Changes in our Town
Dennis headed up to our lone lumberyard for #7, 3″ nails for Mr. Moody. Talk about the news when he came home.
Dennis and I live minimally, but . . . we still seem to have more than we need, but have the space to take care of such until we can let more things go that we are not emotionally attached to.
Overson Lumber closed last year and we now know that all of their open warehouse areas where lumber was stored is now being partitioned off, complete with overheard doors for rental storage. It is a company from Fairmont that has purchased the entire complex. That same company has purchased the Shopko store and revamping the interior for . . . rental storage. An individual that owned his own truck line just completed a storage building for rental. We have had many such units in the Industrial Park. In addition, two private individuals have built storage rentals. Who knew that people had so much stuff! We are always planning on how to shrink our holdings.
With the two large vacant buildings being bought up, hopefully this trend will continue. We still have a large vacant grocery store plus the large plant that had been a micrometer producing location. Unfortunately none of what has happened will bring employment opportunities.
So much for the economy situation. I can share with you that Mr. Moody made great headway in painting of our ancient but much appreciated garage. The deal was that I supplied the large brush and I would clean it when he was done for the day. Oh my goodness. Someone dips a brush deeper into paint than I do. But . . . it is cleaned and ready for the next round.
It is hump day and I am oh so weary of hearing about what is wrong with Minnesota people. I like “me.” I like that “me” takes care of what I have, where I live and who my family are. I am not changing and I will not take in the testing that is going on.