Category: Trella Diaries

Saturday, February 28, 2009
Deposited $10,000 to Ohio State Bank check from Reassurance America. To McDaniel Toyota – paid by check $10,355.50 for 2009 Prius – when I came home I studied the manuals. Worked crossword puzzle.

Friday, February 27, 2009
55° AM – 32° 7 PM
If I had gone to mail box this AM instead of about 6:00 tonight – I would have had one less day worrying about where the $10,000 check would be deposited at the Ohio State Bank – so reassuring to find – among the junk mail – an envelope with return address Reassure America Life Insurance Co – $10,000 check made out to me enclosed. I had called McDaneisl to ‘reassure’ them I would be in to pay for my new red Prius when the check was deposited. So tomorrow it will be – by me – RALI.
Had emailed David to contact RALI so I called him – he had emailed me earlier that Norm Fogt died thurs at Colo Hospital (Marion Star web page)
Finished compiling tax infor except for checking contributions.

Thursday, February 26, 2009
55° raining late
Royce cleaning $50 – She didn’t make my bed – I did 3 loads of laundry. Not a dirty clothes in the house.
Worked on income tax – used Excel to sum – contributions – medical – interest – etc.
Corrected Board 2009 from Jerrie. We are short one trustee.
Called Ohio State Bank – no deposit of $10,000 from Reassure America Ins. deposit in my #719 account.
Dave Matyak came buy with his jack & got the wheel off the golf cart & into Prius to be fixed.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009
52°
Dow Jones 7270
Wrote letters of thanks to Primrose Retirement Communities for cookies & punch – and to David H for all his involvement – also mailed Valenda Mackay & Carol Robinson for greeting & selling.
Worked on entering Income Tax figures in Excl.
Dave Matyak here from 2:00 to 3:30. No Jack so he couldn’t remove the tire on golf cart that is flat. Reactivated my weather gadget.
Becky Lux & son Peter came by to pick up prairie seed I gathered for her last fall. Will plant it back of Marca near Senior Center.
Offered help for cleanup at Terradise Nature Preserve and MCHS. Loaned her a couple of my prairie books.
Answered online survey on customer satisfaction with Toyota McDaniel on recent purchase of 2009 Prius – gave excellent to all questions.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009
13-36° windy sunny
Dow Jones 7350
Sorted Income Tax info & entered contributions & Medical into Excel & summed. Wrote letter to Bob Hill of Prospect & sent with By-Laws-Standing Rules & Collections Mgmt Policy.
To P.O. & mailed certificates of honor to 10 founding members $1 each because large envelope – 59¢ for ½ that size.
To Nationwide Ins. & found that the $4 was not owing – voided check – to Ohio State Bank – cashed Natrionwide refund check – but no $10,000 deposit.
Shopped at Meijer – Actonel $35 – Groceries $39 but had a $10 Meijer refund.
Home about 5:00 but decided to not go to Friends of Prairie Parks.

Monday, February 23, 2009
25°
Spent all day creating packets for the 10 surviving founding members of MCHS – Include their certificates of honor, my letter to each, ad copy of program,. The sheet of answers and the news release I wrote for the Marion Star – sent to James Stevens.
Emptied one of the rolling files I stashed all the papers I’ll use to create trustees notebooks. Will get back to them after I gert my income tax info ready for Diane Mault.
Gale here for supper – cooked the diced ham & potatoe in white sauce like Janise Seckle Parthemore brought to me.
She had worked all day with cleaning crew at Heritage Hall including Valenda who told Gale of my call apologizing for doubting her sales figures on ‘Schools’, books & DVDs – Valenda said she had erred in not including the checks!
Called Carol Robinson & left a message. Had a call from robin Cook while gale was here. Could hear her easily, so David’s changing the phones helped.

Sunday, February 22, 2009
Icy 25°
Wasted most of the day creating new items for Trustees notebooks.

Saturday, February 21, 2009
David opened his email first time since Thurs & had 54 messages from clients. I had 5 – answered Kathi’s & Dave Matyak’s – gave him dimension of Willis Marion Co. Map of Schools – 25×36 – He will protect it.
TO Marion for new phone jack & then to HH to pick up DVDs of 1976 Marion – Found one of Willis’s books at podium – must apologize Valinda who insisted we only sold 4 – & I said inventory showed we sold five.
To Epworth Church for Memorial Service for Julian Walker. Met new Farison/Snyder partner Chad Snyder – knows Haldeman’s in Morrow County – Service so moving – Jay’s sons sang (Eric) and played trumpet (James). Jay read a tribute to the joy his dad brought. Ended with a photo collage (Tom Yanitell?). David brought me home (reminded me he was Jay’s best man – Cornell NY) – & then he went back to Julian’s house for mingling.
Called Valinda – Had to leave my apology on answering machine.

Friday, February 20, 2009
David arrived about 12:30 AM after playing at Cactus Pear – He contacted Marion Bank & set up online banking. He contacted Reassure America & found the $10,000 check was in envelope ready to be mailed. Switched phones so base phone not near computer – filled sunflower seed bucket & fed birds.
To HH at 10:30 – Racks still there & tables with typewriters – Gale, Valinda & David got them all moved to under loading dock area. David set up the DVD projector & testing running ‘Marion 1976’ – TO Wendy’s to eat & to get extension cords.
I put 30 Road bonds in plastic sleeves. Dan Erickson came from Wooster to play electric guitar with David on trombone. – 40’s music. David tuned piano but not used. Set up 50 chairs but eventually 25 more & all filled – John Knickle came from Findlay – Charlie Evers, Telfer, Lucy Wood, Ruth Fabian, Virginia Cheney – had certificates for Founding Members & Acknowledged past presidents. Good reminiscences – lots of laughter – Willis Thomas on his book on Schools – Gave MCHS large maps with their locations.

Thursday, February 19, 2009
19° – 24° 1 in. snow
Accomplished all I needed to do to be ready for tomorrow’s celebration of 40 years of ‘doing history’ – Since Gale’s file for certificate did not transfer to my computer – called her & sent list of founding members by email.
Finalized program – and my part in it. Wrote outline of my remarks.
Called Richard Bryson. & Eula Rhoads – past presidents – Called Carol Robinson & Virginia Howard to greet & make badges & see that guest book is singed. Called Valinda Mackay to sell ‘Schools’ & ‘Day Before Yesterday’ & DVD of ‘Marion 19786’ & answers to quix. Made donation box.
Transferred 2008 Notebook to an old notebook & started the 2009 one.
Sent email to Jamie Steven who worked on printing my 3 installments of MCHS history – Tonight the last on fills a page with photos of log cabin.