THE CROW’S
NEST----------DECEMBER 14,
2004
As
the song goes, “It’s
beginning to look at lot
like Christmas, everywhere
you go.” Main street
Edinburg looks so nice with
the Christmas trees in the
planters and Christmas
banners on the poles. The
homes around town also look
so festive with all their
Christmas lights. The snow
on the ground only adds to
the holiday atmosphere. I
can stand outside my house
and listen to Christmas
music coming from Ruth and
Greg’s outside speakers.
Trinity Sunday School held
their annual Christmas
Program last Sunday
evening. This coming
Saturday Santa will be in
Edinburg to visit all the
children. All of these
activities make me excited
for the celebration of
Christmas.
There was a nice turn out
of caring people for the
“Soup and Sandwich” benefit
for Sherry Tagestad and her
son Torrey last Wednesday
evening. They lost their
home to a fire. Fortunately
no one was hurt.
I received an email from
Shane and Jill (Langerud)
Waslaski last Tuesday saying
little Maggie was being
taken by ambulance to
Minneapolis Children’s
Hospital for thoracic
surgery. AN UPDATE: Maggie
had surgery Thursday,
December 9th.
She came through with flying
colors. Sweet little Maggie
has gone through so much in
her short little life.
Shane hopes to be able to
keep family and friends
informed of Maggie’s
progress through Children’s
Hospital “Caring
Bridge” found at
www.caringbridge.com. I
know these past few months
have been very stressful for
Shane and Jill. They are in
my thoughts and prayers
daily.
I just received a couple of
emails from Bernie Mullen.
He is stationed in Iraq.
Congratulations to Bernie on
being promoted to Staff
Sergeant (SSG). He said
temperatures have gone from
140 degrees to 50 degrees
this past little while. He
was wishing for snow.
Bernie said they go on daily
missions whether it is
patrols or raids. They also
continually take mortar
fire. He stated they do
much rebuilding missions
such as building schools and
helping farmers purchase
seed and equipment. Bernie
sends Christmas greetings to
everyone and hopes he will
be stateside by March. His
address is:
bernie96us@yahoo.com It
is so much fun to hear from
him. I have posted a couple
of pictures he sent.
Cliff Hilde has been in the
hospital in Park River now
for over a week. He had
pneumonia and his lungs were
filling with fluid. He was
supposed to start chemo last
week. I am not sure if he
did. He also is in my
thoughts and prayers. We
had our monthly Business
Club meeting today. We
really miss Cliff at these
meetings as he has held the
position of official
“meeting adjourner” for many
years.
This will be a different
Christmas for us. Chuck and
I will spend Christmas Eve
and Christmas Day alone.
That is not all bad-----we
have church Christmas Eve
and then maybe just the 2 of
us can fondue or something
that takes time. Usually it
is “eat as fast as you can
because the grandkids want
to open presents”.
Christmas Day we plan to go
and watch World Hockey in
Grand Forks. All of our
kids and their families are
coming after Christmas so
they will be here for TJ and
Katie’s wedding on New Years
Day. That will be a fun
time with all the cousins
home. I am sure they will
all congregate down at
Rosie’s one night just to
sit and have a good time
just being together.
Here is wishing all of you
a wonderful and joyous
Holiday Season. Will visit
with you at a later date.
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December 14, 2004
