The Speech Team for Aca-Deca needed some practice and some help. So I volunteered to help them with their speeches this weekend. So there I was, back at the high school on a Saturday this morning, to give them a hand.
It was fun. These kids are really great. It is nice to watch them struggle and grow, and all at different times and places in their lives and experiences, all taking the challenge of doing things that most teenagers would never dream of doing,...
Tomorrow it is supposed to start raining and turn to snow tomorrow night and Monday. Tomorrow is the big fundraising dinner for the Catholic Church in Nenzel, and we have tickets. A prime rib dinner, a band, and Marty's cowboy poetry... I really do NOT want to miss that, so I hope the weather stays clear enough to drive!
Tomorrow morning I need to stock the wood box and make sure we have enough for three or four days, in case the power goes out, with the ice on the lines and the high winds predicted for Monday. Of course it could just peter out or pass us by, and we won't have a problem - but it doesn't pay to hope for the best and not plan for the worst!
Today I was talking to Terri and asked her about her family's grape growing. She was amazed that I was interested, and invited me out to come and see it. That is really exciting - grapes in Nebraska. When the weather clears, I will. Terri is scheduled to go to classes 4 hours away Monday, and to take the Leadership teens to Ainsworth, two hours away, on Tuesday. If the weather gets bad Sunday night, she won't go. She doesn't want to be stranded after the Monday's predicted ice and snow.
Around here a lot of what happens has to do with the weather; planning around it, planning for it, planning in case of it. Will there be school Monday? Will we have electricity? Will we be able to drive? Will the cattle be ok? Will the kids have to stay home and ride out to feed and water them?
So many things to consider....
March Writing Assignment
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