My Week

Sometimes I feel I'm getting nowhere training Amber.  She chews on everything.   I've had to childproof the house all over again.  She pulls tissues out of the dispenser and shreds them.  The edges of my throw rugs are frayed.  She knows she's supposed to be off tables but when I'm gone I find pens and pencils chewed up.  Look, she even chewed the pen from the Capitol Canine Training Club.

 

I have had success in teaching Amber to roll over.  She even did a roll over with the distraction of Moe.  Well I should count my blessings this week because my brother lost his elderly dog, Rocko, this week.  He needed some consoling via telephone.

Last Monday night I danced for the residents at the Villas of Hollybrook in Washington, IL.  These are my dancing friends from the Peoria dance group.

 Tuesday morning I went to Lutheran HS along with our VFW Quartermaster to present a check to our second place winner of our Voice of Democracy scholarship competition. 

Then I went to  the luncheon with our Women's Overseas Service League wearing the same blazer.  We usually bring a small gift.  I gave a card with a pocket tool.  I received a soap dispenser, and lots of treats.  Those treats are all gone now.

In the evening I went to a Christmas party for the Sangamon County Historical Society.  Just look at that spread of food.  That's not including what was sitting on the stove, wine bar, and desert bar.

Wednesday I went to a Amvets Christmas dinner at Saputos.
Thursday I went to Catholic War Veterans Christmas Party at Chesapeake Seafood House.

I almost forgot that I promised to help sack the luminaries for the Dana Thomas house until my calendar reminder popped up.  I thought I'd be late but I was the first volunteer that showed up.
Friday evening I helped at the Elijah Iles House.  We had a different Christmas display for the different eras for families that lived in the house.  I was docent for that later years, 1900-1910 (a bit of the Titanic era). 

This is the event in the newspaper.
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20181215/iles-house-decked-out-for-christmas
I repeated this gig on Saturday after Wreaths Across America.  I had the responsibility for laying wreaths sponsored by the Women's Overseas Service League buried at Camp Butler.

It was a good thing that I purchased 5 wreaths because there were some that missed the deadline and both paid me back.

Sunday afternoon I went to pray the rosary at the state capitol.  I wish we had and even bigger crowd based on all the "free speech" folks that were behind the justification for the satanic display that accompanied our Nativity and Menorah. 

Here's a link to the news.  I'm in my white coat at 1:12 in the video.
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/protest-against-controversial-capitol-statue-leads-to-big-crowds?fbclid=IwAR0aaQKmHV_-ViXZ2fQMkBlPk6el-62sM1fiZAjUpZOV3VTdPYUZWJd2uJ8

Here's the newspaper:
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20181216/catholic-group-prays-for-removal-of-satanic-temple-display-in-capitol