November 1982

Monday, November 1, 1982: Up at 8:30. Sunny, frosty. Dressed, called Peggy’s TV. They are coming tomorrow afternoon to fix TVs. Had breakfast. Put up plant light in fam. room. Took down Halloween decorations. Paid Jay’s house payment. Made out order for Meg’s doll house. Dad didn’t come for lunch. Looked for calendar towel catalog but couldn’t find it. Had a letter from Norm & Sam – they are coming about Wed. I think. Spent rest of day putting stuff away. Cleared off part of kitchen table. Got supper, did dishes, read paper, read voting literature. Watched TV. (Dad forgot to set his clock at the shop so came home an hour early. We put away rest of hoses). To bed at 12:45.

Tuesday, November 2, 1982: ELECTION DAY. [Changed sheets on pink bed while TV men were here] Up at 7:45. Sunny, cold. Couldn’t get to sleep last night. Washed & dressed. Made bed, had breakfast. Dusted our room, cleared off bed, etc., in pink bedroom. Dad didn’t come for lunch. Washed our bedspread, also load of dark colored clo. Dried both loads. Dusted pink room. Couldn’t vacuum because I was afraid I wouldn’t hear TV men if they came. Mattie came from school, was here until about 4:45. TV men finally came about 4:30. Found the aerial wire was unhooked up on the roof on big TV. Vertical board out on small one had to take it in for repair. After they left I went to vote – took quite a while – booths crowded. Got supper, did dishes, listened to election returns, read paper. Cleaned off above stove, worked tables, old refrigerator. Craig won, also Leroy for Lt. Gov. Gov. race still so close don’t know who won when I went to bed at 2:00. Called Roy to wish him Happy Birthday, also Phyllis called Carla, too, to tell her about Sams. Tried to call Paula but no answer.

Wednesday, November 3, 1982: Up at 8:00. Sunny, cold. Changed our bed, vacuumed rug in our room, also pink bedroom; vacuumed living room. Got lunch for Dad. Baked cake, vacuumed kitchen, hall, bath. Then dining room & small bath. Swept out utility area. Got in steaks & thawed them. Scrubbed potatoes. Mattie came about 3:35. Set table. Linda called about 4:30 & Sams came just as she called. We sat & visited till Dad came home. Then he took them down to see the shop & get some gas. I went ahead with supper & then he fixed steaks on grill when they got back. Ate about 6:30. Linda, Ted & kids came over & then Carla came. She was hungry so ate too. Linda, Ted & kids had cake. After they all left we cleared up & I put dishes in dishwasher, then we looked at slides for a while. To bed at 12:00. Slept on the hide-a-bed for first time & it’s kind of hard – not too bad tho’.

Thursday, November 4, 1982: Up at 6:00. Just getting light. Set out juice & glasses. Sams up & getting ready to leave. All had coffee. Left about 7:00. Dad left soon, too, for work. I had breakfast & finished read paper. Was cold last night so didn’t sleep good at all. Was awfully tired & didn’t feel very well. Laid down for a while but couldn’t sleep. Finally got up & started getting stuff ready to go downtown. I made up deposits, paid bills, etc. Dad came home for lunch & I went ahead & got ready. Left about 12:45. Went to Banks, stopped at shop, P.W. Drug, pd. bill at Valley Floral, got groc. Got home about 3:30. Put away groc. (had kind of headache but had a hamburger at Jacks & then it left). Got supper, read paper, then put away good dishes & silver, did dishes, watched TV. To bed at 12:30.

Friday, November 5, 1982: Up at 8:30. Sunny, cold. Warmer in afternoon. Felt better today, really slept good last night. Tel. rang & it was TV repair man – TV ready to bring back so I dressed right away. Cost $89.00 for both so not too bad. Good picture on both sets now. Had breakfast, made bed. Folded up bedding on folding bed & put room back in order. Moved hooked rug wall hanging. Hung new small picture I bought. Looked thru catalogs for Xmas. Washed load of yellow rayons. Dried lace cloth. Got supper, did dishes, read paper. Watched TV. Forgot about pheasant so cleaned it. To bed at 2:00.

Saturday, November 6, 1982: Up at 9:10. Light sun, showers. Not too cold. Dressed, made bed. Vacuumed dining room floor, put table back, put clean table cloth back on, etc. Had breakfast. Went downstairs to wash cat blankets, blankets for fam. rm., sewed a little, cleaned up more of floor, cleaned under bed, cleaned part of ldy. rm., pulled out night stand & found another black widow behind it. Cleaned up cobwebs, etc. Got supper, did dishes. Dried blankets, put white clothes to soak. Put casters on bottom of night stand. Watched TV, looked at catalog, played Old Sol. To bed at 1:00. Called Judy about going out to dinner tomorrow.

Sunday, November 7, 1982: Up at 8:30. Sunny, cold. Got breakfast. Tried to get Paula but no answer. Did dishes. Kept trying but never did get Paula. Took shower & washed hair. Dressed, put up hair. Made bed, washed a load of white clothes. Dried hair & worked x-word. Carla came & helped me finish it. She ate a couple of chicken spread sandwiches – left for home about 4:00. We got ready & went down & picked up Jim’s folks. Went to North’s Chuck Wagon for supper. I thought it was good but Dad said he didn’t care too much for their food – naturally. When we got home, I called Carla – she got home O.K. Then looked at catalogs, made out orders, etc. Watched TV. Started getting a cold. To bed at 12:45.

Monday, November 8, 1982: Up at 8:30. Sunny, cold. Have a real cold coming on. Dressed, had breakfast. Made bed. Went out to work – cut tops off peonies, dug glad bulbs, moved one peony. Put away fence, covered swing & lawn mower. Put plastic covers on metal lawn chairs & B-B-Q. Got lunch, put meat on to cook for supper. Wrote to Elaine & sent Ida’s belt. Laid down for a little while. Finished up supper. Did dishes, read paper. Called Paula & talked to Linda during day. Watched TV. To bed at 12:45.

Tuesday, November 9, 1982: Up at 9:15. Cloudy, not too cold. Didn’t sleep very well last night, cold bothering me. Had breakfast, didn’t even get dressed. Took some Vicks Day Care & seemed to help. Looked at catalogs, etc., ordered calendar towels. Got lunch, cleared table, talked to Linda. Finally decided to get washed & dressed, made bed. Got supper, did dishes, read paper. Watched TV. Dried some clothes. To bed at 1:00.

Wednesday, November 10, 1982: Up at 8:45. Cloudy, not very cold, started snowing about 10 and snowed most of the day but melted right away. Still don’t feel very well with my cold. Got more orders ready, paid a bill, made bed, talked to Linda, Dad went to Boise with Paul so didn’t come for lunch. Washed colored rayons, worked on Jay’s room. Got supper, did dishes, read paper. Linda stopped & did checks about 8:30. Watched TV. To bed about 1:00.

Thursday, November 11, 1982: VETERAN’S DAY Up at 9:00. Sunny, cold. Didn’t go downtown because of the holiday, will have to go tomorrow. Washed & dressed. Had breakfast, made bed. Worked on rest of Xmas orders. Got lunch, washed load of rayons, sewed, fixed Carla’s jeans. Dried part of clothes. Got supper, did dishes, read paper. Got deposits ready. Watched TV. To bed at 1:00.

Friday, November 12, 1982: Sunny later on but wind was cold. Up at 8:30. Cloudy, cold. Washed & dressed. Talked to Linda. Made bed, had breakfast. Got rest of stuff ready to go downtown. Left about 11:00. Went to Bank, pd. water bill, went to P.W. Drug, to Kings, Albertsons for groc. Got gas, stopped at shop (Dad wasn’t there) went to Super Save, then out to Benj. Franklin & Ernsts. Stopped at shop again, then home about 3:30. Put away groc., dried clothes, got supper. Did dishes, read paper. Washed bedspread off pink bed – Sam threw up on it this morning. Watched TV. To bed at 1:30. Also got gas & gas gauge stuck.

Saturday, November 13, 1982: Up at 9:30. Sunny, cold. Dressed, washed load of colored clothes, ironed some clothes & pressed drapes. Had breakfast. Went down to shop & put up curtain rods. Hung one drape (forgot rings so couldn’t hang rest). Swept down cobwebs from ceilings & walls. Cleaned toilets, etc. Need cleanser for sinks. Just finished & getting ready to leave when Dad came. He had gone fishing. When we got home I fixed supper, cooked one of the fish he caught. Did dishes, dried part of clothes, watched TV. Played Old Sol. To bed at 12:30.

Sunday, November 14, 1982: Up at 9:10. Sunny, cold & frosty. Nice during the day. Got breakfast, cleared table. Took shower, washed & put up hair. Made bed, wound clock, dried hair & worked x-word. Dried rest of clothes in dryer. Made jello for supper; got in pheasant. Went down to shop & hung other drape – Dad wouldn’t let me hang those in show room. Cleaned sinks, vacuumed floors, dusted, started to clean carpet, got about ½ done & sweeper wouldn’t work. Don’t know what’s wrong with it. When we got home, got supper; pheasant was really good. Did dishes, read paper, watched TV. To bed at 12:45.

Monday, November 15, 1982: Up at 8:20. Sunny, cold & frosty. Dressed, made bed. Had breakfast. Put hankies to soak. Started working on books – adding machine ran out of tape & still not adding right so had quite a time. Dad didn’t come for lunch. Had him bring home tape for adding machine. Got supper, did dishes, finished up books – finally got them to come out right – all except sales tax. Have to ask Dad about some Cash Sales. Read paper, watched TV. To bed at 12:45.

Tuesday, November 16, 1982: Up at 8:45. Light sun, frosty, cold. Missed the garbage man. Started to cloud over about 10:00 & started to rain mid afternoon – just a light drizzle. Washed, dressed, made bed. Had breakfast. Watered flowers. Went out & put up N. storm window in garage. Fixed S. one & put it up; put away screens. Got lunch. Cleared table. Finished up Sales Tax figures & put away adding mach., etc. Washed & dried hankies & folded, put away. Put load of whites to soak. Cut out pair of pants & top for Meg for Brownies. Got supper, did dishes, read paper. Pinned pants & top together. Watched TV. To bed at 1:45.

Wednesday, November 17, 1982: Up at 9:00. Cloudy, wet, not so cold. Rained all morning. Dressed, had breakfast. Made bed. Tried vacuum but it still won’t run. Good thing I got the new one. Talked to Linda. Got lunch. Ted got the car to have it serviced. Cleared table & planted new plants in terrarium. Looked through Kings & P.W. Drug circulars. Cut up & washed chicken for supper. Matt came over & later on Megan. Made cherry cobbler for dessert. Kids went home at 5:00. Finished supper, did dishes, read part of paper. Washed load of white clothes, made up deposit. To bed at 12:45.

Thursday, November 18, 1982: Up at 8:00. Cloudy, raining, not too cold. Washed & dressed, got ready to go downtown. Had coffee, juice & roll. Made bed, dried clothes in washer, left for town about 11:30. Went to Banks (4), bookkeeper, P.W. Drug (got more Xmas gifts), ate at Red Steer. Got groc., picked up Meg at school, then to Kings, MW & Sears for orders, then home about 4:00. When I got home, put away groc., etc. Got supper, Matt & Megan came. Linda & Ted came shortly after we ate. I cleared table, then did dishes after they left. Read part of paper, watched TV. Sam caught a mouse in family room and I made her take it outside & she lost it. Now it will probably be in garage! To bed at 12:25.

Friday, November 19, 1982: Up at 8:30. Light clouds, not too cold. Sun came out in afternoon & was nice. Dressed, changed our bed, had breakfast. Started cleaning in living room. Had to use new Hoover because the other sweeper still not fixed. Works pretty good. Got lunch, cleared table & did dishes. Vacuumed kitchen, hall, cleaned pink bath. Ran dishwasher. Cleaned Dad’s shoes; they were a mess. Got supper, did dishes. Read paper, watched TV. Carla called, guess she won’t be over Sun. Talked to Cindy, Mike & Nancy. To bed at 1:00.

Saturday, November 20, 1982: Up at 8:30. Sunny, frosty & cold. Ice on car windows, etc. Guess it had rained & frozen. Washed & dressed, made bed, got ready to take sweeper to Boise. Linda & Matt went along – Megan stayed with Nicole all night so didn’t go along. Stopped at Electrolux, then to Great Western. Got Pac-Man for Mike. Went to College Library & found Carla – had lunch at Big Boy – then took her back. Went up to Paula & Jim’s & they were home so stayed quite a while. Matt & Jim played games on Intellivision. Called Dad. Paula gave us a pc. of pie – very good. Black bottom. We left for home & stopped at Karcher on our way. Got home about 5:00. Dad wouldn’t speak to me. Got supper, did dishes, read paper, played Old Sol, watched TV. To bed at 1:00.

Sunday, November 21, 1982: Up at 8:30. Cloudy, cold. Sunny off & on during day. Got breakfast. Cleared table. Took shower, washed & put up hair, dressed. Made bed, wound clock. Dried hair & worked x-word. Read papers & took short nap. Wrapped birthday presents & got box ready to mail. Got supper, did dishes. Read papers, watched TV. To bed at 12:35.

Monday, November 22, 1982: Up at 9:00. Sunny, frosty, cold. Dressed, had breakfast, made bed. Paula called & Jim’s Dad had a bad spell last night & is in hospital again. She had to go to work but he took the day off & came over to see his Dad. I talked to Linda. Went out & cleared stuff away from oil tanks. Got some boxes & started getting Xmas presents ready. Got lunch, cleared up dishes. Sam caught another mouse but lost it in dining room so I went over to Linda’s and got a trap. Buried fish heads under roses. Shoveled rocks, etc., from front of oil barrels. Got supper, did dishes. Read paper, watched TV. Set mouse trap. To bed at 1:00.

Tuesday, November 23, 1982: Up at 8:40. Sunny, frosty. Dad gone fishing today. Didn’t catch my mouse last night. Washed & dressed, had breakfast. Got stuff ready & went downtown. Went to Blood drawing, Albertsons for groc., to 88c store, then to bookkeeper & home. When I got home, realized I forgot to mail Mike’s pkg. so had to go back down. Put away groc., made bed, then cleaned in fam. rm. Got supper (Dad home from fishing when I came home from town 1st time – Res. froze over so they couldn’t fish). Got supper, did dishes, read paper, paid Sales Tax & S.W.T. Vacuumed part of kitchen & shampooed carpet. Will do rest tomorrow night. Watched TV. To bed at 12:40.

Wednesday, November 24, 1982: Up at 8:10. Sunny, cold & frosty. Dressed, made bed, dusted & vacuumed bedrooms. Had breakfast, cleaned new bath, got lunch, rinsed dishes, cleaned turkey. Cleaned back porch areas. Vacuumed living room, hall, lge. bath and dining room. Got supper & just as we were getting ready to eat, Paula came so she ate with us. Jim came later & they went back down to the hospital. Jim’s Dad a little better this eve. After they left I baked pumpkin pies, finished up dishes, vacuumed & shampooed rest of kitchen floor & through dining room. Read paper, watched TV. To bed at 12:45.

Thursday, November 25, 1982: THANKSGIVING Up at 8:30. Sunny, cold & frosty. Fixed breakfast. Made dressing & got turkey in oven about 11:00. Made cranberry sauce. Washed & dressed, made bed. Vacuumed kitchen & dining room floors, put away sweeper & shampooer. Carla & Bill came & she fixed her relish tray. I fixed cheese, meat & cracker tray. Paula & Judy came and we visited a while. Then fixed table, cooked beans & potatoes. Turkey done about 4:00 so Paula went down & got Jim & we ate. Everything real good – Linda’s salad and pumpkin dessert and Paula’s cocoanut cream pie. Mattie read some poems to us & really were funny. Cleaned up table, I emptied dishwasher & put in one load. Jim went back down to hospital and then later Carla took Paula & Judy down. Carla & Bill left about 7:00. I finished working on dishes & kitchen. Paula & Jim came back from hosp. They & Lindas left about 9:30. I worked some more, read paper, watched TV. To bed at 1:00.

Friday, November 26, 1982: Up at 9:00. Sunny, cold & frosty. Clouded over by evening. Dressed, had breakfast. Made bed, vacuumed living room & kitchen. Talked to Linda. Got lunch, rinsed dishes. Paula came for a little while. I cleaned off turkey carcass, washed rugs. Put away dishes & silver. Moved chest & dressing table in pink bedroom. Got supper, did dishes, read paper, watched TV. Wrapped Xmas gifts. To bed at 1:40.

Saturday, November 27, 1982: Up at 9:30. Cloudy, not quite so cold. Cleared up & sun came out but clouded over again in P.M. Dressed, made bed. Put away rest of dishes & silver. Wrapped more gifts. Dried rugs. Talked to Linda. Got supper, did dishes. Wrapped more gifts. Played Old Sol. Started working on books – sorted tickets & entered R.O.As. Watched TV. To bed at 1:00.

Sunday, November 28, 1982: Up at 9:00. Sunny, not too cold. Rained during night. Got breakfast, cleared table. Made bed, wound clock. Jay called & Cindy wanted to talk to me to thank me for her present. She’s a little doll. I took shower & washed & put up my hair, then dried hair & worked x-word. Took a little nap. Talked to Judy & Eddie did get to come home Sat. & is feeling pretty good. Got supper, did dishes, watched TV. Entered charges in book – lots of them. To bed at 12:35. Beat Old Sol 4 ways tonight.

Monday, November 29, 1982: Up at 9:00. Cloudy, raining, not very cold. Cleared up for a little & then clouded over again. Dressed, had breakfast, made bed. Sent orders for jewelry, pd. Statesman & Jay’s house payment. Got order ready for R&R. Washed work clothes. Cleaned some more in Jay’s old room – Linda helped me lift down TV & I put casters on big chest of drawers. Still have more to do – clean off bed, wash bedspread, cover hole in ceiling, etc. Dried work clothes. Got supper, did dishes. Entered more charges in book, started writing statements – didn’t quite get finished. Read paper, watched TV. Little mouse scared me – came out of am. oven & went in living room & I couldn’t catch him. To bed at 1:15. Dad went to Boise so I didn’t have to get lunch.

Tuesday, November 30, 1982: Up at 8:50. Cloudy, not very cold. Rained some during the day. Dressed, made bed. Had breakfast, finished writing up statements. Got lunch, did dishes. Hung up work clothes. Finished order to Rainbow Gifts. Sorted last month’s invoices. Talked to Linda, made appt. with Rettig. Got supper, did dishes. Read paper, got order ready for Spencer Gifts – 88c items. Watched TV. To bed at 1:00. Washed dark colored load. Worked on doll house – going to be a big job – hope I get it done by Christmas.

October 1982

Friday, October 1, 1982: Up at 8:35. Sunny, cool. Dad gone fishing. Washed & dressed. Had breakfast, made bed. Talked to Linda. Got ready to go to Mrs. M.’s funeral – buried in newer part of Cemetery. Changed clothes when I got home. Went out to work on windows – cleaned outside of 3 N. bedroom windows, cleaned storm windows & put up. Got my supper, Dad got home about 8:00. Got some fish. Did dishes, read paper, watched TV. To bed at 1:00. Dad’s toe kind of sore, soaked it and still looks OK.

Saturday, October 2, 1982: Up at 8:05. Sunny, cool. Warm in P.M. Washed & got ready to take Meg to gymnastics class. From there we went to Ernsts, then to K-Mart. Came back to Caldwell, got gas, then home. Changed clothes. Cleaned out dressing table. Fixed Meg some lunch. They came for her about 3:00. I made bed, took short nap. Then vacuumed bath, hall, kitchen. Hung up clothes in pink room. Got supper, did dishes, Linda stopped & we took the vanity over for Meg. I read papers & watched TV. To bed at 1:00.

Sunday, October 3, 1982: Up at 8:45. Sunny, not very cool. Fixed breakfast, cleared table. Washed load of colored rayons. Took shower & dressed. Washed & put up hair. Dried hair & worked x-word. Made bed. Dried clothes, washed load of reds. Carla came. I made lemon pie, fixed rest of supper. Dad painted B-B-Q, then cooked steaks. Ted brought other vanity. After Carla left, I did dishes, played a little Old Sol, read paper, watched TV. To bed at 12:45.

Monday, October 4, 1982: Up at 8:45. Cloudy, had a little rain. Dressed, had breakfast. Cleaned big window in family room on outside, also storm window. Cleaned upper back door window on outside, inside dining room windows, also outside of small bath window, and cleaned & put up storm window. Got Dad’s lunch, cleared table.  Brought in flowers from patio, cleaned out eaves above patio, washed off part of patio. Made bed. Got supper, washed load of colored clothes. Read paper, did dishes, watched TV. To bed at 1:20.

Tuesday, October 5, 1982: Up at 8:07. Light sun, cold. Frost but didn’t get my tomatoes. Dressed, went out & cleaned dining room windows outside, came in & had breakfast. Went back & cleaned storm windows & put up. Got lunch, made bed, cleared up. Went out & cleaned big front window, small side windows, storm windows & put back up. Took down awning & put away. Matt came as I was fixing stuff for supper. Got ready, then took Matt over to change his clothes. Ted came as we were leaving, so all went down together to watch Matt’s game. They lost 4-1. Dad had supper when I got home so I had mine. Did dishes, read paper. Watched TV. To bed at 12:45.

Wednesday, October 6, 1982: Up at 8:50. Windy, light sun, not too cold. Dressed, had breakfast. Dried clothes, put up hair. Changed our bed. Got lunch. Wrote letter about hand lotion. Moved vanity into pink room, cleaned it up & repaired it. Put glide on bottom of night stand. Moved flower tables & cleaned, then moved them back, cleaned them off. Got dirt for jade plant. Got supper, did dishes. Read part of paper. Transplanted jade, washed off white tables & put them by windows. Planted pepper & parsley plants for Carla. Made up deposit, paid light bill. To bed at 1:20.

Thursday, October 7, 1982: Up at 8:00. Sunny, windy, cool. Washed & dressed. Had juice. Got rest of stuff ready to go downtown. Tried to call Linda but got a busy signal so finally made bed, then went over. She wasn’t ready so went on down – to Banks, out to K-Mart for stereo cabinet, met her at Gr. Western Pizza for lunch. Then stopped at bookkeeper, P.W. Drug, Alb. for groc., Kings, paid power bill. Got home about 4:15. Put away groc., brought in wax plant, covered flowers on patio. Got supper, kids came over; covered tomatoes after we ate. Linda & Ted came & we all had some watermelon. After they left, I did dishes, read paper, played & won Old Sol all 4 ways. Watched TV. To bed 1:20. Mrs. Johnson called tonite & nothing they can do for Eddie.

Friday, October 8, 1982: Up at 8:30. Sunny, cold. Dressed, got payroll slips ready to take down to bookkeeper. Fixed shirt for Dad, dried rugs. Had breakfast. Replanted jade plant & cleaned up dirt on floor. Transplanted & brought in geraniums. Got Dad’s lunch. Worked on dining room, got it partly cleaned. Got supper, read paper, did dishes, watched TV. Fixed Dad’s lunch. To bed at 1:00.

Saturday, October 9, 1982: Up at 9:00. Cloudy, not too cold. Dad & Bill gone fishing. Washed & dressed, had breakfast. Paid rest of bills, sorted papers on table. Started working on stereo cabinet about noon, easy to put together but kind of hard to place shelves & put equipment in it. Got it finished about 4:30. Cleaned some more in dining room. Vacuumed kitchen, hall & lge. bath. Brought in ageratum. Fixed my supper & ate. Fishermen got home about 8:00 – only got 2 fish but had nice day. I did dishes, looked at catalogs, watched TV – ball games in afternoon & evening again. Brewers won, also Cardinals. To bed at 1:00.

Sunday, October 10, 1982: Up at 8:45. Sunny, cool. Got breakfast. Cleared table. Took shower, washed & put up hair. Made bed, washed load of white rayons. Dried hair & worked x-word. Worked on old green toilet covers & made pad for Sam to sleep on by register in living room. Watched game on TV. Brewers won in AL. Got supper, Dad fixed little stks outside, made some stuffed baked potatoes. After supper, did dishes, read papers, watched N.L. game on TV – Cardinals won. To bed at 1:20.

Monday, October 11, 1982: Up at 9:15. Sunny, cool. Dressed, had breakfast. Talked to Linda. Made bed, got lunch. Cleared up & started to work on books – came out over $800.00 off. Got supper. Did dishes, read paper, watched TV. Worked some more on books, finally got it down to 27.00. Still have to find that. To bed at 1:00.

Tuesday, October 12, 1982: Up at 8:50. Sunny, cool. Beautiful in afternoon. Dressed, had breakfast. Made bed. Finished up books, finally found error. Got lunch. Watered under tree. Brought in some more geraniums. Sent some orders, etc. Worked outside a little. Got supper. Did dishes, read paper. Judy called, also Velda. Asked me out to lunch tomorrow with her & Rusty. Cleaned off work tables a little, swept back porch. Watched TV & played Old Sol. To bed at 12:30. 1st game of World Series tonight – Brewers won (Milwaukee). Thought the Cards would do better than that.

Wednesday, October 13, 1982: LINDA’S BIRTHDAY Up at 8:15. Sunny, cool. Put up hair, washed & dressed. Made bed, had breakfast. Took out kitchen trash & brought garbage pail back to house. Mailed letters, straightened up a little in family room, put away bottles. Got ready to go to lunch, finished drying hair. Dad didn’t come for lunch. (Velda & Rusty came about 12:20. We picked up Beulah, then went to Cargo West for lunch (I had Salad Bar). Afterwards drove around – saw where Elmo’s folks used to live, also where Dan & Helen Z. lived. Stopped at Mall on way home. Got home about 4:45. Showed them around house, & then they left. I got supper, did dishes, read paper, Linda came over to do checks. Watched Ball Game – Cards won this one (5-4). To bed at 1:45.

Thursday, October 14, 1982: Up at 9:00. Sunny, cool. Dad going fishing today. Washed & dressed, got deposit, etc., ready to go downtown. Called Travel Ser. & no flight from Seattle to Boi on Sat. nite so guess we’re out of luck. Left for town about 12:00. Went to Banks, Albertsons & got groc., then took Linda out to the Sizzler for her birthday. She had steak & I had chicken & was good. Stopped at I.D. at the Mall on our way back & got her the blue skirt for her birthday. It is so pretty. Went home & put away groc. Then Linda & kids came back & picked me up & we went down to Sears. Everything nearly gone. Kind of sad. She got gas, then we went back up & picked up Ted & went out to McDonalds for supper. Didn’t have much, was still so full from dinner. Went out to K-Mart with them & got me some pants & a blouse for Linda. Got home about 8:30. Read paper, watched TV. Looked at Cats. To bed at 1:15.

Friday, October 15, 1982: Up at 8:50. Light sun, cool. Dressed, had breakfast. Paid S.W.T. & mailed it & Q. Tax Return & payroll audit to Ins. Co. Talked to Linda. Started working on family room – put up new smoke alarm, moved furniture. Only got about ½ finished. Made bed, watered flowers. Got myself some supper. Dad came when I was about to eat – didn’t want any supper. Read paper, did dishes, watched TV – another Ball Game tonite – Cards won again. 2 to 1 now. Cooked prunes & planted parsley & peppers. To bed at 12:45.

Saturday, October 16, 1982: Up at 9:15. Sunny, cool. Dressed, started working on fam. rm. – still didn’t get it done. Had brunch. Made bed. Vacuumed kitchen, hall, bath & living room. Cleaned chicken pcs. & got supper. Then did dishes, looked at catalog. Cleaned rest of chicken. Watched TV. To bed at 12:45. Brewers won again today.

Sunday, October 17, 1982: Up at 9:00. Light clouds, cool. Got windy in afternoon & blew all the leaves off the birch tree. Lawn now has a yellow carpet. Got breakfast, cleared up table, rinsed dishes. Took shower, washed & put up hair. Power out again for about ½ hr. Dried hair & worked part of x-word. Made bed. Carla came so we got ready to go out to Mall. Got my pants exchanged but Carla didn’t get a suit – found one at Penneys but wanted $50.00 for jacket & $18.00 for skirt. When we got home I fixed supper, Dad B-B-Q’d steak. Then Carla left still not feeling too well. I read paper, fell asleep a little, then did dishes, watched TV. To bed at 12:45. BREWERS won. Jay called – said Mike finally won a game.

Monday, October 18, 1982: Up at 8:45. Sunny, cold. Dressed, had breakfast. Made bed, went out & picked pan full of grapes. Got lunch, cleared table. Went out & cleaned grass from around birch tree. Put more rocks around it. Put trash in can & put cans out for pick-up. Came in & took grapes off stems. Went out & picked two more pans of grapes – outside all done now. Got supper, did dishes, read paper, watched TV. Looked at catalogs. Washed & mashed grapes. Put them in strainer to drain. To bed at 2:00.

Tuesday, October 19, 1982: Up at 9:10. Light sun, cold. Cold. 21° in last night. Really got my tomatoes last night. Dressed, washed my face. Had breakfast, made bed. Worked with grapes, got lunch. Went out & picked rest of grapes, gave a panful to Jan & also her mother, glad to get rid of a few. Fixed prune pudding & put supper in oven, got ready to go to Matt’s soccer game. Pretty cold & they lost 5-2. Ate supper when we got home and watched ball game. St. Louis ahead when they got rained out so 1 more game. Did dishes, read papers, watched TV. To bed at 1:00.

Wednesday, October 20, 1982: Up at 9:00. Sunny, cold. Dad gone fishing. Dressed, had breakfast. Started stemming grapes. Had veg. lunch. Worked on grapes again. Made batch of wine. Stood on kitchen chair to clean off frig. & broke it. Matt came from school. I went out & cleaned grass from around maple tree, put rest of white rocks around it. Dug up & transplanted iris from around apricot tree. Had supper, washed rest of grapes, crushed & put them to drain: still have more to do. Watched ball game – CARDS won World Series! Did dishes, read paper. Got checks ready. To bed at 1:10.

Thursday, October 21, 1982: Up at 8:45. Sunny, cold. Washed & dressed, had juice. Got deposit ready, also rest of stuff. Worked some with grapes. Got ready to go downtown, left about 11:55. Made bed & had juice before. Went to Banks, P.W. Drug, ate at Gem In & Out, Alb. for groc., paid Tel. Bill, got stuff at bookkeeper. Went to Kings. Got home about 3:00. Put away groc., etc. Looked at mail, put away papers. Started supper, kids came over. After supper, played with Matt, cleared table. Linda & Ted came for them about 7:30 – left about 7:45. Dad got home about 8:15. I read paper, worked with grapes. Canned 6 pts. juice. Did dishes, watched TV. To bed at 1:00. 76° today.

Friday, October 22, 1982: Susan Stafford’s last day on Wheel of Fortune. 71° Up at 9:00. Phone woke me at 8:30 but couldn’t get back to sleep. Light clouds, not too cold. Discovered wine had leaked out – don’t know what happened. Looks like a real mess! Dressed, had breakfast. Pushed out refrigerator & cleaned it off on top & down back. Washed wall behind frig. Even found some spattered on cupboard door across from frig. Shampooed carpet under frig & left it pushed out. Worked with grapes some more – finally got all cooked. Got lunch & then Dad didn’t come. Had my lunch. Washed dishes, vacuumed kitchen. Started to clean living rm. but didn’t get finished. Dad came home so got supper. Did dishes, canned rest of grape juice (12 pts. & some to have for breakfast). Cleaned up stove. Read paper, watched TV. To bed at 1:30.

Sunday, October 23, 1982: Up at 9:10. Light clouds, warm. Washed face, dressed. Had breakfast. Made bed. Paid Sales Tax & Qly Report but missed mail man. Finished clean living room, vacuumed in kitchen, hall & bath. Cleaned small bath. Got supper, did dishes. Carla called, also Linda (got my sweeper) Jim’s Mom & Paul & Jay. He got to Houston O.K. Read old papers, watched TV. To bed at 1:00.

Monday, October 24, 1982: Up at 9:00. Light sun, warm. Sprinkled off & on during day. Got breakfast, cleared table. Took shower, washed & put up hair. Made bed, wound clock. Worked x-word & dried hair. Took short nap. Baked 2 apple pies, fixed supper. After we ate, did dishes, read papers, watched TV. To bed at 12:30. Carla called in evening & talked to Nancy & Cindy this morning.

Monday, October 25, 1982: Summer Bartholomew hostess on Wheel of Fortune this week. Up at 8:30. Cloudy, warm. Sun came out after a while. Dressed, had breakfast. Made bed. Discovered smell in bedroom was from a spoiled melon in box – really made a mess. Cleaned that up & shampooed that spot on carpet but still smells. Used some of Carla’s deodorant but still smells bad. Hope it doesn’t leave a discolored spot on carpet. Washed rugs that were in that box, got mold, etc., on them. Found also that wine had leaked down into bedroom downstairs. Boy, what messes! Got lunch, did dishes. Went out & put lawn chairs, etc., into plastic bags & put out in dog kennel. Cleaned off patio. Got supper; Paula & Jim came just as we finished. Gave them some pie. Jim went down to his folks & Paula cut my hair. Then he came up & got her. I did dishes, read papers, watched TV. To bed at 1:00.

Tuesday, October 26, 1982: Up at 9:00. Cloudy, light rain, not too cold. Washed & dressed. Put up hair. Had breakfast, made bed. Scrubbed rug in pink bedroom w/clear water – spot still smells. Hope that helps. Went down & sorted clothes. Washed down wine from wall in Jay’s old room – washed up part of floor. Got lunch, did dishes. Entered ROAs in book, then started entering charges – a lot of them this month. Went down & scrubbed up some more of floor. Washed load of colored clothes, dried work clo. Got supper, cleared table, went down & scrubbed up more of floor, dried coloreds, put white load to soak. Did dishes, read paper, worked on book some more, watched TV. To bed at 1:15.

Wednesday, October 27, 1982: Up at 8:45. Sunny, cold. Warmer in afternoon. Dressed, made bed. Had breakfast. Washed load of white clothes. Scrubbed up some more of wine in Jay’s bedroom. Dried clothes in washer. Dad didn’t come for lunch. Talked to Linda. Sewed Meg’s material together for costume. Worked on books – finished entering charges. Mattie came and we tried his sheet on him – worked O.K. Got supper, did dishes. Linda came to do checks; brought my sweeper. After she left, I finished dishes, made up deposit, looked at paper, wrote up statements until I ran out of them. Watched TV. To bed at 1:15.

Thursday, October 28, 1982: Up at 8:15. Light sun, cold. Pretty nice day. Washed & dressed, made bed. Had coffee & juice. Finished getting deposits, etc., ready & went downtown. Got groc. at Super Save, went to Banks, P.W. Drug. Met Linda at Jack’s for lunch. Then to Alb. for rest of groc., Irrig. for plastic, then home about 3:00. Put away groc., then got supper. Did dishes – Linda & kids came & we fixed costumes. Ted came over & we moved refrig. back, quite a job. After they left, I finished dishes, then wrote rest of statements. Read paper a little, watched TV. To bed at 1:00.

Friday, October 29, 1982: Up at 9:00. Raining, cold. Rained all day & I think most of last night. Stopped about 10:00 tonight. Dressed, made bed. Had breakfast. Took down globes & cleaned them & light fixtures in fam. room, also above bar. Put back up. Put up Halloween lights on front porch. Finished clean in family room. Got lunch, rinsed dishes. Put away clothes, etc., on dining room table. Got supper, did dishes. Read paper, watched TV. (Put together new sweeper in A.M.) Read paper, finished drying rest of clothes in washer. To bed at 12:45.

Saturday, October 30, 1982: Up at 9:10. Cloudy, cool, not raining. Cleared up later on & was nice for trick or treaters. Dressed, finished cleaning dining room floor, made bed, vacuumed bedroom floor; also hall & bath. Vacuumed kitchen floor, then new bath & rest of dining room. Made chili for supper & got ready for trick or treaters. Didn’t have as many as usual. Matt, Meg & their bunch were next to last. Afterward cleaned up & did dishes, read old papers & watched TV. Turned some clocks back. To bed at 11:45, STD. TIME. (Think lots of people wouldn’t let their kids go very far because of Tylenol scare).

Sunday, October 31, 1982: HALLOWEEN. Up at 8:30. Sunny, cold & frost, nice day. Got breakfast, then cleared table. Read part of paper. Took shower, washed & put up hair. Jim’s Mother called just as I got out of shower. Carla came before I got my hair put up. She washed hers, too, & put it up while I dried mine & I worked x-word. We talked a while, then I got supper. Dad cooked steaks outside – were really good & tender. Carla left after supper. I did dishes, read papers, watched TV, etc. To bed at 12:30.