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Collection: Glover (Robert E.) Papers Author: Glover, Robert E. (Robert Ellsworth) Title: 1981, copies
Date: 1981
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1981
AT HOME: 1/1-31 1/1-6 MORRIS VISITING
PRESIDENT REAGAN SWORN IN: 1/20 1/14 VWWI MEETING JAN
1/1 MARJORIE AND MOE WERE WITH US TODAY. MARJORIE TOOK MOE TO A SHOW IN THE AFTERNOON AND TO ANOTHER IN THE EVENING. CAROL DID COOKING AND PREPARED MEALS. MARJORIE AND MOE WENT TO THE STORE FOR US AND GOT SOME “ARBIE’S” FOR THE NOON MEAL. I WROTE CHECKS TO PAY A COUPLE OF BILLS. MUST GET STAMPS TOMORROW
1/2 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THREE MEALS, AS A VISITOR, MOE SPENT THE NIGHT WITH US. IN THE MORNING HE TOOK THE RAMBLER AND WENT OUT TO THE “BEATHKIT PLACE” ON WEST 28TH. HE WAS BACK WITH US FOR THE NOON MEAL, THEN TOOK THE RAMBLER TO CINDERELLA CITY. THE GARBAGE MEN CAME TODAY (FRIDAY) AND WE HAD EVERYTHING READY FOR THEM.
1/3 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE NOON MEAL AND SUPPER. MARJORIE AND MORRIS GOT GROCERIES FOR US. CAROL MADE SOME JELLO AND BROUGHT THE TURKEY UP TO DEFROST (CAROL SAYS MORRIS BROUGHT IT U FOR HER) MARJORIE SPENT THE NIGHT WITH US.
1/4 MARJORIE AND MOE WERE WITH US FOR SUNDAY BREAKFAST. CHARLES BROUGHT GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO IN FOR THE NOON MEAL. PREVIOUSLY, MOE AND I WENT TO CAMERON METHODIST CHURCH FOR THE MORNING SERVICE WHICH INCLUDED COMMUNION SERVICE. WE MET REVEREND HAMLYN (MORRIS FRIEND) AND TALKED TO HIM A FEW MINUTES. GINGER LEFT EARLY AND CHARLES, CHASE AND MARGO LEFT ABOUT 2:30 PM. CLEAR, WARM DAY.
1/5 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL PUT OUT THE WASH AND IRONED MOE’S THINGS. SKY OVERCAST DOAY, TEMPERATURE 42[degrees fahrenheit] AT 3:00 PM. HAD GOOD VISIT WITH MOE. MARJORIE STAYED THE NIGHT WITH US.
1/6 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. MARJORIE TOOK MOE TO THE AIRPORT ABOUT 10:30 AM. MOE CALLED FROM HERMITAGE TO SAY HE HAD ARRIVED OK. CAROL TOOK DOWN THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND THE CHRISTMAS CARDS. WE TOOK THEM DOWN TO THE BASEMENT AND PUT THEM AWAY. I MADE A CALL TO SENATOR ANDERSON. HE WILL CALL BACK.
1/7 BEAUTIFUL, CLEAR, WARM DAY, MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. GINGER WAS WITH US FOR THE EVENING MEAL. CAROL WROTE THANK-YOU NOTES, PAID BILLS AND FIXED UP OUR CHECKBOOKS. I DISPOSED OF TRASH, CAROL TOOK ME TO THE PEARL AND JEWELL INTERSECTION AND I GOT A
HAIRCUT. I WROTE LETTERS.
1/8 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. I FINISHED A CHECK OF MY AREA DISCUSSION AND SENT IT BACK. I RETURNED A QUESTIONNAIRE TO THE COLORADO ASCE. I READ OVER A RESEARCH PROPOSAL FRO THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. RUSS DARR CALLED ABOUT SOME PUMP DEPLETION DETAILS (MARJORIE REPORTS A RAISE IN PAY). TRASH MEN CAME TODAY.
1/9 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS (SHE BROUGHT NEWS OF A PAY RAISE). CAROL WROTE LETTERS AND PAID BILLS. I TOOK THEM OVER TO THE MAILBOX. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER RAY WINGER RETIRED TODAY. I DID NOT GO TO THE FEDERAL CENTER BECAUSE OF MY LEG INJURY.
1/10 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL AND I WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. I WROTE LETTERS TO JEAN AND FAMILY AND WENT WITH THEM TO THE MAILBOX IN THE AFTERNOON. WARM, SUNNY DAY. THERE WERE SOME CLOUDS. CAROL BAKED SOME PIES AND MADE US A CABBAGE AND HAM HOCKS STEW. GORGEOUS SUNRISE THIS AM.
1/11 WARM, SUNNY, CLOUDLESS DAY. MARJORIE, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO WERE WITH US FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT ABOUT 2:00 PM. MARJORIE HELPED CAROL PREPARE THE DINNER AND AFTERWARD HELPED WASH THE DISHES. MY HIP WAS MUCH BETTER TODAY.
1981 JAN (CONTINUED)
1/12 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID THE WASH AND CLEANED UP THE WORKSHOP ROOM. I SPENT THE DAY WORKING ON A REVIEW FOR NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. CAROL TYPED UP THE FORM AND I MAILED IT. WARM, SUNNY DAY.
1/13 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL DID THE IRONING AND
STRAIGHTENED OUT HER RECORD BOOK. I WENT DOWN TO THE LAW LIBRARY TO GET COPIES OF TWO ENACTMENT AND TO THE CITY LIBRARY TO CONSULT SOME BOOKS ON CHEMISTRY. I WORKED ON A LETTER IN THE AFTERNOON. CLIFF JENKINS CALLED IN THE EVENING
1/14 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. GINGER WAS WITH US FOR SUPPER. CAROL CLEANED OUT THE BUFFET DRAWERS. CAROL FIXED A CASSEROLE FOR ME AND I WENT TO THE BARRACKS 3149 MEETING. MARJORIE TOOK WASSENNAUER AND ME TO THE VFW HALL. BILL SMITH CALLED. HE WILL SE ME TOMORROW.
1/15 MARJORIE WAS WIT HUS FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL WROTE LETTERS I TOOK THEM TO THE MAILBOX AND MAILED THEM. CAROL AND I PUT TRASH OUT TO GET READY FOR TOMORROW. CAROL AND I CLEANED MY STUDY ROOM, WM SMITH CAME AND WE STRAIGHTENED OUT SOME COMPUTATION DETAILS. MARJORIE WASHED THE SUPPER DISHES. LEFT ABOUT 7:00 PM
1/16 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL WROTE LETTERS. I SHOVELLED SNOW. CAROL AND I GOT TRASH READY FOR THE TRASH HAULERS. MARJORIE GOT GROCERIES FOR US. SUN ONLY CAME OUT FOR A BRIEF PERIOD IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW ALL MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. 1/17 MARJORIE BROUGHT SOME “ARBY’S” FOR THE NOON MEAL. THE SUN CAME OUT TODAY,
ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A THIN OVERCAST. MARJORIE BROUGHT US A NEW “WARDS” CATALOG IN THE AFTERNOON AND SOME GARMENT PURCHASES.
1/18 CAROL AND I WERE HERE ALONE ALL THIS SUNDAY. I WENT TO THE “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR HAMBURGERS. CAROL CLEANED OUT THE DESK IN THE DINING ROOM. JACQUE COCAGNE (NEIGHBOR BOY) FOUND A BROWN CREEPER AND CALLED MY ATTENTION TO IT.
1/19 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL PUT OUT THE WASH. I WENT DOWNTOWN TO THE LAW LIBRARY AND TO THE CITY LIBRARY. CAROL PAID BILLS AND I MAILED THEM.
1/20 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. I WATCHED DTHE INAUGURATION ON TV AND SAW PRESIDENT REAGAN SWORN IN. BEAUTIFUL, CLEAR DAY. CLOUDLESS SKY. 44[degrees fahrenheit] AT 1:00 PM. CAROL IRONED. I WENT TO THE MAILBOX. I STARTED THE EXPERIMENTS TO LEARN TO CONVERT WOOD INTO [ILLEGIBLE] ALCOHOL
1/21 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL DID THE IRONING. BEAUTIFUL, CLEAR DAY. 54[degrees fahrenheit] AT 2:00 PM. I READ AND POSTED. I CLEANED UP MY WORK BENCH AND STRAIGHTENED UP THE MEDICINE CABINET WITH CAROL’S HELP.
1/22 MY BIRTHDAY - BECAME 85 YRS OLD AT 3:00 AM TODAY. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CHARLES AND FAMILY CALLED EARLY TO SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME. CALL CAME FROM DOROTHY. BEAUTIFUL, CLEAR, SUNNY DAY. NO CLOUDS IN THE MORNING, A FEW THIN CLOUDS IN THE AFTERNOON. AT 1:30 PM, LETTER FROM STATE ENGINEER’S OFFICE SETTING DATE FOR CLASS IN GW MOVEMENT. CAROL TOOK ME TO STATE LICENSE RENEWAL OFFICE AND RENEWED MY DRIVER’S LICENSE. (I TOLD THEM THE DOCTOR DOES NOT WISH ME TO DRIVE). CALLED DR FEAD.
1981 JAN (CONCLUDED)
1/23 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. WE GOT A CALL FROM MOE.
BIRTHDAY CARDS CAME FROM KATHY AND BILL BIGELOW AND FROM RUTH. CAROL AND I WENT TO THE DRUG STORE AND GROCERY STORE IN THE MORNING. WE BOUGHT GROCERIES. I NEEDED MY
PRESCRIPTION FILLED, BUT THEY COULD NOT GE A HOLD OF A DOCTOR. CAROL AND I WENT BACK IN THE AFTERNOON TO GET THE PRESCRIPTION. A CALL CAME FROM DR FEAD. I WILL WRITE LETTERS TO DANIELSON ANDERSON.
1/24 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. I WROTE A LETTER TO DANIELSON WITH A COPY TO FEAD. I WENT TO THE MAILBOX TO SEND LETTERS TO “HARLEQUIN” TO MOE AND TO KERRY. I MAILED A CATALOG TOMOE. JEAN CALLED, SHE AND TRACY AND KIRK SANG “HAPPY BIRTHDAY.” WARM, SUNNY, CLOUDLESS DAY. SUNDAY (DAY EARLY) SAYS 63[degrees fahrenheit] AT 2:00 PM (SAT)
1/25 MARJORIE, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO WERE WITH CAROL AND ME FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL. THEY SANG “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” TO ME. CHARLES AND FAMILY BROUGHT A LINK OF SAUSAGE AND 3 TICKETS TO THE WRESTLING MATCH ON FRIDAY, FEB 6. MARJORIE STAYED TO HELP CAROL WITH THE DISHES. SHE LEFT ABOUT 4;00 PM. SUNNY, WARM DAY. 46[degrees fahrenheit] AT 4:00 PM. A FEW CLOUDS IN THE SKY.
1/26 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL DID THE WASH. I WROTE LETTERS TO DANIELSON AND SENATOR ANDERSON. CAROL TYPED THEM AND I MAILED THEM. I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET PHOTO STAT COPIES OF A LETTER TO SEND TO DR FEAD. LIGHT OVERCAST IN THE AM. SUNSHINE TO ABOUT NOON. HEAVIER OVERCAST IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. 40[degrees fahrenheit] AT 3:00 PM. THE SINK STOPPED UP WHEN WE WERE WASHING THE SUPPER DISHES. WE APPLIED THE “PLUMBERS HELPER” BUT NO LUCK.
1/27 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. I CALLED BELL PLUMBING ABOUT 8:15, JOE MARTINEZ CAME AT 9:30 AM, AND LEFT BEFORE 10:24 AM. SINK WORKS FINE. I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET A PHOTOSTAT COPY OF THE LETTER TO ANDERSON. CAROL CLEANED UP THE SINK AND I HELPED HER PUT BACK BOTTLES IN CUPBOARD UNDER THE SINK. LIGHT OVERCAST, SUN SHONE MOST OF DAY.
1/28 MARJORIE WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL IRONED, AND CLEANED CUPBOARD. MRS SADLER (FORMER NEIGHBOR) CAME BY TO SEE US THIS MORNING. LIGHT OVERCAST, SOME SUNSHINE. TEMPERATURE 55[degrees fahrenheit] AT 1:30 PM. GINGER CAME FOR SUPPER. I WORKED ALL DAY PREPARING CLASS NOTES FOR G.W. CLASS TO BE TAUGHT FOR STATE ENGINEER’S OFFICE. MAILED COPY OF THE ANDERSON LETTER TODAY
1/29 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL CLEANED OUT CUPBOARD. I WORKED ON
PREPARATIONS FOR THE FIRST CLASS FOR THE STATE ENGINEER’S OFFICE. WROTE LETTER TO MOE AND MAILED IT
1/30 MARJORIE WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I GOT OUT THE TRASH. AFTERWARD, WE WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. BEAUTIFUL, CLEAR, SUNNY DAY. 42[degrees fahrenheit] AT 3:30 PM. IS FALL GOING TO LAST RIGHT THROUGH UNTIL SPRING?
1/31 CAROL AND I WERE ALONE TODAY (SATURDAY) LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING. SUN CAME OUT BRIEFLY TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. I SWEPT WALKS. LIGHT SNOW AGAIN IN THE EVENING. JACQUE SHOVELLED THE FRONT WALK. I SWEPT THE WALK FROM PORCH TO WALK. I WORKED ON PREPARATIONS FOR GROUNDWATER LECTURES. CAROL GOT A TELEPHONE CALL FROM MARJORIE AT SUPPERTIME. I WENT TO THE MAILBOX TO MAIL LETTERS.
1981 AT HOME: 2/1-28
FLU: 2/14-17 FEB
2/1 CAROL AND I WERE ALONE ALL DAY (SUNDAY). SNOW ON THE WALKS THIS MORNING, JACQUE SHOVELLED THE FRONT WALK AND I CLEARED SNOW FROM THE WALK TO THE HOUSE AND THE BACK WALK TO THE ASHPIT. I PUT SEED IN THE BIRD FEEDER. I WROTE A LETTER TO KIRK. I STUDIED
PROBABILITY CONSIDERATIONS TO GET THE PROBABLE ERROR OF A SINGLE STREAM FLOW MEASUREMENT
2/2 BEAUTIFUL, CLEAR, SUNNY DAY. PAVEMENT MOSTLY CLEAR. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID THE WASH AND CLEANED IN THE SHOP ROOM. CAROL CLEANED THE LANDING NEAR THE BACK DOR WHERE THE PLUMBER TORE THE RUG LOOSE WITH HIS ROTARY MACHINE. THE RUG THERE NEEDS A NEW BACKING. I WENT TO THE MAILBOX TO MAIL A LETTER TO KIRK. I STARTED WORK ON THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE 2ND SESSION.
2/3 BEAUTIFUL, CLOUDLESS, SUNNY DAY. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING, LATER CAROL IRONED. I DID WORK ON PREPARING FOR MY CLASSES AND WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET SOME PHOTOSTAT COPIES. I TOOK A LETTER TO UNITED STATES PURCHASING EXCHANGE OVER TO THE MAILBOX.
2/4 ANOTHER SUNNY DAY, A FEW THIN CLOUDS. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. GINGER WAS WIT US FOR SUPPER, ALSO, CAROL FIXED SOME SLACKS FOR MARJORIE AND SHE AND I PUT A SNAP ON MY YELLOW PAJAMA JACKET. I WENT TO THE BARBERSHOP ON PEARL AND GOT A HAIRCUT FOR $4.50. I TALKED TO SALES ABOUT GETTING A BILL TO ME. HE SEEMED TO BE RUNNING THE PLACE ALONE. I WORKED AL ITTLE ON THE GROUNDWATER CLASS, PREPARATIONS. GINGER SAID CHASE HAD A 3.7 SCHOOL REPORT. THE COMPUTER WRTE “CONGRATULATIONS”
2/5 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL CLEANED OUT THE REFRIGERATOR. SHE GOT CHECKS READY TO PUT IN THE BANK. SUNNY DAY, THIN OVERCAST. I WORKED ON PREPARATIONS FOR MY CLASS
2/6 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS AND STAYED ALL NIGHT TO KEEP CAROL COMPANY WHILE CHARLES, CHASE AND I WENT TO THE WRESTLING MATCHES. CHARLES, CHASE AND I STARTED OUT AT 7:00 PM. WE HAD TROUBLE FINDING A PARKING LOT BUT FINALLY GOT INTO ONE AT LAWRENCE AND SPEER BLVD. WE GOT INTO OUR SEATS ABOUT 7:55. WE SAW FOUR MATCHES AND GOT HOME AT ABOUT 11:00 PM. CAROL WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES AND I WENT NEARBY TO MORGAN’S DRUG AND JENSEN’S HARDWARE FOR SMALL ITEMS. BIRTHDAY PRESENTS: A RATCHET SCREWDRIVER AND SOME LIGHT GLOVES, CAME TODAY.
2/7 MARJORIE ATE BREAKFAST WITH US OVERCAST, WITH LIGHT SNOW MOST OF THE DAY. IT
EVAPORATED AS IT FELL TO LEAVE THE WALKS AND STREETS DRY. PAYMENTS TO AARP AND NARFE SENT IN TODAY. I SPENT 2 HRS ON CLASS PREPARATION.
2/8 MARJORIE, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO WERE WITH US FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL. CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT ABOUT 2:00 PM. MARJORIE LEFT ABOUT 4:00 PM AFTER HELPING CAROL WITH THE DISHES. MARJORIE, CAROL AND I WATCHED SKATING ON TV IN THE AFTERNOON. CHARLES, CHASE AND I WATCHED WRESTLING ON TV IN THE MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY TODAY.
2/9 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SKY OVERCAST TODAY, CAROL DID THE WASH. I WORKED ON PREPARATIONS FOR CLASSES
2/10 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID THE IRONING. I WORKED ON CLSAS PREPARATIONS. SNOW. MRS COCAGNE CLEARED OUR FRONT WALK.
2/11 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL CLEANED OUT A CUPBOARD AND WROTE TO JO. 12[degrees] BELOW ZERO LAST NIGHT. SUNSHINE MOST OF THE DAY. I WORKED ON CLASS PREPARATIONS. NO VWWI MEETING TODAY
1981 FEB (CONTINUED)
2/12 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. BEAUTIFUL, WARM, SUNNY DAY. 52[degrees fahrenheit] AT 4:00 PM. CALLED ROY WINGER ON THE PHONE. CAROL STRAIGHTENED UP SOME MORE CUPBOARDS I COMPLETED THE PREPARATIONS FOR SESSION 4. (THERE WILL BE FIVE SESSIONS)
2/13 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. BEAUTIFUL, CLEAR AND WARM.
2/14 CAROL AND I WERE HERE ALONE ALL DAY (SATURDAY). I HAVE BEEN HAVING A LITTLE THROAT TROUBLE AND SLEPT ALL MORNING. CAROL FINISHED CLEANING OUT THE CUPBOARDS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SINK.
2/16 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID THE WASH. CAROL CHANGED THE BED CLOTHES IN THE BASEMENT AND CLEANED THE SHOP ROOM. I SLEPT NEARLY ALL DAY. MY FLU SEEMS IMPROVED
2/17 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL WENT TO EVELYN’S TO GET HER HAIR FIXED IN THE AM. IN THE AFTERNOON, CAROL DID THE IRONING. I PUT ON MY CLOTHES FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY AND WENT OUT TO FILL MY BIRD FEEDER. BEAUTIFUL, SUNNY, WARM DAY. SLEPT 2 HOURS IN THE MORNING AND 2 HOURS IN THE AFTERNOON.
2/18 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. GINGER WAS WITH US FOR SUPPER. WARM DAY TODAY. CAROL AND I LISTENED TO THE PRESIDENT’S SPEECH ON CHANNEL 4. CAROL FINISHED THE IRONING AND TOOK OUT SOME OF THE TRASH. A PACKAGE CAME FROM MOE TODAY. 2/19 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. AT NOON, SHE BROUGHT WITH HER PILLS SHE PICKED UP FOR ME AT MORGAN’S PHARMACY AT EVANS AND DOWNING. THESE WERE PRESCRIBED BY DR HANNA DURING A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION IN THE MORNING. MARJORIE WENT TO SEE SOME SCHOOL PLAYS IN THE EVENING. (MARGO PLAYED JULIET IN ROMEO AND JULIET). 69[degrees fahrenheit] AT 3:00 PM-FROM DENVER POST-2/20/81
2/20 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL AND I PUT OUT SOME TRASH THIS MORNING A SHARP SHIN HAWK VISITED OUT FRONT PORCH AT ABOUT 9:45 AM. HE DID NOT STOP. CAROL SEEMS TO HAVE PICKED UP MY FLU YESTERDAY. SHE HAD A RESTLESS NIGHT.
2/21 CAROL AND I WERE HERE ALONE ALL DAY. IT SNOWED DURING THE NIGHT, ABOUT 1 ½ TO 2.0 INCHES. MOST OF IT MELTED OFF THE WALKS. I SHOVELLED OFF WHAT WAS LEFT FROM OUR WALK AND THE COCAGNE WALK. MARJORIE CALLED
2/22 CAROL AND I WERE ALONE ALL DAY. CALLS FROM MARJORIE AND GINGER IN THE MORNING. GINGER SAID CHARLES AND CHASE WERE UNDER THE WEATHER SO THEY WOULD NOT TRY TO COME IN TODAY (SUNDAY). BEAUTIFUL, CLEAN, WARM SUNNY DAY. 53[degrees fahrenheit] AT 3:30 PM. FEW HIGH THIN CLOUDS. WINDY. CAROL AND I ARE FEELING MUCH BETTER. I HAVE SOME HORSENESS LEFT 2/23 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID THE WASH. CAROL GOT ME READY AND I WENT TO OLINGER’S MORTUARY AT 2775 S. BROADWAY TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL FOR MRS MERIE (CLARA) BARBOUR. HER SON AND DAUGHTER WERE THERE. MRS BARBOUR WAS 91 YEARS OF AGE. I WENT ON THE BUS AND CATHERINE HORLBUTT BROUGHT ME BACK. CICILLY MELLOR MR AND MRS THOMPSON MARCH. HAROLD HOLT AND PATRICIA ELCHELMAYER WERE THERE. WARM, SUNNY-60[DEGREES FAHRENHEIT] AT 4:00 PM.
1981 FEB (CONCLUDED)
2/24 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS TODAY. MARJORIE HELPED CAROL WITH THE DISHES AT NOON. CAROL IRONED. CAROL WAS NOT FEELING WELL, SO I CALLED DR HANNA IN THE MORNING. HE PHONED A PRESCRIPTION TO MORGAN’S AND MARJORIE PICKED IT UP ON HER WAY HERE AT NOON. CAROL IS FEELING BETTER THIS EVENING. I TOOK MY T.I.-55 COMPUTER OUT TO THE TI PLACE AT 9725 E HAMPDEN TO GET A REPLACEMENT. IT COST ME $17.04. THE OLD MACHINE WOULD DROP OUT OF PROGRAM. WARM, SUNNY DAY. THE DENVER POST SAY 67[degrees fahrenheit] FOR TODAY
2/25 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL FINISHED THE IRONING. I WENT DOWNTOWN IN THE AFTERNOON. SAW THE CLASSROOM IN THE LAW BUILDING. (THEY WILL MOVE IN ANOTHER BLACKBOARD), WENT TO THE LIBRARY TOT AKE A LOOK AT BLACKSTONES “COMMENTATOR” COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING ABOUT OWNERSHIP TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH IN THE MORNING. I TOOK LETTERS OVER TO THE MAILBOX. ONE OF THEM WENT TO MOE ON HIS BIRTHDAY. I PRACTICED ON PROGRAMMING THE TI-55 FOR INTERPOLATION. BEAUTIFUL, CLEAR, SUNNY DAY.
2/26 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL AND I GOT THE TRASH READY FOR THE TRASH HAULERS. CAROL MODIFIED SOME CLOTHES FOR MARJORIE. I MADE A CALL TO HAL SIMPSON TO TELL HIM ABOUT SEEING THE CLASSROOM IN THE LAW BUILDING. I WORKED ON AN EXAMPLE FOR [ILLEGIBLE] IN THE CLASS AND DID READING DURING THE DAY. FEB. 27 DENVER POST SAYS 58[degrees fahrenheit] AT 2:00 PM FOR TODAY.
2/27 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS TODAY. WARM AND SUNNY. CAROL MADE OUT A GROCERY LIST AND MARJORIE BOUGHT THE GROCERIES FOR US. SHE BROUGHT THEM WITH HER AS SHE CAME FOR SUPPER. I WORKED ON AN EXAMPLE FOR THE CLASS AND SPENT HALF THE DAY READING. 2/28 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL GOT THINGS FOR THE SALVATION TOGETHER AND READY TO GO. I TOOK BOXES OUT FOR THE TRASHMEN. I WORKED ON PREPARATIONS FOR MY CLASS. BEAUTIFUL, CLEAR, SUNNY DAY.
1981 AT HOME: 3/1-31
TAUGHT GROUNDWATER CLASS-DOWNTOWN DENVER-3/5, 12, 19, 23 MAR
3/1 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US THIS SUNDAY. CHARLES AND FAMILY DID NOT COME N BECAUSE MARGO HAS THE FLU. CAROL HAS THE FLU ALSO. CAROL AND I CALLED MOE TO WISH HIM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. WE TALKED WITH HIM AND VIRGINIA. I WORKED SOME ON CLASS PREPARATIONS, HEAVY CLOUDS IN THE EAST THIS MORNING. SUN CAME OUT ABOUT NOON AND AGAIN AT 5:00 PM. CALL FROM JENKINS, HE HAS BEEN UP AND AROUND SOME. 55[degrees fahrenheit] AT 2:00 PM. 3/2 CAROL DID THE WASH. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. WENT TO BARBERSHOP ON PEARL STREET, SHOP CLOSED. SAW SALES ABOUT BILL. NO BILL. WENT TO THE ENGINEERING SUPPLIES STORE TO GET MATERIALS PREVIOUSLY ORDERED, NO SUPPLIES. HIGH, THIN
OVERCAST TODAY, BUT SUNLIGHT CAME THROUGH. CALL TO HAL SIMPSON TO GET NAMES, THEY WILL CALL BACK. CAROL CLEANED THE WORKSHOP.
3/3 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING AND IRONED IN THE AFTERNOON. IN THE MORNING, I GOT THINGS TOGETHER TO TAKE TO CLASS. IN THE AFTERNOON, I WENT TO PEARL AND JEWELL TO GET A HAIRCUT. LIGHT RAIN FROM CLOUDY SKIES ALL DAY.
3/4 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US ALL DAY. SNOW LAST NIGHT AND THIS FORENOON. THERE WAS A 2” DEPTH OF WET SNOW IN THE BACKYARD. JACQUE MUST HAVE SHOVELLED A PATH DOWN OUR FRONT WALK. I SHOVELLED THE WALKS FROM THE HOUSE TO THE STREET AND THE BACK WALK OUT TO THE GARAGE, THE SUN BROKE THROUGH ABOUT NOON. I DID SOME WORK ON CLASS PREPARATION. MARJORIE DID NOT GO TO WORK TODAY. I CALLED DR FEAD IN THE AFTERNOON. WE TALKED ABOUT PUBLICATION OF A “LETTER TO THE EDITOR” IT WOULD TAKE AN ENTIRE YEAR, INCLUDING THE SUMMER SESSION TO GET THE MATH NEEDED FOR HANDLING GROUNDWATER PROBLEMS. CAROL FINISHED THE IRONING.
3/5 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL GOT ME READY AND I WENT TO THE LAW
BUILDING TO TEACH CLASS IN THE MOVEMENT OF GROUNDWATER. THERE WERE 30 STUDENTS. THERE WERE 2 HOURS OF TEACHING AND ANOTHER HOUR FOR QUESTIONS. THE PUMPED WELL WAS THE SUBJECT. DRAWDOWNS WERE COMPUTED AND THE DETERMINATION OF AQUIFER PROPERTIES WAS CONSIDERED. SUNNY DAY, BUT A LOT OF SNOW IS LEFT.
3/6 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL GOT THE CHECKS READY TO GO TO THE BANK, MARJORIE TOOK THEM. CAROL MADE OUT A GROCERY LIST AND MARJORIE GOT THEM. CAROL GOT ME READY AND I WENT TO THE FUNERAL FOR ULIS MIZELL. CAROL GOT ME READY AND I WENT TO THE FUNERAL FOR ULIS MIZELL. HE WAS 88 YEARS OLD. MR CLARE CRAWFORD BROUGHT ME BACK IN HIS DIESEL CAR. HE TELLS ME HE HAS A NEW GRANDDAUGHTER. SUN CAME UP IN THE MORNING, BUT THE CLOUDS GREW THICKER. SNOW STARTED IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. I COLLECTED 4 GALLONS OF SNOW WATER FOR CAROL’S IRON. I DID SOME COMPUTING FOR MY CLASS.
3/7 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL CLEANED THE DINING AND LIVINGROOMS. MADE OUT CHECKS FOR NARGE AND AARP. I TOOK THEM OVER AND MAILED THEM AND WENT ON TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” TO GET CAROL A CHEESEBURGER FOR THE NOON MEAL. I WORKED ON CLASS PREPARATIONS. LIGHT SNOW MOST OF THE DAY.
1981 MAR (CONTINUED)
3/8 MARJORIE, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO WERE WITH US FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL. CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT ABOUT 1:30 PM. MARJORIE STAYED TO HELP CAROL WITH THE DISHES. SHE LEFT ABOUT 4:00 PM. CAROL AND I GAVE MARGO A SET OF EARRINGS (CUBIC ZIRCONIUM) AND CHASE
A $20 BILL TO GET THE JEANS HE HAS BEEN WANTING. SUN CAME OUT AT TIMES TODAY, BUT NO SNOW.
3/9 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL DID THE WASH, CLEANED THE WORKSHOP AND RAN A DUST MOP OVER THE FLOOR IN MY ROOM. SHE DID A LITTLE CLEANING ON THE FRONT PORCH. I WORKED ON CLASS PREPARATIONS. SUNNY DAY.
3/10 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING AND IRONED LATER. I WORKED ON PREPARATION FOR MY NEXT CLASS. CAROL WENT TO THE DIME STORE ON HER WAY BACK FROM THE HAIRDRESSER. SHE GOT SOME HAIRNETS, FACE CREAM, ETC. ALSO, SHE BOUGHT THE LOUIS L’AMOUR BOOK “COMSTOCK LODE” CLEAR, WARM DAY. 3/11 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. GINGER CAME BAOUT 5:30 PM AND LEFT ABOUT 6:45 PM TO GO TO A CLASS. CAROL FINISHED THE IRONING AND MENDED ONE OF MY SHIRTS. I MADE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR THE CLASS.
3/12 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE TOOK ME TO THE CENTENNIAL BUILDING AT ABOUT 12:30. I TAUGHT THE GROUNDWATER CLASS FROM 1:00 PM TO 4:00 PM AND RETURNED HOME ON THE BUS. WE DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE MORNING AND CAROL GOT ME READY TO GO TO THE CLASS. CAROL WROTE TO JO AND WROTE A CHECK FOR SOME HARLEQUIN BOOKS. FOG THIS MORNING. SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON
3/13 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. I WENT TO MORGAN’S AND JENSEN’S. WE TRIED TO GET DATA TOGETHER FOR THE INCOME TAX BUT FOUND SOME OF OUR DATA HAD GONE ASTRY. MUST CALL BANKS TO GET COPIES OF RECORDS. CAROL CALLED MOE AND DOROTHY. DOROTHY TOLD CAROL THAT CAROL NELL (HER DAUGHTER) AND HER HUSBAND ARE MOVING TO EL PASO-LITTLE BILLY IS ALREADY THERE. CAROL NELL SEEMS TO HAVE RECOVERED FROM HER CANCER AND HER DIABETES IS UNDER CONTROL. I WORKED A LITTLE ON THE COURSE MATERIAL
3/14 CAROL AND I WERE ALONE ALL DAY. MARJORIE CALLED AND TALKED TO CAROL-WORKED ON PREPARATIONS FOR MY 3RD CLASS
3/15 CAROL AND I WERE HERE ALONE ALL DAY (SUNDAY) CAROL WROTE LETTERS AND I MAILED THEM (TO MOE, JO, AMVETS, EWING MAYS AND WATER BOARD) I WENT TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” TO GET HAMBURGERS. CAROL TALKED WITH MARJORIE AND GINGER ON THE PHONE. (MEXICAN TEENAGER CAME TO THE DOOR LOOKING FOR A 1958 S. LINCOLN?, ABOUT 7:30 PM) CLEAR SUNNY DAY
3/16 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID THE WASH AND CLEANED IN THE SHOP ROOM. CAROL IRONED MARJORIE’S PANTSUIT AND DID SOME MENDING. I MADE COMPUTATIONS FOR USE IN THE CLASS. WARM, SUNNY DAY
3/17 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL IRONED. CAROL AND I WORKED ON OUR INCOME TAX. I WORKED ON CLASS PREPARATIONS. OVERCAST WITH PERIODS OF SUNSHINE.
3/18 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL IRONED. CAROL GOT AN ANNIVERSARY CARD READY TO SEND TO MOE AND VIRGINIA. PARTLY CLOUDY TODAY WITH PERIODS OF SUNSHINE WHEN THE SUNSHINE CAME FROM BEHIND THE CLOUDS. I WORKED ON CLASS PREPARATIONS
1981 MAR (CONCLUDED)
3/19 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL GOT ME READY TO GO DOWN AND MEET MY CLASS. CAROL PAID THE TELEPHONE COMPANY. BILL LOUIS CAME IN THE AFTERNOON. MY CLASS MET IN THE JUDICIAL BUILDING ROOM 210 FROM 10:00 TO 4:00 PM. MR CLARE CRAWFORD CALLED IN THE MORNING.
3/20 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I WENT TO RILEY’S TO GET OUR INCOME TAX DONE. IN THE AFTERNOON, WE WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. RAIN IN THE EVENING 3/21 CLOUDY TODAY. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL MADE FRUIT SALAD AND POTATO SALAD FOR TOMORROW. I WORKED ON CLASS PREPARATIONS. CAROL TALKED TO MARJORIE AND GINGER ON THE PHONE. IT SNOWED ALL DAY.
3/22 MARJORIE, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO WERE WITH US FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL. CAROL SPENT THE FORENOON COOKING. CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT SOMEWHERE AROUND 2:30, MARJORIE LEFT ABOUT 5:00 PM AFTER HELPING CAROL WITH THE DISHES. I WOUND THE CHIMING LCOCK AND MADE SOME COMPUTATIONS FOR USE FOR THE COMING MONDAY CLASS.
3/23 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE TOOK ME DOWN TO THE CENTENNIAL BUILDING TO MEET THE CLASS. CAROL PRESSED MY SUIT. THE CLASS WAS HELD ON RETURN FLOW AND PUMP DEPLETION. I CAME BACK ON THE BUS. CAROL WASHED THE CLOTHES AND CLEANED THE WORKSHOP, CONGRATULATED JERIS DANIELSON HIS STATEMENTS TO THE POST. CAROL TYPED A LETTER TO THE POST FOR ME. SUNNY DAY
3/24 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL. CAROL WENT TO THE
HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING AND IRONED IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. I WORKED ON AN OUTLINE FOR THE LAST SESSION ON APRIL 2.
3/25 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL IRONED. I WORKED ON CLASS PREPARATIONS. JO CALLED TO SAY THEY WERE BACK IN EL PASO, TEXAS.
3/26 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE WASHED THE DISHES FOR CAROL AFTER THE EVENING MEAL. CAROL CLEANED OUT HER STOVE. I WORKED ON CLASS PREPARATIONS
3/27 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. I WORKED ON CLASS PREPARATIONS. PARTLY CLOUDY, WIND IN PM. 3/28 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL CLEANED OUT THE COFFEE MAKER. SNOW ALL DAY. I PAID 2 BOYS $2.00 FOR SHOVELLING MY WALK. MOE CALLED. CAROL TALKED TO HIM. HE WILL BE HERE ON APRIL 2 AND WILL REACH HERE IN THE EVENING. I WORKED ON CLASS PREPARATIONS
3/29 MARJORIE, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO WERE WITH US FOR SUPPER. CHASE AND MARGO WILL STAY THE NIGHT WITH US. SUN CAME OUT. SNOW MELTED. CAROL FIXED MEALS AND CLEANED SNOW FROM FRONT SIDEWALK (SUNDAY)
3/30 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CHASE AND MARGO WERE WITH US UNTIL CHARLES CAME FOR THEM ABOUT 10:30 AM. GINGER AND MARJORIE CALLED TO TELL US THAT PRESIDENT REAGAN HAD BEEN SHOT. THREE OTHERS WHO WERE ALSO WITH HIM WERE ALSO SHOT. I WORKED ON CLASS PREPARATIONS. REPORTS CAME ON TV THAT THE BULLET HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM PRESIDENT REAGAN - DOING WELL.
3/31 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL CLEANED THE BACK AND MIDDLE BEDROOMS TO PREPARE FOR MOE’S VISIT. I WENT TO PEARL STREET FOR A HAIRCUT AND TO ENGLEWOOD FOR
PHOTOSTATS. CAROL IRONED. I WORKED ON CLASS PREPARATIONS. WE GOT A CALL FROM CHRIS HAGLUNG TO TELL US THAT AL’S WIFE HAD A BREAK TUMOR. WE MADE A CALL TO JEAN. (AL HAGLUND WAS BILL’S FRIEND). KERRY CAME OFF 4TH IN FENCING. KIRK DOES NOT PLAN TO GO TO COLLEGE.
1981
AT HOME: 4/1-30 4/2-5 MORRIS VISITED
TAUGHT CLASS: 4/2 (5TH AND LAST) 4/8 VWWI MEETING
4/16 USBR RETIREE LUNCHEON APR
4/1 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. I MADE A CALL TO THE “READER’S FORUM” OF THE DENVER POST. THEY WERE TO CALL BACK. NEVER DID. I MADE A CALL TO FT COLLINS. FEAD WILL BE BACK MONDAY. TALKED TO PATSY BACON; SHE TELLS ME THAT ED SCHULTZ HAS DIED. I WENT TO THE “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR
HAMBURGERS AND CHEESEBURGERS. CAROL CLEANED THE LIVING ROOM AND DINING ROOM. PATSY BACON CALLED LATER FROM FT COLLINS TO TELL ME THAT SOME CREDIT WOULD BE GIVEN FOR THE GROUNDWATER COURSE.
4/2 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL GOT ME READY TO GO DOWN AND MEET MY CLASS. MARJORIE TOOK ME DOWN TO THE CENTENNIAL BUILDING AT 13TH AND SHERMAN CLASS MET FROM 1 TO 4 PM. THIS IS THE LAST CLASS. I COME BACK ON THE BUS. CAROL CLEANED THE KITCHEN. WAS A SUNNY DAY.
4/3 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES FOR US. AFTER BREAKFAST, MOE TOOK OUR CAR AND WENT TO HIS APPOINTMENT AT MARTIN MARIETTA. HE
RETURNED ABOUT 4:00 PM. HE AND MARJORIE PRESENTED CAROL AND ME WITH AN AM-FM RECEIVER SET. RAIN AND SNOW TODAY. I WORKED ON A REVIEW FOR ASCE.
4/4 MARJORIE STAYED LAST NIGHT WITH US. MOE WAS WITH US, ALSO. SEEMED GOOD TO HAVE THE CHILDREN WITH US AGAIN ALSO. SEEMED GOOD TO HAVE THE CHILDREN WITH US AGAIN. MARJORIE WENT TO WORK AND MOE TOOK OUR CAR AND WENT ON SOME ERRAND OF HIS OWN. HE WAS BACK BY ABOUT 10:00 AM. MOE AND MARJ WENT OUT ON THE TOWN IN THE EVENING. CAROL AND I SPENT MOST OF THE DAY TALKING TO MOE. SUNNY MOST OF THE DAY. CAROL TYPED A REVIEW ON A
PROPOSED ASCE PAPER AND I TOOK IT TO THE MAILBOX AND MAILED IT.
4/5 MARJORIE STAYED THE NIGHT WITH US LAST NIGHT. MOE AND I WENT TO THE CAMERON
METHODIST CHURCH FOR THE MORNING SERVICES. IN THE AFTERNOON MOE AND I WENT TO SEE PHIL AND BERNIE BRIGHT BECAUSE MOE’S LEAVING TIME CONFLICTED WITH THE REDEDICAION SERVICE FOR PHIL AND BERNIE AT JOHN COLLINS CHURCH. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR SUPPER. SHE TOOK MOE TO THE AIRPORT FOR HIS RETURN TO TENNESSEE. WARM, SUNNY DAY
4/6 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID THE WASH, WE MAILED OUR FEDERAL AND STATE INCOME TAX RETURNS AND SENT CHECKS TO AARP AND NARFE. CAROL CLEANED THE
WORKSHOP ROOM. I MADE A CALL TO DR FEAD. HE SUGGESTS WE ALLOW MAKE UP FOR ONLY ONE MISSED CLASS. WARM, SUNNY DAY.
4/7 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL IRONED AND MENDED. I WORKED ON SOME EXAMPLES FOR MAKEUP FOR THOSE WHO HAD TO MISS SOME OF THE MEETINGS. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SUN BREAKING THROUGH ABOUT HALF THE TIME.
4/8 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID THE IRONING. CAROL CALLED JO TO TELL HER OF MARK’S PLANS. SHE ALSO CALLED MRS HAGLUND. CAROL PUT UP A SACK LUNCH AND MARJORIE TO WASSENHAAR AND ME TO THE VWWI MEETING. I COMPLETED EXAMPLES TO CLASS SESSION 3. 4/9 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL SPENT THE MORNING PUTTING WINTER THINGS AWAY. I COMPLETED PREPARATION OF MAKE-UP PROBLEM FOR THE GROUNDWATER CLASS AND GOT READY TO TAKE THE DOWN IN THE MORNING.
1981 APR (CONTINUED)
4/10 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. CAROL DID SOME STRAIGHTENING OF SOME DRESSER DRAWERS. I WENT TO THE STATE ENGINEER’S OFFICE IN THE MORNING TO DELIVER SOME MAKE-UP PROBLEMS AND TO GET CORRECT NAMES OF CLASS MEMBERS. I TALKED TO HAL SIMPSON. IN THE AFTERNOON, I MAILED LETTERS. ONE WAS TO DR FEAD, WITH COPIES OF CLASS MEETING SCHEDULES. CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH
4/11 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL CLEANED OUT THE REFRIGERATOR. I THINNED OUT TULIPS IN THE GARDEN AND RAKED THE OLD STALKS OFF.
4/12 MARJORIE, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME ABOUT NOON TO EAT THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL WITH US. CAROL SPENT THE MORNING COOKING. CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT ABOUT 2:00PM. MARJORIE LEFT ABOUT 5:00 PM.
4/13 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE NOON MEAL AND DROPPED BY FOR A SNACK ABOUT
SUPPERTIME. CAROL DID THE WASH, CHANGED 3 BEDS AND DID SOME CLEANING. I WORKED IN THE YARD, I RAKED THE FRONT YARD = STARTED FILLING SOME HOLES IN THE BACKYARD. CAROL GOT A CALL FROM LOUISE AND SHARON. SHARON WILL BE HERE 5/12
4/14 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE NOON MEAL AND SUPPER. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER, BUT EVELYN WAS IN COLORADO SPRINGS SO SHE DID NOT GET HER HAIR FIXED. CAROL TOOK THE DRAPES DOWN IN THE BACK BEDROOM AND WASHED THEM AND STRAIGHTENED OUT THE MIDDLE BEDROOM CLOSET. MARJORIE TOOK CAROL AND ME TO THE TEXAS INSTRUMENT OFFICE IN THE AFTERNOON TO ENABLE ME TO GET A REPLACEMENT FOR THE TI-55 THAT HAS BEEN FALLING OUT OF PROGRAM. I GOT A REPLACEMENT.
4/15 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. MARJORIE TOOK CAROL DOWN TO GET HER DRIVER’S LICENSE RENEWED. CAROL IRONED THE BEDROOM DRAPES. I MOWED THE LAWN. I ALSO COMPLETED SOME COMPUTATIONS. THE TI-55 REPLACEMENT I GOT YESTERDAY ALSO FALLS OUT OF PROGRAM AT TIMES.
4/16 MARJORIE BROUGHT SOME GROCERIES. CAROL GOT ME READY AND I WENT WITH CRAWFORD TO THE USBR RETIREES LUNCHEON AT THE AMERICAN LEGION HALL. I ALSO MADE SOME ADDITIONAL COMPUTATIONS FOR THE CASE WHERE THERE IS AN ANCESTRAL CHANNEL WHICH WILL ALTER THE REUTNR FLOW PATTERN. I GOT THE HOSES RIGGED UP AND CAROL WATERED THE LAWN.
4/17 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EAST EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. CAROL AND I GOT THE TRASH COLLECTED FOR THE TRASHMEN. I STUDIED THE POSSIBILITY INTEGRAL RECURRENCE FORMULA. (SOME GROUNDWATER FACTORS CAN BE EVALUATED WITH THEIR AID)
4/18 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL WASHED SOME WINDOWS IN THE BACK BEDROOM. I SPENT MOST OF THE DAY SORTING OUT AND DISPOSING OF ACCUMULATED MAIL. 4/19 EASTER. MARJORIE PLUS CHARLES AND FAMILY CAME ABOUT NOON AND TOOK THE SUNDAY MEAL WITH US. CAROL HAD PREPARED TURKEY, CHICKEN AND HAM. WE HAD POTATO SALAD, MASHED POTATOES, GRAVY, CREAMED CORN, GREEN BEANS, ASPARAGUS AND CRANBERRY SAUCE. ALSO TOAST AND BUNS, COFFEE, PEPSI AND GREEN JUICE (KOOL-AID). MARJORIE WAS WITH US UNTIL 5:30 PM.
CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT A LITTLE AFTER 2:00 PM. MORRIS CALLED. WE LISTENED TO HANDEL’S “MESSIAH” FROM LINDSBORG, KANSAS. SLOW DRIZZLE ALL DAY.
1981 APR (CONTINUED)
4/20 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL PUT OUT THE WASH. I WENT TO THE STATE ENGINEER’S OFFICE IN THE MORNING TO GET MAKEUP PROBLEMS PAPERS. I SPENT A PART OF THE AFTERNOON LOOKING THEM OVER. LATER I SPENT SOME TIME STUDYING THE [function] FUNCTION. RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON
4/21 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING AND DID NOT GET BACK UNTIL ABOUT 11:30 (EVELYN DECIDED SHE NEEDED A GENERAL OVERHAUL) I WORKED ON THE PROBLEM OF COMPUTING A TABLE OF THE [FUNCTION] CURVE, BUT WITHOUT MUCH LUCK. NO RAIN TODAY.
4/22 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL AND I WASHED THE WINDOWS IN THE BACK BEDROOM. I WASHED THEM ON THE OUTSIDE. CAROL WROTE LETTERS AND I MAILED THEM. CALLED WHEELER ABOUT SOME CEMENT WORK TO BE DONE. HE IS TO SEE US TOMORROW
AFTERNOON. I PLOTTED A GRAPH OF THE [function] FUNCTION AND INKED IT IN. I TALKED TO HAROLD SIMPSON. HE HAS NO MAKEUP WORK. WE TALKED ABOUT FORGETTING THE CERTIFICATES. I WILL TALK TO DR FEAD. (DAD’S BIRTHDAY)
4/23 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL AND I PUT UP THE CURTAINS IN THE BACK BEDROOM. CAROL IRONED. I WORKED ON UNANSWERED MAIL. I DID SOME CHECKING ON THE [function] GRAPH. WHEELER DID NOT SHOW UP. A CALL INDICATED HE WOULD SEE US
TOMORROW AFTERNOON. (HE IS A CONCRETE MAN. CAROL AND I TOOK THE CURTAINS DOWN IN THE MIDDLE BEDROOM.
4/24 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I GOT THINGS READY FOR THE TRASH HAULERS. CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. MR WHEELER CAME BY TO LOOK AT THE SIDEWALKS. HE WANTS $2100. I CALLED TEXAS INSTRUMENTS IN LUBBOCK. I WILL SEND MY TI-55 DOWN THERE. I CALLED HE LOCAL OFFICE, TOO, TO TELL THEM THE REPLACEMENT TI=55 HAD NOT WORKED OUT. I WROTE A LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
4/25 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL AND I WASHED THE WINDOWS IN THE MIDDLE BEDROOM. CAROL WASHED THE FRONT PORCH. I TOOK THE MATS AROUND, REPAIRED THE HOSE, WATERED MY COLUMBINES AND ASPARAGUS, AND DUG DANDELIONS. I WROTE A LETTER A LETTER TO TEXAS INSTRUMENTS AND CAROL TYPED IT. I WORKED ON A REPORT TO DR FEAD ABOUT COMPLETING THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR CLOSING OUT THE GROUNDWATER CLASS. I PHONED WHEELER TO TELL HIM TO GO AHEAD WITH THE CONCRETE WORK ($2100)
4/26 CAROL FIXED ME PANCAKES FOR SUNDAY SUPPER AND DID HOUSEWORK. I WORKED ON THE LETTER TO DR FEAD. I WENT TO THE “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” TO GET SANDWICHES FOR CAROL’S SUPPER. 4/27 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID THE WASH. CAROL TYPED THE LETTER TO DR FEAD. I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET COPIES AND STOPPED BY THE POST OFFICE TO MAIL THE TI-55 TO TEXAS INSTRUMENTS. (I INSURED THE PACKAGE FOR $50, BUT MUST HAVE LEFT THE SLIP THERE. MY LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL WAS ATTACHED TO THE SIDE OF THE TI-55 PACKAGE. CAROL HAD TYPED THE LETTER FOR ME ON SUNDAY. WE TALKED WITH MARGO. SHE WAS SORE FROM HER “MARCH OF DIMES” WALK.
1981 APR (CONCLUDED)
4/28 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL WAS UNABLE TO GO TO THE HAIRDRESSER. SHE WAS UNDER THE WEATHER. CAROL DID ALL THE IRONING. CAROL AND I REPLACED THE GLASS IN THE STORM DOORS WITH SCREENS. I WORKED ON SOME LETTERS WITH REQUESTS FOR MONEY.
4/29 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL FINISHED CLEANING THE MIDDLE BEDROOM. SHE AND I REHUNG THE CURTAINS AND WRED THE FRONT LAWN. I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET SOME PRINTS. WENT TO THE CAMERA SHOP TO SEE BILL LEWIS’S PAINTINGS. NOT THE RIGHT SHOP. WENT TO HE ENGLEWOOD HARDWARE TO SEE ABOUT NEW BATTERIES FOR OUR GRASS TRIMMERS. THEY WILL NEED THE MODEL NUMBERS TO SEND FOR THEM. WENT TO THE POST OFFICE TO PICK UP THE INSURANCE SLIP I FORGOT MONDAY. THE POSTMASTER HAD IT! REAL SERVICE! 4/30 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL AND I WASHED WINDOWS, CLEANED AND INSTALLED THE SCREEN IN THE FRONT BEDROOM. I MOWED THE LAWN, I WENT OVER TO PEARL STREET TO GET A HAIRCUT. I ALSO TALKED TO MR SALES ABOUT SENDING US A BILL. WARM, PARTLY CLOUDY DAY. CAROL CLEANED THE FRONT BEDROOM.
1981
AT HOME: 5/1-31 5/10-11 RODGER BRADUAWAY VISITED
MARCHED IN PARADE: 5/30 5/15-19 SHARON BIRDSONG VISITED MAY
5/1 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. I CUT THE LAWN AND TRIMMED THE FRONT LAWN. I WORKED ON A NEW INTEGRAL GIVING THE VOLUME OF STREAM DEPLETION CAUSED BY A WELL OUT TO THE TIME. WE WENT TO SALES OIL TO GET A TIRE PUMPED UP. CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. I WENT TO JENSEN’S TO SEE ABOUT SOME WINDOW SHADES.
5/2 MARJORIE WAS WITH US ONLY FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL WASHED THE CURTAINS FOR THE LIVING ROOM WINDOWS. SHE ALSO WASHED THE STORM WINDOWS AND THE DOOR AND FRENCH WINDOWS. I HELPED TAKE OUT THE STORM WINDOWS AND PUT THEM BACK, THIS TIME WITH THE SCREENS IN
PLACE. WE LISTENED TO “LOGENDRIN” PART II ON THE FM SET GIVEN TO US BY MOE AND MARJORIE. I TRIMMED THE BACK LAWN.
5/3 CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE, MARGO AND MARJORIE WERE WITH US FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL. CHASE WAS NOT FEELING WELL BUT PUT AWAY A PRETTY GOOD MEAL. CAROL DID COOKING. SHE AND I WATERED THE FRONT LAWN AND THE SOUTH STRIP ON TEH BACK LAWN BEFORE WE SAT DOWN TO EAT, THEN IT RAINED! MARJORIE STAYED TO HELP CAROL WITH THE DISHES. CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT AT ABOUT 1:15 PM. I DID A LITTLE PREPARATION FOR THE VISIT OF GRIFFIN TOMORROW.
5/4 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID THE WASH. MP CRAIG H GIFFEN CAME TO TALK ABOUT GROUNDWATER ITEMS NEEDED TO PREPARE AN APPLICATION FOR A DOMESTIC USE PERMIT. WE WENT TO THE LUTZ RESTAURANT FOR THE NOON MEAL AND SPENT A LITTLE MORE TIME ON IT IN THE AFTERNOON. CAROL AND I HAD DUSTED AND PUT UP THE COUCH BEFOREHAND.
5/5 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. CAROL WROTE A LETTER TO JO AND WASHED THE DINING ROOM CURTAINS. A CALL CAME FROM C.A. GIFFEN. HE WAS UNABLE TO FIND THE ORGANIZATION WHO HANDLES MY TEXT. I GAVE HIM A TELEPHONE NUMBER. I SPENT SOME TIME ON WATER USAGE FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES. WE HA A RAIN LAST NIGHT. A LITTLE MERE FELL, THIS AFTERNOON. I MADE A CALL TO DR FEAD. HE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET TO THE FINAL CLASS SETTLEMENT YET.
5/6 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL AND I WASHED THE DINING ROOM WINDOWS AND MOVED THE STORM WINDOWS UP TO PUT THE SCREENS ON. WE PUT UP CURTAINS IN THE DINING AND LIVING ROOM. CAROL HAD WASHED AND IRONED THEM. I SOUGHT FOR A SOLUTION TO A GROUNDWATER FLOW PROBLEM. WHERE THE AQUIFER EXTENDS FAR BELOW THE BOTTOM OF THE CASING (FOUND IT). CALL CAME FROM JO-THEY HAVE ARRIVED IN IDAHO. MT ST HELENS IS NOT GIVING TROUBLE. RAIN TODAY-WE DID NOT WATER.
5/7 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL WASHED AND IRONED THE KITCHEN WINDOW CURTAINS. WE WASHED THE WINDOWS, PUT THE SCREENS DOWN AND PUT THE CURTAINS BACK UP. CAROL WROTE TO JO. I WROTE A LETTER TO GIFFEN AND TOOK THE LETTER OVER TO THE MAILBOX. I TOOK TIME TO ORGANIZE SOME OF MY GROUNDWATER DATA.
5/8 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I GOT THE TRASH READY FOR THE TRASHMEN. CAROL AND I WENT TO THE ENGLEWOOD SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. WHILE WE WERE THERE WE PUT CHECKS IN THE BANK. CAROL CLEANED THE CUPBOARDS IN THE BREAKFAST NOOK. ON OUR WAY TO ENGLEWOOD WE STAYED AT ENGLEWOOD PRESS. I BOUGHT 2 100 SHEET TABLETS OF COMPUTATION PAPER AND 4 ERASERS FOR $5.97. CAROL WROTE LETTERS AND I MAILED THEM.
1981 MAY (CONTINUED)
5/9 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL DID CLEANING IN THE LIVING ROOM. RAIN ALL DAY. CAROL SWEPT THE FRONT PORCH. I WORKED ON SOME CORRESPONDENCE, IT WAS OUR WATERING DAY BUT WE DID NOT NEED TO WATER. DAVID AND CAROLINE CALLED, RODGER WILL BE WITH US TOMORROW.
5/10 JEAN CALLED. CAROL TALKED TO JEAN, KERRY, TRACY AND KIRK. MOE CALLED WHEN WE WERE AT GINGER’S PLACE. WE WERE INVITED OUT TO GINGER’S. MARJORIE TOOK US OUT AND WE ATE THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL WITH THEM. (WE ATE ONE OF CHARLES’ TURKEYS) WHEN WE GOT BACK HOME ABOUT 3:30 PM. RODGER WAS WAITING FOR US. MARJORIE TOOK HIM OUT FOR SUPPER. SUNNY DAY. 5/11 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL PUT OUT THE WASH, CHANGED THE BED IN THE MIDDLE BEDROOM. RODGER LEFT ABOUT 8:30 AM. I CALLED MY SISTER RUTH TO SAY THAT RODGER (HER GRANDSON) SHOULD BE WITH HER SOON. IT WAS ABOUT 1: PM, SHE SAID HE WAS ALREADY THERE. RAIN TODAY.
5/12 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL DID THE IRONING. SHARON CALLED, SHE WILL BE WITH US FRIDAY NIGHT. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. I WEEDED IN THE GARDEN. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN. I MAILED LETTERS. I PLANTED COVER SEEDS IN THE LAWN.
5/13 LIGHT RAIN TODAY. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I WENT TO DR HANN’S OFFICE FOR BLOOD PRESSURE CHECK UPS, LATER, WE WENT TO MORGAN’S PHARMACY TO GET CAROL’S PRESCRIPTION FILLED (BLOOD PRESSURE TABLETS) THE DOCTOR WAS PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS OF HIS TESTS. I CALLED WASSENAAR TO TELL HIM I WOULD NOT BE AT THE VWWI MEETING. I HAD CALLED BOB COMBS EARLIER.
5/14 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL CLEANED UP THE DINING AND LIVING ROOMS. SHE AND I SHAMPOOED THE RUGS IN THESE TWO ROOMS.
5/15 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL SCRUBBED THE KITCHEN FLOOR AND RAN THE VACUUM ON THE BACK STAIRS. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN, I DUG MORE WEEDS OUT OF THE GARDEN. CALL FROM SHARON BIRDSONG TO SAY SHE WOULD BE IN AT 10:18 PM ON BRANIFF FLIGHT 71. MARJORIE WILL GET HER AND BRING HER HERE. MARJORIE WILL STAY THE NIGHT WITH US. I MAILED THE GAS METER READINGS TO PUBLIC SERVICE.
5/16 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. SHARON BIRDSONG WAS WITH US UNTIL 4:00 PM WHEN GINGER CAME BY TO TAKE HER OUT TO HER HOME TO SPEND THE NIGHT, LIGHT RAIN ALL DAY. REPAIRED TI-55 ARRIVED.
5/17 CAROL SPENT THE MORNING GETTING EATABLES READY. MARJORIE CAME ABOUT 11:00 AM. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE, MARGO AND SHARON CAME ABOUT NOON. WE ATE THE SUNDAY NOON
MEAL SHORTLY AFTER THEY ARRIVED. MARJORIE HELPED CAROL WITH THE DISHES. CHARLES BROUGHT SOME PERCH, CRAPPIE AND CATFISH FILLETS. THEY ARE NOW IN THE FREEZER. MARJORIE TOOK
SHARON OUT FOR SUPPER. LIGHT RAIN ALL DAY.
5/18 SHARON WAS HERE, MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL. IN THE EVENING MARJORIE TOOK SHARON TO THE “ORGAN GRINDER” FOR SOME PIZZA. IT RAINED ALL DAY. I CALLED MOODY ABOUT SOME INCOME TAX RULES. I STUDIED FROM LOTKH.
1981 MAY (CONTINUED)
5/19 MARJORIE CAME FOR BREAKFAST AND TOOK SHARON BIRDSONG TO THE AIRPORT TO CATCH HER PLANE. SUN IS OUT THIS MORNING. SHARON CALLED FROM DENTON, TEXAS TO SAY SHE WAS HOME. I CUT THE LAWN IN THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. I MAILED LETTER FOR CAROL (PAYMENT FOR WATER TELEPHONE COMPANY, ALSO TO JO, MOE, KATHY AND MARK.) I READ SOME MORE IN LOTKA. CAROL TOOK ME OVER TO ROSEDALE SCHOOL AND I VOTED IN THE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION. CAROL DID NOT FEEL ABLE TO CLIMB THE STAIRS. CAROL DID THE WASH, CHANGED THE BED IN THE MIDDLE BEDROOM AND CLEANED THE SHOPROOM.
5/20 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL DID THE IRONING. I TRIMMED THE LAWN TODAY WHILE CAROL SWEPT UP. CLOUDY IN MORNING, SUNNY IN AFTERNOON.
5/21 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL AND I TIED UP MAGAZINES. I WATERED THE LAWN AND DID MORE TRIMMING, ALSO WATERED FLOWER BEDS, GRAPEVINES AND GARDEN PLOT. I USED THE POTATO FORK TO PROVIDE AERATION IN THE BARE SPOTS. I FOUND THESE SPTS TO BE BARE BECAUSE DISCARDED BUILDING MATERIAL WAS BENEATH THEM.
5/22 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL CLEANED OUT THE LINEN CLOSET. SHE AND I GOT TRASH READY FOR THE TRASHMEN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SOME SUNSHINE. I READ SOME IN LOTKA AND VOLTERRA.
5/23 MARJORIE WAS HERE FOR BREAKFAST. (SHE WORKED TODAY-SAT) CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY. WE GOT BACK ABOUT 10:30 AM. SOME FLOWERS CAME FOR MARJORIE. I HUNTED WORMS TO GO FISHING TOMORROW. I FOUND ABOUT 5.
5/24 CHARLES AND CHASE CAME BY EARLY AND TOOK ME TO A GRAVEL PIT [ILLEGIBLE] OF HERE TO FISH. I GOT A GOOD RAINBOW TROUT. CHARLES AND CHASE WERE BETTER FISHERMEN, WE HAVE 2 TO EAT. WE LEFT HERE AT 7:00 AM AND RETURNED ABOUT 11:00 AM, CAROL PREPARED A SUNDAY MEAL OF ROAST CHICKEN AND TURKEY, MASHED POTATOES AND GRAVY, PLYS OTHER GOOD DISHES. GINGER, MARGO AND MARJORIE ARRIVED ABOUT 11:30 AM. CAROL DID THE WATERING. CALL FROM CLIFF JENKINS.
5/25 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE NOON MEAL AND SUPPER. I ATE ONE OF THE FISH I CAUGHT AT SUPPERTIME. CAROL DID THE WASH, MARJORIE DID HE IRONING. I WENT TO ASBURY STREET TO TAKE A PICTURE OF MT EVANS. I WORKED ON THE MATHEMATICS OF THE “LAFFER CURVE”
5/26 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. I WENT TO PEARL STREET IN THE AFTERNOON FOR A HAIRCUT ($4.50) RAIN IN THE EARLY PART OF THE AFTERNOON. I READ SOME FROM VITO VOLTERRA.
5/27 MARJORIE WA WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL CLEANED UP THE NORTH SHELVES IN THE FURNACE ROOM AND SWEPT THE WALK WHEN I TRIMMED THE LAWN IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE. I HAD CUT THE LAWN IN THE MORNING. CAROL AND I READ IN THE EVENING. CALL FROM JOE LANGER, I WILL MARCH IN THE PARAGE AND CARRY ONE OF THE GLAGS. I WATERED THE FLOWERS AND
GRAPEVINE. OUR WATERING DAY BUT IT RAINED LAST NIGHT.
5/28 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. HARD RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. CAROL CLEANED UP THE WEST SIDE OF THE FURNACE ROOM. I COMPLETED TRIMMING THE LAWN AND CUT THE BACK LAWN. I GOT OUT THE LADDER AND USED IT TO FIND A RUBBER BALL SEALING OFF ENTRANCE TO THE DOWNSPOUT FOR THE EAVESTROUGH ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PORCH.
1981 MAY (CONCLUDED)
5/29 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE MORNING. RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. CALL TO WINK SPENCER. (MANY HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS ARE OUTSIDE DENVER AND SO HAVE NO CLAIM ON DENVER’S WATER SUPPLY.)
5/30 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. SHE TOOK ME TO 13TH AND LINCOLN IN HER CAR SO I COULD MARCH IN THE PARADE. I MADE THE MARCH. WE HAD THE COLORS, FOUR MEN AND ONE WOMAN. WHEN THE PARADE WAS OVER, MARJORIE BROUGHT ME BACK HOME AND STAYED FOR THE NOON MEAL. CLEAR AND SNUNY IN THE MORNING, SOME CLOUDS IN THE AFTERNOON. LETTER CAME IN FROM LINUS PAULING.
5/31 CAROL AND I SLEPT LATE (SUNDAY) SHE AND I DISCARDED MATERIAL FROM BASEMENT SHELVES AND REARRANGED THE REMAINING MATERIALS. LIGHT RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. CAROL TALKED TO MARJORIE AND GINGER ON THE PHONE.
1981
AT HOME: 6/1-30 6/11-12 HOUSE PAINTED
OUR 56TH WEDDING ANNIV: 6/25 6/17 - VWWI MEETING 6/22-29 MORRIS AND FAMILY VISIT
6/27 KATHY LEFT JUN
6/1 AARP CHECK, IRS SECOND PAYMENT OF ESTIMATED TAX AND 2ND AMENDMENT FOUNDATION POLL MAILED THIS MORNING (NOTE: MAILED AT 9:15 AM-NEW PICKUP TIME IS 9:50 AM) MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID THE WASH. I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET PRINTS. BUS FARE RAISED. 70[cents] EACH WAY.
6/2 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. I WATERED THE LAWN, FRONT AND BACK, PLUS THE FLOWER GARDENS. CAROL DID THE IRONING, CAROL MADE OUT A CHECK TO DR HANNA AND I MAILED IT
6/3 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL FINISHED CLEANING UP THE FURNACE ROOM. I WENT TO THE STATE ENGINEER’S OFFICE TO GET COPIES OF COURT DECISIONS, HEAVY, BLOCK CLOUDS AND RAIN. FIVE TORNADOS IN DENVER TODAY.
6/4 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. WE CLEARED OUT A PLACE IN THE GARAGE AND CARRIED THINGS OUT FOR THE SALVATION ARMY. SUNNY DAY. CAROL GOT CALLS FROM DOROTHY, LOUISE AND SALLY TO KNOW IF WE ARE ALL RIGHT (TORNADO SCARE) CAROL CALLED JEAN. I LOOKED OVER THE DECISION BY W SHIVERS-SPECIAL WATER JUDGE. MARJORIE TOOK OUR CHECKS TO THE BANK AND DEPOSITED THEM. CALL FROM MOE
6/5 MARJORIE WAS US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I GOT OUR CONTRIBUTIONS READY FOR THE TRASH HAULERS. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN. WE GOT MATERIAL READY FOR THE “SALVATION ARMY” AND THEY CAME BY FOR IT. CAROL SWEPT OUT THE GARAGE.
6/6 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL AND I SLEPT LATE. WE WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. I CUT THE FRONT LAWN. SUNNY DAY WITH SOME CLOUDS. MARJORIE CALLED.
6/7 CAROL AND I SLEPT LATE. MARJORIE, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME ABOUT 10:30 AM AND WERE WITH US FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL. CHASE AND I MOWED THE BACK LAWN. CHARLES TOOK THE CLIPPINGS WE GOT TODAY AND I GOT YESTERDAY FOR HIS LIVESTOCK. MET NEIGHBORS IN MACELROY’S PLACE: CONNIE AND COLLIN
6/8 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID THE WASH. SHE AND I WATERED THE LAWN. I MADE MEASUREMENTS AS DESCRIBED BY THE WATER BOARD. FOUND THAT OUR SPRINKLER GROUPS PUT OUT A 1” DEPTH IN 30 MINUTES, WHEN FULLY OPEN, WE SENT A CARD OFF TO VIRGINIA FOR HER BIRTHDAY. PARTLY CLOUDY DAY. 80[degrees fahrenheit] AT 8:00 PM. MARJORIE IRONED,
6/9 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. CAROL DID THE IRONING, FIXED MY BLUE JACKET AND CHANGED THE BUTTONS ON A BLOUSE FOR MARJORIE. I SPENT SOME TIME ON WRITING A LETTER. I TRIMMED THE GRAPEVINES SO WE COULD GET ALONG THE WALK.
6/10 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR MEALS. CAROL DID HOUSEWORK AND WROTE LETTERS. I MAILED THEM. I FIXED THE BACK SCREEN DOOR SPRING, I TRIED TO GET A NEW ONE AT KROONENBERGS, NO LUCK. CAROL AND I TOOK THE WINDOW SHADE DOWN IN THE MIDDLE BEDROOM. WE MUST GET A NEW SHADE (39” WIDE) PARTLY CLOUDY DAY. SPRINKLE OF RAIN IN AFTERNOON. ALMOST ENOUGH TO WET THE WALKS. STERLING HORTON CAME TO TALK ABOUT PAINTING THE HOUSE WE GAVE HIM THE JOBS.
1981 JUN (CONTINUED)
6/11 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. STERLING HORTON AND A CREW OF 2 MEN CAME TO PAINT THE HOUSE AND GARAGE. THEY GOT MOST OF THE WORK DONE, BUT WILL COME BACK TOMORROW. CAROL GOT A BIRTHDAY CARD FROM JO. WE CALLED VIRGINIA TO SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HER.
6/12 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THREE MEALS. GINGER CALLED, THEY ARE LEAVING FOR THE TRIP TO IOWA AND BOSTON. CHASE AND MARGO WILL STAY IN IOWA WITH GREAT GRANDMOTHER
MELTABARER, CHARLES AND GINGER WILL GO ON TO BOSTON. CHARLES HAS A MEETING TO ATTEND THERE. HORSE STEPPED ON MARGO’S TOE AND BROKE IT LAST NIGHT. THEY TOOK HER TO THE HOSPITAL TO HAVE IT SET. HORTON AND CREW FINISHED THE PAINTING AND LEFT ABOUT 11:30. I WORKED ON A LETTER. CAROL GOT BIRTHDAY CARDS FROM MOE AND VIRGINIA. RUTH AND DOROTHY. I PAID HORTON $950.00 BY CHECK.
6/13 CAROL’S BIRTHDAY. SHE GOT MANY CARDS. I GAVE GER TWO NEW PANS SHE HAD WANTED. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE NOON MEAL AND SPENT THE AFTERNOON UNTIL ABOUT 4:00 PM WITH US. SHE BROUGHT PRESENTS INCLUDING A NEW BATHROOM RUG, TOWELS AND CLOTHING. I SWEPT UP SOME OF THE FLAKED PAINT THE PAINTER’S HAD REMOVED. CALLS CAME FROM JO, DOROTHY AND MOE. CAROL DID SOME CLEANING IN THE BASEMENT.
6/14 CAROL AND I SLEPT LATE (SUNDAY) CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN. I PICKED UP AS MUCH AS I COULD OF THE PAINT FLAKES LEFT FROM THE HOUSE PAINTING. WE WATERED THE FLOWER BEDS AND THE GARDEN. I PULLED WEEDS IN THE GARDEN, CAROL SWEPT UP PAINT FLAKES FROM THE ALLEY SIDE OF THE GARAGE. SHE SWEPT AND WASHED THE PORCH. CAROL WORKED ON THE BASEMENT SCREENS. THE PAINT IS STILL A LITTLE TACKY. CAROL CLEANED OUT THE REFRIGERATOR. CALL CAME FROM GINGER TO SAY THEY WERE IN BOSTON.
6/15 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID THE WASH, A TABLE CLOTH CAME FROM VIRGINIA. I TRIED TO GET THE OLD COMMODORE CALCULATOR FIXED UP TODAY BUT NO LUCK. PARTLY CLOUDY AND COOL.
6/16 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL IRONED AND MENDED. I CUT THE LAWN. BILL AND DAUGHTER PAULA CAME TO VISIT. FRANK SALES DROPPED BY FOR A VISIT. CLEAR, SUNNY DAY. I SENT
COPIES OF MY DISCUSSION OF THE LEE, QUAZI AND DANIELSON PAPER TO FRANK SARLES, DR FEAD AND MORRIS SKINNER.
6/17 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN. CAROL FIXED A MEATLOAF FOR ME TO TAKE THE VWWI MEETING. I CONDUCTED THE MEETING AS COMMANDER AND FIRST VICE COMMANDER WERE ABSENT. VISITORS WERE FENNER, SARLES, GODELMANN. WALLACE ROE IS RECENTLY MARRIED. WE HAD REPORTS FROM THE RECENT CONVENTION. MARJORIE TOOK
WASSENAAR AND ME TO THE MEETING. WARM AND SUNNY
6/18 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL CLEANED THE HOUSE, REMOVED ELECTRIC BLANKETS AND WASHED A BEDSPREAD. I TRIED TO FIX A CONNECTION FROM THE GUTTER TO THE DOWNSPOUT - HAD TROUBLES - SOLDER WOULD NOT STICK - FINALLY USED RIVETS. GOT UP ON A LADDER AND FOUND A SPIKE DRIVEN ACROSS - RIGHT OVER THE DOWNSPOUT LOCATION. FINALLY GOT THE CONNECTION IN PLACE BUT WAS UNABLE TO FINISH THE JOB. CAROL SWEPT WALKS = BASEMENT WINDOWS. I MAILED LETTERS. LETTER FROM GIFFIN.
1981 JUN (CONTINUED)
6/19 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I CHANGED THE BED DOWNSTAIRS. SHE DUSTED. CAROL AND I WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. I WENT TO JENSEN’S TO GET A WINDOW SHADE AND TO MORGAN’S FOR A PRESCRIPTION. THE SHADE HAD BEEN CUT TOO SHORT SO CAROL AND I PUT IT ON OLD ROLLER.
6/20 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE NOON MEAL. CAROL AND I WATERED LAWN, FLOWER BEDS, GRAPES AND GARDEN. MARJORIE TOOK CAROL TO ENGLEWOOD WHERE THEY BOTH GO THEIR HAIR FIXED. CALL CAME FROM JEAN. ALL THE CHILDREN WERE THERE SO WE GOT TO TALK TO JEAN, KERRY, TRACY AND KIRK. CAROL VACUUMED ALL THE RUGS. CAROL AND I MADE OUT BIRTHDAY CARDS FOR KATHY AND TRACY. WE SENT A CARD TO MARY PFLEGHAAR. I MAILED THEM EXCEPT FOR KATHY’S AS SHE WILL BE HERE. VICKI BORROWED MY 4 SPRINKLER SET.
6/21 CAROL DID THE WASH AND MARJORIE DID THE IRONING. CAROL AND MARJORIE GAVE ME A NEW STRAW HAT FOR FATHER’S DAY. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL AND FOR SUPPER. OVERCAST TODAY. I TOOK OUT TRASH, READ AND RESTED.
6/22 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. WARM, SUNNY DAY-UP TO 85[degrees fahrenheit]. I SENT COPIES OF MY LEE QUAZI, DANIELSON DISCUSSION TO NORM EVANS, DAN SUNADA AND HUBERT MOREL. SEYTOUX. I WIELDED THE HAND VACUUM ON THE FRONT AND BACK STAIRS CARPETS. CAROL TOOK CLOTHES FROM THE MIDDLE BEDROOM CLOSET DOWNSTAIRS AND SCRUBBED THE KITCHEN FLOOR. I DUSTED OFF THE PIANO AND HELPED CAROL WITH THE DISHES. CAROL MADE POTATO SALAD AND FRUIT SALAD. CALL FROM MOE TO STATE THE WOULD BE HERE ABOUT 6:00 PM TOMORROW.
6/23 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BROUGHT FRIED CHICKEN FOR SUPPER. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN. CAROL PREPARED DEVILED EGGS AND ICEA TEA. WE GOT A CALL FROM GINGER TO TELL US THEY HAD ALL RETURNED SAFELY FROM THEIR TRIP EAST. MOE, VIRGINIA, KATHY AND MARK DROVE UP IN THEIR NEW DODGE. CAROL AND I CALLED MARY PFLEGHAAR AND SAND “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” TO HER. SHE SAID HER BIRTHDAY WAS YESTERDAY.
6/24 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. SHE TOOK MOE, VIRGINIA, KATHY AND MARK TO THE “ORGAN GRINDER” FOR SUPPER. MOE, MARK AND I CUT THE LAWN. MARJORIE TOOK MOE AND KATHY TO A SHOW. HOT IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
6/25 CAROL AND ROBERT’S 56TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. MORRIS, VIRGINIA, KATHY, MARK, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE, MARGO AND MARJORIE WERE WITH US FOR SUPPER. MOE AND I WENT TO HUGH M WOODS (4995 S SANTA FE DR) TO GET GUTTER
DOWNSPOUT FITTINGS. I GOT A RUBBER HAMMER. KEN SHRIVER WAS OVER IN THE AFTERNOON. HE SENT US ROSES. THE ABOVE GROUP BOUTH US AN ELECTRIC ALARM CLOCK.
6/26 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. SHE TOOK MOE, VIRGINIA, KATHY AND MARK TO THE “ORGAN GRINDER” FOR SUPPER. IN THE AFTERNOON, MOE A+ I WENT TO HTHE SHEET METAL SHOP TO GET THE THREE ALUMINUM FRAMES, ALUMINUM SCREEN AND SCREEN CORD HE HAD ORDERED PREVIOUSLY.
6/27 MARJORIE BROUGHT GROCERIES AND ARRIVED JUST BEFORE NOON. MOE AND VIRGINIA TOOK KATHY TO MEET HER DELTA FLIGHT TO RETURN TO HER HOME. MARJORIE WENT OUT IN HER CAR. WE HAD THE NOON MEAL WHEN ALL RETURNED IN HE AFTERNOON. MOE INSTALLED 3 VENTILATION SCREENS TO CLOSE THE ATTIC OPENINGS. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE EVENING MEAL. AFTERWARDS, MARJORIE, MOE AND MARK WENT TO A SHOW.
1981 JUN (CONCLUDED)
6/28 MOE, VIRGINIA, MARK AND I WENT TO THE MORNING SERVICES AT CAMERON METHODIST CHURCH. THE REVEREND HAMLYN PREACHED THE SERMON (MORRIS’ FRIEND). MOE, VIRGINIA, MARK AND CAROL WENT IN MOE’S CAR AND MARJORIE AND I WENT IN HER CAR TO CHARLES AND GINGER’S PLACE FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL. CAROL AND I RETURNED WITH MARJORIE IN HER CAR, WHILE MOE, VIRGINA AND MARK WENT TO COLORADO SPRINGS TO SEE MR AND MRS PHIL BRIGHT. KATHY CALLED FROM NORTH CAROLINE TO SAY THAT SHE WAS SAFELY HOME.
6/29 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. MOE, VIRGINIA AND MARK LEFT ABOUT 8:50 AM TO RETURN TO THEIR HOME. CAROL DID THE WASH. I WATERED THE LAWN. MARJORIE IRONED, I
TRIMMED OUT SOME OF THE GRAPEVINE BRANCHE STHAT HAD TO BE CUT TO REPAIR THE GUTTER ON THE GARAGE.
6/30 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL IRONED. I WENT TO THE STATE ENGINEER’S OFFICE TO GIVE THEM 10 COPIES OF MY DISCUSSION OF THE LEE QUAZI, DANIELSON PAPER. FROM THERE I WALKED TO THE STATE OUSE WHERE I TALKED WITH ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL DAVID ASCHKINASI ABOUT THE EFFECT OF GROUNDWATER LAWS AND JUDICIAL DECISIONS. (SEE CARD FILE FOR CARD) WHILE THERE FORMER STUDENTS BILL PADDOCK AND WENDY WEISS ALSO DROPPED BY. I GOT OFF THE BUS AT BROADWAY AND EVANS, WENT TO THE GROCERY STORE AND CAME HOME. IN THE MORNING I WORKED WITH THE GRAPEVINES, HE (ASCHKINASI) SAID THE PARAGRAPH HEADINGS ARE SUPPLIED BY THE “REVISOR OF STATUTES”
1981
AT HOME: 7/1-31 7/8 VWWI MEETING
KIRK’S VISIT: 7/22-31 7/16 USBR RETIREE LUNCHEON JUL
7/1 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL WROTE LETTERS AND I MAILED THEM. SHE ARRANGED THINGS IN THE REFRIGERATOR TO GET BETTER USE OF SPACE AND CLEANED IT OUT. I MOWED THE FRONT LAWN IN THE MORNING AND THE BACK LAWN IN THE AFTERNOON. I DID SOME CLEANING OUT OF DEAD BRANCHES FROM THE GRAPEVINE.
7/2 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN. CAROL SEWED SNAPS ON MY PAJAMAS AND SORTED OUT MAGAZINES IN THE LIVING ROOM AND BAKED AN APPLE PIE. WE SIGNED CHECKS AND MARJORIE TOOK THEM DOWN AND PUT THEM IN THE BANK. I DID SOME MORE WORK ON THE GRAPEVINE TO GET OUT THE BRANCHES THAT WERE CUT OFF WHEN THE DOWNSPOUT WAS FIXED. CLOUDY AND A LIGHT RAIN IN THE EVENING. LETTER FROM KERRY, MOE CALLED.
7/3 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL _ I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES IN THE AFTERNOON (2:30 PM CAROL TOOK ME TO THE ENGLEWOOD PRESS TO GET AN ALMANAC, THEY DID NOT HAVE ONE. CAROL CLEANED OUT SOME CUPBOARD. WE PUT THINGS OUT FOR THE TRASH HAULERS, BUT NO TRASH HAULERS. I TRANSPLANTED SOME COSMO’S NEAR ASHPIT.
7/4 MARJORIE BROUGHT ARBY’S FOR THE NOON MEAL AND REMAINED WITH US UNTIL AFTER SUPPER. CAROL CLEANED OUT MORE CUPBOARDS. CALL FROM GINGER ADVISES THAT THEY WILL NOT BE HERE TOMORROW. AT ABOUT SUNSET (8:31 PM) TWO CHIMNEY SWIFTS APPEARED. ONE WENT DOWN THE THEATRE CHIMNEY _ THE OTHER WENT ON.
7/5 CAROL AND I WERE ALONE TODAY (SUNDAY). WE SLEPT LATE, CAROL AND I WATER THE LAWN AND FLOWER BEDS. I WATCHED WRESTLING ON TELEVISION 11:00-12:00. CLEAR, WARM DAY.
THERMOMETER READ 88[degrees fahrenheit] AT 3:50 PM. ONE SWIFT APPEARED AND WENT DOWN THE CHIMNEY AT 8:35 PM.
7/6 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE HAD SHOE TROUBLES. CAROL DID THE WASH. GINGER BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO ABOUT 9:00 AM TO STAY THE DAY WITH US. CHARLES CAME FOR THEM ABOUT 3:30 PM, BUT THEY DID NOT GET AWAY UNTIL AFTER 4:00 PM. I WROTE A LETTER TO KERRY.
7/7 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL IRONED AND MENDED. I RENEWED NAT’L GEOGRAPHIC SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR MOE. CHARLES AND MYSELF. I TRIMMED THE FRONT LAWN. IT RAINED THIS AFTERNOON AFTER A HOT FORENOON. CAROL SAYS 98[degrees fahrenheit] AND PAPER CONFIRMED IT. PAYMENTS TO AARP AND NARFE MAILED.
7/8 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE TOOK ME DOWN TO THE VDW HALL FOR THE VWWI MEETING. CAROL IRONED. I ATTENDED THE VWWI MEETING. WE DID NOT WATER TODAY, I ATTENDED THE VWWI MEETING. WE DID NOT WATER TODAY BECAUSE OF YESTERDAY’S RAIN. COOLER TODAY THAN YESTERDAY.
7/9 MARJORIE CAME FOR 3 MEALS. I TRIMMED GRAPEVINES IN THE MORNING SO WE COULD GET DOWN THE BACK WALK. CAROL GOT ME READY AND I WENT TO A NOON LUNCHEON WITH JOHN PATTERSON AND DAN RAVIL. (FORMERLY RABINOWITZ) (PHILLIPE’S EATING HOUSE) CAROL SWEPT OFFF THE FRONT PORCH AND CLEANED THE FRONT DOOR WINDOW. LIGHT RAIN IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES NOT AS HOT AS EXPECTED GAVE PATTERSON AND RAVIL COPIES OF MY SOUTH PLATTE CORRELATION PAPER.
7/10 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH. CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVAN’S SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. I WENT TO JENSEN’S. POST CARRIER THREW OUT PAPER SO IT HIT OUR THERMOPANE WINDOW. CAROL WAS SITTING ON THE SOFA AT THE TIME. I HEARD THE BLOW AND CAME UP FROM THE BASEMENT. I CALLED THE POST AND THEY PROMISED TO TAKE ACTION TO SEE IT DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. I MAILED A REQUESTED COPY OF MY DISCUSSION OF LEE, QUAZI,
DANIELSON PAPER.
1981 JUL (CONTINUED)
7/11 MARJORIE CAME ABOUT 2:00 PM, TOOK CAROL TO THE HAIRDRESSER AND STAYED FOR SUPPER, SHE TOOK ME TO THE LOCAL GROCERY FOR LIVER SAUSAGE. CAROL AND I DID THE WATERING. CALL CAME FROM SHARON BIRDSONG WHILE MARJORIE AND CAROL WERE GONE. LIGHT RAIN IN THE EVENING. LISA MICK (COCAGNA) CAME OVER TO SHOW US HER WEDDING PICTURES YESTERDAY. 7/12 MARJORIE AND GINGER’S FAMILY WERE NOT WITH US TODAY (SUNDAY). WARM DAY 81[degrees fahrenheit] AT 4:00 PM. CAROL AND I SLEPT LATE. MORE RAIN CAME LATER.
7/13 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE STAYED WITH US INTL ABOUT 7:45 PM. CHARLES BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO OVER ABOUT 7:00 AM. GINGER CAME FOR THEM ABOUT 4:30 PM.
CHASE AND MARGO MOWED AND TRIMMED THE LAWN. I CUT GRASS OUT OF THE GARDEN PLOT, THEY TOOK 2 PLASTIC GRASS FOR THE HORSES. LIGHT RAIN IN THE EVENING. CHASE AND I HARVESTED ABOUT 2 ½ GALLONS OF RAINWATER FOR THE STEAM IRON FROM WATER CAUGHT IN A PAN UNDER THE EAVE SPOUT LAST NIGHT.
7/14 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL IRONED. CAROL WROTE A LETTER TO JO. I WROTE LETTERS TO “OUTDOOR LIFE” WITH A CHECK FOR RENEWAL, ANOTHER TO JACK FRIEO, DIRECTOR-COLORADO DIVISION OF WILDLIFE, OBJECTING TO THE PROPOSED SALE OF THE SOUTH TAMARAC WILDLIFE AREA. I MAILED THE 3 LETTERS. I WENT TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” TO GET
HAMBURGERS FOR THE NOON MEAL. CAROL AND I REPLACED THE DINING ROOM LIGHTS. I USED THE POTATO FORK TO TEST THE LAWN AND DECIDED IT DID NOT NEED WATER AFTER LAST NIGHT’S RAIN. I WATER THE FLOWER BEDS. JACQUE AND GUY REPORT THAT ONE CHIMNEY SWIFT WENT DOWN THE CHIMNEY AT 8:10 PM.
7/15 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST/ THEY STARTED REPAVING LINCOLN STREET FROM EVANS NORTH TODAY. CAROL DID THE IRONING. I COMPLETED A LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR. CAROL TYPED IT. I MAILED IT ALONG WITH TWO OTHERS INCLUDING A COPY TO DR FEAD. I WENT TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR SANDWICHES FOR THE NOON MEAL. RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON AND AGAIN AT NIGHT. ONE SWIFT WAS SEEN GOING DOWN THE CHIMNEY TONIGHT. I SMOOTHED THE FRONT LAWN WITH THE “SCOTT SILENT MOWER”
7/16 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST/ CAROL CLEANED THE MIDDLE =B ACK BEDROOMS AND MADE UP THE BEDS. MR CLAIR CRAWFORD CAME BY AND TOOK ME TO THE USBR RETIREES LUNCHEON AT A RESTAURANT OVER ON THE WEST SIDE. WE PICKED UP RAY WILLIAMS ON THE WAY (I PAID FOR ALL THREE) PAVING WAS FINISHED TODAY. MOE CALLED TO SAY KAREN HAD COME THROUGH HER OPERATION VERY WELL AND THAT THE DOCTOR SEEMED UNWORRIED ABOUT THE FUTURE. AFTER LEAVING WILLIAMS OFF AT HIS HOME, CRAWFORD TOOK ME TO HIS HOME WHERE I SAW PICTURES OF THE CRAWFORD FAMILY. ONE SWIFT CAME ITO THE CHIMNEY AT 8:25 PM.
7/17 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN. WE DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE MORNING. LIGHT RAIN IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. CAROL SENT A PAYMENT TO THE WATER BOARD. I SENT A LETTER WITH VOTSE TO ASCE. I TOOK THEM TO THE MAILBOX. CAROL SAW A SWIFT GO DOWN A CHIMNEY.
7/18 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE NOON MEAL. SHE CAME ABOUT 10:30 AM TO TAKE CAROL TO THE HAIRDRESSER. CAROL CALLED MOE AND KAREN ANSWERED THE PHONE. SOME TEST RESULTS WILL BE READY MONEY. CAROL CALLED JEAN TO LET HER KNOW OF THE CALL TO MOE. I TALKED WITH KIRK, HE WILL BE WITH US NEXT WED.
1981 JUL (CONTINUED)
7/19 MARJORIE WAS [NOT] WITH US THIS SUNDAY. CHARLES AND FAMILY HAD GUESTS SO THEY WERE NOT WITH US EITHER. CAROL TALKED TO MARJORIE ON THE PHONE. RAINED AT SOMEWHERE ABOUT 1:00 AM. LIGHTNING CAUSED CLOCK TO MISFUNCTION THE SWIFT CAME DOWN THE CHIMNEY AT 8:20 PM YESTERDAY, AND 8:27 PM TONIGHT.
7/20 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID THE WASH. SHE AND I WATERED THE LAWN AND FLOWERS. MARJORIE DID IRONING AFTER SUPPER, I WATCHED FOR THE SWIFTS, BUT DID NOT SEE ANY. I DID SEE A NIGHTHAWK. CAROL CALLED VIRGINIA ABOUT KAREN. NO RESULTS FROM TESTS YET. 7/21 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES FOR US AT SOMEWHERE AROUND 5 O’ 6 O’ CLOCK PM. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER (EVELYN) IN THE AM. LATER SHE DID THE IRONING. I WENT TO THE LAW BUILDING TO GET PHOTOSTATS AND TO THE LIBRARY TO GET AN ADDRESS. I MADE A CALL TO SKYLINE ELECTRIC CO. IN THE MORNING ABOUT FIXING A SWITCH. THEY WILL PROBABLY BE HERE THURSDAY. I CALLED MORGAN’S PHARMACY TO GET A PRESCRIPTION FILLED. NO CALL FROM DRUG STORE YET. THEY ARE PAVING EVANS FROM BROADWAY EAST. TWO SWIFTS. CAME DOWN THE CHIMNEY-ONE AT 8:11 PM AND ONE AT 8:25 PM.
7/22 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST, MARJORIE WENT TO THE AIRPORT TO PICK KIRK UP AND BRING HIM HERE. I MAILED A LETTER TO THE TELEPHONE COMPANY. WENT TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR SANDWICHES FOR THE NOON MEAL. CAROL CLEANED THE BATHROOM AND SCRUBBED THE KITCHEN FLOOR, ALSO DUSTED AND RAN THE VACUUM SWEEPER IN THE DINING AND LIVING ROOMS. WE VISITED WITH KIRK IN THE EVENING.
7/23 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS, IN THE AFTERNOON, MARJORIE TOOK KIRK TO THE
DENVER MINT. GINGER CAME BY FOR KIRK ABOUT 5:30 PM. HE MAY BE OUT THERE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. CAROL AND I DID THE WATERING. DID NOT SEE THE SWIFTS TODAY. MARJORIE BROUGHT GROCERIES. 7/24 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I GOT TRASH READY FOR TRASHMEN. CAROL AND I PEALED APPLES AND CAROL FRIED THEM. MARJORIE BROUGHT SOME ARBY’S FOR SUPPER AND WE ATE THE FRIED APPLES. WEATHER UNSETTLED. PARTLY CLOUDY AND GUSTY WINDS. TORNADO REPORTED AT PROSPECT VALLEY. CAROL WROTE TO JO AND I MAILED IT.
7/25 MARJORIE WAS OVER FOR A WHILE IN THE AFTERNOON TO BRING SOME EGGS AND TO PICK UP SOME MACARONI AND CHEESE CAROL HAD FIXED. CAROL FIXED A POTATO SALAD. I TRIMMED THE GRAPEVINE AND PULLED WEEDS OUT OF THE LAWN. I TOOK LETTERS TO AARP PUBLIC SERVICE AND HARLEQUIN BOOKS TO THE MAILBOX. I ALSO TOOK AN ENVELOPE WITH 3 PICTURES TO HILLARD AT BARRACKS 1282. RAIN LAST NIGHT, COOL TODAY.
7/26 MARJORIE, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE, MARGO AND KIRK CAME ABOUT 11:00 AM FOR THE SUNDAY MEAL CAROL HAD PREPARED. CHARLES AND GINGER LEFT ABOUT 2:00 PM. CHASE AND MARGO WILL STAY THE NIGHT WITH US. MARJORIE TOOK CHASE, MARGO AND KIRK TO ELITCH’S
GARDENS, GOOD RAIN IN THE EVENING. CHASE AND KIRK CUT THE BACK LAWN. CAROL AND I WATERED THE FRONT LAWN. I PULLED WEEDS IN THE LAWN AND FLOWER GARDENS, RAIN DURING NIGHT
7/27 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. MARJORIE TOOK KIRK TO CINDERELLA CITY IN THE EVENING. GINGER CAME FOR CHASE AND MARGO ABOUT 5:30 PM. CAROL WASHED CLOTHES, I FINISHED PULLING WEED. KIRK AND I STRAIGHTENED OUT THE ASHPUT BRICKS (HAS BEEN HIT 3 TIMES BY CARS) KIRK, CHASE AND MARGO WENT OVER TO THE ANTIQUE CARLOT ON BROADWAY. MARJORIE TOOK KIRK TO SEE SOUTH HIGH - MARJORIE, MORRIS, BILL (KIRK’S FATHER), GINGER AND KIM WENT THERE.
1981 JUL (CONCLUDED)
7/28 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. MARJORIE TOOK KIRK TO THE “ORGAN GRINDER” FOR SUPPER. THEN THEY PLANNED TO GO TO THE OBSERVATORY. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING AND IRONED IN THE AFTERNOON. I WORKED ON SOME “PART [ILLEGIBLE]” COMPUTATIONS. MR SHRIVER CAME BY AND TOOK KIRK AND ME TO THE FORNEY OLD CAR MUSEUM. TWO SWIFTS ENTERED THE CHIMNEY THIS EVENING AT ABOUT 8:20 PM.
7/29 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL FINISHED THE IRONING. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN. CAROL, KIRK AND I GOT UP AT 2:30 AM TO WATCH THE WEDDING OF CHARLES AND DIANA ON TELEVISION. KIRK SLEPT SEVERAL HOURS AFTER BREAKFAST. IN THE AFTERNOON HE TOOK THE BUS TO BROOMFIELD TO VISIT A SCHOOL HE IS INTERESTED IN.
7/30 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS KIRK AND I WENT TO THE LOCAL GROCERY STORE AND TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” TO GET GROCERIES AND SANDWICHES. GINGER PICKED KIRK UP ABOUT 4:00 PM TO TAKE HIM TO A BASEBALL GAME IN THE EVENING. JEANINE COCAGNE BROUGHT OVER SOME
POSTCARDS AND BOOKLETS TO TELL US ABOUT HER VISIT TO EUROPE. SHE VISITED ENGLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, AUSTRIA, SWITZERLAND AND ITALY.
7/31 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. AFTR WORK SHE WILL GO OUT TO GINGER’S PLACE TO BRING KIRK BACK. CAROL WASHED KIRK’S THINGS TODAY. CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH. I READ AND RESTED. JEAN CALLED.
1981
AT HOME: 8/1-31 8/12 VWWI PICNIC
8/20 USBR RETIREES LUNCHEON AUG
8/1 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN. MARJORIE TOOK KIRK TO THE AIRPORT. CAROL TOOK THE SHEETS OFF OF KIRK’S BED AND REMADE IT. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME ABOUT 6:30 PM. THEY HAD SUPPER WITH US. CHASE AND MARGO WILL STAY THE NIGHT.
8/2 MARJORIE, CHARLES AND GINGER CAME AT ABOUT 11:00 AM. ALL WERE WITH US FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL. CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT ABOUT 2:30 PM. MARJORIE LEFT ABOUT 5:00 PM. CHASE AND MARGO CUT AND TRIMMED THE LAWN. THEY TOOK 2 SACKS OF GRASS FOR THE HORSES.
8/3 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID THE WASH, MARJORIE DID PART OF THE IRONING, MARJORIE WENT TO THE BANK AND PUT OUR CHECKS IN FOR US. THE ELECTRICIAN CAME (SKYLINE ELECTRIC) AND REPLACED A SWITCH IN MY STUDY AND REPLACED A SWITCH IN THE SHOP ROOM WITH AN ESCUTCHEON PLATE WITH A PLUF. I WORKED ON MY RECORDS GETTING REFERENCES CAUGHT UP. WE SENT RUTH A BIRTHDAY CARD.
8/4 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. SHE AND I WATERED THE LAWN, I WENT OVER THE FRONT LAWN WITH THE LAWNMOWER TO SMOOTH IT DOWN. TWO SWIFTS WENT DOWN THE CHIMNEY TOGETHER AT ABOUT 8:15 PM I SAW A
NIGHTHAWK, ALSO. I WENT TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR SANDWICHES FOR THE NOON MEAL. WE CALLED JEAN. SHE HAS NOT HEARD FROM KIRK.
8/5 MARJORIE WAS WITH US ONLY FOR SUPPER. CAROL IRONED. I PAID A BILL TO NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION FOR RENEWAL OF THE MAGAZINE. CAROL WROTE A LETTER TO GENERAL ELECTRIC TO RENEW THE SERVICE CONTRACT FOR THE STOVE AND REFRIGERATOR. CAROL WROTE A LETTER TO JO. I WROTE A LETTER TO MOE AND VIRGINIA AND MAILED THEM. I WALKED UP TO PEARL STREET TO GET A HAIRCUT, TALKED TO SALES WHILE I WAS THERE.
8/6 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CHARLES BROUGHT MARGO ABOUT 8:00 AM TO STAY THE DAY WITH US. HE CAME FOR HER ABOUT 5:30 PM. CAROL AND MARGO DID THE DISHES. AFTER THE NOON MEAL, I DID A LITTLE WORK ON MY RECORDS. I WATCHED FOR THE SWIFTS BUT DID NOT SEE THEM, BUT DID SEE A NIGHTHAWK. IN THE EVENING I CALLED FRED CORNWELL IN RESPONSE TO HIS INVITATION. CAROL AND I WILL NOT BE WITH THEM ON THE 16TH FOR REASONS I EXPLAINED. 8/7 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN AND WE DISPOSED OF TRASH. CAROL GOT ME READY AND I WENT TO LUNCH WITH MESSRS SPEER AND WEAKLY. SPEER SUGGESTED THAT I MIGHT WISH TO HELP THEM ON ARCH DAM DESIGNS. I REPAIRED MAGNIFIER CASE, OBSERVED 7:45 TO 8:15 PM. ONE SWIFT CAME IN AT 7:55 PM. SUNSET AT 8:07 PM.
8/8 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL MADE OUT CHECKS TO NARFE AND AARP AND I MAILED THEM TOGETHER WITH A GOLDEN WEDDING CARD TO JEAN AND FRED CORNWELL, CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. SAW 4 SWIFTS GO DOWN THE CHIMNEY ABOUT 8:10 PM.
1981 AUG (CONTINUED)
8/9 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US THIS SUNDAY. CAROL PREPARED MEALS. GINGER CALLED, CAROL WROTE THE “SILVERLINE” SONG FOR MARJORIE. RAIN LAST NIGHT AND TODAY. I PUT A PAN UNDER THE
