Dawn Sandager came to the Village on a visit and said, " You know I read Life in the Village and it sounds like such fun I think I’ll move in." Well this week there has been no excitement to write about or I’m forgetful. First of all, Carolyn went to Austin to visit Jill and so no Sunday night card game with Clair Crawford. Clair comes to visit his Mom but he entertains us with a game of Hearts. Mondays are reserved for Joan Berdahl. Dennis Roning comes, too, to play "Whist." Arnold S., Erma, Ione, Carolyn or Ruby whoever is available shorten their day by playing a game and they tell me about the whist champion who played long ago. Maybe with the shades down, for card playing was frowned on. You’re welcome anytime. We could use a volunteer bingo caller on Friday afternoon, though.Ione took a little trip. Not an exciting one for she went with family members to Council Bluffs, Iowa, to visit a brother who is not well and to Avoca, Iowa, to a funeral of her sister, Mabel Lorenzen. Mabel has always lived 200 miles away but we knew she was there although visits were far between we knew she was there and could talk on the phone or get a letter to learn of her happenings.The Bushes, too, have been busy. They finally decided to clean out the house. Clean out they’re doing. Boxing three floors of more than 50 years of collection. Junk they haven’t looked at in years and Ione doesn’t want to get rid of it.The pumpkins on our patio are still in tact but one of Caroline’s deer is missing. What fun is it to steal a deer? Caregiver Jason broke his finger at football practice and had to have surgery to correct it. He says no pain but he wears a big brace until it mends. The Bible Study this week was on Martin Luther. Bud’s mother always said it was good luck if a cat came to your house. Well, we have seen a big black cat around the Village. A cat may be good luck but I’m not sure about a black one. We watched a steady stream of visitors go to the bazaar across the street and wondered who won the raffle tickets. We had the first snowfall of the winter and Ed put the shovels in our entry in anticipation of the next storm. Snow puts me in the holiday spirit. Our chat is short for Clair got me off schedule and I forgot to write my news.I’ll keep you posted.
