Friday, April 26, 2019

Day 179, "Every picture has a story"
Sister Janet.  She was special as were all of my siblings.  Perhaps I know the least about Janet as she was off to high school in Lidgerwood when I was maybe 5 or 6.  She and Ronald went to Lidgerwood High School and boarded there as there was no bus system in place at the time.  Janet was born in 1938 so I am guessing she graduated from high school in 1956 or 1957.  That would mean she kind of left home in 52 or 53.  I know less about Janet because when Ronald was home he would be with  Dave and I a lot but not so much for the girls.  Some things I do remember:
  • She boarded in Lidgerwood with the Pop family.  I am pretty sure she did house work for them as a way to pay for board and room. The Pop's owned the hardware story in Lidgerwood.  I am sure Mom and Dad could not afford to pay for her to stay some place.
  • After high school she went to Ellendale college where she earned her 2 year degree.
  • She married John in 1958.
  • She loved being a homemaker and was very gifted at knitting and sewing.
  • She knit this great sweater for Dave and a beautiful blue sweater for me.
  • When in high school she would, some weekends, come home.  I remember Mom and Dad saying when the boys came to visit that they were trying to get her to join the Catholic Church. I have NO idea why they would say that but I do know boys would often come to visit her!
  • She was Lidgerwood home coming queen when she was a senior.
  • I THINK she and John were still in Ellendale when they married.  
  • I remember one Christmas she was home from Ellendale. She worked at a drug store in Ellendale and when she opened her present from the store there was a $20 bill in it.  Why would I remember that?  No idea!
  • Mom and Dad would kind of live for the weekends when she and John would come home.  When I say that it sounds like they just waited for her and did not pay attention to us which is NOT true.  They just loved having Janet come home and the same was true for Ronald.
  • I do not know but I am guessing that Janet worked her way through college.  I can not imagine Mom and Dad being able to pay for any of her college or for Ronald's as well.
A quiet day.  I cancelled my tennis as one of the guys was out of town and after contacting 4 others I just gave up and cancelled.  This morning as I got out of bed at 7:20 my body told me it was a grand idea!

I am not sure what I should do now.  The pile up of papers is down to zero so what now?  Oh, there are many things but I refuse to think about them.

Oh my goodness the pool here is so nice now.  After getting it repaired it stays cleaner for some reason and of course we keep it warm enough so when I get in there is no shock!  Most days I will swim 2 or 3 times for about 10 minutes.  What the heck, I should do that as when we arrive in St. Paul it will be up and down the stairs with projects on my mind MANY times a day!  So now, enjoy I say to myself.

I bought some special bread yesterday so this morning I had egg and ham on toast.  Yum is all I need to say.  I actually decided to have TWO pots of FP today so I have something to look forward to this afternoon as well.  

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