Category: Trella Diaries

Thursday, December 17, 2009
Royce cleaned – Gave her a $50 Christmas bonus. Dave Claborn, Gary Iams & Emily (Prairie Coordinator) visited Terradise at 2:15 bringing a HUGE poinsettia plant – Big surprise – Announced the work has started on the new shelter at the campus (Larry Yoder) and it will be named “Trella Romine Shelter House” – I was flabbergasted.
Served cider & cookies – chat – I pledged $10,000 in 2010 for a scholarship for a science major at OSU – will probably eventually one of $50,000 to make it an endowment.
Folded Xmas letters (clear with K & D)

Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Contacted David & he corrected the labels in TerraPro to remove phone # & spaces – I went through all 300 entries & mark XL (Xmas letter) – Printed out about 100 labels & print was in 6 point – So back to David –
Fine tuned Xmas letter & printed both sides – Took to Office Depot & had 100 copies printed in color – Bought the 2010 Standard Diary & envelopes – Total $100 – To Marion Bank cashed $300 check for Xmas gifts –
To Kohl’s finally found a pink velour jacket ($17 marked down for $36). So the diary & jacket are from Kathi & Bob’s $50 bill- Had left my cane in cart at Office Depot – So back there & when a clerk coming out saw me he turned around went back in & brought me my cane – So lucky to have that happen –
Shopped at Meijer $32 – Exhausted when I got home – unloaded car – drove to garage – brought in groceries – On way to my chair in front of TV Chessie tripped me & I spilled the tray – tea, ice cream & melon all over carpet .
By mistake gave the cashier the check for Medicare $975! TV at $600+ but didn’t know he had cashed it until Thurs – Found the money in my purse. Called bank Ohio State Bank.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Gale was in County Commissioners chambers when I arrived. I gave her my sheets of info to include with financial statement – brochures etc. For our session we met with them in a small room around a table – Andy Appelfeller presiding – Josh Daniels & Russ (? new).
Gale made a presentation – I gave a little history of MCHS & Diane Mault answered finance questions.
Shopped at Meijer – bought a black knit shirt & black hose & cards. At home addressed Dave Decker’s birthday card, paid Dr Kathy Deyson bill & opened 20 Christmas cards. Kathi sent me $50 & suggested a jacket as gift. Rec’d a copy of [end of entry]

Monday, December 14, 2009
All day at computer refining & adding photos to my 2009 Christmas letter. Need David’s help to print labels –
Gale brought my Christmas gift & Kentucky Fried Chicken for supper – Gift is a darling teapot with pictures botanical names of plants – We made tea in it for supper.
Watched Antique Roadshow Remembers. Now I must compile packet of MCHS material for meeting tomorrow with Marion Co Commissioners.

Sunday, December 13, 2009
Visit with Katie & Geo – Katie ran washer & dryer & folded all the clothes – conversations with Geo – shared my phone experiences with him! – They left for Washington DC – Katie has important committee meeting tomorrow.
Wrote my annual Christmas letter & sent to David for critique – used my guest book & memory.

Saturday, December 12, 2009
Katie & Geo up before me – I tried to call Shari Hall Harding Home manager for a tour but husband reports she is out of town.
Had a little tour of Marion – Vernon Heights & picked up dishes I left at Pam Miller’s. To Heritage Hall about 12:00 & put a display of MCHS publications on my table along with DBY & Ray’s verses – sold 1 of each of mine, & several MCHS books – first to 1907 original History of Marion County from Uncle Allen’s collection & sold it for $100 – sold 37 of Katie’s books “First Lady Florence Harding” – Jim Robenalt & wife came late due to his involvement in a trial – Jim C so helpful in replacing books from gift shop to my table, taking photos and greeting those attending & distributing the “Authors & Their Books” flyer that Gale & I created, 12 authors & 4 artists. Geo wandered Heritage Hall – read every Hall of Fame plaque – Jim Hering found that there was no print day cover of The Harding 1923 black stamp & will give one to MCHS – Dave Claborn proposed to Gale & me a Harding Seminar at OSUM.
Katie, George, Jim and I to Sawyer-Ludwig Park to see Rose Cottage where Florence Harding lived a short while – Missed showing them the Sawyer house where she died. Met Gale at Harding Center for a 2 hour dinner – wine & conversation. Home about 9:00.

Friday, December 11, 2009
Picking up – sorting piles of magazines. Cleaned office – putting books back on the shelves – etc. Did load laundry. E-mail from Pam Miller – she will put my dish towels outside for me to pick up tomorrow. Sent e-mail to Jim Robenalt with directions to Heritage Hall. I’m exhausted – expecting Katey & brother George about 8:00.
They arrived on time bringing red Coppola wine & sticky buns. Had a fire in the fireplace and got acquainted with Geo – he is a lawyer & has a boat dock in Gloucester, Mass on a cove. Geo easy to become a friend – he put the timer on the Christmas tree. He slept on davenport.
Katie autographed the copy of her book sent to me at her request from the publishers. We discussed her research.

Thursday, December 10, 2009
Talked to Jim Horner – he told me my friend on the sofa at the potluck was Mike Todd! –
Spent the morning creating a list of authors, their books, and pricing & place at H.H. – took it to Gale about 11:00 and she suggested changes that got it on one sheet. She will print 50 for Sat night. She has the tables set up & will have names of authors to put on them.
Shopped at Aldi’s & the wind made it impossible for me to get a cart & go in until a man helped me. Norma Jacobs chatted for about 15 minutes – about Madge – about a letter she has written by Nan Britton – $35 order took all my cash – got snacks for Katie & George.
When I got home the red Star box had blown out of the green box & was lying along road by rail fence & Star was in the road.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009
DJ 10,337 Front through at 2:00 But no lizzard like N&W of here.

Finished reports for Exec Meeting & sent to Gale – Got 2009 MCHS notebook organized – Sent e-mails to Herings & Pam Miller – thanks & asking name of man who sat by me on sofa – Call from Robin Stout Cook & I looked up Lowerys in 1940’s Directories for her.
Frustrating that I found my camera a couple of days ago in a tote and now can’t find it again – my right hearing aid is also lost even tho I remember putting it in a bag with batteries.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009
To Le Salon at 12:30 for hairdo – new style – Home by 1:15 & until 4:30 rewrote Annual Meeting notes for exec committee meeting at 5:00 – Budget of $52,000 for 2010 & Gale’s contract signed – No Nancy Gracely so I took notes & will prepare portfolio to present to County Commissioners to approve 2010 events calendar with changes to time of Prairie Tours to early August instead of late.
To Pam Morris’ mansion at 612 Bedford in Vernon Heights for Garden Club of Marion Potluck & Christmas party – Extravagant decorations – Mike Todd with me on sofa – traded my prize for a Christmas rug that he got – Jim Hering insisted on following me home & into the garage – It was sleeting but not icy.