January Birthdays

Branden Stewart January 5
Doris Threadgold January 25
Willy Edwards January 28
Cecil Nelson January 28
Joan (Threadgold) Edwards January 29
Jackson Daniel Barringer January 30

Threadgold name continues

Alec Robert Threadgold
Born 12-22-08
7 pounds 5 ounces
20.5 inches long
Parents Barry & Nicole Threadgold
Grandparents Donald and Kathleen Threadgold
Grandchild #8

"Christmas Cookies"

Hi! I just got home from doing some Christmas baking with a friend. She showed me a great children's book: "Christmas Cookies" by Amy Grouse Rosenthal. It's a beautiful book which is really fun reading but also teaches kids about sharing, frustrations, etc. Beautiful illustrations. Be a great gift or activity with your kids or grandchildren. I love children's books. Kathie

South Dakota blizzard

We do not have a lot of snow, but looking out our window is much like this picture I found of the internet this morning. Everything is canceled for today and I would expect we will have our first snow day of this school year tomorrow.

Easy Roast & It Taste Great!!!

Take any roast you have:
Add 1 pkg. of Hidden Ranch Dressing Dry Mix
1 pakg. of Italian Dressing Dry Mix
1 pkg. of Brown Gravy Dry Mix
1 cup of water at the bottom
Cook for 7-8 hours. The length of cooking time depends on type of roast. But great gravy and we had it with mashed potatoes. KAthie

Just a note from Phyllis and Jim to wish all our Threadgold relatives who read this a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

December birthdays

December Birthdays

Katie Nordtvedt Decenber 10

Betty (Threadgold) Anderson December 19

Carter Anderson-Streich December 20
Alec Robert Threadgold December 22

Dan Beach December 24

Cole Weckerly December 28

Recipe for Snowman Poop

I am assigned to bring cookies/candies for our annual Swedish smorgasboard for church next week. I thought it was kind of funny when I googled looking for a snowman poop recipe and found it in Threadgold News from last year. I had misplaced my recipe so was happy to find it.

North Dakota

This is from Hayley and the McClusky Gazette.

Welcome, Threadgolds!

My deer hunt was short and sweet this year. Last Friday, I made it to the good deer country northwest of Goodrich, arriving there about 2 p.m., and I filled my tag by 4:30. My deer was a nice-sized dry doe.

I was walking on the west side of a brushy draw and saw a few deer go into the draw from the east side, so I snuck up to a vantage point where I would see any that walked into the open. None did, but I saw several that walked over from time to time onto the hillside on the east side, out of range.

So, I walked and belly-crawled to a spot closer to where I'd been seeing them. One doe presented a broadside shot at an estimated 125 yards. I fired and knocked her down, and she rolled down the hill and ended up at the bottom of the brushy draw.

The landowner and my good friend, Kim Raugust, was working outside, so I asked him for help. We found the deer, I gave it a finishing shot, and with the help of Kim with his trusty tractor and front-end loader, we easily got the critter to the farmyard and my minivan.

More good luck: it was cold enough that night so I could leave the deer on the back of the minivan until West Dakota Meats opened at 8 a.m. Saturday. West Dakota is the only meat market in Bismarck or Mandan that will take a deer with the hide still on. Betty Lou was glad to hear that we would have some good, lean meat later this winter or early spring.
So, seeing him again and having another good hunt is something more to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. I hope your Thanksgiving is a good one.

* * * *
The Sunday Bismarck Tribune had an interesting front page story about a family from the Los Angeles, Calif. area who has relocated to rural Goodrich. David Threadgold, 45, with his wife, Suzie, 46, and their daughter, Caitlin, 17, build a home on land David bought from Clifton Dockter. It's near the Ken and Luana Rauser farm. I must have been within a stone's throw of their home Friday without knowing it.

David is one of those modern fellows who, with a keen knowledge of computer technology, can work from his home and live wherever he pleases. He designs packaging for toys, and has sold his work to major toy companies.

I've thought at times that if I were a younger man and a computer whiz, I'd get a home-based job or business and live in a cabin in the Turtle Mountains. Or maybe I'd choose a good Sheridan County location as the Threadgolds did. I feel as though I've come home when I go there to hunt, and I miss being able to drive a short distance, or sometimes just walk, to get into some good hunting.

For the last 20 years or so, the ranch country of western Montana has been invaded by Californians, many of who have made their pile on the coast, and are seeking a different way of life. I've wondered if some of them would start filtering into rural North Dakota as well. David Threadgold has been to the area hunting before, and decided this was where he wanted to live.

The family agreed. Caitlin sounds as though she misses her surfing and, of course, we don't have an ocean in this neck of the woods. But we have plenty of lakes that are good for boating, swimming, water skiing and fishing.

Goodrich Mayor Scott Gesellchen said many locals are "scratching our heads wondering why they'd want to move here. I think a lot of the people around here would want to move to the bigger cities if they could."

Well, a lot of Sheridan County people not only could move to the cities, but had to. Some, such as myself, did so because they lost farms or other businesses and had to go where jobs were to make a living. Quite a few old folks went to the cities to be near medical facilities. It wasn't that they didn't like the rural and small town way of life.

I would like to extend a long-distance Sheridan County welcome to the Threadolds. I hope fortune continues to be kind to them in their new home, and also hope I get a chance to meet them sometime.

November's 2nd question///

Is there any particular Thanksgiving you remember most ? If so why?

Okay, November's question: What is your favorite part of the traditional Thanksgiving meal?

Keegan & Bianka Stewart's Christmas Picture

Children of Hannah (Anderson) & Branden Stewart
Grandchildren of Betty (Threadgold) & Dale Anderson

Bethel Hall

I was just listening to What's Up from KWAT radio station in Watertown, SD. They have been talking about the space shuttle being launched last night. The man who hosts the Saturday show went to Florida to see the lift off. Bethel Hall called in to talk about Kim Kelsey, son of Blair Kelsey, who is about my age, 57. If I remember correctly he went to SDSU when I was there. Anyway, Kim works for NASA and has been recognized for his accomplishments. He was a pall bearer at Ole's funeral according to Bethel. It does not seem like Ole died too long ago.

Fedora

1)Pheasant hunting
2)Keeda and Kebba at new Fedora sign
3)Cleaning station in hunting shack
4)Fedora hall
5)Fedora grocery store and post office
6)Fedora fire hall
Photos by Dale

Happy Halloween

For all the preschoolers out there that need something to do! Or the parents wondering how to keep their preschooler busy try this: Hollow out your pumpkin (or leave whole as is) give the child all your golf tees and a hammer and let them pound them into the pumpkin!! Show them how to remove the tees using the other edge of the hammer, and it will keep them busy for quite a while. Plus, it is great eye hand coordination!! Our neighbor kids loved it yesterday as well as Katie's 3's at pre-school!!

For those pumpkins that are hollowed out-- place a candle inside and they have their own Jack-o-Latern.

Have fun. Kathie

November celebrations

It has been a year since we started the blog!! It does not look like I collected all the November birthdays. Let me know who I missed.
November 2 --Bianka Stewart
November 4 -- Barry Threadgold and Laura (Threadgold) Barringer
November 8 --Erin & Sachin Choudhary
November 11--Terri Threadgold
November 16 --Katie Threadgold and Heidi Beach
November 23 --Hannah & Branden Stewart
November 27--Keegan Stewart
November 28--Maria Palmquist
November 29--Barry & Nicole Threadgold

Hunting shack

Another book

I thought of this book when I read that it was the 2nd anniversary of the Amish school shooting this past week and when I mentioned it to Dale, he knew right where it was.  The Happening is an easy reading and tearful book by an Amish author, Harvey Yoder. It gives true details of the Amish school shooting woven into a story told through the eyes and heart of a young survivor.   I got the book from our former Hutterite neighbor who works for an Amish man who came from the community and was a neighbor of the man who did the shooting.

Betty

October question????

Sometimes when I'm around certain members of my family they remind me that I "have to talk" to everyone!! That I just can't stand or sit there but that I have to find out who this person next to me is!! And example: ( I'm wondering if it is a family trait; or just me??) I don't know but this is the next question to all of you:

Have you every struck up an enjoyable conversation with a total stranger?

Pumpkin!!

I love this time of year because: I love pumpkin !! I think it started back in 1981 when Derek got his Oct. "Our Big Backyard" magazine which had a pumpkin cookie recipe (we now make them every year --doubling the batch each time); than Grandma T's pumpkin pie (found on Libby's label); Kathleen makes a great pumpkin pie and I believe she uses Loretta Mooney's recipe; Diane made a delicious pumpkin roll on a Thanksgiving that were in Kansas; SDSU pumpkin ice cream (it's seasonal so it is hit and miss when I get that!!); Dairy Queen has a pumpkin blizzard that I could enjoy anytime!!; pumpkin bread and muffin are good; there is a pumpkin dessert recipe that I have had with crust, pumpkin and nuts on top that is great aslso. And as my brother Don would say: Where is the real whip cream!! (I know we've been spoiled in life with all the conveniences--but the one time a year I really like real whipped cream is in the fall with pumpkin pie!!
If anyone has another favorite recipe of favorite story about pumpkin share it!!
Kathie

Beer Label for the Nordtvedt's

Check out this keloland video

Big buck in Sioux Falls

Baby Chase Born 9-15-08

Mike & Lynn Peterson of Plymouth, MN
are pleased to announce the birth of their 2nd son, Chase Michael
Born at Fairview Hospital-Edina, MN at 8:02 AM 9/15/08
9 Lbs
21 Inches

A special thanks to Harlyn and Audrey for their support that first week. Big Brother Carter, can't stop talking about Mama and Papa's visit.

Hurrican Gustav

Last week, I got back from Red Cross disaster relief in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I was there 2 weeks doing damage assessment. I find these trips very interesting but 2 weeks of sleeping on a cot with 150-200 people in the same room is enough for me. About 3000 homes had major damage or were destroyed. Most of the damage was from trees falling on the homes. I got there about 4 days after the hurricane and there were no stop lights (every corner was a 4 way stop), no stores open, no gas stations open. That's kind of an eery feeling when there are no services available. There were 1000 utility trucks from around the country trying to restore power. I think every power line in the state was down.

Jan

Dale's birthday

Dale got a light weight shotgun for his birthday.  He bought this motorcycle from a guy he worked with on the railroad.  Josh got it running.  

Republican National Convention

Derek is the first officer in line. He worked 10 days on the SWAT team at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. He loved the excitement but was ready to be done by day 10.

Kathie Nordtvedt

October Birthdays and Anniversaries

Megan (Froehlich) and Jack Langbehn  October 3

Olivia Threadgold October 4

Derek and Janelle Nordtvedt October 7

Janice Froehlich October 14

Janelle Nordtvedt October 15

Robert and Doris Threadgold  married October 23, 1943

Donald Threadgold  October 25 

Theresa (Threadgold) Weckerly October 27

Kathie Nordtvedt October 29

Avis (Harvey's 2nd wife) also had an October 29 birthday

READ!

Hey! Read the comment under the Green Hour information!

Green Hour--National Wildlife Federation

To all you "younger" parents and/or grandparents. I was just listening to a discussion among the Early Childhood Family Education staff that I used to work at and they are saying how important it is that our children be "re-exposed" (daily) to the good outdoors! There is an excellent website developed by National Wildlife Federation entitled "Green Hour". It is suppose to be an excellent web sites for parents. And children would certainly benefit if grandparents knew about it too. Hope you find it helpful. Kathie

South Dakota State Fair

Keegan, Kebba, Keeda, and Carter found the balloon clown and the cheese curds.

Keegan makes Aberdeen Park and Rec

Pilgrim Hats

I thought this recipe sounded easy and fun and remember we are descendants of the Mayflower!  There was no picture with the recipe.

Pilgrim Hats  (from Taste of Home)

1 cup vanilla frosting

7 drops yellow food coloring

32 miniature peanut butter cups

1 package fudge-striped cookies

32 pieces orange mini Chiclets gum

In a small shallow bowl, combine frosting and food coloring.  Remove paper liners from peanut butter cups.  Holding the bottom of a peanut butter cup, dip top of cup in yellow frosting.  Position over center hole of a cookie, forming the hatband and crown.  Add a buckle of Chiclets gum.  Repeat with remaining cups and cookies.

Yield:  32 cookies

Grandpa T

Robert Threadgold would have been 85 September 20.

Another book

I decided nobody would go back to the June question of the month, so will put this book in a new post. I found a synopsis on the internet.  I thought it was a great book.  

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

Synopsis:

In this emotionally charged novel, Jodi Picoult delves beneath the surface of a small town to explore what it means to be different in our society.

In Sterling, New Hampshire, 17-year-old high school student Peter Houghton has endured years of verbal and physical abuse at the hands of classmates. His best friend, Josie Cormier, succumbed to peer pressure and now hangs out with the popular crowd that often instigates the harassment. One final incident of bullying sends Peter over the edge and leads him to commit an act of violence that forever changes the lives of Sterling’s residents.

Even those who were not inside the school that morning find their lives in an upheaval, including Alex Cormier. The superior court judge assigned to the Houghton case, Alex—whose daughter, Josie, witnessed the events that unfolded—must decide whether or not to step down. She’s torn between presiding over the biggest case of her career and knowing that doing so will cause an even wider chasm in her relationship with her emotionally fragile daughter. Josie, meanwhile, claims she can’t remember what happened in the last fatal minutes of Peter’s rampage. Or can she? And Peter’s parents, Lacy and Lewis Houghton, ceaselessly examine the past to see what they might have said or done to compel their son to such extremes. 

Sept. Question of the month??

Have you ever been in a large public crowd and by chance spotted someone you knew among all the strangers?

Breakfast Idea for Large Gatherings!!

We had company this past week-end and I had always wanted to try this "Omelet in a Bag" idea, so I did , and it worked great!! All those involved had fun, and wanted it again the next morning!! And it was easy!! And good!!
Basically you get take a resealable freezer bag (we used quart size); add as many eggs as you want; reseal; than shake or squeeze; reopen to add ham, onions, peppers, mushrooms, cheese, salsa, etc.; reseal ; put your name on with permanent marker and than place it in a pot of boiling water for 13 minutes. (8 can be cooked at once of the pot is large enough).
Try it the next time you have a group!
Just go on google and put in "Omelet in a Bag" for the complete recipe and directions. If not e-mail me or call me.
Have fun.
Kathie

Brady won 1st place in the Muttin Bustin at the Mitchell Rodeo--his prize was a 3 foot trophy!

Little cowboy Brady Barringer, son of Laura & Duane Barringer, prior to making his debut at the Mitchell Rodeo in July 2008.

More Threadgold birthdays
Audrey September 1
Harlyn september 4
Bob Threadgold would have been 85 Septermber 20

September Birthdays and Anniversaries

Roger Nordtvedt  Sept. 8

Theresa & Cole Weckerly Sept. 8

Dale & Betty Anderson Sept. 15

Diane Threadgold  Sept. 19

Laura and Duane Baringer Sept. 22

Dale Anderson Sept. 28

Artesian Cemetery Memorial Day

The Stewarts at Reptile Gardens

Branden, Bianka, Keegan (Hannah's family)

Nordtvedt's at the Black Hills--8/3/08

A great time was had by all!!

August's Question?????

August Question??? As August starts up, we often think "Back To School"!! And with that in mind: When you think of a "teacher", what one(s) do you remember and why?

LaBolt Storm over 100 mph winds

Major elevator damage.  Six out of eight bins and 2 buildings are ruined.  Otherwise mostly trees and a couple of junk buildings.  We have lots of cleanup work to do.  For those of you who are unfamiliar with LaBolt, it is about Fedora size, so the entire town is damaged.

August Celebrations

Upcoming Wedding August 1 Joan Threadgold and Bryan (Willy) Edwards

August 4   Michael and Ann Riggs Anniversary

August 7  Heidi & Dan Beach Anniversary

August 10 Nicole Threadgold (wife of Barry)

August 13  Kathie and Roger Nordtvedt Anniversary

August 14 Harlyn and Audrey 52nd Anniversary

August 16 Kaia Nordtvedt

August 16  Joe and Maria Palmquist Anniversary

August 17  Ty Barringer  (son of Laura)

August 19 Paige Palmquist (daughter of Maria)

August 25 Jack Langbehn

August 30 Megan (Froehlich) Langbehn

Let me know if there are more.

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I was just looking through the blog and see that we had a new blogger in June.  Welcome, Lee.  We would like to hear from many more.

Some are having trouble commenting.  Maybe this will help.

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Having trouble!!!

I have made several attempts to post comments especially trying to comment on our first car but am not doing something right. If any one can help us please do. Jim & Phyllis

LaBolt Garage is no longer standing

July's Question of the Month

Describe your first car. And what was (or is) unique about it?

Donald's bank vehicle

July Birthdays

Dale, Hayley, Carter, Kebba, and I just returned from a Montana wedding and a quick trip to Yellowstone.  We do not especially enjoy traveling so are happy to be home.

The only birthdays I know of for July are Erin Choudhary (Froehlich, daughter of Janice (Threadgold) and Don) and Brian Threadgold (son of Bob and Diane Threadgold).   Erin's is the 20th and Brian's is the 22nd.  

Betty

Kebba's Dance

Syria 2008

I'm doing all my travel posts today!

I went to Syria for 10 days in May. It was a great trip -- maybe one of the best I've been on! I was surprised when I saw the list of people going -- Beth Kelsey was part of the group. The first picture is a Roman water wheel and aqueduct still in use -- that means about 2000 years old -- and it's still in use. We think the water is used for irrigation.

Syria is very safe for travelers. There were a number of European groups at the Crusaders castles and Christian churches we visited.

The second picture is the ruins of Palmyra. It was a city in the desert near Iraq that was sacked by the Roman army in 270 AD and is in the process of being excavated. It was amazing! This is a picture of main street. We could see the water pipes and the public restrooms, public baths, etc., etc. Very interesting!

Paul Jensen of Wall, SD was part of the group. Paul knew Dakota and her family. He brought his "Wall Drug" sign and had a few pictures taken with it. This one is at the Golan Heights with the one of the officials giving us a tour. Just outside this ruined hospital building was the UN guard station monitoring the only border crossing between Israel and Syria.

Jim Abourezk organizes these tours to Syria. I think this was the 4th group he's taken there. We just got an email from him saying he's going again in November. I would recommend the trip. Anyone can go. Let me know if you're interested.

Jan Froehlich

Don and I just returned from a short trip to Iceland. That's a very interesting place! It's a volcanic island with glaciers, hot springs, geysers, waterfalls and lots of lava. It is near the Arctic Circle so it was light 24 hours a day. We did tours, saw the puffins nesting, rode horses (for 2 hours -- we're not in shape for that) and swam in the Blue Lagoon hot spring. There's a picture of one of the glaciers to the left. Our photography leaves quite a bit to be desired, but you can at least see the snow.

Jan Froehlich

Flood??

Jim and Phyllis,
I have been wondering if the fllod has touched Mike's business and home? Could you send and update? Thanks Kathie

New Look

I changed the template.  Anybody is welcome to try another look.  I was trying to get the comments to show under the post, but did not accomplish that.

Chuck wagon night in Revillo

One of the churches in Revillo had a chuck wagon night with model-A, buggy, and covered wagon rides.  Kebba (middle) even helped drive the horses in the last picture.  Keeda, Keegan, and Kebba are in a covered wagon in the first picture.