October 1991

Tuesday, October 1, 1991: Woke at 7:30, read & slept a little. Got up about 8:45, fed Sam. Dressed, opened his door. Had breakfast, went for my walk. Spun clothes out of soak, washed load of whites. Dried clothes during afternoon. Started working on Bible Study, had lunch. Took nap in afternoon. Called Ins. Co., got Ins. Man’s tel. no., forgot to call tonight. Got in mail & paper, Cindy & Abner here a little while. Got supper, emptied dishwasher & did dishes. Talked to Linda, has to teach all day tomorrow so we won’t have lunch together. Looked at mail, watched TV. Went in & watched VCR, then news. Then VCR again. Brushed teeth. To bed at 12:35.

Wednesday, October 2, 1991: Woke about 6:40, fed Sam. Read a little & fell asleep, alarm woke me at 8:00. Got up, opened Sam’s door. Washed & dressed, had breakfast. Finished getting ready, left about 10 till & was a little late. After we got out went to Bank, then to Kings. Got groc. at Paul’s, then home (1:30). Unloaded car, put away groc. Also stuff I bought at Kings, had lunch. Watched TV, finished last night’s paper. Got sleepy so took nap, went out & nailed backs back on shelves. Got in mail & paper, looked at mail. Got supper, did dishes. Read paper, watched TV. Country Music Awards tonight. After news went in & watched VCR. Brushed teeth. To bed at 1:05.

Thursday, October 3, 1991: Woke about 7:00, read & dozed a little. Got up about 8:50, fed Sam. Dressed, opened his door. Had breakfast, called Linda & we decided to go for our walk later in the day. Changed summer clothes into front bedroom closet & brought winter clothes into mine. Linda called about 11:15 & we went for our walk, Cindy & Abner went, too. Wind blowing & kind of cool, they paved more roads in cemetery. Had lunch when I got home, finished last night’s paper. Took nap, still sleepy so I sat in recliner & slept a little more. Started to clean windows & storm windows inside & out, take down screens. Got in mail & paper, looked at mail. Got supper, did dishes & ran dishwasher. Read paper & watched TV, brushed teeth & cleaned face. To bed at 1:00. Think it may freeze tonight, kind of cold.

Friday, October 4, 1991: Woke at 6:50, back to sleep till 7:30. Turned up heat & went back to sleep, got up at 8:30. Fed Sam, dressed. Opened his door, Nancy called to ask if we were going to walk, I called Linda but they were going to Boise. Called Nancy back & told them to call me back when they were ready, we went about 10:00. When we got back I cleaned glasses in back door, then washed & put up hair. Had lunch, feet really hurt so used Foot Fixer. Took nap, finished last night’s paper. Sorted some papers, finished clean small bath window on outside. Cleaned & put up storm window, put away screen. Got in mail & paper, got supper. Emptied dishwasher, did dishes. Read paper, watched TV. After news watched VCR, brushed teeth. To bed at 12:50. Didn’t freeze last nite but think it will tonite.

Didn’t freeze tomatoes last nite after all! Saturday, October 5, 1991: Woke at 6:55, fed Sam, turned up heat & went back to bed. Read a little, then fell asleep. Woke about 8:30, got up & dressed. Opened Sam’s door, had breakfast. Watered flowers in front, vacuumed kitchen. Vacuumed living room, called Marie to wish her Happy Birthday (88). Tried to call Linda & Nancy but no answer so called Paula. She was kind of discouraged today. Called Linda after I hung up & she was home so we went for our walk – Linda, Ted, Martin, Nancy, Cindy, Abner & I. When we got home I had lunch, cleaned bathroom & vacuumed hall. Cleaned floor in dining room, then went out & cleaned sm. bath window outside, cleaned E. window in my room, inside & out, took down screen & put away. Cleaned storm window inside & out & hung it. Got in mail, got supper. Did dishes, read old TV guide & watched TV. Tried to call Judy but no answer. Brushed my teeth. To bed at 12:15.

To bed at 1:15. Sunday, October 6, 1991: Woke about 5:15, fed Sam & went back to sleep. Woke w/alarm at 8:00, got up & turned up heat. Opened Sam’s door, took shower & dressed. Had breakfast, finished getting ready. Left about 10:05, LWML service today, also communion. Stopped for groc. at Pauls on way home, got home about 1:00. Had coffee & toast (had cake & coffee at church). Changed clothes, put meat on to cook. Baked apple pies (2), fixed carrots, potatoes, celery & onions for stew. Carla came about 3:00, she set table for me. We went ahead & ate about 4:30, then Carla left. We cleared up table & dishes, then Linda told me Ted had asked Richard to have stew with us – I didn’t think he would but when they came he did too. I kind of paniced [sic], worked out O.K. tho’. Everyone seemed to enjoy the stew & pie, had salad & muskmelon with it. After we cleared up everyone left, I ran dishwasher. Read paper, watched TV. Then VCR, napped a little.

Monday, October 7, 1991: Woke about 5:15, fed Sam. Went back to sleep. Woke again at 8:00, read & slept again till about 8:45. Got up & turned up heat, opened Sam’s door. Oh yes, phone rang about 9:00, was Ins. man & he’s coming at 4:00 this afternoon. Dressed, had breakfast. Covered air conditioner, cleaned bedroom windows inside, also front storm door inside & out. Had lunch, watered & fertilized Afr. violets. Emptied dishwasher, rinsed dishes. Changed clothes, Ins. man came at 4:00. Meg came while he was here but she said she could come back tomorrow. He left about 5:45, I got in mail & paper. Got supper, Judy called. Did dishes, read paper & watched TV. Brushed teeth & cleaned face. To bed at 12:05. 

Tuesday, October 8, 1991: Woke about 7:00, fed Sam & turned up heat. Couldn’t go back to sleep so watched VCR till about 8:00. Opened Sam’s door, got dressed. Talked to Linda a little bit, had breakfast. Took out garbage & hauled cans to front, went for my walk. When I got back cleaned 2 bedroom windows outside, cleaned storms inside & out. Took down screens & put away, hung storm windows. Came in to rest, had lunch. Napped a little, cleaned big window & S. living room window on inside. Meg came over to fit her pattern, I got in mail & paper & brought garbage can back. Got supper, did dishes. Read paper, watched TV. Brushed teeth. To bed at 12:20.

No Bible Study today. Wednesday, October 9, 1991: Woke at 6:15, fed Sam & went back to sleep. Woke again at 7:45, opened Sam’s door. Watched VCR awhile, washed & dressed. Had breakfast, got stuff ready to go downtown. Finished getting ready, Michelle called & asked me to come over a little bit as Daniel was sick & she had to go over & get him. Left for town about 12:30, paid power bill. Stopped to ask about tickets for Borge at Alb. (24 & 22). Went to P.W. Drug, then Paul’s for groc. Home at 3:00, unloaded car & put away groc. Had lunch, watched VCR & rested. Got in mail & paper, got supper. Did dishes, read paper & watched TV. Watched VCR again. Brushed teeth. To bed at 11:50.

Thursday, October 10, 1991: Woke at 3:15, couldn’t go back to sleep so read a while. Went out & watched VCR till about 8:15, fed Sam & opened his door. Dressed, had breakfast. Cleaned kitchen & dining room windows on inside, watered rest of flowers. Cleaned windows on W. side of house, took down & cleaned inside & out of storm windows. Helen F. came & I gave her an order for Avon. Had lunch, got sleepy so took a good nap. Cleaned inside of window in family room, also sliding door on inside & out. Too tired to do any more windows so brought in big geranium. Got in mail & paper, got supper. Did dishes, read paper & watched TV. Watched VCR, got sleepy so went to bed. Cleaned face, brushed teeth. 1:00.

Friday, October 11, 1991: Woke about 3:15, back to sleep. Woke again at 8:10, got up & fed Sam. Dressed, opened his door. Went out & started on windows before sun got around to them, took down screen, etc. & cleaned outside of windows. Went in & had breakfast, then went back out & cleaned storm windows, put small one back up. Came in & had lunch, took nice nap. Congressional hearing on all afternoon so no programs. Went back out & cleaned family room window & storm window, all done now but put 3 big “ “ [windows] back up. Went out & planted mums, brought in some for a bouquet. Got in mail & paper, put on meat to cook. It got done by the time rest was ready. Did dishes, ran dishwasher. Watched VCR, read old paper & watched TV. Brushed teeth. To bed at 12:45.

Saturday, October 12, 1991: Woke at 6:15, fed Sam & tried to go back to sleep but couldn’t. Got up & watched VCR till about 8:15, dressed. Opened Sam’s door, called Linda & asked if they would stop by & put up my 3 storm windows. Had breakfast, they came by – then left for Boise. Nancy came over & we went for a walk, saw Ruth Henderson & her son at cemetery. When I got back started cleaning, floor in front bedroom & hall, cleaned bath, vacuumed kitchen, living room, (had lunch) dining room, cleaned small bath, E. end of dining room. Got in mail, got supper. Emptied dishwasher, did dishes. Read paper, watched TV. Baked angel food, looked at mail. Brushed teeth. To bed at 12:55.

Linda’s B’Day – (49) Sunday, October 13, 1991: Woke about 7:00, fed Sam & turned up heat. Alarm rang at 7:30, I got up about 7:45. Opened Sam’s door, took shower. Dressed, had breakfast. Finished getting ready, left at 10:00. Little ones sang at church, they do such a good job! Had coffee after church, stopped at Alb. on way home for milk. Home at 12:50, watched painting & changed clothes. Had toast & coffee, iced cake. Put more stuff away, vacuumed utility. Wrapped Linda’s present, Carla & Bill came about 4:15 & the rest soon after. We were going to eat at Acapulco but was closed so went to Asia, saw Kiley. Came home & had cake & ice cream, Linda & Meg soon left & the rest left soon after. Paula coming over tomorrow. I read paper & watched TV. To bed at 12:10. Brushed teeth.

Monday, October 14, 1991: Woke about 7:10, fed Sam. Turned up heat & went back to bed, read till about 8:00. Got up & dressed, opened Sam’s door. Had breakfast, cleaned off dining table. Laid out cutting board & pattern, then laid out material. Paula came so put Sam in bedroom & let doggies in, we went for walk so let Sam out & shut door to utility. Molly & Winnie really enjoyed our walk. Paula cut my hair when we got back, then I got lunch. Power off for about ½ hr., laid pattern on material & cut out Meg’s dress. Jim came about 4:30 so they left, I opened door for Sam. Got in paper, no mail today. Got supper, did dishes & ran dishwasher. Read paper & watched TV, after news watched VCR. Brushed teeth. To bed at 12:30.

Took out garbage & then they didn’t come because of holiday. Tuesday, October 15, 1991: Woke at 6:00, fed Sam. Turned up heat & went back to sleep, woke again at 7:50. Dressed, opened Sam’s door. Had breakfast, worked on Bible study till 12:30. Had lunch, worked on Meg’s dress all afternoon. Got in mail & paper, got supper. Emptied dishwasher, did dishes. Read paper, watched TV. Called Linda this afternoon & Nancy tonight, Raymond & Patty Rogers called this afternoon, looking for Paul & on way to Oregon. After news watched VCR, wrote note to Kim & got package ready to mail. Brushed teeth. To bed at 1:15.

Wednesday, October 16, 1991: Woke about 5:50, back to sleep. Woke again about 7:00, napped till about 7:45. Got up & fed Sam, washed & dressed. Opened his door, had breakfast. Finished getting ready, got stuff ready to go. Took papers in after Bible Study, got catfood & putty. Shopped at new store next to C to C. Went to P.W. Drug & mailed pkg. (4.00), came back home to get groc. list. Went to Bank, then met Linda & we went to Acapulco. I bought her lunch for her B’Day. Looked around at little mall where Falks used to be. Got tickets at Alb., groc. at Paul’s. Home at 3:45, clouded over & windy. Put away groc., watched VCR. Got in mail & paper, got supper. Nancy & Cindy brought me a yellow rose, really pretty! Did dishes, read paper & watched TV. Watched VCR. To bed at 1:00.

Geo. Hennard killed 23 people in Luby Caf. in Texas. Thursday, October 17, 1991: Woke at 6:15, fed Sam. Went back to sleep till 7:45, got up & opened Sam’s door. Dressed, had breakfast. Worked on Meg’s dress all morning, had lunch at noon. Then sewed again all afternoon. Got a headache so took a nap from about 2:30 till 3:00. Still have it a little tonight. Called Linda & had Meg come over to try on the top this afternoon, looks like it is going to fit O.K. Got in mail & paper, got supper. Watched VCR a while, then watched TV & did dishes. After news watched VCR again. Brushed teeth, cleaned face. To bed at 12:30.

Friday, October 18, 1991: Woke at 6:20, fed Sam. Back to sleep till 8:15, got up & turned up heat. Opened Sam’s door, dressed. Had breakfast, started working on Meg’s dress. Stopped about 11:15, washed & put up my hair. Had lunch, worked on dress again. Took nap, coming along pretty well on dress. Had headache yesterday & today, finally took a Sineaid & it helped. About 5:00 went out & planted 7 Spruce trees, 3 more to plant. Got in mail & paper, got supper. Did dishes, read paper & watched TV. After News watched rest of “Jackie,” napped a little. Brushed teeth. To bed at 1:45.

Saturday, October 19, 1991: Woke about 6:45, fed Sam & turned up heat. Went back to bed, woke again at 8:30. Got up & tried to call Linda, no answer. Got dressed, Nancy called so I asked her & she said they went to McCall. Meg overnite at church, surprise farewell party for Molly. Had breakfast, talked to Paula. Watered trees I planted yesterday, worked on Meg’s dress. Finally talked to her & she came over to try it on, fits her real good. Had lunch, worked on Meg’s dress again. Stopped at 4:00 & soaked my feet, watched Hee Haw. Went out & planted rest of Spruce trees (3), watered them. Got supper, did dishes & ran dishwasher. Worked on dress again. Watched VCR, headache again. Sewed bodice & skirt together. Have to fit it for hem, hand sew one cuff, sew caps in sleeves, tack pockets, make & sew on buttons, make button holes, put in hem. Brushed teeth. To bed at 12:45.

Glasses breaking again on other side. Sunday, October 20, 1991: Woke at 6:00, fed Sam & went back to sleep. Woke again about 8:00, got up & turned up heat. Opened Sam’s door, had breakfast. Took shower, dressed & got ready for church. Left about 10:00, took Ernie back to church. Nice sermon today, “Quest for God’s Love.” Had Congregational meeting after coffee hour, didn’t get home till about 1:30. Came by the house but Carla wasn’t here so went over to cemetery & left art. flowers, brought home planters. Carla here when I got home, changed clothes. Sewed cuff on Meg’s dress, she came to try it on, really fits her good. Started getting supper after she left, ate about 5:00. Carla left at 6:00, I brought in paper. Emptied dishwasher, watched TV. Did dishes, sewed a little more. Watched VCR. Brushed teeth. To bed at 12:35.

Monday, October 21, 1991: Woke at 6:00, back to sleep. Woke again at 8:30, got up & fed Sam. Ear piece broke off my glasses, so called Linda to get my old ones, got dressed. Opened Sam’s door, had breakfast. Called Dr. Chen’s office, took glasses down to be fixed. Worked on Meg’s dress when I got home, all done except pressing & buttons. Had lunch, covered rest of buttons. Took nap, at 4:00 went down & got glasses. Got salad at Alb. on way home, supper tomorrow nite. (Got gas this morning). Got in geraniums, cut snapdragons. Picked tomatoes, took glasses over to Linda on way home. Got in mail & paper, got supper. Did dishes, Judy called. Talked to Nancy & Linda. Read paper, watched TV. Brushed teeth. To bed at 12:50. Jesse “Jon” Turner freed today! Held hostage for over 1700 days.

Tuesday, October 22, 1991: Woke about 6:00, fed Sam & turned up heat. Back to bed, read & dozed. Got up at 8:00, dressed. Had breakfast, opened Sam’s door. He doesn’t stay out much now that it’s colder. Cut buttonholes & sewed buttons on Meg’s dress, all done now except pressing. Nancy called about Fed. Express but they still hadn’t come, finally did at 11:15. Nancy came about 12:15, signed paper & got it ready to go back. I made her a sandwich & she ate. Fed. Exp. came back for letter at 1:00. I had lunch & then finished dress. Cleaned off dining table & put stuff away, started watering violets. Took nap, ate salad for supper. Washed & dressed, got ready to go to Cindy’s concert. It was real good. Home about 9:00, went in & watched VCR. Got deposit ready, paid bills. Wrote to Matt, got ready for bed. Worked on Bible study in P.M. To bed at 1:50.

Wednesday, October 23, 1991: Woke at 5:45, back to sleep till alarm rang at 8:00. Got up, turned up heat & fed Sam. Washed & dressed, opened his door. Had breakfast, finished getting ready. Made up lists, etc., mailed Matt’s letter. Was first one at Bible Study today, kind of late getting out. Stopped at Dr. Benedick’s & paid bill, went out to K-Mart & got some Xmas shopping done. Came back & went to M&W, then to P.W. Drug, to Bank, to Paul’s for groc. Got home about 3:00, unloaded car. Put away groc., etc., went out & put away stuff in shelves – also underneath them. Hung up blue tarp, got in mail & paper. Got supper, went to choir practice w/kids. Watched TV & read paper when I got home, then watched DoL on VCR. To bed at 12:45.

Thursday, October 24, 1991: Woke at 6:45, fed Sam. Back to sleep till 8:00, got up & turned up heat. Dressed, opened Sam’s door. Had breakfast, finished watering flowers. Jim Gantz came to turn off irrig. system, watched him blow out lines. After he left went down & pressed Meg’s dress, Helen Frailey came so went thru’ Avon books. Washed load of dark col. clothes, had lunch. Dried clothes, took nap. Meg came w/a girl friend & got her dress, I got load of lt. colored clothes ready to wash. Went out & moved stool, table & chairs under tarp. Got washed & changed clothes, got ready to go to Meg’s concert. Had supper, got in mail & paper. Kids came soon after 7:00, concert was real good. Got home at 9:00, watched VCR, news, then VCR again. Got in white mums this afternoon, also did dishes. To bed at 1:45.

Friday, October 25, 1991: Woke at 6:45, went back to bed. Read a while, got up at 8:15. Fed Sam, turned up heat. Opened Sam’s door, had breakfast. Took shower, washed & put up hair. Finished packing suitcases, washed load of colored clothes. Dried hair, had lunch. Dried clothes, talked to Linda. Carla called, started to get ready. Almost all ready to leave, Nancy called & said she didn’t think we should go, talking of closing the freeway over the Blues. I called Linda & told her, then Paula called so I told her. Nancy asked if I’d like to have KFC for supper so went over. Watched VCR before I left. After supper we played cards a little while, when I came home was raining again. Cindy walked me home. Watched VCR again, also TV. Forgot I did dishes in afternoon, ran dishwasher. To bed at 12:35.

Saturday, October 26, 1991: Woke about 6:35, went back to sleep. Woke again at 8:50, cloudy & really raining. Got up, turned up heat. Fed Sam, talked to Linda. She asked if I wanted to go to spaghetti dinner tonight, she called to ask if it would be allright. They said Nancy & Cindy should come, too, but they didn’t. I tried to call Carla, finally left a message. Also, tried to call Nelsons – Velda, Marie & Gene’s – but no answer. Had breakfast about 11:00, soaked my feet & watched Hee Haw. Afterwards cut my toenails, looked at old mail. Carla called me, said she’d be over a little while tomorrow. About 3:00 started to get ready for dinner, left about 4:45 & watched Laura bowl a while. Dinner at 5:30, it was good & enjoyed Rev. Lang’s talk & video. Got home about 8:50, made sandwiches for tomorrow – Linda making salad. Watched TV, also VCR. Read paper, turned back most of clocks. To bed at 12:20 – MST.

Sunday, October 27, 1991: Woke at 6:40, turned up heat. Went back to sleep, woke again at 7:40. Got up at 7:45, fed Sam. Washed & dressed, had breakfast. Opened Sam’s door, finished getting ready. Called Carla, also Nancy. Left early because of choir, took sandwiches to kitchen, Rev. Lang an interesting speaker, he’s really well travelled. Went to luncheon but left about 12:45, Carla came about 2:00. We talked a while, then went to Olga’s & had miner’s stew. Carla left when we got home (5:00). About 5:30 Velda called & said Denny had died last night, had brain injury so would not have been right. It is so sad. They donated his organs she said, a 41 yr. old man has his heart. That must be a hard thing to do but very thoughtful. I called the girls & told them, also Mary & Ralph. Watched TV & VCR, read paper. To bed at 12:30.

Monday, October 28, 1991: Woke at 6:30, fed Sam. Went back to bed, slept till 7:40. Got up & turned up heat, dressed. Opened Sam’s door, had breakfast. Emptied dishwasher, did misc. jobs. Started working on Bible lesson, turned on fireplace in fam. room. Had lunch, finished lesson. Oh, yes, wrote letter to Mike & mailed his card in morning. Took hems out of white towel, got sleepy so took nap. Went out & put away rest of chairs, etc., on patio. Undid hoses, about froze my hands. Got in mail & paper, nothing in it about Denny. Warmed my hands, then went out & picked off all tomatoes. Got supper, did dishes. Judy called, I called Carla. She said there was an obit in their paper, funeral at 11:00 Wed. Called Mary but don’t know if they’ll go, Ralph’s not too good. Read paper, watched TV. To bed at 1:00.

Snowing this morning! Tuesday, October 29, 1991: Woke about 6:20, fed Sam & went back to bed. Woke again at 7:30, got up about 8:15 & turned up heat. Fed Sam again, dressed. Opened his door, had ^Ultra-Slim breakfast. Ordered hip pouch for Cindy, took out garbage & mailed letter. Dusted & vacuumed living room, vacuumed kitchen. Had Ultra Slim Shake again for lunch. Washed load of rugs, dried them. Put back down in kitchen. Quit snowing by noon, worked on sack of papers & watched TV. Fixed carrots, potatoes, celery & onion for soup, finished it up. Cleaned spot on dining room rug. Got in mail & paper, brought garbage can back. Cut white & pink mums, then had supper. Did dishes, planted baby tears in white planter. Read paper, watched TV. Brushed teeth. To bed at 1:10. Talked to Linda, Nancy, Carla & Mary.

Wednesday, October 30, 1991: Woke at 6:20, fed Sam & turned up heat a little. Went back to bed & slept till 7:45, got up & opened Sam’s door. Had breakfast, washed & dressed. Ralph called about 9:00 & then they came up about 10:00, Carla came soon after & we left for Payette. The church is changed from what it used to be, had no trouble finding it & was really full. Had a beautiful service, lasted about an hour. Saw Bill & Jan, Gene, Velda, Marie & Norma, just like seeing part of our family. We didn’t stay to eat as Carla needed to get back, home about 1:30. I changed clothes & went downtown, had sandwich at Wendy’s & got groc. Took soup over to Linda when I got home, put away groc. Got supper, went to choir practice. Watched VCR when I got home, worked on X-words. Brushed teeth. To bed at 2:00.

HALLOWEEN. Thursday, October 31, 1991: Woke about 7:00, fed Sam. Couldn’t go back to sleep so I got up & watched VCR a while, opened Sam’s door. Got out & put up Halloween decorations, had breakfast. Cleaned off bed, changed sheets & put on el. blanket. Aired pillows & wool pad, made chili for supper. Had bowl of soup, transplanted ficus into larger pot. Vacuumed up mess on floor, took nap. Tried to call Linda but no answer, went thru’ some old papers & put them away. Went out & put up hoses so they would drain, “Trick or treater” came so I had to come in. Got in mail & paper, had bowl of chili. Read paper & watched little TV while I answered door. Judy called & I had a couple more kids about 8:45. Had more chili, did dishes. Watched TV, read paper, then VCR. Brushed teeth, cleaned face. To bed at 1:00.

September 1991

Sunday, September 1, 1991: Had alarm set for 8:00, got up a little before. Fed Sam, opened his door. Took shower, dressed. Watered flowers on patio, locked doors & windows. Had breakfast, fixed Sam a bed on washer & put food & water in utility. Shut dining room door, got food & bags ready. Linda & Ted came about 11:15 & we left, had lunch at MacD. in Baker. Had a good trip except got a ticket for speeding just shortly before we got to Walla Walla, poor Ted. Had quite a time but finally found the Motel. Had to wait a while to meet Mike, then he took us around the campus. It’s very pretty, so many big trees. Took a couple of pix but getting dark & camera wouldn’t work. Finally went to supper at Burger King, then took Mike back. Watched TV, then to bed 11:15 (P.D.T.). Brushed teeth.

Monday, September 2, 1991: Woke during night, back to sleep. Woke again about 6:40, dozed a little. Got up at 7:00, washed & dressed. Got our things together & packed bags, took them to the car. Linda & Nancy turned in keys, we drove down to Mike’s dorm. He had a meeting till 9:15 so we walked around the campus & took more pix, camera working O.K. now. After Mike got done we went to breakfast, then took him to his dorm & said goodbye. Got gas, left for home (10:40 P.D.T.). Had good trip home, stopped at MacD. in Baker for lunch. Got home about 4:40 (M.D.T.), called Carla to let her know. Read paper, watched TV. Had supper about 6:30, more TV & finished paper. Judy called. Brushed teeth. To bed at 12:15.

Tuesday, September 3, 1991: Woke at 7:35, got up & dressed. Fed Sam, opened his door. Pretty cool this A.M. Had breakfast, got ready & went for my walk about 9:30. Kind of tired, 11 when I got back. Went out & trimmed off tops of dead plum tree, put rest out in back. Started trimming raspberries, threw clippings out in yard. Came in & had lunch, was sleepy so took nap. Read papers, watched TV, etc. Talked to Linda, meeting for lunch tomorrow. Asked her about Bible Study so read 1st chapter of John. Watered shrub in front, also E. end of flower bed. Cut up clippings from raspberries, put in garbage can. Got in mail & paper, got supper. Emptied dishwasher, did dishes. Read paper, watched TV. Then watched VCR. Made out groc. lists, also deposit. To bed at 1:45. Don’t feel very good.

Wednesday, September 4, 1991: Didn’t sleep well last night, woke about 3:00 & really was sick. Woke about 3 more times & threw up. Last time about 7:00, called Linda & told her I couldn’t meet her for lunch. Fed Sam & opened his door, went back to bed & slept till 9:30. Went in & watched VCR, then Wheel & Conc. Watched VCR again, napped some, too. Watched Soaps & slept finally had some tea & crax. Later on had broth & crax, then tea & toast. Called dentists & rescheduled appt. for next Thurs. Linda called several times, Matt didn’t feel very good either. Hope he’s better by Sat. Went out & got mail & paper. Read mail & paper, watched TV & VCR. Brushed teeth. To bed at 12:15.

Soviet Union ended. Thursday, September 5, 1991: Slept till 7:30 this A.M., then went back to bed & slept till 8:30. Got up & fed Sam, opened his door. Dressed, had breakfast. Still feeling light headed & dizzy so watched VCR again. Had lunch, got in some papers from garage & sorted through them while I watched TV. Linda & Meg brought my milk over, I got in mail & paper. Really had some sharp stomach cramps this afternoon, lots of gas. Had supper, did dishes. Read paper, watched TV. Watched VCR again, Judy never did call tonight. Brushed teeth. To bed at 12:30.

Friday, September 6, 1991: Woke about 7:00, fed Sam. Went back to bed, read till about 8:30. Got up & opened Sam’s door, dressed. Washed & put up my hair, watched VCR a little. Had breakfast, sorted more papers. Watched VCR again, took shower & got ready to go downtown. Had lunch, Harvey Black called me about Spider Spray! I told him no! Went downtown about 3:00, went to Bank, P.W. Drug & Paul’s for groc. A real madhouse down there. Went by Linda’s & gave Matt his card & money, also his shirt. When I got home put away groc., got supper. Took Target ad to Michelle. Did dishes, read paper & watched TV. Judy called, I watched VCR a while & napped. Read TV Guide & worked X-word, to bed at 2:30.

Saturday, September 7, 1991: Woke about 6:15, fed Sam & went back to bed. Slept till 8:20, got up & opened Sam’s door. Washed & dressed, had breakfast. Got ready to go to Boise, talked to Linda. Watered planters in front, also sunflower by mailbox. Watered flowers on patio, also primroses. Came in & closed up house, waited for kids to come & rested. I get so tired. Left about 11:40. Got Matt checked in, went up & they soon started loading – he flew Delta – to Salt Lake, Cincinnatti [sic] & Lexington. After his plane left we went to Arby’s for lunch, then to Christian Art & Book Supply. Linda got some S.S. supplies. Got home at 4:00, turned water on shrub in front. Watched Hee Haw, then VCR. Slept a little, got supper. Did dishes, watched TV. Judy called & then Linda – Matt arr. O.K. Watched VCR again. To bed at 12:50.

Sunday, September 8, 1991: Woke about 6:00, fed Sam & went back to bed. Slept till 7:45, got up & opened Sam’s door. Pretty chilly so he didn’t stay out long. I washed & dressed. Had breakfast, finished getting ready. Had a baptism & Rally Day at church today, also grandparents Day. Got my study sheets for Bible class from Pastor, went down & had cake & coffee. Got home about 12:30, changed clothes. Read paper, watched painting. Got sleepy so took short nap, called Helen. Carla came just as we finished talking. We visited quite a while, decided to eat out so went down to Olgas &  had chicken & noodles. Carla left soon after we got home, about 5:45. I finished reading paper, watched TV. Paula called, watched VCR. To bed at 12:20.

Monday, September 9, 1991: Woke at 5:50, fed Sam. Back to bed but couldn’t sleep, read & dozed a little. Then slept till about 8:00, got up & opened Sam’s door. Dressed, had breakfast. Discovered Ch. 7 quit “Wheel of Fortune” & “Concentration,” Boy, am I mad! Put water on N.W. corner shrub, went for my walk. When I got back changed sprinkler, dug out dandelions on S. side of walk. Talked to Linda before she went to work this A.M., went out & trimmed rest of berries ^{.had lunch.} N. of garage. Raked clippings up on patio, dug dandelions in back yard, also a few crab grass plants. Watered flower bed S. of house, forgot it tonight so hope I don’t have water in basement. Worked on Bible Study all afternoon, watched Soaps. Got in mail & paper, got supper. Did dishes, ran dishwasher. Sliced ham, read paper & watched TV. Got sleepy & dozed a little, Judy called. Brushed teeth, to bed at 12:50.

Tuesday, September 10, 1991: Woke about 6:00, fed Sam & went back to bed. Read a little & went to sleep, woke about 8:10 & tel. rang. It was Roy calling, Dorothy O. was having a party for Aunt Esther for her 90^th B’day on Sat. (Sept. 15 is her B’day). We talked a while. I got up & opened Sam’s door, dressed. Oh, yes was raining early when I woke. Had breakfast, looked for card for Aunt Esther. Wrote her a letter, then mailed it. Put out garbage pails, started to work on Bible Study, had lunch. Stayed cloudy nearly all day, rained again this eve. Talked to Linda, got in mail & paper & brought garbage cans back. Got supper, emptied dishwasher & did dishes. Read paper, watched TV. Watched VCR. Paid P.W. Bill, brushed teeth. To bed at 12:45.

Wednesday, September 11, 1991: Woke at 6:30, back to sleep till 7:45. Got up & fed Sam, opened his door but he didn’t stay out very long. Washed & dressed, had breakfast. Finished getting ready to go to Bible study, left about 9:45. Got there pretty early, quite a few there today. Over about 11:30, stopped at M&W. Got groc. at Paul’s, paid water bill, paid PW bill, met Linda at San. Shop on Main (Donna’s) for lunch. She had to work at Dist. Office in P.M. so kind of had to hurry. Stopped at Alb. for milk on way home, also at cemetery & got mums. Home about 2:00, unloaded car & put away groc. Took little nap, watered & fertilized violets & other flowers. Got in mail & paper, got supper. Did dishes, read paper & watched TV. Think I broke corner of my tooth while I was eating supper. So good thing I’m getting it pulled tomorrow. To bed at 12:30.

Thursday, September 12, 1991: Woke about 5:30, fed Sam. Went back to sleep, woke again at 7:40. Got up & opened Sam’s door, took shower. When I brushed my teeth broken piece of tooth fell out, tasted medicine all night but never did hurt. Had breakfast, finished getting ready. Left about 10:15, got over there pretty early. Dr. froze my jaw, tooth came out very easy. I could hardly believe it was out, was so quick. I came right home, afraid it might start to hurt. Had lunch, then watched VCR & TV. Sat in recliner, slept some, too. Called Linda about 5:00, got in mail & paper. Got supper, Went back in & watched TV & VCR. To bed at 12:45. Jaw still not hurting.

Friday, September 13, 1991: Woke at 2:30, back to sleep, again at 5:20 & at 7:40. Got up & fed Sam, dressed & opened his door. Had breakfast, looked at paper. Washed & put up my hair, watched VCR a while. Rinsed dishes, planted geranium, petunia & finished watering violets. Carla called, going over there for supper tomorrow. Watched TV, then watched VCR again. Had lunch about 2:00. Got in mail & paper, got supper. Rinsed dishes, read paper & watched TV. Then watched VCR again. To bed at 12:45. Getting windy outside.

Wind still blowing today. Cooler. Saturday, September 14, 1991: Woke at 5:20, back to sleep. Woke again at 7:40, got up & fed Sam. Opened his door, washed & dressed. Called Linda, then Nancy. Had breakfast, baked 2 peach pies. Started to clean living room, found Hoover just needed a new bag – nothing wrong w/it. Thank goodness! Cindy came to mow so I moved car out, went out & cut up rest of clippings on patio & swept up leaves, etc. Nancy over a little bit, too. Had a little lunch, finished vacuuming livingroom, did kitchen. Changed clothes & got ready to go to Carlas, set VCR. Took her a pie, walked all around their place & it really looks nice. Had ham & lentils for supper, real good. Helped clear up, left for home about 7:30. Had to face the sun & was really hard to see, called Carla & Linda when I got home. Watched Miss America pageant & looked at mail, afterwards Linda & Meg came for [ns ps.?] & pie. To bed at 12:25.

Sunday, September 15, 1991: Woke early & fed Sam, went back to sleep. Woke again at 7:45, got up & opened Sam’s door. Washed & dressed, had breakfast. Finished getting ready, left about 10:00. Had kind of long service today, also communion. Stopped at M&W on way home, also Paul’s for milk. Got gas, got home at 1:30 – just missed Bob Ross. Changed clothes, Paula called. Cindy came over & also Nancy for a little bit. Put groc. away after they left, ate little lunch. Sorted clothes & washed load of good colored, went in & watched VCR. Cindy came to wash car so I backed it out, got her a bucket, soap & chamois. The car wash brush seems to work real well. Watched more VCR after she left, then had supper. Watched TV & did dishes, ran dishwasher. Read paper & watched TV. Then VCR again. Brushed teeth. To bed at 1:00. Tried to call Helen in P.M. but no answer.

Monday, September 16, 1991: Woke at 6:30, read but didn’t go back to sleep. Got up about 8:30, fed Sam & opened his door. Dressed, had breakfast. Put water on flower bed, went for my walk. On my way home saw Nancy’s flower still laying there so dug holes and put them back in the ground, took the hose & watered them good. Can’t imagine who is pulling them up! Forgot the water & let it run in the same place a long time; didn’t run in basement tho’. Went out & trimmed raspberries till noon. Came in & watched news, then soaps. Had lunch, wrote to Helen & paid gas bill. Mailed letters, took nice nap. Dried rest of clothes, hung up & put all away. Went out & trimmed rest of berries, picked up clippings. Got in mail & paper, got supper. Emptied dishwasher, did dishes. Read paper, watched TV. Then watched VCR & napped. Brushed teeth. To bed at 1:20.

Tuesday, September 17, 1991: Woke at 6:00, back to sleep till 8:00. Got up & fed Sam, dressed. Opened Sam’s door, had breakfast. Started to work on Bible lesson, read summary of last week’s lesson. Read John 2, then did worksheet. Finished about 12:30, called Linda to see if she wanted to walk with me but no answer. Tried again later but no answer, went alone & met up w/Roblyers so walked with her. Had a nice visit. Put water on flower bed when I got home, had lunch. Looked for wedding invitation, watched VCR. Got in mail & paper, got supper. Did dishes, read paper & watched TV. Later watched VCR, News, then VCR again. Cleaned face, brushed teeth. To bed at 12:35.

Wednesday, September 18, 1991: Woke at 6:30, back to sleep till 8:00. Got up & fed Sam, opened his door. Washed & dressed, had breakfast. Finished getting ready, got stuff together. Left about 10 till 10, was a little late today. When I got out of Bible study, went to Bank, then to P.W. Drug. Stopped at King’s, then went to Gem In & Out for lunch w/Linda. From there went to Paul’s for groc., then home. Unloaded car & put away groc., etc., called Linda about Meg’s Pop Tarts. Went in to watch VCR, Meg & Cindy came so I gave her the blouses – tho’t they might fit one or the other of them. Got supper, did dishes. Read paper, watched TV. Watched VCR & napped a little. Fixed, washed & sugared berries. Brushed teeth. To bed at 1:25.

Thursday, September 19, 1991: Woke at 6:00, back to sleep. Woke again at 7:50, got up & fed Sam. Opened his door, had breakfast. Washed & dressed, finished getting ready. Left for dentist about 10:50, just waited a few minutes before he saw me. Just in a few minutes – he looked at it & said it was doing fine & that was it. Stopped at Ernsts on way home, got home about 12:30. Trimmed rose by garage, had lunch & watched Soaps. Read old papers, got sleepy so took nap. Tried to call Linda but never could get her. Got in mail & paper, at 5:30 went out & trimmed raspberries & flowering quince, also rose bush. Cut up & picked up clippings. Got supper, watched VCR a while. Did dishes, watched TV & read paper. Watched VCR again. To bed at 12:35.

Friday, September 20, 1991: Woke at 2:30 & 7:40, read a while but didn’t go back to sleep. Got up about 8:30, fed Sam & opened his door. Dressed, had breakfast. Washed panels on garage door, went for my walk. When I got back put decals on garage door, planted pansies in bowl in front. Watered planter on stump, washed & put up my hair. Had lunch, read rest of papers. Looked at old mail, went through papers looking for Kim’s invitation. Got sleepy so took a nap, got in mail & paper. Went out & cut up rose clippings, trimmed bridal wreath some more & cut off iris. Still more to do. Came in & got supper, did dishes & ran dishwasher. Looked at mail, worked on papers again, also bank statement. Watched TV, recorded Michael Landon. Watched VCR, brushed teeth & cleaned face. Wound clock. To bed at 1:10.

Saturday, September 21, 1991: Woke about 2:15, back to sleep. Again at 7:40, worked X-words. Got up about 8:20, fed Sam & opened his door. Dressed, talked to Linda & also Helen. Guess I’m going to Boise Mon. & Tues. Planted rose that rooted, also begonias. Transplanted art. plants, etc., to bedroom planters, cleaned chicken. Linda, Martin & I went for our walk. When I got back Carla was here. We visited some, then I cut her hair. Paula called, Carla & I had some lunch. She left for home about 4:30 because of Dom, has an abscessed mouth. I finished reconciling checkbook, watched Hee Haw. Got supper, emptied dishwasher & did dishes. Read last night’s paper & watched TV. Brushed my teeth. To bed at 12:30.

Sunday, September 22, 1991: Woke about 2:30, back to sleep. Again about 4:30 and then at 6:15, tried to go back to sleep but opened my eyes & there was a spider looking me in the face so – no more sleep for me. Got up & fed Sam, opened his door. Turned up heat, had breakfast. Took shower, got ready for church. Nancy & Cindy didn’t go today as Bill is here. Got home from church about 12:30, changed clothes & had lunch. Watched Painting & worked on Bible Study, (all afternoon), watered African violets. Brought in plants from patio in late afternoon, don’t know where to put them all. Put chicken on rotisserie about 4:30, fixed rest of supper. Did dishes, cleaned shelf from small oven. Read paper, watched TV. After news watched VCR a little. Packed clothes, To bed at 1:25. Forgot to soak my feet.

[this entry also written on a torn envelope; Grandma must have written it there first and then transcribed it into her diary later] To Helen’s. Monday, September 23, 1991: Woke at 7:00, read a little. Fell asleep about 7:30, didn’t wake up till 8:30. Got up & fed Sam, turned up heat. Opened his door, washed & dressed. Had breakfast, finished getting ready. Took out garbage, hauled to front. Set VCR, flipped switch on stove & dryer. Got stuff together & left for Boise. Didn’t have any trouble getting thru’ construction, got a little lost when I got on E. Jeff. [written out as E. Jefferson on envelope] but found Helens O.K. We visited a while & then went to “The Mason Jar” for lunch, Eleanor Rodwell went with us – she’s very nice. The Harper House was next door so we went there next – lots of dolls, antiques, etc. Spent quite a lot of time [“looking around” added on envelope] there – lots of stuff like I have at home. Came back to Helen’s & took Eleanor home. Helen fixed supper & I rested my feet – also slept some. [Ext.?] [remainder of this entry only written on envelope, not in diary:] After we had supper we went to Kathryn Albertson walking park, beautiful sunset on one side & full moon coming up on the other. Saw lots of birds, it’s a neat place. Came back home & watched the news. Got ready for bed about 11:30, now 12:20.]

transcept [sic] 🕆Tuesday, September 24, 1991: Woke about 7:00, back to sleep.Woke again at 7:50, got up & washed. Dressed, made bed. Went out & we had breakfast, finished getting ready. Left & drove down to Veteran’s Hosp., saw some  of the old bldgs. – barracks & officer’s homes. From there to “Cathedral of the Rockies,” it is a beautiful church. Took us on a tour of the bldg., explained the beautiful stained glass windows. After that down to the Convention Ctr. & The Grove, parked in parking garage. After some searching & tel. calls found Daddy’s brick in the Grove, Row 101N on the N. side of fountain, the 11^th brick from end. From there went back to Helen’s, rested & had lunch. In afternoon went to fish aquarium & wildlife sanctuary, it was neat but we got hot & tired. Drove up to Botanical Gardens & Bishops House but didn’t go in. Back to Helen’s & rested a little, then left for home. Got here about 5:30, called Linda & then Cindy stopped by. Had TV dinner for supper, did dishes. Read paper, watched TV. Then DoL & AW on VCR. To bed at 12:35.

Wednesday, September 25, 1991: Woke about 2:30, 6:00 & 7:40, alarm rang at 8:00. Got up & fed Sam, washed & dressed, opened his door. Turned up heat a little, had breakfast. Finished getting ready, left about 9:50 for Bible Study. Got out at 11:00, went to courthouse to reserve license plate NO. Then to Paul’s for groc., got home little before 1:00. Had lunch, put away groc. Watched TV, took nap. Watered part of flowers, talked to Linda. I watched VCR a little, Cindy came over & mowed the lawn. I got in mail & paper, got supper. Did dishes, ran dishwasher. Cleaned chicken, read paper & watched TV. Then watched VCR. Brushed teeth. To bed at 1:00.

Thursday, September 26, 1991: Woke at 6:00, back to sleep. Woke again at 7:50, got up about 8:00 & fed Sam. Dressed, opened his door. Had breakfast, went for my walk. When I got home stabbed dandelions from front yard, got stool out & took down shades from front entrance. Washed down dirt & cobwebs from house, really was dirty. Started to move shelves from behind house. Pretty tired so came in & had lunch, used Foot Fixer on feet. Took nap, read old papers. Tried to move shelves some more & they fell over, couldn’t get them back up alone so will have to have help. Got in mail & paper, got supper. Emptied dishwasher, did dishes. Cooked chicken, read papers & watched TV. Then watched VCR. Brushed teeth, cleaned face. To bed at 1:12. Clipped nails on R. foot today.

Friday, September 27, 1991: Woke several times, back to sleep. Woke about 7:00, read a little. Got up about 8:00, fed Sam. Dressed, opened his door. Had breakfast, went for my walk. Rested & watched VCR when I got back, then washed & put up hair. Had lunch, got sleepy so took a long nap. Finished watering flowers, watered planters on patio. Tried to do something w/shelves but too heavy so covered them w/tarp, looked like rain. Trimmed rest of spirea, worked on iris bed. Got in mail & paper, got supper. Did dishes, read paper & watched TV. Watched VCR again. Cleaned face, brushed teeth. To bed at 1:00.

Quit raining about noon. Saturday, September 28, 1991: Woke about 6:00, fed Sam – raining! Back to bed but couldn’t sleep so read, finally fell asleep a while. Woke at 8:20, got up & dressed. Talked to Linda, opened Sam’s door. Had breakfast, finished last nite’s paper. Tried to call Cindy but no answer, went for my walk alone. 2 groups of boys over there but they seemed to be O.K., kind of scary. Rested a while when I got home, watched VCR. Had lunch, then vacuumed kitchen. Cleaned living room & hall, got in mail. Got supper, did dishes & watched TV. Read old TV guides. Watched “Austin City Limits,” talked to Linda again. To bed at 12:05. Can’t find dusting brush for sweeper.

Sunday, September 29, 1991: Woke about 5:15, back to sleep. Woke again at 7:50, got up & fed Sam. Took shower, dressed. Opened Sam’s door. Had breakfast, finished getting ready. Left for church about 10:05, kids had part in service today. Went down for coffee afterwards, stopped at P.W. Drug for med. on way home. Got groc. at Paul’s, home at 12:50. Paula came w/dogs soon after, Sam stayed in his nest in fam. room. I changed clothes, then made chili. Carla called, not feeling very well so didn’t come over. About 3:30 we left & went out to Sunny Slope, saw the house that Bill & Ruthie are buying. It’s a nice place. Came home & ate supper, Ted & Jim came about 6:30 & then they ate. We watched “Murder,” Paula & Jim went home about 7:30. The rest about 8:00. I watched TV, then VCR. Read paper. Left dishes till tomorrow. To bed at 1:00. Girls helped me set up shelves & move them over by garage.

earring 3.99 [illegible word]
Xmas pin 6.99 & 28.96 [?]
locket 8.99
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Monday, September 30, 1991: Woke at 5:15, back to sleep till 7:50. Got up & fed Sam, dressed. Opened his door, had breakfast. Went out & cleaned up shelves, put all stuff from shelves on table. Cleaned up dead leaves on iris, clipped leaves. Straightened fence, still more to do. Think I should transplant iris that are too close to edge, also need to renail backs on shelves. Washed load of colored clothes, dried them. Hung up & put away part. Had lunch, got sleepy so took a long nap. Finished last night’s paper, man came from Green Scape & did spider spray. Went for my walk about 12:30, kind of warm. Got in mail & paper, took out garbage & hauled to front. Had supper, did dishes & ran dishwasher. Judy called, Cindy came while I was talking. Ordered some things from her. Put wh. clo. to soak, folded some. Watched TV. Then watched VCR a little. Cleaned face, brushed teeth. To bed at 1:40.