Weather - 60's this afternoon and beautiful sunshine.
From Grandma's Diary:
February 7, 1914 - Sat., done saturdays work, Sam and father were here for supper, read five Psalms.
February 8, 1914 - Sun., went to Sunday school and church, read twenty five Psalms had three callers in afternoon.
February 9, 1914 - Mon., cut out and sewed at three night shirts for boys, Mr. Ruthroff, Sam, and father were here for dinner, went to church in the evening.
February 10, 1914 - Tues, done washing, churned butter, read eight psalms, went to church in the evening.
February 11, 1914 - Wed, ironed, cleaned casings for butchering, mended, read seven Psalms, went to church in evening.
As mentioned in an earlier blog I decided to share entries from my grandmother's diary. As usual I'm behind in entries as we've been keeping busy vacationing so this one covers a few days. Undoubtedly the "boys" in the 2/9 entry was referrring to my father and his brother. My father would have been 14 years old at the time. Cleaning casings referred to cleaning the intestines for making sausage.
Below is a short YouTube video of the stone from our family farm that's embedded in "The Monument to the States" in Kissimmee Florida where my grandparents went for winter. The monument was built in 1941 after a local organizer decided it would be nice to make a monument representing all the states that people came from to winter in Kissimmee. During those years there were a large number of shuffleboard courts right next to the monument and that was the major pastime for those who came to Kissimmee. Now people come from all over the world to Kissimmee to visit Disney World. My brother always lamented - why didn't our grandparents buy some acreage there when it was $5 an acre or whatever it was at that time. Now you probably can't even buy a hamburger at Disney World for that.
This year the shuffleboard courts have been torn down and there's much evidence that they're going to redo the city park next to the monument. The side street has now been redone and paved with bricks along the monument. I hated to see the shuffleboard courts were gone but in today's world retirees probably don't have time for shuffleboard and instead spend their time in the theme parks. At least it looks like the monument is there to stay and will be one of the key features of the park.
Below are a couple more photos of the Monument. It is on the website Roadside America by the way.
Below you can see the overall monument - notice the new brick street and new curbing, very nice.
So - what else have we been doing? Well pretty much just being tourists in a tourist town. Visited Downtown Disney where at least you can get in free in order to spend your money. It's a nice place with restaurants (House of Blues, Planet Hollywood, etc.) and loads of gift shops to spend your money. Below is a couple of pics of a truck at Old Town. This is what you need up north in the snow. Got a ladder?
Last night we went to the Cirque du Solei at Downtown Disney. The show here was called Nuaba and had some great acts.
The cousins went down to Sarasota to the Ringling Museums today but Joan and I stayed back to hang out here. I went and had the tires rotated and balanced at the Goodyear store. There were starting to become annoying and wanted to get things smoothed out before too much more driving.
All for now I guess.
Life is Good - when you're retired!
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