December 10

December 10 2012 Rosenfeld News by Tina Wolfe

            Happy days, the snow is here. It fell in piles last weekend and though we had a bit of wind on Saturday night, the fields are still white. The grandkids are waiting to get onto their sleds and head out onto the field around the farm.

            My voice is back and the coughing has begun. It’s doable during the day but why is it always worse as soon as a person lies down? I have a brown flat bottle standing at the ready on the kitchen counter but is that Buckley’s ever vile stuff. Gallons of tea have been consumed which is very tasty with the honey Mike and Anna brought back from their trip to Savannah. I hope that the coughing fits are gone before the Christmas Concerts begin.

Mayan calendar

            The history buffs are in a tizzy this month. As the readers may have heard, the ancient Mayan people of Mexico were quite advanced in the sciences and agriculture. Archeologists have uncovered calendars in the many ruins i.e. Chichi Niches but they all end in the year 2012, the month of December and on the 21. Is it to be the end of the world? A big catastrophe is predicted but no one really knows if anything or what will occur. Some predict that life as we know it will end but who knows what that means. I just hope our hydro power stays on whatever happens. I can’t imagine how we would cope if the power grid went down. Very few houses have fireplaces or cook stoves and it’s cold out there. We’ll just have to wait and see.

Carolers

            The Boys and Girls Club meets twice a month at the Rosenfeld School. The coordinators, Brian and Roxanne Friesen, plan many activities for the group and this month they went caroling. We were just about to leave for a hockey game when the tractor and wagon pulled up at the end of our driveway. Upon opening the window, Gabby one of our granddaughters stuck in her head and told us that they would like to sing for us. How do you resist those big blue eyes? Out of the truck we hopped, into the garage we went and stood at the open door while the big group sang energetically. Before leaving we were presented with a container of peppernuts which luckily Dave doesn’t enjoy so I didn’t even have to share. The evening wasn’t as cold as many in the past and it was huge group. Thank you, we enjoyed the carols.

Hockey update

            The Altona Bantams are playing at least two games a week and that keeps these grandparents very busy. On Thursday, Dec. 6 the Morden team came to Altona for their second game. It was a very good game and the score was closer than the previous one. Altona won 3 – 1. Saturday, Dec. 8 the Notre Dame team drove in even though the snow was piling up on the roads. This was also a nail biter and Altona lost their first game in regular season play 4 – 2.  We currently have two players off with concussions; Simon Schroeder and Jesse Dowswell. We wish them the best and hope they recover soon.