January 1991

Tuesday, January 1, 1991: Woke about 8:30, turned up heat & fed Sam. Went back to bed, got up about 9:00. Washed & dressed, had O.J., toast & coffee. Did dishes, straightened up kitchen. Finished getting ready, Linda called. They were going to leave about 11:20 so I called Nancy to see if they were going over, I went w/them. Matt about ready to leave when we got there. We all went to Denny’s after he left, had an egg, slice bacon & hash browns, toast & coffee. Got home about 3:20. Ran dishwasher, read paper. Got sleepy so took ½ hr. nap, finished watering violets. Tried to call Linda about supper, set stuff out & got it ready. Cindy finally went over, they came & we all ate. Cleared up afterwards, tired & feet hurt so just emptied dishwasher & left the rest. Read paper & watched TV, brushed teeth. To bed at 12:20.

Wednesday, January 2, 1991: Woke about 4:30, back to sleep till 7:50. Got up & turned up heat, fed Sam. Dressed, opened Sam’s door for a while. Called Linda, she did have to “sub” today & has to for next 2 weeks. Had breakfast, then started to take down decorations. Went down & mended my black pants, brought up boxes. Took down everything in fam. rm., dining room & kitchen, then living room. Had lunch, started on tree. My feet started hurting so got out Foot Fixer & soaked them, took short nap. Finished taking decorations off tree, didn’t get it outside yet – still smells good. Mike came over to look for a [illegible] pen & pencil set but we didn’t find it. He brought in mail, I got in paper later on. Looked at mail, got supper. Did dishes, read paper & watched TV. Watched VCR a little, then news & finished paper. Watched VCR again. Brushed teeth. To bed at 1:00.

Thursday, January 3, 1991: Woke about 7:30, turned up heat & fed Sam. Went back to bed, read papers till about 8:30. Watched “Wheel” in bed, got up at 9:00. Dressed, had O.J. & shake. Opened Sam’s door & let him out a while, shut it again about 11:00. Took Xmas tree out, took stand off & put it in garbage. Took down door garland, swept needles off porch & steps, also sidewalk. Vacuumed needles off carpet, moved coffee table & vacuumed under it. Waxed table & put violets back on it, had lunch. Helen F. came, didn’t stay long. I looked at papers & watched TV, got sleepy so took nap. Worked on decorations some more, got in mail & paper. Got supper, Judy called before I was quite finished. Did dishes, watched TV & read paper. Watched VCR a while. Brushed teeth. To bed at 12:20.

Friday, January 4, 1991: Woke several times & went back to sleep, finally woke at 8:15. Fed Sam & turned up heat, went back to bed & watched “Wheel.” Got up at 9:00, dressed. Opened Sam’s door, he didn’t stay out long so I shut it. Had breakfast, put away & hung up clothes. Ordered Jim Reeves Records, mailed letter. Washed & put up hair, dusted living room. Had lunch, read old papers. Watched TV, took nap. Took down old & hung up new calendars. Finished dust in living room, got in mail & paper. Looked at mail, got supper, did dishes & ran dishwasher, read paper & watched TV. Watched VCR. To bed at 12:55.

Saturday, January 5, 1991: Woke several times but went back to sleep, woke at 8:20 & was going to get up but dropped off again. Finally woke & got up about 9:20, turned up heat & fed Sam. Took shower, washed face & brushed teeth. Dressed, finished hanging up clothes. Had O.J. & choc. Shake, opened Sam’s door. Finished last night’s paper, then finished clean livingroom, called & talked to Linda a little, had lunch. Cleaned in bathroom, vacuumed kitchen. Watched “Hee Haw,” got in mail & looked at it. Got supper, emptied dishwasher. Did dishes, watched TV. Fixed door Xmas decor., shut Sam’s door & turned on lite in fr. room. Paid Dr. bill, P.W. Drug bill, my ½ of Irrig. bill, made up groc. list. Watched L. Welk on VCR. Brushed my teeth. To bed at 12:45.

Sunday, January 6, 1991: Woke several times, back to sleep. Then woke at 7:57 just before alarm, got up & fed Sam. Turned up heat, washed & dressed. Had breakfast, finished getting ready. Went to Church at 10:00, had coffee afterwards. Stopped for groceries on way home, got home about 1:30. Unloaded groc., opened Sam’s door. Changed clothes, had coffee & toast. Put away groc., Carla came. I fixed dinner, ate about 5:00. Carla left after that, I worked on Globe X-word. Did dishes & ran dishwasher, watched TV. Went in & watched VCR, two good movies on tonight. To bed at 1:10. Megan stopped & picked up Linda’s groc. I got for her, also candle & holders.

Monday, January 7, 1991: Woke about 6:30, turned up heat a little & went back to bed. Slept till alarm rang, turned off alarm & went back to sleep till 8:20. Turned on TV & watched “Wheel” in bed, then read paper. Got up at 9:30, fed Sam & turned heat up more. Dressed, opened Sam’s door & turned off lights. Noticed it had snowed so bundled up & swept snow off walks & driveway, also took down all outside lights. When I came in had breakfast, fed Sam again. Put away big lights, looked through “Old Village” catalog – only got 5 of them yesterday. Had lunch, finished catalog. Called Nancy about Mike’s pen & pencil set, he came over to look through trash as he still can’t find them. Linda called so told her I’d go to Circle with her, washed & changed clothes. Had supper, finished getting ready. Gone from about 7:20 till 10:15, Judy called shortly after I got home. Talked till 11:10, then I watched MacGyver on VCR. To bed at 12:45.

Tuesday, January 8, 1991: Woke at 6:30, fed Sam & went back to bed. Alarm woke me at 8:00; turned up heat & dressed. Had breakfast, O.J., coffee & toast. Gathered up garbage & hauled to front, started working on Bible study. Got sleepy so took a nap, went in & did reading in blue chair. Was so comfortable I kept dozing off, had lunch. Finished study about 3:30, looked at ads, etc. Got in mail & paper, brought garbage can back. Made dressing for crab salad, had supper. Did dishes, watched TV till 9:00. Went in & watched VCR, read paper. Came back to kitchen & paid water bill, made up deposit. Checked groc. ads, brushed teeth & got ready for bed. To bed at 11:55.

Wednesday, January 9, 1991: Woke about 6:30, back to sleep. Again at 7:30, turned up heat & fed Sam. Went back to bed & got up at 8:00, washed & dressed. Had breakfast, finished getting ready. Left pretty early because it was foggy & tho’t it might be slick. After Bible class went out to Mall, got a robe for Bill’s B’Day & one for Paula too. Got a unicorn for Carla, back to Caldwell. Went to Bank, Alb & no Creamettes, paid water bill, P.W. Drug (got odds & ends), then to Paul’s for groc. Got home about 3:30, unloaded car. Put away groc., etc, looked at mail. Got sleepy so took nap, talked to Linda. Got supper, did dishes & ran dishwasher. Watched TV, then VCR. Read paper & “ [watched] TV & VCR. To bed at 11:45.

Thursday, January 10, 1991: Woke about 5:00, back to sleep. Woke at 8:00, got up & fed Sam. Turned up heat, dressed. Had breakfast, opened Sam’s door but he never did go out in back. Paid Income Tax Est., went out & swept walks & drive (snowed a little again last nite). Mailed letter, had breakfast. Washed load of colored clothes, put birdseed out. Cleaned spots on rug where Sam vomited, sprayed w/rug shampoo. Looked at old mail, got sleepy so took nap. Had lunch, dried clothes. Did a little mending, started to water & fertilize violets. Got in mail & paper, got supper. Judy called at end of Father Dowling so I missed the end of it – again. Emptied dishwasher, did dishes. Watched VCR, then watched TV again & read paper. After news I watched VCR again. Finished Globe X-word, to bed at 1:30.

Really warmed up, raining tonight. Friday, January 11, 1991: Woke at 6:30, back to sleep till alarm rang at 8:00. Turned it off & went back to sleep till 8:25 so watched “Wheel” in bed, got up at 9:00. Turned up heat & fed Sam, got dressed. Opened Sam’s door, finished watering violets. Had breakfast, washed & put up hair. Washed load of good white clothes, dried hair a little while. Watched TV, read rest of last night’s paper. Had lunch. Nancy came over a little bit & brought in my mail. Dried white clothes, went out to get paper at 6:00 & it wasn’t there – makes me mad. Shut Sam’s door about 6:00 thinking he was in, didn’t show up so I checked & found him by the front door about 7:00. Boy, did he give me a talking to! Got supper, did dishes. Read paper a little, went in & watched VCR. After news put white clo. to soak, finished dry others. Brushed teeth. Oh yes, cleaned off turkey bones this afternoon & started soup. To bed at 12:30.

Helen & Don’s anniv – 49 – Saturday, January 12, 1991: Woke about 6:30, turned up heat & went back to sleep. Woke next at 8:30, tired so dozed off again until 9:20. Got up & fed Sam, turned heat up more. Took shower, dressed. Opened Sam’s door, had O.J. & Shake. Watered & fertilized rest of flowers, vacuumed living room. Cooked soup & put in vegetables, washed white clothes out of soak. Then added rest of whites & washed all, pretty tired by then so laid down & took nap (Sam napped w/me). Started to vacuum kitchen, time for Hee Haw so filled Foot Fixer & soaked feet while I watched. When it was over I changed clothes & got ready to go to Nancy’s, had chili & rice crispie squares (Cindy made both). Afterwards played 31, Paul won both games. Got home about 9:40, finished [vacuum?] kitchen. Dried more clothes, watched TV. Then watched VCR. To bed at 1:20.

Sunday, January 13, 1991: Sam woke me at 7:30, turned up heat & went back to bed. Couldn’t sleep so read, got up at 8:00. Washed & dressed, had breakfast. Dried rest of clothes, folded & put away. Finished getting ready for church, drove by the remains of the Saratoga on the way down – it looks awful. Had coffee after church, 12:30 when I got home. Changed clothes, let Sam out. Cindy came over to practise piano, I went down & fixed Mike’s shirt. Did some other mending while I was down there, checked & no water in basement. Read paper, Cindy called & they were ready to go out to eat. Linda, Ted & Megan went too, also Paul; went in Nancy’s van. Went to Sizzler, had shrimp but didn’t agree too well. When I got home read paper, watched TV. Then watched VCR. To bed at 12:35.

Monday, January 14, 1991: Woke about 5:30, back to bed & slept till 8:10. Got up about 8:30, dressed. Fed Sam, opened his door. Dried, folded & put away rest of red load; washed dk. blue clothes. Took letters to box, did misc. odd jobs. Had breakfast & watched “Wheel” at 11:00 (on NBC again), looked at mail & catalogs. Looked for car coupons but didn’t find them, bagged up newspapers. Dried part of blue clothes, had lunch. Rinsed dishes, put away plastic plates & cups. Went out to get mail & paper, really raining hard. Snow is really going down. Got supper, did dishes Looked at mail, watched TV. After news went in & watched VCR. Brushed teeth. To bed at 1:11.

Tuesday, January 15, 1991: Woke at 7:30, turned up heat & went back to bed. Dozed & read a little, got up about 9:00. Dressed, fed Sam. Opened his door, dried rest of dark blue clothes. Had O.J. & choc. Shake for breakfast, took garbage to front. Started on Bible lesson, tried to call Linda but no answer. Finally finished lesson about 1:00, looked at old mail & papers. Had lunch, Helen F. came. Looked through more stuff on table, called & talked to Linda about 5:30-6:00. Got supper, went out & got mail & paper. Bro’t garbage can back, finished supper. Looked at mail; did dishes & ran dishwasher. Watched TV, then went in & watched VCR. Got box of candy ready & wrote to Matt while I watched news. Looked at catalog, brushed teeth & got ready for bed. To bed at 12:40.

WAR W/IRAQ. Wednesday, January 16, 1991: Woke about 4:30, back to sleep. Woke again at 7:30, got up about 7:45. Fed Sam, turned up heat. Washed & dressed, let Sam out a little. Closed his door again before I left. Had breakfast, finished getting ready. Left about 9:50, had kind of a long session today – talked some about possibility of war. Stopped at Penny Wise first, went to Coffee Cup for lunch. To Kings, having sale there. Then to Paul’s for groceries, stopped at cemetery & got Xmas decor. on way home. Tree still decorated? don’t know who did it! Unloaded car & put away groc., home at 3:00. Watched TV, at about 4:50 they said war had started in Iraq. That’s all that was on all evening. Got in mail & paper, got supper. Emptied dishwasher, did dishes. Watched VCR & TV, read paper. Carla called, upset about war. To bed at 12:50.

Thursday, January 17, 1991: Woke about 6:30, back to sleep. Woke again at 8:00, got up about 8:15. Got dressed, fed Sam. Opened his door, then had breakfast (O.J. & toast). Washed load of sweatsuits, went through Xmas wrappings but didn’t find anything. Took sack out to garbage, also took out old catfood. Got ready to take car down, waited in office & read while they serviced it. Stopped at Alb. on way home but no Creamettes, got a few things. Got home about 12:30, had lunch. Watched TV, did rest of Globe X-word – all but 2 words. Got sleepy so took nap, Sharon Nunes came so paid her & gave her an order. Started to work on Xmas things, got in mail & paper. Dried clothes in afternoon, got supper. Judy called, then I called Linda. Did dishes, looked at mail & watched TV. Iraq bombed Israel tonight. Watched VCR, read paper. To bed at 1:10. Put new flower in pot & planted 1 rose.

Friday, January 18, 1991: Woke at 5:00, back to sleep. Woke again about 7:30, read & napped. Got up at 8:30, turned up heat & fed Sam. Dressed, opened Sam’s door. Had breakfast, washed & put up hair. Brought up boxes from basement, moved night stand in bedroom. Put rest of decor. in boxes, stopped & had lunch. Stored decorations on closet shelves, then vacuumed window & floor in corner. Put nightstand back in place, went out & got mail & paper. Got supper, did dishes. Read paper & TV guide, watched TV. Late in the evening said Iraq bombed Israel again. Thank goodness no chemical warheads tho’, only a few slight injuries. Brushed teeth. To bed at 1:12.

Saturday, January 19, 1991: Woke about 3:30, back to sleep. Woke again at 7:30, turned up heat & went back to bed. Read a little, fell asleep. Got up at 8:30, fed Sam. Opened his door, had O.J., coffee & toast. Did some misc. jobs, put away clothes, etc., Cindy came over to practise piano. Finally took shower & dressed, cleaned up bath. Vacuumed floor, cleaned mirrors, vacuumed living room, had lunch. Vacuumed kitchen, dining room. Rested a little, took short nap. Started to put away stuff on dining table, got late so had to quit. Shut Sam’s door, got in mail. Got supper, did dishes. Cleaned chicken legs, later washed, bagged & put them in freezer. Worked on stuff on kitchen table, watched TV. Grand Ole Opry 65th anniversary party tonight, was real good. To bed at 12:30.

Sunday, January 20, 1991: Sam woke me little before 7:00, couldn’t go back to sleep. Read till alarm went off at 8:00, got up & washed & dressed. Had breakfast, finished getting ready. Left a little early so I could stop & take pix of burned-out Saratoga Hotel. So sleepy in church I could hardly stay awake, Linda wasn’t there & neither were Nancy & Cindy. Didn’t stay for the dinner, stopped at P.W. on way home & got a wind chime for Bill. Changed clothes when I got home, Cindy came to practise piano. Had coffee & toast for lunch. Took short nap, Carla came. Talked to her, decided we’d go down to Asia & eat so she could see the hotel. Stopped to see Linda on way down, she has a real bad cold. Carla left when we got back, I watched TV. Read paper, got real sleepy. Watched VCR after news. Brushed teeth. To bed at 12:15.

Monday, January 21, 1991: Woke at 4:30, back to sleep till 6:45. Got up & turned up heat, fed Sam. Went out & watched VCR till 8:30. Dressed, opened Sam’s door. Did misc. little jobs, had breakfast. Read paper a little, started putting Xmas decorations in boxes. Now to find a place to store them, it’s just too hard to climb up & down stairs with those boxes. Had lunch, took nap. Linda called, I read an old paper. Went out & got paper, started supper. After 6:30 when I got it ready, just started to eat when Paula called. Hung up & took a few bites & Nancy called, had my jigsaw puzzle framed so were going to bring it over – said they’d wait a little. Back to my supper & Judy called, told her I’d call her back so finished my supper. After Paul & Nancy left I called Judy, asked her to go out to supper tomorrow night. Did dishes & ran dishwasher, watched TV & read paper. After news watched VCR a little. Brushed teeth, read a while. To bed 2:00.

JUDY’S ANNIV. – EDDIE  Tuesday, January 22, 1991: Sam woke me up about 6:30, scolded him & went back to sleep. Woke again at 8:30, got up & dressed. Opened Sam’s door, had O.J. & choc. Shake. Called Linda but no answer, started to work on Bible lesson. Four chapters today, pretty hard & worked on it all day. Had lunch about 1:30, worked on lesson again. Mike came over a little bit, started getting washed & changed clothes about 4:00. Went down to pick up Judy at 5:00, went to the Chuck Wagon for supper. Have made some changes in it, put in windows on S. & S.E. corner of dining room. Also painted inside a light color so looks much lighter & more airy. Had a good dinner, got home little after 7:00. Finished Bible study, talked to Linda. Read papers, watched TV. Brushed teeth. To bed at 1:30. Napped several times today & this eve.

Wednesday, January 23, 1991: Woke about 7:00 but didn’t get up, when I woke again was 8:40 so really had to hurry to get ready. Dressed, had toast, coffee & O.J. Finished getting ready, was there early. Linda didn’t go, don’t know if she worked or not. Stopped for catfood on way home, went to P.W. for med., forgot deposit, then to Pauls for groc. Got home at 2:00, unloaded car. Had lunch, put away groc. Looked at Globe, worked X-word a little. Went in & watched VCR, Mike called. Went out & got mail & paper, looked at mail. Got supper, emptied dishwasher & rinsed dishes. Watched VCR from 8 to 10, then watched news. Watched VCR again, read paper. Then looked at Soap Opera paper. To bed at 2:00.

Bill’s B’Day. Thursday, January 24, 1991: Woke at 6:30, went back to sleep. Woke several times but went right back to sleep, got up about 8:30. Dressed, turned up heat & fed Sam. Opened his door, called Linda & she was home today. Had breakfast, coffee, toast & O.J. Finished watering flowers, watered violets. Put away rest of Xmas decorations, stored boxes on top of laundry cabinet – won’t be so hard to get to now. Had lunch, looked at mail from yesterday. Tried to reconcile bank statement but last month’s is missing so I couldn’t finish it. Wrote Thank you note to Lillian P. for my cross, got sleepy so took a nap. Judy called, went out & took down bows & garland from lamp post – put that away, too. Cleaned off dining table, washed [flower?] rings. Got in mail & paper, got supper. Did dishes, called Carla & Bill for his Birthday, called Paula, too. Read paper, watched TV. Brushed teeth, worked on Globe X-word a while. To bed at 12:50. 

Friday, January 25, 1991: Woke at 7:30, fed Sam & turned up heat. Went back to bed, read a while till oil truck came so I got up to pay for oil. Over $100.00! Opened Sam’s door, dressed. Had breakfast, called Linda but no answer. Tried Judy, too, but no answer, finished reading yesterday’s paper. Washed & put up my hair, finished watering violets. Had lunch, watched TV. Straightened up carton of boxes, played a little solitaire. Got sleepy so took nap, tried Linda again & got her. She did have to work again today, I had 1 call inquiring about “Subs,” may call back tomorrow. Nancy did get Judy, finally made Yum-Yum Salad. Went out & got in mail & paper, got supper. Did dishes, ran dishwasher. Read paper, watched TV. After news watched VCR, brushed teeth. To bed at 1:20.

Saturday, January 26, 1991: Woke about 7:00, fed Sam & turned up heat. Went back to bed, read & slept a little. Michelle called to ask for an Alb. coupon so stayed up (about 9), opened Sam’s door. Had O.J. & Shake, finished last night’s paper. Took letters to mail box & coupons to Michelle, did various odd jobs. Ginger Dowen called about sand. orders, was supposed to call back but never did. Tried to call Judy but no answer, had a little lunch. Oh yes, Cindy came this morning & I bought raffle tickets from her for Wilson School Dinner. Started working on sack of papers, got rid of quite a few. Finally went out & got mail, shut Sam’s door. Got supper, emptied dishwasher & did dishes. Worked on papers again, watched TV. Before news went in & watched VCR for about ½ hr., took shower. Brushed teeth & cut toe nails. To bed at 12:35.

SUPERBOWL SUN., January 27, 1991: Woke about 4:30, back to sleep till about 7:45. Got up, fed Sam & turned up heat. Washed & dressed, let Sam out a little bit. Called Nancy & then she called me, Ginger called & also Linda. Had breakfast, finished getting ready for church. Left a little early. After services had coffee, etc., paid for and picked up sandwiches. Got home about 12:30, changed clothes. Worked on papers, Carla came about 2:30. We sat at table & talked, about 4:30 I set out chips, dips, sandwiches, salad. Had baked a frozen pie but were too full to eat it so sent some along home w/Carla. Also sent Paula’s sandwiches & letter, Carla left about 6:00. Game started at 4:00, I turned over to “Murder –” at 7:00. Read paper & watched TV, brushed teeth. To bed at 12:50.

Monday, January 28, 1991: Woke about 2:30, back to sleep. Again at 7:30, turned up heat & fed Sam. Went back to bed, read & napped a little. Got up at 8:30, dressed. Put away some clothes, opened Sam’s door. Had breakfast, called Linda but no answer. Looked thru’ papers for car alert item, didn’t find it yet. Decided to do Bible lesson today so worked on that, went out & shut gate the oil man left open. Had lunch about 1:00, worked on lesson again. Took out garbage & hauled it to front, got in mail & paper. Got supper, did dishes. Looked at mail & papers again, watched TV. (Talked to Linda in afternoon, she & Megan stopped to get her Bible lesson paper). After news went in & watched VCR a while. Brushed teeth. To bed at 12:40.

Tuesday, January 29, 1991: Woke at 7:30, fed Sam & turned up heat. Went back to bed, read & [napped?]. Woke again at 8:30, got up about 9:00. Dressed, opened Sam’s door. Hung up some clothes, looked through some papers but never did find car item. Had O.J, toast & coffee, took buckle off white belt. Sorted & fixed New Years hats, etc., went downstairs & scrubbed spot on tile. Found Sam had sprayed door & bottoms of chest, washed them up, too, & sprayed w/deodorizer. Had lunch, played a little solitaire. Sorted papers, watched TV. Took a pretty good nap, Paula called in a.m., coming over tomorrow eve to cut my hair. Went out to get mail & paper, wheeled garbage cans back. Got supper, took nap while Pres. talked. Did dishes, soaked sink & mats. Read paper, watched TV. After news watched 911 on VCR. Brushed teeth. To bed at 1:00.

Wednesday, January 30, 1991: Woke about 7:55, turned off alarm & got up. Turned up heat, fed Sam. Washed & dressed, had breakfast. Got lists & deposit ready, finished getting myself ready. Linda wasn’t there so went out to Mall, got VCR cabinet. Came back & went to Bank, to P.W. Drug, to Paul’s for groc., got gas, then home. Stopped at cemetery & took decor. off tree, got home about 3:00. Unloaded & put away groc., watched TV & worked Globe X-word. Started supper about 5, scrubbed potatoes, washed cauliflower & cut it up, set table, made coffee, fixed salad. Got in paper, Paula came about 6:30. Put Sam in bedroom, finished up supper. Was really good. Jim called, got home O.K. Sent some stuff home for his supper. Cleared table & Paula cut my hair, then she left. I worked on X-word, watched TV. After news watched VCR, brushed my teeth. To bed at 1:00.

Last day of Jan.! Thursday, January 31, 1991: Woke at 7:30, went back to sleep till 8:20. Got up about 8:30, fed Sam & turned up heat. Dressed, opened Sam’s door. Tried to call Linda but no answer, had O.J. & Shake. Worked on big X-word & watched TV, after Wheel went down & got clothes ready for ARC. Mended a few that needed mending. Fixed belt for my white dress, put yellow ribbons on little tree. Washed & put up hair, had lunch. Went down & worked on clothes again. Helen F. came & brought my order, said she’d come back so then I couldn’t go downstairs again – afraid I wouldn’t hear the doorbell. After she came back & left I went down & worked again, then did dishes & ran dishwasher. Went out & got mail & paper, got supper. Emptied dishwasher, did dishes. Judy called, read paper & watched TV. Finished folding & boxing clothes, washed face & brushed teeth. Put on cream on spots. To bed at 11:00.