February 1991

Friday, February 1, 1991: Woke about 6:00, back to sleep till 8:00. Got up & fed Sam, turned up heat. Put boxes out on porch, (never did pick them up). Linda said this eve. it is supposed to be next Fri. Dressed, had breakfast. Swept stairs, moved stuff on stairs. Called [Ted?] about furnace, he came about noon & oiled the fan & motor. Said he did service it last fall while we were gone. Watered & fertilized flowers, also violets. Had lunch, read last night’s paper. Watched VCR a little, sorted papers on table. Got sleepy so took a little nap, took shower – 4:00 to 4:30. Changed clothes & got ready to go for supper. At 5:30 telephone rang & it was Judy! I found brass plant stand had fallen over & spilled water & dirt all over the carpet, had to pick that up. Also cleaned off wind shield & back window of car before I left, picked up mail & paper. Ate supper at Wilson, then went down to gym & watched entertainment. Saw Cindy play in band, was all real good. Got home about 8:40. Called Linda, watched TV & looked at mail. Watched VCR. Bed at 1:25.

Groundhog Day – don’t think he ever saw his shadow here. Saturday, February 2, 1991: Woke at 6:30, back to sleep. Woke again at 8:30, read & dozed until 9:30. Got up & dressed, fed Sam & turned up heat. Opened his door, not very cold out today. Brought in outdoor ext. cord & trouble light, hope it doesn’t turn cold again now. Had O.J., toast & coffee, worked at misc. odd jobs. Never did get any cleaning done, made up an order to Carol Wright & mailed it. Postage rate up tomorrow. Began to feel sick & had pain in gall bladder area, laid down for a while. Got in mail & looked at it, washed flowers that were on steps. Watched Hee, Haw, [sic] forgot to soak feet. Fixed Spic & Span water & scrubbed steps, made dressing & fixed supper. Afterwards did dishes, watched TV. Went down & scrubbed floor in sewing room. After news watched VCR. To bed at 1:11.

Stamps – 29¢! Sunday, February 3, 1991: Woke about 6:30 but went back to sleep, woke again at 7:30. Read a little, alarm rang at 8:00, got up at 8:10. Washed & dressed, turned up heat & fed Sam first. Had breakfast, Nancy called to see if Cindy could ^{Paul was sick.} could [sic] ride down w/me. Finished getting ready, left about 10:00. Had communion today, went down & had coffee & cookies. Linda, Ted & Sunday School kids went skating. Stopped at Pauls on way home, also Nancys & saw Paul. Got home about 1:30, changed clothes. Put away groc., opened Sam’s door. Carla came about 2:30, I put meat on to cook. We sat & talked, then I fixed vegs. & rice & finished up supper. Ate about 5:30, then Carla left for home. I cleared table, did dishes & watched TV. Ran dishwasher, read paper. After news watched VCR. Brushed my teeth. To bed at 1:15.

Monday, February 4, 1991: Woke about 7:30, fed Sam & turned up heat. Went back to bed, read & slept till 9:00. Got up, dressed. Opened Sam’s door, warm today but cloudy most of day. Had breakfast, called Linda but no answer. Started in on Bible lesson, quit about 1:00 & had lunch. Took little TV downstairs & put in tile on floor, dusted wall. Sewed a little, looked for paint – one bucket dried up. Scrubbed a little more floor, cleaned fronts of sewing cabinet drawers. Washed water heater & door into furnace room. Emptied w. baskets & took garbage to front, got in mail & paper. Cleaned off a little of flower bed & took can to front. Looked at mail, got supper. Read paper a little, Judy called. Didn’t like show on TV so watched VCR. Emptied dishwasher, did dishes. Finished paper, brushed teeth. Put red, blue & white ribbons on porch today. To bed at 1:25.

Tuesday, February 5, 1991: Woke about 6:00, went right back to sleep. Again at 7:30, fed Sam & turned up heat. Back to sleep till 8:30, got up & dressed. Opened Sam’s door, then did rest of Bible lesson. Had O.J. & choc. shake at 10:00, then finished lesson. Had lunch at 1:00, then went down & painted wall in sewing room. Goes slow with such a small brush. (Rained some during the night & a little most of the morning). Stopped painting about 5:30, went out & got mail & paper. Brought garbage cans back, looked at mail. Got supper, did dishes. Called Nancy, Cindy wants her cake for Sunday. Read paper, found & paid P.W. Drug, Reader’s Digest bills. Watched VCR a while. Brushed teeth. To bed at 12:15. Sneezing quite a bit, hope I’m not catching cold. Really foggy tonight.

CINDY’S B’DAY. Wednesday, February 6, 1991: Woke about 6:00, back to sleep till 7:00. Fed Sam & turned up heat, back to sleep till 7:50. Got up, washed & dressed. Let Sam out the front for a little bit, came right back in. Had breakfast, Linda called. Didn’t have to teach today but had things to do so didn’t come to Bible Study. Finished getting ready, was a little late getting there. After lesson went to P.W. Drug, paid bills, etc. Went to P.O. for 4¢ stamps, then to Pizza Hut & met Linda for lunch. Have really increased their dining space; is really nice. After lunch went to Pauls for groc., then home. Unloaded & put away groc., then watched VCR a while. Nancy never did call about supper or cake & ice cream so I fixed something here. Cindy came over to borrow the key so I gave her her card & money. Did dishes, worked Globe X-word & read paper. Watched TV, after news watched VCR. Brushed teeth. To bed at 12:45.

Thursday, February 7, 1991: Woke at 6:30, fed Sam & turned up heat. Back to bed, slept till 8:30. Got up & dressed, opened Sam’s door. Went out & cleared more off flower bed, came in & had breakfast. Looked at paper, called & talked to Linda. Didn’t have to work again today. Went down & worked in sewing room; painted rest of S. wall; also rest of N. wall behind water heater; laid 2 floor tiles; painted on ceiling. Stopped once & had lunch, took nap. Scrubbed more of floor, quit about 5:45. Shut Sam’s door, went out & got mail & paper. Got supper, did dishes. Read paper, watched TV. Watched VCR. Brushed teeth. To bed at 1:25.

Friday, February 8, 1991: Woke about 6:00, fed Sam & turned up heat. Went back to sleep till 8:30, got up & opened Sam’s door. Truck came for ARC boxes, tried to call Linda but no answer. Dressed, had O.J., Shake & coffee. Looked at paper a little, washed & put up hair. Had lunch, took little nap. Went down & worked on tile, goes kind of slow when there is a lot of cutting & fitting to do. Oh, yes, forgot I went out & worked in flower bed again this morning, have it about ⅓ done. Quit downstairs about 5:45, shut Sam’s door & went out & got mail & paper. Cloudy, damp & kind of foggy all day but not very cold. Snow all gone. Got supper, did dishes & ran dishwasher. Read paper, watched TV & soaked my feet. After news watched VCR, Dallas & Guns of Paradise from last Fri. Brushed my teeth. To bed at 1:20.

Saturday, February 9, 1991: Woke at 7:30, fed Sam & turned up heat. Went back to sleep, woke again at 8:40. Got up, opened Sam’s door. Turned up heat more, took shower & dressed. Went out & worked in flower bed, about ½ done now. Called & talked to Linda a little while, think they went to Paulas to clean today. Called Carla but no answer, went in & put away jigsaw & card table. Cleaned a little in there – mess where flowers fell over. Vacuumed floor in small bath. Then put away stuff in front of china cab., vacuumed floor. Had lt. lunch, vacuumed dining room. Took short nap, got in mail. Got supper, emptied dishwasher & did dishes. Baked angel food cake, sliced ham & made sandwiches. Called & talked to Carla, shut Sam’s door. Read old papers, watched TV. Took cake out of pan. Brushed teeth. To bed at 12:55.

Birthday dinner at church. Sunday, February 10, 1991: Woke about 6:00, fed Sam & went back to bed. Read a little & finally dropped off, alarm rang at 8:00 so I got up. Washed & dressed, let Sam out a little. Had breakfast, finished getting ready for church. Left at 10:00, took my sandwiches. Had B’Day dinner after church, Megan played piano, Cindy played cello & Megan accompanied, then Cindy played clarinet. Stopped & got ice cream on way home. Changed clothes, Carla came. Iced & decorated Cindy’s cake, then just sat & talked. Paula & Jim didn’t come over, went out to Sizzler about 6:00. Had malibu chicken, was real good. Came back to Nancys & had cake & ice cream, then played 31. Carla left about 8:00, I got home about 9:30. Read paper & watched TV, then watched VCR but kept falling asleep. To bed at 1:10.

Monday, February 11, 1991: Woke at 3:30, back to sleep till 7:00. Woke again at 8:20 & 8:40, finally got up. Turned up heat, fed Sam. Dressed, opened Sam’s door. Wrote letter to Matt, finished getting his box ready. Had breakfast, tried to call Linda but no answer. Took my pkg. down to mail it & saw her at P.O., took me about 15 minutes as there was a line. Worked in flower bed a little when I got home, then came in & did Bible lesson. Had lunch, worked on lesson again. Helen F. came so I didn’t get it all done today. Closed Sam’s door, went out & got mail & paper. Looked at mail, got supper. Started dishes, Judy called. Finished dishes, read paper & watched TV. After news went in & watched VCR (MacGyver), then brushed teeth & washed face. To bed at 12:35.

Tuesday, February 12, 1991: Woke about 3:30, back to sleep. Woke again at 7:30 & at 8:40, got up & turned up heat. Fed Sam, dressed. Opened Sam’s door, called Linda but no answer. Took garbage out, hauled cans to front. Worked on flower bed a little while. Came in & had O.J., Shake, & coffee. Read ^{Finished Bible lesson.} papers, watered rest of flowers. Put out flag, fried bacon for soup. Had lunch, got sleepy so napped a little. Read more papers, took another little nap. Nancy came to bring back key & woke me. Washed load of running clothes, dried part. Went out to get mail & paper, brought cans back. Finished making barley soup, got supper. Did dishes, read paper & watched TV. Made up deposit, watched 911 on VCR. Brushed teeth. To bed at 1:00.

Order flowers. Wednesday, February 13, 1991: Woke at 6:45, back to bed. Couldn’t sleep so got up, turned up heat & fed Sam. Opened his door & watched VCR until 8:00, washed & dressed. Had breakfast, finished getting ready to go downtown. Guess we had a good rain last night, I didn’t hear it. Linda didn’t go to Bible Study, had to teach. After that I stopped at Kay’s Bouquets, ordered flowers for church. Went to Bank, Wash. Fed., then to Pauls for groc., & home. 1:50 when I got home. Unloaded groc., put away. Watched VCR until almost 6:00, got in mail & paper. Shut Sam’s door, got supper. Went to Lenten Service w/Linda, Ted, & Megan, then to choir practise afterwards. Got home at 9:30, watched TV & then VCR till 1:15. To bed at 1:45.

Thursday, February 14, 1991: Woke about 3:30, back to sleep. Woke again at 6:00, slept again until 8:00. Got up & turned up heat, fed Sam. Doorbell rang & it was Jonathan with a valentine for me, he is so cute. Got dressed, opened Sam’s door. Hung up sweat suits & put away, went out & worked in flower bed – have it nearly done. Came in & had bkfst – O.J., toast, coffee & little bran. Paid tel. bill, mailed it. Finished paper, fixed valentines & candy for kids. Got receipt files out & put away 1990 receipts, etc. Put away receipts for bills I paid, paper, Emporium, ____. Took candy over to Meg, Mike & Cindy’s over to them. Then took valentines & suckers over to Dennetts. Brought in paper, finished filing. Got supper, ate. Watched TV. Went in & watched VCR, then came out & did dishes while I watched TV. Ran dishwasher, read paper. After news watched more on VCR. To bed at 1:40.

Friday, February 15, 1991: Woke at 3:00, back to sleep. Again at 7:00, fed Sam & went back to sleep. Woke about 8:15, got up & dressed. Opened Sam’s door, went out & worked in flower bed. Finished it up, put garbage can in front. Had breakfast, washed & put up hair. Carried Xmas paper downstairs, brought up scrub water. Washed front door, front of island cabinet, & rubber mat. Hung up clothes on bed, had lunch. Dusted & cleaned bath, washed rugs. Dried rugs & put back in bath, etc., mailed letters in A.M. Got in mail & paper & shut Sam’s door, got supper. Emptied dishwasher, did dishes. Read paper, watched TV. After news, watched VCR. To bed at 1:00.

Pick up flowers. Saturday, February 16, 1991: Woke at 7:00, couldn’t go back to sleep so got up. Dressed, opened Sam’s door. (Turned up heat, fed Sam first). Hung up clothes on my bed, cleaned off bed in blue room. Stacked socks to be sorted behind bed, vacuumed off bedspread. Vacuumed floor, then hall & bath. Vacuumed living room, called Linda & Meg answered. Linda & Ted gone to Boise, Meg had casserole she wanted me to bake for her. I mixed up & baked Paula’s cake, then did casserole. Linda picked it up. Carla called, has a very bad cold so probably won’t be over tomorrow. Had bowl of soup for lunch, Linda called & said they were going to deliver my flowers so I took my shower & got ready. Then watched Hee-Haw & soaked my feet. Finished getting ready, oh yes, Cindy brought my flowers about 3:45. Finished vacuuming kitchen, left for church about 5:40. Took flowers down, had a very good dinner & nice time. Came home about 9:00, played 31 at Nancy’s – I won for a change. I came home about 10:00, cooked hamb. & mac. & made casserole. After news watched VCR – “Wheel–” & “Jeopardy.” To bed at 1:10.

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Sunday, February 17, 1991: Woke at 7:00, back to sleep but woke several times. Finally got up about 7:55, fed Sam & turned up heat. Washed & dressed, had breakfast. Put casserole in to bake, finished getting ready. Let Sam out several times, left about 9:50. Practised for choir, then upstairs for service. Paul came to church today! Had potluck after church, then cong. meeting. Stayed till after 2:00 but then had to leave, stopped for ice cream on way home. Cleaned dining table, vacuumed dining room & sm. bath. Moved stuff out of utility, cleaned it & put away vacuums. Wrapped Paula’s gift, iced & decorated cake. Called Carla, she is a little better. Cleaned off kitchen table, did dishes. Called Paula, they came about 6:10. Went to Perkins for supper, then came back for cake & ice cream. Kids played 31, all went home about 11:00. I straightened up dining room. To bed at 1:20.

Monday, February 18, 1991: Woke about 7:30, went back to bed. Read a little & fell asleep, then woke at 8:30 & got up. Turned up heat & fed Sam, got dressed. Opened his door, had breakfast. Started to work on Bible lesson, long one today. Tried to call Linda but no answer, called Nancy & she said Cindy was sick. Tried to call Paula but no answer, they came after a while. Were over playing golf, came by for Jim’s books he forgot last nite, also Paula’s flowers & balloons. Took short nap, Jehovah’s Witnesses came & woke me. In afternoon napped again & Sharon Nunes came & woke me. Watered part of flowers, made mixed salad to take to Lindas so didn’t get Bible study finished. Walked over about 6:15, we ate & then I rode back w/Linda. Rinsed dishes, ran dishwasher. Watched TV, then VCR a while. Brushed teeth. (Called Carla this eve., she’s feeling some better). To bed at 1:15.

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Tuesday, February 19, 1991: Woke at 7:00, back to sleep. Then woke about 8:50, got up & fed Sam. Turned up heat, washed & dressed. Opened Sam’s door, had breakfast. Finished up Bible lesson, really a long one. Watered more flowers & violets. Had bowl of soup, got ready to go to funeral. Saw lots I knew, Dave & Mabel, Clarence & Earlene, Ray & Edna, Roberta, Alvin & Janet, Bob, Cecil & Kenny Jessen; saw several of Cliff’s girls, too, but didn’t talk to them. Really was a nice day, when I got home looked at mail & watched TV. Then watched VCR & napped. Got supper, Linda called about coming over for cake & ice cream. Roy called about 6:30, they’re down in McAllen. Penny was expecting but lost her baby today. Carla & Paula both called after I got home, Carla sounds better. After news I watched VCR & dozed, brushed teeth. To bed at 1:30.

Wednesday, February 20, 1991: Woke at 6:30, back to sleep till 7:50. Got up & turned up heat, fed Sam. Washed & dressed, let Sam out a little. Took out garbage & hauled can to front, had breakfast. Finished getting ready to go downtown, Linda not at Bible Class but didn’t have to teach. Got catfood on way home, then got groc. at Pauls. Got home about 12:20, unloaded groc., etc. Had lunch, watched TV. Put away groc., read paper. Got sleepy so slept quite a while, finished paper. Got supper, went to Lenten Service & choir practise w/kids. Got home about 9:00, read tonight’s paper. Watered rest of violets today. Brushed teeth. To bed at 1:10.

Thursday, February 21, 1991: Woke at 6:30, fed Sam & went back to bed. Slept till 8:30, got up & turned up heat. Dressed, opened Sam’s door. Went out & worked on leaves & dead lily-of-the-valley plants for a while. Came in & had breakfast, got ready & went down to Wash. Fed., cashed in small C.D. Deposited it in bank, got home about noon. Had lunch, worked on checkbook. Now can’t find Jan. statement, looked for it. Finished water all flowers, read some old papers. Emptied dishwasher, rinsed dishes. Got sleepy so took a good nap. Wrote check to MSTI for Cliff Jessen & put it in box before mailman went. Got in mail & paper, rolled garbage can back. Got supper, did dishes. Judy called, read paper & watched TV. Watched VCR till 9:00, then finished paper & watched TV. After news watched VCR again. To bed at 12:45.

Friday, February 22, 1991: Woke at 5:30, back to sleep till 7:30. Fed Sam & turned up heat, went back to bed & read & napped a while. Woke about 8:30, got up & opened Sam’s door. Got dressed, went out & cut off vine from N.E. corner of house. Cleared leaves off primroses, planted one. Went in to watch Wheel & have breakfast, read paper a little. Finished watering flowers, decided to go for a walk. My R. foot hurt a lot so just went about half way, really a beautiful day tho’. Finished planting primroses, cut up vine clippings. Planted min. daffodils in S. flower bed, came in & had lunch. Finished papers on table, got sleepy so took ½ hr. nap. Washed & put up hair, dried them a little. Sam got into a fight w/CC in Jan’s back yard today. Went out & got mail & paper, shut Sam’s door. Got supper & ate, did dishes. Read paper, watched TV. (Miss USA Pageant – Miss KS,        won). After news, watched VCR. To bed at 1:44. Finished paper.

Saturday, February 23, 1991: Woke at 4:30, back to sleep. Woke at 8:10, got up & fed Sam. Turned up heat & opened Sam’s door, doorbell rang & it was Dennis w/the oil bill (less than 100.00 today). Took shower, got dressed. Put away jars, cans, bottles, etc., had breakfast. Read old papers on tables, called & asked Cindy if she would like to go for a walk. She said “yes” so I changed shoes & went out & worked in front till she came, wind was kind of cold. When I got back worked on papers, didn’t find bank statements yet. Got sleepy so took nap, soaked my feet while I watched Hee Haw. Sorted papers again, then went out & got mail. Looked at mail, got supper & ate. Did dishes & ran dishwasher, Cindy came over a couple of times. Carla called today, wants me to come over tomorrow. Clipped my nails, went in at 9:00 & watched VCR. To bed at 12:10.

Sunday, February 24, 1991: Woke at 4:30, back to sleep. Then woke about 6:30, went back to sleep till alarm rang at 7:00. Got up & fed Sam, turned up heat. Washed & dressed, let Sam out. Had breakfast, wrote check for church. Finished getting ready, left about 9:00. Went to Bible Class, guess Nancy had to teach today. Had coffee, stopped for few groc. on way home. Changed clothes, let Sam out a little. Brought in groc., left for Carla’s. Visited a little & then Helen came, visited some more & then went to Village Inn for dinner, had a French dip sandwich which was very good. Went back to Carla & Bills, watched TV & visited again. Waited till the sun went down, then left for home. Called Carla when I got here, also Linda. (7:10). Read paper, watched TV. Brushed teeth, put cream on spots. To bed at 12:00.

Monday, February 25, 1991: Woke at about 4:30, didn’t feel very well. Took Temp. & Clorets gum & brought in a pan, read until I fell asleep again. Woke again about 7:30 but felt very tired so slept again until 8:30, got up & fed Sam. Opened his door & turned up heat, hung up & put away some clothes. Read Bible lesson summary, fixed bkfst. & ate. Worked on Bible lesson a while, tried to call Linda & went for my walk. Took her lesson over, my foot surely bothers me. When I got back worked in front till 1:00, came in & had lunch. Emptied dishwasher, worked on Bible lesson. Finally found out when & where band dinner was so got ready & went down, got there just as Cindy’s Band was ready to play. Sat w/Nancy, had baked potato, dessert & drink. They really sound good, cutest little boy there directing band with a little baton. He could really keep time to the music. When we came home I rinsed dishes, read paper & watched TV. Judy called. After news watched VCR. Brushed teeth. To bed at 1:30.

Tuesday, February 26, 1991: Woke at 7:30, fed Sam & turned up heat. Back to sleep till 8:30, got up & opened Sam’s door. Dressed, worked on lesson. Had breakfast & watched “Wheel”, then finished lesson. Called Linda but no answer, she must have just gone out to mail box because she didn’t “sub” today. Changed shoes & went for my walk, sure is hard. When I got back planted primrose & min. rose, discovered “The Doctor” is growing after all! Had lunch & watched soaps, finished reading paper. Nancy came over & brought rent from U-Haul dealer, Cindy came later & got key to Linda’s house. Got sleepy so took a nap, called & talked to Linda a little. Went out & got mail, worked in front a little while. Got supper & ate, did dishes. Read paper, watched TV. Soaked my feet, then clipped my toenails. After news watched VCR. Brushed my teeth. To bed at 12:55.

Wednesday, February 27, 1991: Woke at 4:30, back to sleep. Woke again at 7:30, back to sleep till alarm rang at 8:00. Got up & fed Sam, turned up heat. Opened his door, washed & dressed. Had bkfst., finished getting ready. Shut Sam’s door, left for Bible Study. First one there today, Linda there today, too. Think it was last class till fall. Linda & I made out to meet at Taco Time at 12:30, I went to Bank first & then P.W. Drug. Had tostado delight for lunch & was very good, then to Paul’s for groc. & home. Got home about 2:30, unloaded & put away groc. Watched VCR till 5:40, got in mail & paper. Got supper & ate, got ready to go to Lenten services & choir practice. Got home at 9:30, finished watching Hunter. Programs all out of sync because the Pres. was on, announced the end of the War! Hope it really is. Watched VCR again, brushed teeth. To bed at 2:25.

Thursday, February 28, 1991: Woke about 4:30, back to sleep. Again at 7:30, fed Sam & turned up heat a little. Back to sleep again till 8:30, got up & dressed. Opened Sam’s door, went out & started to work on flower bed by drive. Came in at 10:00 & had breakfast, went back out. Trimmed rose, cut off mums, also baby’s breath, sunflowers, got about ⅔ done. Came in at 1:00 & had lunch, watched TV. Got so busy w/cleaning off flower bed, didn’t even get my walk. Also cleaned leaves, etc., off flower bed; got about ½ of it done. Got in mail & paper, got supper & ate. Went in & watched VCR, then watched Knots’ Landing & did dishes. Read paper, watched news. Went in & watched VCR again. Brushed teeth. To bed at 1:20. Beautiful day again today. Really need rain tho’.