73º with cloudy skies in Clarinda at 12:30 pm Friday.
Just returned from the Methodist Church where visitation and funeral for Venna Glenn was held. Her husband, Dallas, was present in wheel chair and looking pretty gaunt. He had stroke and heart attack some 5 years ago. They have been living in Ames, IA near children for several years. Dallas was a veterinarian in Clarinda and member of the church we went to when we first came to Clarinda in 1970 - some 54 years ago. Venna, as a nurse, was present at several procedures I had done in the hospital here.
On Monday of this week we went to visitation for Paul Jones in Bedford. Paul had handled all our legal affairs before retiring in 2020 since our first coming to Clarinda. He, and wife Margery, were in our Circle 8 Square Dance club here in the early 1970's and we were with them at many square dances both here and at away places in southwest Iowa.
As the saying goes, at our age we spend our time going to doctor visits or funerals or visitations. I don't put any health issues on here other than major ones, but have been a lot of appointments lately.
Had a peculiar incident here. Yesterday received call from Midwest Energy (our electric provider) asking why there was no usage on our "garage" building for the month. They refer to my metal shop building as a garage. I said we had been gone several times during the billing period and maybe that accounted for it. After talking with them I went and read the meter and looked up my last invoice and discovered the present reading is the same as the billing date of July 19th. I called them back to report this with the note that we do use some lights and plug the trailer in a few days before departing to cool the refrigerator. They sent out a guy this morning and examined the meter and proclaimed it was working correctly. When I related the story to him he just said he wished the meter on his house worked like this. Our garage invoice has been running from $11 to $17 a month and I can't imagine ti is recording usage correctly.
How Children perceive their grandparents.
1. I was in the bathroom, putting on my makeup, under the watchful eyes of my young granddaughter, as I'd done many times before. After I applied my lipstick and started to leave, the little one said, "But Grandma, you forgot to kiss the toilet paper good-bye!" I will probably never put lipstick on again without thinking about kissing the toilet paper good-bye....
2. My young grandson called the other day to wish me Happy Birthday. He asked me how old I was, and I told him, 68. My grandson was quiet for a moment, and then he asked, "Did you start at 1?"
3. After putting her grandchildren to bed, a grandmother changed into old slacks and a droopy blouse and proceeded to wash her hair. As she heard the children getting more and more rambunctious, her patience grew thin. Finally, she threw a towel around her head and stormed into their room, putting them back to bed with stern warnings. As she left the room, she heard the three-year-old say with a trembling voice, "Who was THAT?"
4. A grandmother was telling her little granddaughter what her own childhood was like. "We used to skate outside on a pond. I had a swing made from a tire; it hung from a tree in our front yard. We rode our pony. We picked wild raspberries in the woods." The little girl was wide-eyed, taking this all in. At last she said, "I sure wish I'd gotten to know you sooner!"
5. My grandson was visiting one day when he asked, "Grandma, do you know how you and God are alike?" I mentally polished my halo and I said, "No, how are we alike?'' "You're both old," he replied.
6. A little girl was diligently pounding away on her grandfather's word processor. She told him she was writing a story.
"What's it about?" he asked.
"I don't know," she replied. "I can't read."
7. I didn't know if my granddaughter had learned her colors yet, so I decided to test her. I would point out something and ask what color it was. She would tell me and was always correct. It was fun for me, so I continued. At last, she headed for the door, saying, "Grandma, I really think you should try to figure out some of these colors yourself!"
8. When my grandson Billy and I entered our vacation cabin, we kept the lights off until we were inside to keep from attracting pesky insects. Still, a few fireflies followed us in. Noticing them before I did, Billy whispered, "It's no use Grandpa. Now the mosquitoes are coming after us with flashlights."
9. When my grandson asked me how old I was, I teasingly replied, "I'm not sure." "Look in your underwear, Grandpa," he advised "Mine says I'm 4 to 6." (WOW! I really like this one -- it says I'm only '38'!)
10. A second grader came home from school and said to her grandmother, "Grandma, guess what? We learned how to make babies today." The grandmother, more than a little surprised, tried to keep her cool. "That's interesting." she said. "How do you make babies?" "It's simple," replied the girl. "You just change 'y' to 'i' and add 'es'."
11. Children's Logic: "Give me a sentence about a public servant," said a teacher. The small boy wrote: "The fireman came down the ladder pregnant." The teacher took the lad aside to correct him. "Don't you know what pregnant means?" she asked. "Sure," said the young boy confidently. 'It means carrying a child."
12. A grandfather was delivering his grandchildren to their home one day when a fire truck zoomed past. Sitting in the front seat of the fire truck was a Dalmatian dog. The children started discussing the dog's duties.
"They use him to keep crowds back," said one child.
"No," said another. "He's just for good luck."
A third child brought the argument to a close. “They use the dogs," she said firmly, "to find the fire hydrants."
13. A 6-year-old was asked where his grandma lived. "Oh," he said, "she lives at the airport, and whenever we want her, we just go get her. Then, when we're done having her visit, we take her back to the airport."
14. Grandpa is the smartest man on earth! He teaches me good things, but I don't get to see him enough to get as smart as him!
15. My Grandparents are funny, when they bend over, you hear gas leaks and they blame their dog.
Till another time, L Carroll
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