Happy Birthday to Chris and Alicia....

Memories of the winter of 1982

This was a very hard winter on the farm....every weekend in January we had a blizzard and also sub zero temperatures.. lots of frozen water pipes in the barn and the house... and carrying water to all the livestock in the lean-to.  Our wood to heat the house was in the machine shed..so we used a cardboard box on the sled to push it to the house.

One of the weekends we went to town on Friday to get some feed and had it in the trunk of the car and when turning the corner by Klingbiel's there was ice and we hit Brunner's well drilling truck.  The car was totaled so we got a Chevy from Marcott's....it worked but it had some interesting quirks about it. Which brings me to the song of Dashing Through the Snow!!

 DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW

IN MY RUSTY CHEVROLET
DOWN THE ROAD I GO
SLIDING ALL THE WAY
I NEED NEW PISTON RINGS
I NEED SOME NEW SNOW TIRES
MY CAR IS HELD TOGETHER
BY A PIECE OF CHICKEN WIRE

 CHORUS:
 RUST AND SMOKE THE HEATER'S BROKE
THE DOOR JUST BLEW AWAY
I LIGHT A MATCH TO SEE THE DASH
AND THEN I START TO PRAY
THE FRAME IS BENT THE MUFFLER WENT
THE RADIO IT'S OK
OH WHAT FUN IT IS TO DRIVE
THIS RUSTY CHEVROLET

 I WENT TO THE IGA
TO GET SOME CHRISTMAS CHEER
I JUST PASSED UP MY LEFT FRONT TIRE
AND ITS GETTING HARD TO STEER
SKIDDING DOWN THE HIGHWAY
RIGHT PAST THE NEGAUNEE COPS
I HAD TO DRAG MY SWAMPERS
TO GET THE CAR TO STOP

(REPEAT CHORUS)

BOUNCING THROUGH THE SNOWDRIFTS
IN A BIG BLUE CLOUD OF SMOKE
PEOPLE LAUGH AS I DRIVE BY
I WONDER WHAT'S THE JOKE
I GOT TO GET TO SHOPKO
TO PICK UP THE LAYAWAY
CAUSE SANTA CLAUS IS COMING SOON
IN HIS BIG OLD RUSTY SLEIGH

(REPEAT CHORUS) Da Yoppers

Farewell to Uncle Bill

Wilbur Stockwell (1926 – 2011) Wilbur B. Stockwell, 85, of Pittsville died Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, in the emergency room of Ministry Saint Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, at Rembs Funeral Home, Marshfield with Mr. Bruce Shaw and Mr. Perry Pearson officiating. The visitation will be held on Tuesday from 9 a.m. until service time. Burial will take place in Dorchester Memorial Cemetery and his children will serve as pallbearers. Wilbur was born Jan. 29, 1926, in Brewster, Wash., the son of Lester D. and Lois Ada (Dissmore) Stockwell. He was a veteran of the United States Army. He married Audrey Brunner May 19, 1950. She died Sept. 24, 1974. He then married Myrtle A. Krisher Jan. 29, 1975. Wilbur farmed in the Dorchester area for 25 years and also worked as a mechanic most of his life. A hobby that he enjoyed very much was working with computers and he was an avid reader. He is survived by his wife, Myrtle, and his children, Alan (Pamela) Stockwell of Winona, Minn., Randy (Deanna) Stockwell of Dorchester, Bruce (Mary) Stockwell of Franksville, Jeannine (Louie) Orlando of Caledonia, Brian (Julie) Stockwell of Jamestown, N.D., Steven (Pearl) Stockwell of Milnor, N.D., Douglas (Brenda) Stockwell of Fairmont, Minn., and Delmer Stockwell of Pennsylvania. He is also survived by twenty grandchildren and thirty-three great-grandchildren.

catching up..

Before the holidays all of the grandkids had programs at school

Trevor had a choir program and then he also sang in the madrigal....the group does very good!!

Shawn had his and it was each class singing two songs.

Emily and  Erin were in the fourth grade group and also they sing another group..they give up their lunch recess a few days a week to be in this group.

It so nice that they like music...something they can use for life.

And then there is Mason....you never know what he will come up with. One day he was down in my house and went in the guest room...he says " this is nice!" and also he found my twin baby dolls that I have... the "babies" had to go upstairs with him and then another day they had to go to town with us!!!!

He has also taking to barking and panting like a dog!!

I am still going swimming twice a week and may try to go more after the first of the year...many in my class go to the other classes too.

Shawns class

Emily and Erin in the center back.



taking baby to town!!



What the girls did.....

Kara and Alicia scrapbooked as much as they could that weekend...I was planning to help Erin sew...but first the machine was giving me fits and finally got it to sew without breaking the needles and between us we got one little dress done..

The kids also kept busy with their i-pads and the boys did do some R C racing..

We had a big "dinner" Saturday evening

The  chair slid and down she went!!!

Erin cutting the doll dress out.

Can you do this???!!!!!!



Alicia busy with her scrapbooking..



Kara on her chair!!! and Kayla checking the internet on her phone.

Goin' to the dogs!!

We had a family Thanksgiving and Christmas get together the second weekend in December..

We now have a dog..housedog...and Jake was invited to come visit Shooter too.

Mason is especially taken to dogs and so is Emily...so guess where we could find them????

Jake and Shooter

Mason in the cage with the dogs!!

Emily and Jake out from under everyone's feet.

one year ago.....

Happy Anniversary to Levi and Kayla

We went out to Soleas for supper on Friday night.

Friday Fun

Kayla found this place in Little Chute that offered classes on making cards....so we did that yesterday..they were cards of the season so I let her buy them.... but here they are...I like the stocking...it can be used to give gift cars!!

Shooter and Mason

Aren't you going to share????

I-S Aquatic..

For most of the month of November I have been going twice a week to a swim exercise class...it is for those with arthritis and such....mostly older people...I mean older than me!!!

I started this after my therapy was over...insurance would not cover anymore... but during therapy we did water exercises and that helped a lot.

So this is what I found to do and it is only 8 miles from here..and it helps tremendously!! Now if I would be more careful I'll get fully better....the cane is still my friend...especially outside.