THIRD RUMMAGE SALE OF 2010

On Saturday, April 17, we rented a table at the Rapid Valley Methodist Church again, we were there in January 2010. The sale was from 8:00 to 1:00 and was another huge success!! We sold alot of "stuff" and made a little money! There was a steady crowd of people the whole time. The church sold their delicious cinnamon rolls again, and we had hot dogs for lunch. We had a little bit of "stuff" to pack up, but not nearly what we had brought out. Our total receipts was $265.00. It was a nice day of work and best of all we got rid of more "stuff". Looking forward and planning for the May sale at the Community Hall in Rockerville.

DARRELL'S DAY OFF

Darrell took a vacation day today and we went fishing at Horsethief Lake. We got there about 7:00 this morning, and were lucky enough to have the whole lake to ourselves until we left at 10:30. It was so quiet and peaceful, and Darrell was lucky enough to catch fish!!  He more than caught his limit, but we only kept four fish, he caught one really beautiful, fat rainbow trout.

Catching the fish were quite a challenge, the fish would bite so lightly, you hardly knew you were getting a bite, but this guy was hungry and bit it hard and there was no doubt that you had a fish. What a great day we

had!

 

                           

APRIL FOOL'S 4 MILER RUN/WALK

Today, Saturday, April 3, we entered our third Run/Walk of the year.  The April Fool's 4 Miler began at Memorial Park, we walked the bike path to Canyon Lake Drive, turned around and walked back.  We started at 10:00, temperatures were in the low  40's, we knew right away we had dressed too warmly  with our long winter underwear and  we started shedding jackets almost immediately.Our time was 1 hour, 1 minute, 46 seconds. We started  in last place which we won't do again, and worked our way up to 5th from last, beating 4 women, a man and a Minpin. We joined the Black Hills Runner's Club today and are looking forward to the next Run/Walk, which will be Sunday, April 18 at 1:00 p.m.. The Madd Dash is a 5 K Run/Walk and proceeds will go to Mother's Against Drunk Drivers. It will start at Storybook Island and follow the bike path.

Second Rummage Sale of 2010

Saturday, March 27 we had our second rummage sale of 2010. We rented the Community Hall from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. After getting off to a slow start (no buyers at 8:00), we had the best day selling in all the rummage sales we've had. We made $446.00, and  sold so much stuff!! We never had a rush of people, but it was steady all day long and the folks were buying!!  We even had folks still coming when we were packing up. It was great to be able to set up enough tables so we could display the items nicely.

Looking forward to our next one, we've rented a table at the Rapid Valley Methodist Church on  April 17 and then we've rented two tables at the Community Hall  on May 1st. 

Jacob's Visit

Jacob arrived for his annual traditional March ice fishing trip on Friday morning  March 19 at 9:44 a.m.  from Minneapolis/St. Paul airport (the only way to travel). After a nice lunch, he and his Dad took off for Deerfield Lake for an afternoon of ice fishing. The ice is still 20 inches thick. They only caught one fish, but had a great time! We just hung out the rest of the day, I had planned on building a fire in the firepit and roasting marshmellows and hot dogs, but Darrell thought it was too cold  (I'm sure it had nothing to do with the basketball games on TV).

On Saturday morning I had us signed up for the Dublin Dash, a 5K (3 mile) Walk/Run sponsored by the School of Mines. We met Nikki and Clint at 8:30 a.m., Clint had been up all night sick, throwing up, stomach ache, but he wanted to run with his brother, so he ran, didn't feel very good, but he did it! Nikki, Darrell and I walked it and were happy that we had beaten our time for the February Freeze. Then, we all came out to the house and had lunch, Clint ate a little and started feeling a little better, but by 4:00 his stomach was hurting again, so he finally gave in and they went home so he could go to bed.

We planned on going ice fishing very early Sunday morning, Jacob wanted to see the sun rise, but it was so cloudy we could hardly tell when the sun came over the hill.

The weather was very nice, a little cold in the early morning hours, but by 10:00, we were shedding clothes. The fish were biting, but very slowly, Darrell caught two really nice size trout, which we kept. We figured if we stayed there all day, we could probably catch our limit, but by noon we were hungry and decided to come home and eat our nice steak dinner.

We just hung out the rest of the day, watching TV, taking naps (ME) and went to bed early as Jacob's plane left at 6:30 a.m. We all agreed we had managed to do alot of stuff in the 3 short days Jacob was here. It was fun,  and we always look forward to the March ice fishing trips.

STITCH & BITCH CLUB

Wednesday, February 17,2010, the Rockerville Women's Club met at Thelma Healey's in the Party Room. The club meets once a month during the winter months and has been in existance for many years, although no one knows for sure how long, because this is not a "formal" club. There are no officers, and no one person in charge. It is just a group of women, who get together once a month to enjoy each other's company, share a meal, and a story or two.  How it got it's name, Stitch & Bitch,  is not known for sure either, I just know  of the meetings that I've attended, none of the ladies brought any stitching. This month, however, we practiced our play, HAWKSHAW THE DETECTIVE, a melodrama, that we plan on performing in April in the Community Hall. This is the brainchild of Lily Lund, one of our club members. She has had the play for quite some time, and kept it in the hopes of performing it "some day".  Well, "some day" has arrived!  She, of course, is the director. It is a morally uplifting melodrama. Eleven of us club members have parts, the rest of the club members will be the support crew. Most of us haven't performed in a play since high school, if then, and are wondering how we will ever learn our parts. We all agreed though, that foremost, this is supposed to be fun, and like all melodramas a mistake will just be another laugh. Some of our members, who have lived in Rockerville most of their lives, remember the nightly shows held in the melodrama theatre in Rockerville during the summer months. The building is still standing, which makes this melodrama even more special.

We all arrived at 10:00 a.m. and spent the next 2 hours saying our parts, either from memory, or from the script. Only one member of the play was absent, which made it a very good practice. We all agreed to meet at Lily's house on Friday morning to have another practice. We were famished after all the hard work, and were served a delicious meal by Thelma Healey and Jean Terwilliger, her co-host. There were several different kinds of salads and delicious desserts.

Afterwards, we all had a good visit, discussed the weather, and some were treated to a tour of Buck and Thelma's new apartment. Pat Tomovick volunteered to have club next month, which will be the third Wednesday of the month, which makes it March 17, 2010. 

February Freeze 2010

Yesterday, Valentine's Day, February 14, 2010, we participated in the annual 5 K (3 mile) Fun Run/Walk in Rapid City, S.D. It was sponsored by Rapid City Regional Hospital's Cardiac Services. The race started at noon. It was really, really, cold with temperatures in the low 20's with a wind. Clint, Nikki, Darrell and I joined more than 600 other runners and walkers.

 

 Clint ran  the race while Nikki, Darrell and I walked it.  The thee of us finished in less than 50 minutes, not sure of Clint's time, but he finished alot sooner.  We each received a red long sleeved February Freeze T-shirt for participating. There were door prizes and refreshments. Nikki was lucky enough to win one of the  door prizes and shared with us. Included in her bag of goodies was an extra large shirt for Clint and  two  Elks Theatre tickets, which she gave to us. Thanks, Nikki! The  note pads, she kept for herself. Even though, I did this for my heart, the rest of me enjoyed it too, it felt good to get out in the fresh air and move, it's been a long winter.