Sunday, August 23, 2026

mowed farm to right height, ran lawn sweeper, which Kevin of course had to fix after I was done with it. I also got stuck a couple hundred times...sent requests to 3 travel agents.

2022: ZZ Top....and I'm at the point in my life where I don't drink hot Pepsi.
2020 ghost hunting in Iowa with Tracy.
2012 K.J. Dailey is all packed up to go back to college.....
2011 starting to think we need to buy a pool pass for Morgan's pool....thanks for letting my kid hang out there so often!

Saturday, August 22, 2026

spent a day cleaning brush and fixing fence down the gravel road....was I more help than hindrance? I'm never really sure...

2024 starting a coffee can hexagon hand-stitched quilt....was going to try English paper quilting but this video looked easier....
2017 a 60 oz. Pepsi for the long ride home..."Oh, Mom, I'll always live on a gravel road in my heart.". Katie Dailey driving I-70....
2017 today our youngest leaves Mercer, MO, population 318, to take on the world. I sure hope the world is ready!
2013 K.J. s back to college supper....he loves his chicken nuggets and shells and cheese!
2011 Glee Karokee at the Dailey house...
2009 I bet I had more fun than you did! nothing like walking risers & hearing running water in the b barn when you can see the cool cells r off...luckily just a hose came loose . a certain little lot 3 gilt that has been having fun with her water hose all week got a new location to live in!

Friday, August 21, 2026

I finished mowing farm yard at deck all the way up height. when Kevin got home from work we finished picking up the limbs in yard! HURRAY! celebrated with gas station beer and Pepsi and take out tenderloins from Crazy Horse Cafe...

2020 my last day as a pig farmer. met a lot of good people along the way.
2018
2013 listening to Katie reciting the FFA Creed.....
2011 time to pick up the all nite skaters... Damion & Sam win the Glee Project! and Alex & Lindsay get 2 episodes! I can't believe how wrapped up I got in this show...I worry about me sometimes...
The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything. ~Oscar Wilde
2009 it's waaaaaay 2 quiet with the kids gone......guess I should turn off Bridezilla's & go to bed...

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Article from 14 Apr 1938 The Cainsville News(Cainsville, MO)

Miss Minerva Maxwell who is attending school at Brimson, and Miss Grace Maxwell, of Trenton, reunited with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Maxwell, over the week end. \

Article from 03 Mar 1938 The Cainsville News(Cainsville, MO)

Mrs. Jack Gibler and Buyrl Sheppard. Grace Maxwell from Trenton, and Manerva Maxwell from Brimson visited over the week-end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Maxwell.
Mrs. Wilma Ratliff and Bettie Jane visited Saturday with Mrs. T. M. Maxwell and Eva and Manerva.

Article from 26 Jul 1939 Bethany Republican-Clipper(Bethany, MO)

Miss Grace Maxwell and Vermal Brown, son of Lewis Brown and Mrs. Maggie Smith, were married in Edinburg Saturday evening at 8:15. They were accompanied by Mrs. Robert McCullough, a sister of the groom, Mr. McCullough, Miss Minerva Maxwell, sister of the bride, and Dale Brown. We join their many' friends in extending congratulations.

Article from 31 Dec 1924 Bethany Republican-Clipper(Bethany, MO)

ARNEY-MAXWELL. James Phillip Maxwell, both of whom reside at Melbourne, came to Bethany last Wednesday and were wed here at the office of the probate judge, by the Rev. H. Blomfield. Witnesses to the ceremony were Harry McCloud and Zelmy Arney. The Republican joins in congratulations.