Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Well a month passed. In the middle of March I arranged a surprise birthday party for Matt. It was a surprise! I invited a few friends, ordered pizza from Los Olivos, made a yellow cake with chocolate frosting.
Matt got some nice presents including a set of Pyrex refridgerator containers and six Little House books, which he is enjoying reading.
Matt and the Cake.
I made lemon sugar cookies and various colored lemon icings for Egg Day cookies. They were delicious.
Cookies.
Last Wednesday I boiled eggs and we colored them.
Eggs.
On Egg Day I made scalloped potatoes and took that and peas to Matt's house. He made a cheesy-bread bake and carrots. I ate too much.
A surprise visitor was Ray from Spain. We went to BK's for tacos. It was nice to catch up.
Senor Ray.
I've mostly been watching boreholes, auger holes, and trenches along Silverbell Road. I sit on a bucket a lot.
Today I was taking care of comments on a monitoring plan when I saw something out of the corner of my eye. It was a bobcat kitten. I tapped on the window and it stopped to look at Erina and I. It stood there and probably wondered who and what we were. It was very cute.
Bobcat Kitten.
Friday, April 08, 2022
The 1950 United States census has been released after 72 years. I looked up my parents, grand parents, and one set of great grandparents. No real surprises.
Well one surprise, one grandmother was a census taker. My father is living at home working on the farm.
The Thiels
Grandpa had another 14 years working for Michigan Bell. Grandma would soon go to work for Milliken's Department Store in the book and stationary department. My mother would graduate from high school, spend the summer working as a telephone operator, and then head off to Michigan State where she hated her fencing class and purposely flunked it.
The Feigers
Colonel and Maybelle lived out in Almira Township. Colonel was farming- not sure what he was growing. Maybelle had another year of life.
I have spent thousands of hours doing genealogical research for myself and for work. Nice to have a new set of records to look at.
