for shopping, Their Grandad Calvin,
would give them
each a dollar to go buy comics at the drugstore.
They got to go off on their own. Brad, however, was too
young to be let out on his own. Brad had to stay
at the Elks. Sandy said that she remembers the cherries
and the monkeys in her Roy Rogers. She remembers that one
day, Uncle Jack sent out the drinks with three monkeys
in each drink. It must have been while the Rodeo was
going on. Sandy didn't like the cherries so she'd put them in
a separate glass and save them for her grandfather.
Brad says he still has a box of monkeys somewhere.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
DAHLINS & FLETCHERS GATHER - 4 GENERATIONS
Dick has been cooking since last night. The leaves are in the kitchen table, the
extra chairs have been brought out. The prime rib smells wonderful, there are
crab, asparagus, & shrimp in a puff pastry on the counter, and the wine is chilling
The salad is in the fridge, the relish trays are done, Gladys is resting in her chair and Dick is putting the finishing touches on the buffet.
Gladys' nephew, Ed Dahlin and his wife, Flo, are coming out from Sheridan,
followed by thier son, Bill and his wife Rachel. Rachel's nephew, Johnathan,
from Fargo, North Dakota is coming along bringing two friends in tow.
Ted and Peggy will be coming up from their place at Stag Rock. Sam Lei
will be coming in from Ashland. Sam is Gladys' son in law, he was
married to Joyce who died five years ago from cancer.
Ed's mother, Elma, was Gladys' older sister. Aunt Elma was married
to Stride Dahlin. Their homestead was on top of the Divide between Bear Creek
and Otter Creek. It is owned by Eddie Nichols of California and Ted leases
it from him for summer pasture.
The Dahlin family originally came out here from the Sand Hills Nebraska.
Elma and Stride sold out during the Thirties and moved into Sheridan.
Both Ted and Dick lived with them during their high school years at
Sheridan High School.
extra chairs have been brought out. The prime rib smells wonderful, there are
crab, asparagus, & shrimp in a puff pastry on the counter, and the wine is chilling
The salad is in the fridge, the relish trays are done, Gladys is resting in her chair and Dick is putting the finishing touches on the buffet.
Gladys' nephew, Ed Dahlin and his wife, Flo, are coming out from Sheridan,
followed by thier son, Bill and his wife Rachel. Rachel's nephew, Johnathan,
from Fargo, North Dakota is coming along bringing two friends in tow.
Ted and Peggy will be coming up from their place at Stag Rock. Sam Lei
will be coming in from Ashland. Sam is Gladys' son in law, he was
married to Joyce who died five years ago from cancer.
Ed's mother, Elma, was Gladys' older sister. Aunt Elma was married
to Stride Dahlin. Their homestead was on top of the Divide between Bear Creek
and Otter Creek. It is owned by Eddie Nichols of California and Ted leases
it from him for summer pasture.
The Dahlin family originally came out here from the Sand Hills Nebraska.
Elma and Stride sold out during the Thirties and moved into Sheridan.
Both Ted and Dick lived with them during their high school years at
Sheridan High School.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Wedding Memories
"Merle and I only had $33 dollars to our names
when we got married. He didn't have a ring for
me so we went to the dime store and bought one.
He put it on my finger for the ceremony and then
took it off.
We got married at the First Presbyterian Church in
Miles City. Its the same one that Ted and Peggy,
Penny and Junior, Jack and Vi got married at. Its
a pretty famous church now. I was trying to think of where
Jane and Auggie got married. I think it was in
Billings.
I don't think I had a special dress to get married in.
I didn't wear my high school graduation dress. Just
don't remember now.
Merle was a college graduate, I was a school teacher.
We made for good company.
After we got married we gave our shopping list to
several of the stores in town to bid on. We went with
the cheapest one. It was the Sawyer Store I don't remember
if they loaded our groceries for us or not.
After we picked up our groceries
we went to Otter to Merle's homestead. Merle
had an old car, it was pretty raggedy but it ran.
Merle's homestead was in the hills, it was off by itself,
just a little log cabin. You had to haul water from a spring in a barrel.
Funny way to start out a marraige, we had a good life
together" remembers Gladys.
when we got married. He didn't have a ring for
me so we went to the dime store and bought one.
He put it on my finger for the ceremony and then
took it off.
We got married at the First Presbyterian Church in
Miles City. Its the same one that Ted and Peggy,
Penny and Junior, Jack and Vi got married at. Its
a pretty famous church now. I was trying to think of where
Jane and Auggie got married. I think it was in
Billings.
I don't think I had a special dress to get married in.
I didn't wear my high school graduation dress. Just
don't remember now.
Merle was a college graduate, I was a school teacher.
We made for good company.
After we got married we gave our shopping list to
several of the stores in town to bid on. We went with
the cheapest one. It was the Sawyer Store I don't remember
if they loaded our groceries for us or not.
After we picked up our groceries
we went to Otter to Merle's homestead. Merle
had an old car, it was pretty raggedy but it ran.
Merle's homestead was in the hills, it was off by itself,
just a little log cabin. You had to haul water from a spring in a barrel.
Funny way to start out a marraige, we had a good life
together" remembers Gladys.
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