THE CROW’S
NEST-------------------June
25, 2008
A SUNDAY SAGA: Prop your
feet up, relax and hopefully
promise yourself to read
this tale of woe to the very
bitter end! Have you ever
gotten yourself in to a
predicament and then
wondered how dumb was that?
Well, that is exactly what I
did last Sunday. I decided
I would move a heavy chest
of drawers into my sewing
area. I promised myself I
would do this on my own
without bothering Chuck for
help. That most definitely
was my first bad mistake. I
pushed, pulled and shoved
the dresser out of Chuck’s
workroom into my sewing
area. I tried to maneuver
the chest in to a small
space under our basement
stairs. I pulled SO hard on
the chest and finally
was on my way to a
successful move---or so I
thought! All of a sudden
the chest was wedged in
tightly between my sewing
table and a wall---and I was
stuck at the wrong end of
the chest---under the
basement steps!!! Again I
pushed and shoved to try
dislodge the chest from the
vice-grip it was in. That
was to no avail. Terrible
thoughts started lurking in
my brain. Will I forever be
a captive to the stairwell
“monster” or will I be
rescued somehow? I started
to yell CCHHUUCCKK as loud
as I could. I didn’t know
where he was or if he was
even home! I yelled for a
few more minutes then
decided I should make the
best of my situation and
catch up on some of my
quilting magazines. That
was a fine idea until I
realized it was too dark (at
my age) to do much reading
under the stairwell. I took
up the sport of yelling
again. After 55 minutes I
heard footsteps coming from
the garage. I had a
magazine rolled up as a
megaphone and was yelling my
head off as Chuck came in to
the room. I had been a
stoic, incarcerated
Norwegian until that moment;
then I broke down and
cried. Chuck comforted me
and quickly pulled the chest
out, turned it around (as it
had a curved front and fit
nicely around my sewing
table) and quietly pushed it
into place. I think I
learned my lesson.
What a wonderful time we
had last Tuesday morning
with the 80 or so bicyclists
that came through Edinburg.
Our Community Club provided
muffins, bars, coffee and
lemonade for them at the
Community Center. Many
local citizens came downtown
to visit with the cyclists
as they stopped for
refreshments. The whole
morning was very relaxed as
the bikers spent time
visiting with us. A few of
them checked out the sod
house also. We could not
have asked for a more
beautiful morning either.
It was one of those mornings
where you know “all is right
with the world here in
Edinburg”.
Brandon is back home again
from Minneapolis. He went
down to get walking casts
and therapy. I have been so
busy I haven’t been over to
get a new picture. I saw
Brandon and his dad, Chuck,
go by the other day. Chuck
was giving Brandon a ride in
their golf cart.
Talking about golf carts,
there are probably 8 or so
carts driving the streets of
Edinburg. Suzy Kartes and I
almost had a collision at an
intersection in town. Our
son Mike and family were
here this past week. My
golf cart couldn’t handle
all the excitement so Chuck
had to bring his gas driven
one home from the golf
course in Park River. Many
miles were put on the
carts. Rose Adele Sigurdson
had grandsons home and they
loved chasing our
grand-daughter and her
cousin that were with us.
We are repeatedly told by
visiting family that it is
so much fun to come to
Edinburg because the things
the kids can do here they
can not do elsewhere. I
don’t know if we residents
realize what a treasure we
have in our little small
town. Edinburg indeed is
wonderful.
Excitement abounds as we
look forward to Andrew
Sorbo’s wedding July 12th.
The Edinburg Community Club
has planned a “Night in the
Park” July 9th
with grilled brats and ice
cream. We thought that
would be a good time as
friends and relatives will
be here for Andrew’s
wedding.
Two weeks after Andrew and
Kayla’s wedding, Katie
Monson and Scott Knoblach
will be married at Trinity.
It will be great for us to
have “family” home for the
exciting time. I wish
Christina Monson could come
with John, but they are
expecting their second baby
girl in September so
Christina isn’t supposed to
fly. John will have to take
lots of pictures. I am
waiting for these fun
events.
Have a great day and we’ll
visit later.
I
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