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The town of Rosemary had quite a few resources for such a small town. 
They had Harry's General Store (13) where you could buy pretty much any type of groceries or household supplies that you might want plus they even had a gas pump if you were really desperate and willing to pay the higher prices. 
They had a bank, a little Treasury Branch (14), 
they had a coffee shop (15) 
and they had a furniture store called R W Furniture (16). We bought our kitchen table and two recliners from them. 
And then, of course, they had the post office(17). What more could you want in a town? We were box 57. Sherry Dyck used to work at the little post office but she finally got tired of being there every morning and one day she asked Lisa if she would want to take Saturday mornings. It worked great for us because it gave us a little extra spending money and it really didn't cut into our Saturday schedule. Our schedule had normally been a) kids get up early and watch cartoons, b) Lisa can never sleep past 8:00 so she would get up and clean up the mess the kids made and then c) I would get up around 9:00 or 10:00 and start on all the odd jobs that didn't get done during the week. The only thing that changed was that instead of cleaning up after the kids Lisa went on into work and when I got up at the same time I always did I would clean up after the kids and I started a tradition where I made pancakes every Saturday morning. By the time I had the pancakes made it was time for Lisa to come home and she would eat with us. I have many fond memories of us eating pancakes on Saturday morning (well, maybe it was closer to noon but morning to us). Once in a while I would take the kids all down to the post office to visit with mom.
They had Harry's General Store (13) where you could buy pretty much any type of groceries or household supplies that you might want plus they even had a gas pump if you were really desperate and willing to pay the higher prices. 
They had a bank, a little Treasury Branch (14), 
they had a coffee shop (15) 
and they had a furniture store called R W Furniture (16). We bought our kitchen table and two recliners from them. 
And then, of course, they had the post office(17). What more could you want in a town? We were box 57. Sherry Dyck used to work at the little post office but she finally got tired of being there every morning and one day she asked Lisa if she would want to take Saturday mornings. It worked great for us because it gave us a little extra spending money and it really didn't cut into our Saturday schedule. Our schedule had normally been a) kids get up early and watch cartoons, b) Lisa can never sleep past 8:00 so she would get up and clean up the mess the kids made and then c) I would get up around 9:00 or 10:00 and start on all the odd jobs that didn't get done during the week. The only thing that changed was that instead of cleaning up after the kids Lisa went on into work and when I got up at the same time I always did I would clean up after the kids and I started a tradition where I made pancakes every Saturday morning. By the time I had the pancakes made it was time for Lisa to come home and she would eat with us. I have many fond memories of us eating pancakes on Saturday morning (well, maybe it was closer to noon but morning to us). Once in a while I would take the kids all down to the post office to visit with mom.
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Hi Fred,
I have always enjoyed reading about your international travels through e-mail, and now on your blog. And I after I read everything I forward it to Rick's computer downstairs. What's interesting about all this we now talk about things like motorized bikes, Staycationing, etc. Your writing has given us some things to ponder and talk about as a family.Keep up the good writing. Karin and Rick Cahoon in New York
Hey, you just proved my point. What a great team you and Lisa make. What an awesome Saturday routine.
That little treasury branch is where we always sat in front for the Canada Day Parade. That's the "Easter's Spot" every year. Sadly they tore the building and the tree down last year and so this summer we had no shade in "our spot". I am SO happy to see you have a picture of it. I am going to save it.
As for the banking? Rosemary is moving up in the world. They have the bank and ATM machine over in the Post office now.
Alright dad, I dont write for the comments but I sure love getting them so I guess I'll start giving back. As far as popularity goes, I read all the family blogs from an automatic newsfeed I set up with Google. The feed happens to give information on how many people subscribe to a particular blog and you have 4 subscribers. I have only one (i.e. just me), Nancee 2, Alycia 2, Sharley 5, and Kira 15. So assuming everyone in the family reads your blogs and me and Kira are the only ones who know how to put up a newsfeed you probably reach at least a few people outside the immediate family. I sometimes get comments from complete strangers (only sometimes).
I think we also bought our entertainment center from the Unruh's. I loved working at the post office because I got to visit with everyone. Do you remember how the kids favourite thing to get from Harry's General store were the blue fish and mojo's. Do they even make mojo's anymore? Oh, and sometimes you would take the kids fishing on Saturday mornings while I worked remember?
aw your so cute dad!!!
how come I don't remember mom working at the post office? I remember Amy's mom, but not mine. I do remember the late morning pancakes though. :-) Thanks for the tribute :-)
It is so hard to find blue whales now. Lori searched for months for me. They are sometimes at the superstore, and I always get them when I see them. I still LOVE them, but I don't know if it is because they are good or because of the memory.
Kira, do you remember your friend Natasha that I used to babysit and her mom was Sherry Dyck that worked at the post office? It was during that time. If you can remember Natasha that might register a memory or two. Maybe you'll remember that Alycia bit the feet off her of her barbie at our house one time. She was pretty upset about that!!
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