Good Night All

[patyrn]

We had a Hebb family reunion today in Howard with 56 relatives present.  It was an exciting day commemorating the 75th anniversary of this family meeting together every year starting in 1935.  The most amazing statistic is that four relatives who attended the first reunion in 1935 were present today, all in great shape.  It was a fun day!  Good night all..............

[Roma Jean Turner]

Congratuations to your family.  What a record.

[Mom70x7]

So they have a new commercial out on drunk driving put out by the Kansas Department of Transportation. It even includes a website where you can watch the commercial and take a test. We watched it and my Jim kept saying, but I'm Jim, I'm Jim.       

Here's the link to the commercial:
http://www.dontbejim.com/

[sixdogsmom]

Purty neat, but I do think there is a little cheating going on! 

[greatguns]

Good night everyone.  Got to get to bed because I have to go to school tomorrow.  It is Grandparent Day at Sedan.

[Diane Amberg]

This was on TV a few minutes ago. They were warning people in Kansas that there is a fraudulent Robo call going around telling people who are planning to vote on WEDNESDAY to be sure to bring your voter registration card and proof of home ownership.

[Diane Amberg]

I finally finished contacting the parents of all the fire prevention winners yesterday and most are coming, so we'll have about 168 family members, plus a few of us of course, to "party on" on Nov.18. I've also been spending a lot of time sorting and tossing out 40+ years of teaching outlines from elementary school through EMT and fire safety. (four 4 drawer file cabinets) I saved the things I'm currently using, but it felt like I was throwing away old friends. I finally tossed out the last of Mom and Daddy's end of life paperwork, last medical bills and such. Even now it made me very sad. Then I got the nicest surprise.I received an unexpected delightful call from Kansas. In a few days I'll be receiving a package that means the world to me. It had gone on to live a well deserved life with a dear lady who meant a lot to my Grandmother and now it is coming back to me. I am so pleased. That call sure gave me a needed lift.

[Wilma]

Diane, you are braver than I am.  I still have my father's papers, including all of his income tax returns, and he has been gone since 1976.  My mother's papers were recently returned to me for disposal and I chickened out and put them in storage.  She has been gone since 2001.  I might mention that a treasured paper of his that I have is a 1937 ledger that he kept on income and expenses.  I was reading through it and noticed entries for my little brother, entries for my big brother and for my sister but I wasn't seeing anything for me.  Then I realized that he wasn't putting me down as Wilma, but as Babe.  There were entries for me.  Not income entries.  I was only 7 at the time.  That was the year he paid off the piano that we all learned to play on.

[Ms Bear]

What wonderful memories Wilma.  When I went through some of mother's papers I found the receipt for the hospital bill when I was born.

I am still going through papers and things from my husband, he died in 2004.  Really need to get mother's things organized and some kind or order in that room. 

Diane, it sounds like you have really been busy.  Must be nice to accomplish so much.  Maybe after the first of the year I will get the back room done and fabric organized so I can start sewing again.

[Bonnie M.]

http://www.creativeminorityreport.com/2010/11/awesome-pop-up-hallelujah-chorus-at.html

This should put a smile on your face.  I hope it works, if not, I guess you could "copy & paste" into Google.

Good night, all!