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Collection: Glover (Robert E.) Papers Author: Glover, Robert E. (Robert Ellsworth) Title: 1983, copies
Date: 1983
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1983
AT HOME: 1/1-31 1/12 VWWI MEETING
1/22 87 YEARS OLD JAN
1/1 CAROL AND I SLEPT LATE, CAROL PREPARED MEALS AND LAID OUT NEW CLOTHES FOR ME. I WATCHED WRESTLING ON TV AT 10 AM. I SHOVELED A LITTLE SNOW OUT FRONT TO KEEP CARS FROM GETTING STUCK. CALLS CAME FROM JO, KIRK, MOE AND VIRGINIA, KATHY AND BILL, ALSO LUCILLE. SUNNY DAY, BUT NOT MUCH SNOW MELT. I BROUGHT THE NEW RADIO IN AND CONNECTED IT UP. I LISTENED TO CHAMBER MUSIC FROM KOSI A0T 101. CAROL FOUND THE NEW CALENDAR AND WE INSTALLED IT.
1/2 CAROL AND I GOT SOME EXTRA SLEEP THIS SUNDAY MORNING. GINGER CALLED TO SAY MARGO HAD SPENT THE NIGHT WITH TAMMY (HER COUSIN) CHARLES AND CHASE ARE ON A HUNTING TRIP SO THEY WILL NOT BE OVER TODAY. MARGO WILL COME BACK WITH CHARLES. (IT IS THOUGHT THAT GEORGE, TAMMY’S FATHER, IS ALONG ON THE HUNT) CAROL AND I PUT OUT TRASH FOR THTE COLLECTORS TO GET TOMORROW. WARM SUNNY DAY BUT NOT SNOW MELT.
1/3 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS, SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER. CAROL PUT OUT THE WASH AND DID CLEANING IN THE WORKSHOP. CAROL WASHED THE SHEETS AND PILLOWCASES FROM OUR BED. I COLLECTED SOME DATA ON THE NATIONAL DEBT AND THE OIL PURCHASES. FOUND OUT THAT WE ARE IN HOCK FOR ABOUT $4000 FOR EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN THE COUNTRY AND THAT THE PUBLIC DEBT IS STIL RISING ABOUT $200 (10) 9 PER YEAR, OH GOODIE!
1/4 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER AS SHE WENT TO LUNCH WITH ETHEL. CAROL IRONED AND WROTE THANK YOU NOTES. SHE WROTE OUT A NEW LIST OF TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND PREPARED MEALS I FIXED UP A NEW FILTER BUT IT DID NOT WORK SO I GOT THE OLD
ONE, WHICH CAROL HAD CLEANED AND PUT IT BACK IN THE FURNACE. IN THE AFTERNOON I GOT OUT THE SNOW SHOVEL AND HELPED MRS COCAGNE SHOVEL OUT A MOUND OF SNOW LEFT BY THE STREET CLEANERS. I WIDENED OUR PATHS, ALSO. I CALLED BILL MOODY TO TELL HIM ABOUT THE CARDS
RECEIVED FROM OLD-TIMERS. HE HAD A QUESTION ABOUT A DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION, I LOOKED IT UP, IT WAS A RICCATI TYPE. THEY SPELL TROUBLE.
1/5 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BROUGHT FRIED CHICKEN WHEN SHE CAME FOR THE NOON MEAL. CAROL AND I SACKED UP TRASH, I TOOK IT OUT SO THE TRASHMEN COULD GET IT WHEN THEY COME. I SACKED UP PAPERS AND TOOK THEM OUT TO THE GARAGE, I SHOVELLED UP ICE FROM THE PORCH WHERE IT WAS MELTED. A LOT IS STILL FROZEN DOWN SOLID. I WORKED ON THE PROBLEM OF THE TERMINAL VELOCITY OF A PARTICLE FALLING THROUGH WATER
1/6 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS, SHE BROUGHT US LIGHT BULBS AND BATTERIES SWHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER. CAROL FIXED UP A CHRISTMAS CARD LIST WITH ADDRESSES AND TELEPHONE # - IFANY. CAROL PREPARED MEALS. I REMOVED ICE AND SNOW FROM THE PORCH WHEN IT MELTED ENOUGH FOR ME TO GET IT UP. I DID THE SAME THING FOR THE SIDEWALKS IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE. I WORKED ON THE PROBLEM OF A PARTICLE FALLING THROUGH WATER. I WROTE OUT CHECKS FOR BIRD CLUB DUES ($5.00) AND FOR A BICYCLE LICENSE (2.00). CAROL SENT $2.00 TO AM VETS.
1984 JAN (CONTINUED)
1/7 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CHARLES BIRTHDAY IS ON THE NINTH, BUT WE CELEBRATED IT TODAY (FRIDAY). MARJORIE CAME ABOUT 5:30 AND GINGER GOT HERE ABOUT 6:00 PM AND
CHARLES ARRIVED WITH CHASE AND MARGO ABOUT 6:30 PM. GINGER BROUGHT FRIED CHICKEN, BISCUITS, POTATO SALAD AND COLE SLAW. MARJORIE BROUGHT ICE CREAM WE SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HIM AND HAD A CAKE. CAROL MADE HIM AN ICEBOX CAKE. MARJORIE CONTRIBUTED A PAIR OF LEG WARMERS, CAROL PREPARED EATABLES, I SENT DATA ON PARTICLES FALLING IN WATER TO BILL MOODY. CAROL STRAIGHTENED UP CHECK BOOKS. LETTERS WENT TO RIGHTER, BICYCLE DEPT AND AM VETS.
1/8 MARJORIE CAME AT ABOUT 1:30 PM. SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES AND ATE THE MIDDAY MEAL HERE. CAROL POSTED UP HER RECORD BOOK. I WAS ABLE TO DISPOSE OF TRASH. I WATCHED WRESTLING IN THE MORNING, I TOOK THE SNOW SHOVEL AND CLEARED A PATH AROUND THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND THROUGH THE GATE AT THE BACK OF THE HOUSE. I ALSO SHOVELLED MORE SNOW OFF THE BACK WALKS. I TOOK EXERCISES AND WORKED ON MY RECORDS. WARM, SUNNY.
1/9 CAROL AND I CAUGHT UP ON SOME SLEEP THIS SUNDAY. CAROL PREPARED MEALS, I CLEARED MORE SNOW FROM THE BACK WALKS, CAROL MADE ANOTHER ICEBOX CAKE. I WORKED SOME ON MY RECORDS. SUNNY, WIND
1/10 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS, SHE BROUGHT A NEW PILL SUPPLY FOR CAROL AND ME. WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER, SHE STAYED AFTER SUPPER TO IRON. CAROL DID THE WASH. CAROL
ALSO COOKED ARDAST AND POSTED UP HER NEW RECORD BOOK. I CONNECTED UP THE NEW TAPE PLAYER TODAY. IT WORKS GREAT. CAROL AND I CALLED MORE AND VIRGINIA IN THE EVENING. SOME CLOUDS, SOME SUNSHINE AND WIND TODAY.
1/11 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BROUGHT FRIED CHICKEN WHEN SHE CAME FOR THE NOON MEAL. CAROL DID NOT FEEL WELL THIS MORNING. SHE WROTE A LETTER TO JO IN, THE
AFTERNOON SHE IRONED. I WENT TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR SANDWICHES. I DISPOSED OF TRASH, READ AND PLAYED MUSIC ON THE TAPE PLAYER. SUNNY, WARM DAY BUT NOT MUCH SNOW MELT. CALL FROM BILL MOODY ABOUT THIS DATE HE SAID HE HAD CHECKED THE FORMULAS I SENT ON FRIDAY. HE WILL SEND A COPY TO HIS SON WHO HAS NEED OF THEM
1/12 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL. CAROL FIXED ME A COVERED DISH AND I WENT TO THE VWWI BARRACKS 3149 MEETING. MARJORIE TOOK ME TO THE VFW HALL, WE DRAPED THE CHARTER FOR 3 DECEASED MEMBERS WHO PASSED AWAY SINCE LAST MEETING. WE ALSO AUDITED BOB COMBS BOOKS - WE FOUND NOTHING WRONG. CAROL TELLS ME I GOT BACK ABOUT 3:00 PM. CALL CAME FROM CLIFF JENKINS. HE SAID SOMEBODY RAN INTO HIS CAR. HE SAID HE WAS
THINKING ABOUT WHAT HE SHOULD SUE THEM FOR. APPARENTLY HE WILL NOT CONSIDER LESS THAN $1000000.
1/13 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS AND BOUGHT GROCERIES. CAROL MADE CORN MUFFINS AND PREPARED MEALS. I WORKED AROUND THE HOUSE GETTING THINGS DONE THAT NEEDED DOING. I LOOKED UP DATA IN PRANDTL, FOLLOWING A SUGGESTION FROM MOODY, I FOUND THE DATA FOR THE RESISTANCE OF A SPHERE MOVING IN WATER, BUT PRANDTL DOES NOT HAVE A LIST OF
NOTATIONS IN HIS BOOK SO I MUST HUNT IT IN PREVIOUS PAGES. 1983
JAN (CONTINUED)
1/14 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL. CAROL CLEANED IN THE LIVING ROOM AND DINING ROOM AND PREPARED MEALS. I DID SMALL JOBS AROUND THE HOUSE IN THE MORNING AND COLLECTED NOTATION FOR PRANDTL’S TEXT IN THE AFTERNOON. NO PAPER CAME TODAY.
1/15 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL. SHE TOOK CAROL TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING AND WHEN THEY RETURNED SHE BROUGHT “ARBY’S” FOR THE NOON MEAL. AFTER THE NOON MEAL MARJORIE TOOK CAROL TO THE EVAN’S SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. I HELPED CARRY THEM IN WHEN THEY RETURNED. THERE WERE SOME PRESENT FOR KEN SHRIVER LEFT HERE. MARJORIE INTENDED TO TAKE THEM WITH HER AS SHE AND SHRIVER WERE GOING OUT TO EAT, SHE CAME BACK AFTER THEM. I DID EXERCISES AND WATCHED WRESTLING MATCHES ON STA 2 AT 10:00 AM. IN THE AFTERNOON, I WORKED TO COMPLETE AN INDEX OF NOTATION FOR PRANDTL’S TEXT ON FLUID MECHANICS. OVERCAST DAY, BUT CALM AND MILD FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. (UP TO
40[DEGREES FARENHEIT]) 16 LAPS (16)(171) = 2736 FT.
1/16 CAROL AND I WERE ALONE THIS SUNDAY. MUCH SUNSHINE TODAY. NO WIND, CAROL FIXED A STEW AND PREPARED MEALS. I HELPED WITH THE DISHES. I CALLED BILL MOODY TO LET HIM KNOW I HAD FOUND DATA ON THE SINKING OF A SPHERE IN WATER.
1/17 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BROUGHT FRIED CHICKEN AT NOON. CAROL DID THE WASH, PREPARED MEALS AND CLEANED THE WORKSHOP. I WORKED ON THE CASE OF A PARTICLE FALLING THROUGH WATER AND WROTE A CHECK TO SIGMA XI
1/18 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL IRONED AND DID SOME MENDING ALSO. SHE WROTE LETTERS TO JO, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER (PAYMENT OF REAL ESTATE TAXES), DENVER WATER BOARD PAYMENT AND A CHECK TO BLAIR FOR SOME NEW JACKETS. I SENT A DUES PAYMENT TO SIGMA XI. I WENT TO PEARL STREET FOR A HAIRCUT AND TOOK THE ABOVE LETTERS TO BROADWAY AND JEWELL AND PUT THEM IN THE MAILBOX. I WENT TO THE JACK-IN-THE-BOX FOR SANDWICHES FOR THE NOON MEAL. I TOOK EXERCISES UPSTAIRS (1710 FT) WE DID NOT GET A PAPER (POST) TODAY. MOSTLY OVERCAST TODAY. CHILLY.
1/19 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. SHE BROUGHT US A JAN 18, 1983 POST WHEN SHE CAME IN THE MORNING AND BROUGHT BURRITOS AT NOON. CAROL MADE OUT CHECKS TO MA BELL AND PUBLIC SERVICE. WE TRIED TO GET A DRAWSTRING IN THE NEW RED COAT BUT HAD NO LUCK. WE FINALLY GAVE IT UP. I WANTED A JAN 19 1093 NEWS, CAROL CALLED MRS HAMLYN. SHE GAVE ME THE JAN 18 NEWS. I PUT THE JAN 18 NEWS IN MY RECORDS. CAROL AND I PUT NEW LIGHTS IN THE DINING ROOM. I WROTE CHECKS TO LINUS PAULSON INST, SECOND AMENDMENT FOUNDATION AND THE US LEGAL FOUNDATION AND ENCLOSED THEM. CLEAR, WARM DAY - NOT WINDY. CAROL CALLED LUCILLE.
1/20 MARJORIE WAS IWTHT US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL PREPARED MEALS - SHE COOKED CHICKEN AND MADE JELLO. I TOOK OUT PAPERS AND GOT TRASH READY FOR THE TRASHMEN. I READ AND EXERCISED (10 LAPS), CALL FROM GEORGE ROUSE TODAY THAT FAIRFAX KERN HAD PASSED AWAY. SMOGGY DAY. SOME SUNSHINE, CALL FROM MARJORIE - SHE HAD TALKED WITH GINGER, THE GREEN’S WILL BE WITH US SUNDAY, BILLS PUT ON MAILBOX TO BE TAKEN.
1/21 MARJORIE WITH US FOR 3 MEALS - BROUGHT FRIED CHICKEN FOR NOON MEAL AND BROUGHT GROCERIES AT SUPPER TIME. LIGHT SNOW LAST NIGHT, CAROL SWEPT FRONT WALKS, I SWEPT BACK WALKS. PAPERS AND TRASH PUT OUT AND TAKEN. CALL CAME FROM DAN SUNADA (FT COLLINS) TO SAY THAT THE FRONT RANGE HYDROLOGY DAYS WILL BE HELD 4/19+20 IN MY HONOR. THEY WILL COME FOR ME.
1983 JAN (CONTINUED)
1/22 MY BIRTHDAY, I AM 87 YEARS OLD TODAY. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE NOON MEAL AND BROUGHT “ARBY’S” WHEN SHE CAME, CAROL AND I SLEPT UNTIL ABOUT 7:30 AM. MR SHRIVER CAME OVER. HE BROUGHT A PICTURE OF WILD GEESE HE HAS TAKEN. THERE IS A LAKE ACROSS THE STREET
FROM HIS HOUSE. HE HAD THE PICTURE ENLARGED FOR MY BIRTHDAY. RECEIVED CARDS FROM CAROL, CAROL NELL AND FAMILY, DOROTHY AND KEN SHRIVER. I READ, ENJOYED COMPANY AND CARDS. “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” CALLS CAME FROM MARJORIE AND RUTH, ALSO FROM MOE AND VIRGINIA. WATCHED WRESTLING ON CHANNEL 2, EXERCISED 16 LAPS (16)(171)=2736 FT
1/23 CAROL AND I GOT UP A LITTLE AFTER SIX, BECAUSE CAROL HAD TO COOK A TURKEY AND OTHER THINGS SINCE MARJORIE AND THE GREENS WILL BE WITH US TODAY (SUNDAY_ TO HELP CELEBRATE MY BIRTHDAY, WE GOT AROUND THE TABLE AT ABOUT NOON. I SAID GRACE, THE GREENS LEFT ABOUT 2:00 PM AND MARJORIE AT ABOUT 4:00 PM. CHARLES AND GINGER GAVE ME A RAIN GAGE, CHASE AND MARGO, SOME FANCY STRAWS = THE GREEN’S ALSO GAVE ME A T-SHIRT COMMEMORATING THE BIG SNOW. THERE WAS A BIRTHDAY CAKE, THEY SANG “HAPPY BIRTHDAY”, A SUNNY DAY WITH WIND IN THE AFTERNOON. MARJORIE GAVE ME A CALENDAR.
1/24 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL PUT OUT THE WASH AND PREPARED MEALS. CHARLES BROUGHT SOME QUAIL EGGS AND STAYED FOR A NOON MEAL. CAROL WROTE A LETTER TO JO AND I ORDERED A CALENDAR CHARLES WISHES TO HAVE. I CALLED DR FEAD AT FT COLLINS, HE THINKS MY “GROUNDWATER ADMINISTRATION” WOULD MAKE GOOD FARE FOR THE APRIL MEETING NOW PLANNED. HE LIKES IT. I WILL SEND DATA TO DR SUNADA BUT MUST BRING THE BIOGRAPHY UP TO DATE. SUNNY DAY, 10 LAPS 1710 FT
1/25 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE TOOK THE MORNING OFF SO SHE COULD TAKE CAROL TO THE HAIRDRESSER, WHICH SHE DID. CAROL TYPED A LETTER FOR ME, I TOOK CARE OF THINGS NEEDING TO BE DONE AROUND THE HOUSE IN THE MORNING IN THE AFTERNOON I GOT A LETTER READY TO SEND TO DR SUNADA AT FT COLLINS, OVERCAST DAY, SPRINKLE OF SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON
1/26 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL IRONED AND PREPARED MEALS, SHE HAS NOT FELT WELL TODAY. I WORKED TO BRING MY BIOGRAPHY UP TO DATE. CLEAR, SUNNY DAY. CLIFF JENKINS CALLED, HE AGREES WITH MY NOTE ON “GROUNDWATER
ADMINISTRATION” SAW A FLOCK OF CANADA GEESE ON MY WAY TO THE MAILBOX TO MAIL A LETTER TO BE RETURNED TO “KOREAN RELIEF” THE SECOND LETTER WENT TO PROF SUNADA AT FT COLLINS, 10 LAPS
1/27 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL IS IMPROVED TODAY. SHE STRAIGHTENED OUT THE LINEN CLOSET. LETTERS CAME FROM KATHY AND KERRY. BOTH ARE WELL. I SPENT THE DAY LOOKING INTO OLD DIARY BOOKS. I NOW HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT HAPPENED IN 1923, 24 AND 1925. CLOUDY, BUT WARM. I GOT THE TRASH PUT OUT FOR TOMORROW AND SHOVELLED MORE SNOW. WENT TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR SANDWICHES FOR NOON MEAL.
1/28 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL MADE A GROCERY LIST FOR MARJORIE AND SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER, CAROL IS STILL IMPROVING. SHE DID
HOUSEWORK AND READ. I WORKED ON THE BIOGRAPHY. SOME DATA HARD TO FIND. I READ SOME. SOME CLOUDS, WIND, SUNSHINE
1/29 CAROL AND I CAUGHT UP ON SLEEP - SHE SEEMS MUCH BETTER TODAY, LETTER FROM TED
HAMMETT CAME TODAY. HE WILL BE IN DENVER. ARRIVE 12 OF FEB (LATE), LEAVE BY 3:00 PM THE 15TH WILL CALL WHEN HE GETS HERE. I WORKED ON THE BIOGRAPHY AND DID EXERCISES. OVERCAST DAY, WARM FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. 18 LAPS (3978 FT) 129
1983 JAN (CONCLUDED)
1/30 CAROL AND I CAUGHT UP ON SOME MORE SLEEP. CAROL FIXED A STEW. I HELPED WHERE I COULD, I PEELED POTATOES. SUNNY SUNDAY. 16 LAPS
1/31 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. MARJORIE BROUGHT FRIED CHICKEN WHEN SHE CAME FOR THE NOON MEAL. MARJORIE STAYED AFTER SUPPER TO IRON, CAROL DID THE WASH, PREPARED MEALS AND DID HOUSEWORK. I DID EXERCISES, WORKED ON MY BIOGRAPHY AND INDEXED MY COLLECTION OF PAPERS, LIGHT SNOW LAST NIGHT AND TODAY 5 LAPS
1983
AT HOME: 2/1-28 2/9 VWWI MEETING
SELECTED FOR “GLOVER AWARD”: 2/18 2/14 GET-TOGETHER FEB
2/1 MARJORIE WAS HERE FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. SHE LEFT SHORTLY AFTER SUPPER. SAID IT WOULD BE A LATE BUZZ. (SHE CALLS THIS NUMBER, WAITS FOR ONE RING AND HANGS UP, THEN WE KNOW SHE IS HOME) LIGHT SNOW LAST NIGHT. CAROL SWEPT THE WALKS EASILY. LATER, THERE WAS ANOTHER LIGHT SNOW (MRS COCAGNE TOOK CARE OF THAT ONE FOR US.) TRIED TO FIND A CHEAPER SOURCE FOR VITAMIN C, FOUND ONE AT CNIDERALLA CITY, BUT THEY ARE MOVING. CALLED RES ABOUT THE SHARP CALCULATOR. I SPENT A COUPLE OF HOURS FOLLOWING HIS SUGGESTIONS, FIRST MEMORY WILL NOT WORK. MUST TAKE IT BACK. TOOK EXERCISES. 24 LAPS (4104 FT) ¾ MILES IS 3960 FT, CAROL DID THE IRONING, CAROL 2 LAPS.
2/2 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL. LIGHT SNOW LAST NIGHT. CAROL SWEPT THE FRONT WALK, SUNNY DAY TODAY. CAROL FIXED JELLO AND DATE PUDDING. WE SPENT MOST OF THE AFTERNOON MAKING OUT AN “ELECTION OF FEDERAL INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING” FORM. I CALLED DR SUNADA AT FT COLLINS. HE HAS RECEIVED THE MATERIAL I SENT. I READ A DRAFT OF A BIOGRAPHY. HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT SUPPLEMENTED WITH SOME SHORT ACCOUNTS OF NOTE WORKDAY ACTIVITIES/ CAROL AND SPENT SOME TIME LOOKING FOR AN ARTICLE WE HAD SEEN IN THE POST, WE DID NOT FIND IT. (10 LAPS)
2/3 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BROUGHT FRIED CHICKEN WHEN SHE CAME AT NOON. CAROL WROTE LETTERS TO JEAN, KERRY AND TRACY. I WENT TO THE MAILBOX AND MAILED THE “ELECTION” OF FEDERAL INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING TO WESTING HOUSE, CAROL FIXED A ROAST. WE
GOT THE TRASH READY FOR THE HAULERS TO PICK UP TOMORROW. LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING. SUN CAME OUT IN AFTERNOON. COLD, I WORKED ON A BIOGRAPHY. CAROL TYPED A DRAFT LETTER FROM DOROTHY. (10 LAPS, CAROL 2)
2/4 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL FIXED A GROCERY LIST FOR MARJORIE AND SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER. CAROL TYPED FOR ME MOST OF THE DAY (I AM FIXING UP A BIOGRAPHY AND SOME NOTES TO SEND TO FT COLLINS FOR THE APRIL MEETING) I SPENT THE DAY WRITING THE NOTES AND READING THE TYPING FOR CORRECTIONS. TODAY WAS SUNNY AND COLD (15 LAPS, CAROL 4 LAPS)
2/5 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. SHE TOOK CAROL OVER TO EVELYN’S FOR A NEW
HAIRDO, MARJORIE LEFT AFTER SHE BROUGHT CAROL HOME. I WROTE UP SOME MORE RECOLLECTIONS AND WROTE A TRANSMITTAL LETTER TO SUNADA, CAROL FINISHED THE TYPING IN THE AFTERNOON. I PUT THE BIOGRAPHY, FIVE SHEETS DESCRIBING MY ENGINEERING EXPERIENCES AND THE LETTER TO SUNADA ON AN ENVELOPE WITH STAMPS, AN ADDRESS AND RETURNED ADDRESS ON IT AND MAILED IT IN THE MAILBOX AT JEWELL AND BROADWAY. I WENT ON FROM THERE TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” TO GET SANDWICHES FOR CAROL’S SUPPER. CLOUDY EARLY, SUNNY LATER. CHILLY. (16 LAPS, CAROL 2)
2/6 CAROL AND I WERE HERE ALONE ALL DAY THIS SUNDAY. WE CAUGHT UP ON SLEEP THIS MORNING. CAROL WROTE TO KIRK I WROTE TO JEAN, KERRY, TRACY AND KIRK. I WORKED ON MY RECORDS, SUNNY DAY, BUT COLD (16 LAPS, CAROL 2)
2/7 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS AND STAYED AFTER SUPPER TO IRON, CALL CAME FROM KEN SHRIVER. HE IS RECOVERING FROM FOOD POISONING. CAROL DID THE WASH AND CLEANED UP THE SHOP ROOM. SHE PREPARED MEALS. I DID SOME COMPUTING ON A RIVER DEPLETION BY A WELL. CALL CAME FROM JOHN ROMERO, HE WANTS TO JOIN THE SIGMA XI, LETTER LEFT HERE FOR STEVE
ROBINSON. I TOOK IT OVER AND SCOTT TOOK IT AT THE DOOR. PARTLY SUNNY, COOL (5 LAPS, CAROL 2) 1984
FEB (CONTINUED)
2/8 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL IRONED THIS MORNING. CAROL WROTE LETTERS TO DOROTHY AND JO. OVERCAST DAY, BUT WARM. I READ AND WORKED OUT A CASE OF STREAM DEPLETION DUE TO A WELL. CAROL MENDED A SWEATER FOR MARJORIE (10 LAPS-CAROL 2) 2/9 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. SHE CAME EARLY ENOUGH TO TAKE ME TO THE VWWI MEETING AT ABOUT 11:45 AM, CAROL WROTE 2 LETTERS. THEY WENT TO MOE AND KIM. SHE WROTE 2 CHECKS, ONE TO PARALYZED VETERANS AND ONE TO BLINDED VETERANS. SHE PREPARED MEALS, DAY MOSTLY OVERCAST. SOME SUNSHINE. I DID SOME COMPUTING IN THE MORNING AND AGAIN IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. I ATTENDED THE VWWI MEETING. WE DRAPED THE CHARTER FOR 2 BUDDIES LAST TIME WE HAD 3. I WALKED BACK FROM THE MEETING. BIRTHDAY PRESENT CAME FROM MOE. A LITTLE GADGET TO GET WEATHER REPORTS. I AM DELIGHTED WITH IT.
2/10 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BROUGHT FRIED CHICKEN WHEN SHE CAME FOR THE NOON MEAL, CAROL FIXED SOME JELLO, A SALAD AND DID SOME HOUSEWORK I STARTED FOR LEWAN AND ASSOCIATES TO TURN IN THE “SHARP” CALCULATOR, BUT WHEN I GOT TO EVANS AND
BROADWAY, I REMEMBERED THAT I HAD EFT THE BILL OF SALE BEHIND SO I CAME BACK HOME AND SPENT THE REST OF THE DAY HERE AS I WAS NOT FEELING WELL. CAROL AND I CALLED MOE AND VIRGINIA TO THANK THEM FOR THE WEATHER RADIO THEY SENT ME AS A BIRTHDAY PRESENT. (5 LAPS) 2/11 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS, SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER. WE PUT OUT THE TRASH FOR THE TRASHMEN. CAROL MADE OUT A GROCERY LIST FOR MARJORIE AND PREPARED MEALS. I WENT TO PEARL STREET FOR A HAIRCUT (HARD TO KEEP THE BACK OF MY HEAD WARM NOW) I WENT TO LEWAN AND ASSOCIATES AT EVANS AND UNIVERSITY TO SEE ABOUT MY NEW SHARP COMPUTER I THOUGHT IT HAD GONE BAD, WAS HAPPY THAT MY FEARS PROVED GROUNDLESS. WARM, SUNNY DAY. MADE SAMPLE STREAM DEPLETION COMPUTATION WITH THE NEW SHARP COMPUTER (LAPS 16, CAROL 2)
2/12 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. MARJORIE TOOK CAROL TO EVELYN’S PLACE FOR A HAIRDO. THEY RETURNED ABOTU 11:00 AM. I WATCHED WRESTLING ON TV (NO VERY GOOD BOUTS) I WENT TO THE “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR CAROL’S SUPPER. CALL FROM C. JENKINS TELLING ME OF AN ARTICLE ON THE HIGH PLAINS. MARJORIE TELEPHONED TO SAY SHE HAD A COPY OF THE PAPER FOR ME. I SPENT MOST OF THE DAY COMPUTING STREAM DEPLETIONS WITH THE NEW “SHARP” COMPUTER. WARM, SUNNY DAY. CALL FROM GEC ROUSE. HE WILL PICK ME UP AT 11:00 AM MONDAY. TED HAMMETT WILL BE WITH US. (16 LAPS, CAROL 1)
2/13 CAROL AND I GOT IN AN EXTRA HALF HOUR OF SLEEP. MARJORIE ARRIVED ABOUT 10:30 AM, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO ARRIVED AT ABOUT NOON. WE ATE TURKEY, CHICKEN LIVERS AND [illegible] ONION RINGS, GREEN BEANS, MASHED POTATOES AND GRAVY, SQUASH, HORSERADISH SAUCE AND BREAD PUDDING WITH COFFEE ICE CREAM. MARJORIE HELPED WITH THE FISHES BEFORE SHE LEFT. CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT ABOUT 4:30. MARJORIE BROUGHT ME A COPY OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS I WANTED. CAROL DID THE COOKING, I PEELED POTATOES. I MADE A FEW
CHICKCOMPUTATIONS. SUNNY, WARM DAY. THERE IS STILL SNOW AND ICE IN THE BACKYARD FROM LAST CHRISTMAS SNOW. GINGER WORKED ON FAMILY RECORDS. (7 LAPS)
1983 FEB (CONTINUED)
2/14 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE STAYED AFTER SUPPER TO IRON. CAROL DID THE WASH AND PREORDERED MEALS. GEORGE ROUSE CAME AT 11:15 AM, HE HAD TED HAMMETT WITH HIM, HE TOOK US TO “TALLY HO” RESTAURANT WHERE WE WERE MET BY AL HOOVER. WE TOOK LUNCH THERE AND TALKED OVER OLD DAYS AT THE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION. GEORGE HAD TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, SO AL HOOVER BROUGHT HAMMETT AND ME BACK. I GOT HOME ABOT 3 PM, CAROL PRESSED MY SUIT AND TIE AND MENDED SOME THINGS FOR MARJORIE. MORNING WARM.
2/15 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BROUGHT FRIED CHICKEN WHEN SHE CAME AT NOON. CAROL DID THE IRONING AND PREPARED MEALS. I WORKED ON STREAM DEPLETION COMPUTATIONS. A CALL WAS MADE TO THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO INQUIRE ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT CASE 79 SA38 (HUSTON ETAL) PADDOCK WILL CALL BACK. THIN CLOUDS, SUN GETTING THROUGH - LITTLE WIND (16 LAPS)
2/16 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL AND I CLEANED OUT THE REFRIGERATOR AND PUT IT BACK TOGETHER, WE PUT THE FOOD BACK, TOO. LETTER CAME FROM GOLDER AT BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON, ASKING WHERE THEY COULD GET A COPY OF MY TEXT ON “TRANSIENT GROUNDWATER HYDRAULICS” I WROTE A LETTER TO THEM, CAROL TYPED IT AND I MAILED IT AT JEWELL AND BROADWAY. SUNNY, BUT THROUGH AN OVERCAST OF THIN CLOUDS. WARM FOR THE SEASON. LETTER CAME FROM SUNADA (3 LAPS)
2/17 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MAELS. CAROL PREPARED MEALS AND CLEANED OUT THE SMALL CUPBOARD BETWEEN THE STOVE AND REFRIGERATOR. I WENT TO THE JACK-IN-THE-BOX FOR
SANDWICHES FOR CAROL AND MARJORIE. I CALLED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE. THE
JUDGEMENT BY SHIVERS HAD NOT YET BEEN APPROVED, I TOOK LETTERS TO THE MAILBOX AT JEWELL AND BROADWAY. THEY WENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE, BLIND VETS, BROTHERHOOD OF THE BLIND, ANN ADAMS, AARP AND DR SUNADA. CAROL TYPED THIS LETTER FOR ME, SUNNY SAY, CLEAR SKIES (8 LAPS, CAROL 2)
2/18 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER. MARJORIE ALSO TOOK CAROL TO DENTIST SANDIN WHO DID SOME EXCELLENT WORK. RICHARD PEARL CAME OUT TO TELL ME THAT I HAD BEEN SELECTED FOR AN AWARD BY THE COLORADO
GROUNDWATER ASSN. HEREAFTER THE AWARD WILL BE KNOWN AS THE GLOVER AWARD. CAROL TYPED A LETTER TO SUNADA FOR ME. I MAILED IT IN THE BOX AT BROADWAY AND JEWELL. NICE DAY. MR PEARL MAILED 2 LETTERS FOR US ON THE BACK. (10 LAPS)
2/19 SATURDAY. CAROL AND I CAUGHT UP ON SOME SLEEP. CAROL PREPARED MEALS. I DID EXERCISES. CAROL GOT A CALL FROM LUCILLE. OVERCAST SKY, STRONG WIND. 42[DEGREES FARENHEIT] HERE AT 4:30 PM. UNION MUTUAL PROXY SIGNED TODAY. LISTENED TO MUSIC (CHOPIN) IN THE EVENING (17 LAPS, CAROL 1)
2/20 GINGER CALLED THIS MORNING TO SAY THE GREEN FAMILY WILL NOT COME IN TODAY (SUNDAY) CAROL COOKED A ROAST. CAROL AND I GOT TOGETHER THE DATA NEEDED FOR OUR INCOME TAX REPORT. SUNNY, BUT COLD (17 LAPS)
2/21 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID THE WASH, I TOOK THE INCOME TAX DATA TO RILEY AND LEFT IT WITH THEM. WORKED ON DATA JOHN ROMERO SENT ME, TRIED TO CALL HIM BUT IT IS A HOLIDAY. IN THE AFTERNOON I STARTED A LETTER TO TED HAMMETT. MARJORIE IRONED AFTER SUPPER. SUNNY DAY. GINGER CALLED TO ASK US TO COME SUNDAY, TALKED TO CHASE AND MARGO.
CHASE USED THE TOOTHPICK TO TIGHTEN A SCREW ON JEWELRY BOX HE IS MAKING FOR GINGER, MARGO IS OK. (5 LAPS)
1983 FEB (CONCLUDED)
2/22 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL IRONED IN THE MORNING AND DID SOME MENDING, SHE PREPARED MEALS. I WROTE A LETTER TO TED HAMMETT. I CALLED JOHN ROMERO TO TALK ABOUT A PROMOTION IN SIGMA XI. SUNNY DAY (7 LAPS)
2/23 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL PREPARED MEALS AND SPENT THE REST OF THE DAY CLEANING THE KITCHEN STOVE. I WORKED ON A RECOMMENDATION FOR PROMOTION FOR JOHN ROMERO, BUT FOUND THAT I NEEDED MORE INFORMATION THE HE WILL BE OUT FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH. I WENT TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR SANDWICHES FOR CAROL’S SUPPER. THE POSTMAN TOOK THE LETTER FROM HAMMETT. I PUT THE ACCUMULATED PAPERS ON THE ASHPIT. (10 LAPS)
2/24 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I MOVED THE STOVE, CABINET AND
REFRIGERATOR OUT AWAY FROM THE WALL AND CLEANED BEHIND THEM. I REPLACED THEM. SHE ALSO CLEANED THE SIDES AND TOPS, AS WELL AS THE UTENSILS GENERALLY PLACED ON THEM. A CALL CAME FROM SUNADA CONCERNING ROOM ARRANGEMENTS. I WILL TEACH A CLASS WHILE I AM THERE ON PUMPING EFFECTS. CAROL GOT CALLS FROM EVELYN AND LUCILLE. SUNNY DAY (20 LAPS)
2/25 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER. CAROL CLEANED THE CEILING AND WALLS IN THE KITCHEN. I RIGGED UP AN EXTENSION TO THE HANDLE OF HER CLEANER SO SHE COULD REACH THE CEILING, I WORKED ON PREPARATIONS FOR A CLASS AT FT COLLINS WHEN I GOT THERE. I WATCHED WRESTLING ON TV (14 LAPS)
2/26 CAROL AND I CAUGHT UP ON A LITTLE SLEEP. GINGER AND MARGO CAME AT ABOUT NOON. WE ATE THE NOON MEAL HERE. IN THE AFTERNOON, MARJORIE TOOK ME TO THE CINDERELLA PENNY’S STORE TO GET A NEW SUIT. IT TOOK MORE TIME THAN EXPECTED AND SO I PUT $25.00 DOWN TO HOLD A SUIT AND MARJORIE BROUGHT ME HOME. IN THE MORNING, I TOOK A LETTER WITH CHECK FOR MOE’S BIRTHDAY AND A LETTER TO JO. TO THE MAILBOX AT JEWELL AND BROADWAY AND MAILED THEM. I WORKED ON PREPARATION FOR THE CLASS. CAROL WASHED MARJORIE’S RUG AND COAT. 2/27 MARJORIE CAME OUT ABOUT 8:45 AM, ATE SUNDAY BREAKFAST AND THEN TOOK CAROL TO THE HAIRDRESSER ABOUT 9:00 PM. THEY RETURNED ABOUT 11:00 AM I CUT UP TURKEY PIECES AND CAROL HAD IT ON THE STONE COOKING BEFORE THEY LEFT. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE NOON MEAL AND STAYED TO HELP CAROL WITH THE DISHES, MARJORIE LEFT ABOUT 2:30 PM. I WORKED ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE CLASS. (7 LAPS)
2/28 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE STAYED AFTER SUPPER TO DO SOME IRONING. CAROL DID THE WASH AND PREPARED MEALS. THERE IS A SMALL PATCH OF SNOW IN THE BACK WHICH IS THE
LAST OF THE SNOW WHICH FELL LAST CHRISTMAS EVE. THE PATCH COULD ALMOST BE COVERED WITH A HAT. IT WILL BE GONE TOMORROW. MARJORIE BROUGHT FRIED CHICKEN WHEN SHE CAME AT NOON. SUNNY EARLY, RAINED IN THE AFTERNOON. I WORKED ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE CLASS. (5 LAPS)
1983
AT HOME: 3/1-31 3/9 VWWI MEETING
MAR
3/1 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS, CAROL IRONED. I WORKED ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE CLASS. CAROL AND I CALLED MOE TO SING “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” TO HIM. THEY HAVE HEARD FROM MARK, THE WEATHER IN THE [illegible] HAS BEEN GOOD. HE WILL PROBABLY GO TO TEXAS NEXT SUMMER. (11 LAPS)
3/2 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL CLEANED THE WEST
CUPBOARDS IN THE KITCHEN, I WORKED ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE CLASS AND DID SOME STUDY OF THE ITERATED INTEGRALS OF THE COMPLEMENTARY ERROR FUNCTION I MADE A CALL TO PROFESSOR SUNADA TO TALK ABOUT THE MATERIAL IN THE PRESENTATION. HE WILL GET IN TOUCH WITH ME IN ABOUT 2 WEEKS. SUNNY DAY. CAROL AND I TALKED TO KERRY, TRACY AND KIRK. THE TORNADOS, EARTHQUAKES, RAINS, WINDS AND HIGH WAVES HAVE NOT GIVEN THEM ANY TROUBLE. (5 LAPS) 3/3 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. SHE BROUGHT FRIED CHICKEN WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER. CAROL CLEANED IN THE KITCHEN TODAY - THE “FORMICA” TOPS AND THE
CUPBOARD I MADE. I CLEARED AWAY THE BRANCHES UNDER THE GRAPE VINES, THESE I HAD TRIMMED FROM THE GRAPE VINES LAST YEAR, THEY WERE USED TO HOLD DRY LEAVES IN PLACE UNDER THE GRAPE VINES. I SACKED THEM UP AND PUT THEM IN THE ALLEY FOR THE TRASHMEN, OUR TRASH I PUT OUT FOR THEM, TOO. CICILY MELLOR CALLED TO SAY SHE WAS BRINGING A BIRD BOOK FOR ME TO FIX. 3/4 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID HOUSEWORK AND PREPARED MEALS. MRS CICILY MELLOR CAME WITH A BIRD BOOK TO BE REPAIRED. I WORKED ON IT IN THE AFTERNOON. MARJORIE BROUGHT GROCERIES WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER. RAIN IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. 3/5 CAROL AND I CAUGHT UP ON SLEEP. WHEN WE GOT UP IT WAS SNOWING. WE HAD 3 TO 4 INCHES OF WET SNOW ON THE GROUND. I WENT OUT AND SHOVELLED OUR FRONT WALKS, THE SNOW WAS VERY HEAVY. AT 3:15 PM IT IS STILL SNOWING. LETTER CAME FROM TED HAMMETT, HE WILL BE HERE MONDAY.
3/6 RADIO REPORTS A FOOT OF SNOW AT THE AIRPORT WITH A WATER CONTENT OF 3.06 INCHES. THE CHRISTMAS SNOW PUT 21 INCHES ON THE GROUND, BUT ONE REPORT I HEARD PUT THE WATER CONTENT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES. YESTERDAY THEY REPORTED 18 INCHES OF SNOWFALL AT THE AIRPORT WITH A FOOT LEFT ON THE GROUND. CAROL CALLED GINGER/ THEY HAVE TWO FEET OF SNOW ON THE GROUND THERE, SO THEY WILL NOT TRY TO COME IN TODAY (SUNDAY). I WORKED ON THE
BOOK TO BE REPAIRED. CLOUDY IN THE MORNING, SUN CAME OUT LATER. FINISHED THE REPAIR OF THE CICILY MELLOR BIRD BOOK. (8 LAPS)
3/7 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE STAYED AFTER SUPPER TO DO SOME IRONING. CAROL DID THE WASH. WE SPENT SOME TIME FIGHTING A PLUGGED DRAIN. TED HAMMETT CAME ABOUT 11:45. HE MET CAROL AND MARJORIE. HE LEFT AT ABOUT 12:30. WE TALKED ABOUT SOME INTEGRALS. VARIABLE WEATHER TODAY. (5 LAPS)
3/8 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BROUGHT FRIED CHICKEN WHEN SHE CAME FOR THE NOON MEAL, CAROL FINISHED THE IRONING. OVERCAST DAY. SNOW AT TIMES DURING THE DAY. HAIL IN LATER AFTERNOON. SUN CAME OUT JUST BEFORE SUNSET. I READ THE AUDUBON MAGAZINE AND POPULAR SCIENCE MAGAZINE. BOTH CAME TODAY. EXERCISED.
3/9 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. AT ABOUT 11:45 AM SHE TOOK ME DOWN TO THE VFW HALL IN 1500 BLOCK ON SOUTH BROADWAY TO ATTEND THE BARRACKS 3149 VWWI MEETING. I WAS ELECTED COMMANDER. SHORTLY AFTER 2:00 PM, I WALKED BACK HOME. SUNNY DAY TODAY. CALL CAME FROM GEORGE ROUSE. HE WANTED SOME BIOGRAPHICAL DATA. I GAVE HIM SOME AND GAVE REFERENCE TO WHERE HE COULD GET OTHER DATA, CAROL CLEANED UP THE MICROWAVE OVEN, CABINET UNDER BACK WINDOW AND CABINET ON NORTH WALL OF
BREAKFAST NOOK. CALL FROM CICELY MELLOR - SHE WILL GET HER BOOK TOMORROW. (6 LAPS) 1983
MAR (CONTINUED)
3/10 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BROUGHT A “BURRITO” FOR CAROL AND A BOX OF FRIED CHICKEN WHEN SHE CAME AT NOON. CAROL FINISHED WITH THE CLEANING OF THE EAST CUPBOARD TODAY. MRS CICELY MELLOR CAME AT 10:00 TO GET HER REPAIRED BIRD BOOK. I SPENT SOME MORE TIME TRYING TO DEVISE A COMPUTATION SCHEME TO PRODUCE A TABLE OF [function] TODAY WITH MUCH LUCK, CLEAR WARM DAY. (2 LAPS)
3/11 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL STRAIGHTENED UP THE CABINET UNDER THE KITCHEN SINK AND FIXED UP ANOTHER CHEST PROTECTOR FOR ME. I READ NEW MAGAZINES CIVIL ENGINEERING, AMERICAN RIFLEMAN, FIELD AND STREAM. I MADE OUT A FORM FOR ELECTION OF DIRECTORS FOR THE NATIONAL RIFLEMAN. CAROL PLACED IT ON THE MAILBOX TO BE PICKED UP BY THE POSTMAN, SUNNY IN THE MORNING, SOME CLOUDS IN THE AFTERNOON. (16 LAPS)
3/12 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL PREPARED MEALS AND DID HOUSEWORK. AT ABOUT 10:00 AM I TOOK A BU TO THE CINDERELLA CENTER. I FIRST WENT TO PENNEY’S AND TALKED TO THE CLERK THERE ABOUT A SUIT. THEY WERE SELLING OUT A STOCK AND DID NOT HAVE WHAT I NEEDED. I COLLECTED $23.00 ON A $25.00 DEPOSIT I HAD MADE ABOUT 2 WEEKS PREVIOUSLY. ON THE CLERK’S RECOMMENDATION, I THEN WENT TO “RICHMAN’S” WHERE I PURCHASED A SUIT. I WILL PICK IT UP ON THE 26TH. I RETURNED HOME ON THE BUS. PARTLY CLOUDY, WARM. CAROL GOT A CALL FROM LUCILLE.
3/13 MARJORIE CAME OVER ABOUT 8:30 AM AND LEFT ABOUT 5:30 PM, SHE TOOK CAROL TO EVELYN’S TO GET HER HAIR FIXED. I PEELED POTATOES AND CAROL GOT THE TURKEY ON BEFORE THEY LEFT. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO ARRIVED ABOUT 12:05 PM WE ALL ATE SUNDAY DINNER HERE, CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT AT ABOUT 2:00 PM. SUNNY DAY. CAROL GOT A CALL FROM LUCILLE. 3/14 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. SHE PACKED HER THINGS FOR THE TRIP TO TENNESSEE TO SEE MORRIS AND VIRGINIA. MR SHRIVER CAME BY TO TAKE HER TO THE AIRPORT. HE WAS HERE AT 7:30 AM AS HE SAID HE WOULD BE. I WENT TO RILEY’S TO GET MY COMPLETED INCOME TAX REPORTS. ON THE WAY BACK, I STOPPED AT THE “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” TO GET SANDWICHES FOR CAROL’S NOON MEAL IN THE AFTERNOON, I WROTE A TI-59 PROGRAM FOR COMPUTATION OF [function]. CLOUDY EARLY. SUN CAME OUT BRIEFLY ABOUT NOON. CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON, LIGHT RAIN IN THE EVENING. I CALLED R. PEARL TO GET DETAILS ON THE APRIL 9 MEETING. A COLLECT CALL CAME FROM MARJORIE AT MOE’S (21 LAPS)
3/15 CAROL AND I WERE ALONE TODAY. SNOW ALL DAY. I SHOVELLED THE FRONT WALK. SOMEONE GAVE IT ANOTHER SHOVELLING IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. CAROL IRONED TODAY, CAROL WROTE LETTERS TO GATES CLINIC (DENTAL WORK FOR CAROL) AND AMVETS (FOR CARDS). I WORKED ON THE TASK OF PROGRAMMING THE TI-59 FOR COMPUTATION OF [function]
3/16 CAROL AND I CAUGHT UP ON SLEEP. WE GOT OUR INCOME TAX READY AND SENT IT IN. CAROL PREPARED MEALS AND DID HOUSEWORK. SHE PREPARED SOME HOMINY GRITS TO BE FRIED. MORE SNOW TODAY, STEVE SHOVELED MY MAIN WALK. I SHOVELLED THE WALKS FROM THE HOUSE TO THE STREET I WORKED ON THE PROGRAM FOR COMPUTING [function]. I COMPLETED THE PROGRAM FOR COMPUTATION OF [function] AND RECORDED IT ON A MAGNETIC CARD. (3 LAPS)
1983 MAR (CONTINUED)
3/17 CAROL CLEANED UP THE LIVING ROOM, DINING ROOM AND BATHROOM. CAROL PREPARED MEALS. I WENT TO CINDERELLA CITY TO GET MY NEW SUIT. I ALSO BOUGHT A NEW BELT. I WENT AND RETURNED ON THE BUS. MR SHRIVER BROUGHT MARJORIE BACK FROM THE AIRPORT. THEY ARRIVED AFTER 5:30 PM. MARJORIE’S PLANE WAS AN HOUR LATE. IT SNOWED A LITTLE AT ABOUT THE TIME MARJORIE ARRIVED. GOOD NEWS - CALL FROM KATHY TO SAY THAT SHE HAD AN 8 lb BOY, NO NAME YET. CAROL CALLED MARJORIE TO LET HER KNOW (5 LAPS)
3/18 MARJORIE CAME OVER TO EAT BREAKFAST THEN TOOK CAROL TO THE HAIRDRESSER. THEY LEFT ABOUT 8:45 AM AND GOT BACK BY 12:00 NOON. WE ATE THE NOON MEAL, THEN MARJORIE TOOK CAROL TO THE EVANS AND DOWNING SAFEWAY TO GET GROCERIES. ($90.00) LIGHT SNOW TODAY. I WORKED WITH THE TI-59 TRYING TO CONSTRUCT A TABLE OF [function]. BUT HAVE CONCLUDED THAT THE TI-59 NEEDS A NEW BATTERY. WILL SEE MONDAY. CALL FROM CLIFF JENKINS (2 LAPS)
3/19 CAROL WROTE CHECKS FOR MA BELL, PUBLIC SERVICE AND WATER DEPARTMENT. I WROTE CHECKS FOR AMERICAN RIFLEMAN, (DUES), THE NATURE CONSERVANCY AND NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY. I CARRIED THEM TO THE MAILBOX AT BROADWAY AND JEWELL. I SHOVELLED THE FRONT WALKS IN THE MORNING. IN THE AFTERNOON, I SHOVELLED THE BACK WALKS, TOOK OUT TRASH AND PUT FEED OUT FOR THE BIRDS, I WATCHED WRESTLING ON TV AT 10:00 AM. CAROL BAKED A
“SNACKING CAKE” I CAUGHT UP ON CORRESPONDENCE, LIGHT SNOW ALL DAY. GREY-HEADED JUNCO AT THE FEEDER TODAY (18 LAPS)
3/20 CAROL AND I CAUGHT UP ON SLEEP THIS SUNDAY MORNING. CAROL FIXED A STEW, MADE AN APPLE STRUDEL AND FIXED SOME JELLO. I SHOVELLED SNOW FROM OUR FRONT WALK AS HE HAS SHOVELLED MINE TWICE LATELY. I MADE MISCELLANEOUS COMPUTATIONS, SNOW FLURRIES MOST OF THE DAY, BUT THE SUN BROKE THROUGH JUST BECAUSE SUNSET. (3 LAPS, CAROL 2)
3/21 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. AFTER BREAKFAST ON WENT TO LEWAN’S ON SOUTH UNIVERSITY AND BOUGHT A BATTERY FOR MY TI-59. I WENT AND RETURNED ON THE #21 BUS. CAROL DID THE WASH _ PREPARED MEALS IN THE AFTERNOON, I WENT TO PEARL STREET FOR A HAIRCUT, BUT BOTH SHOPS ARE CLOSED ON MONDAY. CAROL PUT A LETTER ON THE MAILBOX FOR 1ST NATL OF ENGLEWOOD REQUESTING MORE CHECKBOOK FILLERS. MARJORIE STAYED AFTER SUPPER TO IRON. ON THE WAY TO THE BARBER SHOP THIS MORNING, I SAW A SHARP-SHIN HAWK AT JEWELL AND
PENNSYLVANIA. SUNNY, WARM DAYS (2 LAPS)
3/22 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL DID THE IRONING. I WORKED ON THE TI-59 PROGRAM ALL DAY. COULD NOT GET RESULTS. FINALLY FOUND THAT MEMORY [illegible] WAS DROPPING A STORED NUMBER OUT OF MEMORY. CLOUDY, COLD DAY. (5 LAPS)
3/23 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL DID HOUSEWORK AND PREPARED MEALS. SHE ALSO STARTED WORK ON SHORTENING THE LEGS ON THE PANTS OF MY NEW SUIT, IN THE MORNING I WENT TO SAM HILLS FOR A A HAIRCUT. THIS SHOP IS LOCATED AT S. PEARL AND COLORADO - I WALKED BOTH WAYS, AFTER I RETURNED, I CONTINUED THE EFFORTS TO PROGRAM THE TI-59 TO COMPUTE [function] MANAGED TO GET THE PROGRAM RUNNING ABOUT 6:00 PM. I NOW HAVE A SHORT TABLE FOR 0.01 INCREMENTS. THE MACHINE IS NOW COMPUTING A TABLE FOR 0.001 INCREMENTS. MARJORIE CALLED TO SAY THAT KATHY BOY’S NAME IS ROBERT WILLIAM, SUNNY DAY
1983 MAR (CONCLUDED)
3/24 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS, CAROL SPENT MUCH OF THE DAY FIXING THE PANTS LEGS OF MY NEW SUIT. SHE PREPARED MEALS. I DID SOME MORE WORK ON THE [function] FUNCTIONS, WE WROTE A LETTER TO KATHY WITH A PRESENT FOR THE NEW GREAT GRANDSON.
3/25 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES WHEN SHE CAME FROM SUPPER. CAROL PREPARED MEALS, SENT A LETTER TO EWING MAYS AND FINISHED SHORTENING THE
LEGS ON MY “NEW” SUIT. SNOWING THIS EVENING, I MENDED MY SLIPPER, DID SOME MORE PREPARATIONS FOR THE CLASS. CAROL MADE OUT THE GROCERY LIST. (7 LAPS)
3/26 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL FIXED UP HER RECORD BOOK. SHE ALSO PREPARED MEALS. I SPENT THE DAY MOUNTING A COMPUTER TAPE ON SHEETS TO PROVIDE A TABLE OF THE [function] FUNCTIONS. PARTLY CLOUDY, WINDY, COLD. THERE WAS SNOW THIS MORNING. I WENT OUT AND SWEPT OUR WALKS AND ROBINSON’S WALS (5 LAPS)
3/27 MARJORIE CAME OVER ABOUT 10:30 AM. CHARLES AND FAMILY ARRIVED ABOUT 11:30 AM. CAROL PREPARED A MEAL. I PEELED POTATOES AND MARJORIES LENT A HAND. WE ALL AT THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL HERE AND BY THE WAY THE FOOD DISAPPEARED THEY MUST HAVE LIKED IT. I DID MY SHARE. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO LEFT AT ABOUT 4:00 PM - MARJORIE STAYED TO HELP WITH THE DISHES. SHE LEFT AT ABOUT 5:00 PM OR A LITTLE AFTER. SUNNY DAY. MOST OF THE SNOW IS NOW IS NOW GONE. (5 LAPS)
3/28 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE STAYED AFTER SUPPER TO IRON. CAROL DID THE WASH AND PREPARED MEALS. I WORKED ON INTERPOLATION PROBLEMS WITH THE NEW TABULATION OF [function] WHEN THERE ARE TWO DECIMAL PLACES IN THE ARGUMENT, UNSETTLED WEATHER. RAIN IN THE EVENING. (5 LAPS)
3/29 LIGHT SNOW LAST NIGHT. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS, SHE BROUGHT FRIED CHICKEN WHEN SHE CAME FOR THE NOON MEAL. CHARLES BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO OVER ABOUT 8:00 AM. CAROL, MARJORIE AND I WERE HERE WITH CHASE AND MARGO FOR THE NOON MEAL. GINGER CAME FOR THEM ABOUT 3:50 PM. CAROL PREPARED MEALS. I WORKED ON THE [function] PROBLEM. (5 LAPS)
3/30 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL IRONED IN THE MORNING AND WROTE LETTERS TO JO AND TOM AND TO MOE AND VIRGINIA. SHE PREPARED MEALS. I WORKED ON GETTING A MAGNETIC CARD RECORD OF THE PROGRAM I WROTE TO COMPUTE THE [function[ FUNCTIONS, KAES TELLS ME THAT THE PROGRAM IS STORED IN BANKS 18.2, SO I HAD TO RECORD BANKS 1, 2, 4 +4 TO GET EVERYTHING (1 LAP)
3/31 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL SORTED OUT MAGAZINES AND CATALOGS. SHE AND I GOT THE TRASH OUT. I POLISHED MY SHOES AND TWO BRIEFCASES. RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. UNSETTLED WEATHER. I PUT SEED IN BIRD FEEDER (5 LAPS)
1983
AT HOME: 4/1-17, 21-30 4/9 CGWA MEETING - RECEIVED AWARD CSU: 4/18-20 (TAUGHT, RECEIVED AWARD) 4/21 USBR LUNCHEON APR
4/1 LIGHT SNOW LAST NIGHT. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER. CAROL MADE OUT A GROCERY LIST AND PREPARED MEALS, CALL CAME FROM JO. THEY ARE IN LAS VEGAS. JO SAYS SHE IS LOSING MONEY, BUT TOM IS WINNING. I DID NOT DO MUCH. I WROTE A LETTER TO THE “DENVER FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS” ABOUT THE SHARP-SHIN HAWK I SAW ON THE 21ST. I TOOK IT OVER TO THE MAILBOX AND MAILED IT. DAY WITH SOME SUN AND MUCH WIND.
4/2 CAROL AND I CAUGHT UP ON SLEEP AGAIN THIS MORNING. MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL WROTE OUT CHECKS TO AARP AND MARGE AND GOT OUT CHECKS READY TO PUT IN THE BANK. THEY ARE NOW TAKING MY CIVIL SERVICE PENSION. CAROL PREPARED MEALS. WE CALLED MOE AND VIRGINIA TO CONGRATULATE THEM ABOUT BECOMING GRANDPARENTS. I DID A LITTLE WORK ON INTERPOLATION OF THE [function] FUNCTION. DAY CLOUDY, COLD, WINDY (5 LAPS)
4/3 CAROL AND I COULD NOT GET ANY EXTRA SLEEP THIS MORNING. IT WAS HAIR FIXING DAY. SO WE ROLLED OUT. CAROL FIXED UP SOME BREAKFAST AND ABOUT 8:20 AM MARJORIE DROVE UP. CAROL FIXED BREAKFAST FOR HER. THEY LEFT AT ABOUT 8:45 AM LEAVING ME TO COOK THE ROAST, WHICH I DID. MARJORIE ATE THE NOON MEAL WITH US. SHE LEFT ABOUT 1:30 PM. A BLIZZARD WAS BLOWING OUTSIDE. SHE GAVE US A RINK TO LET US KNOW SHE WAS HOME. I SHOVELLED SNOW. I MADE A CALL TO KEN SHRIVER. HE IS HOME FROM HIS HERNIA OPERATION AND IS FEELING WELL. (8 LAPS)
4/4 SNOW ALL DAY MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE STAYED AFTER SUPPER IRONING. CAROL DID THE WASH AND PREPARED MEALS. I SHOVELLED THE WALKS FRONT AND BACK WHILE CAROL SWEPT THE FRONT STEPS. I TOOK OUT REASH AND REFILLED THE BIRD FEEDER. I HAD HOUSE SPARROWS, HOUSE FINCHES, AN OREGON JUNCO, A PINKS SIDED JUNCO AND A GREY HEADED JUNCO. LUCILLE CALLED. I CALLED MR SHRIVER, HE IS DOING VERY WELL, HAS NOT HAD TO USE ANY PAIN PILLS. I MADE SOME CORRECTIONS IN MY CLASS PRESENTATION. (16 LAPS (16)(180)=2880 FT.
4/5 SNOW LAST NIGHT. STILL SNOWING THIS MORNING. EYEBALL MEASUREMENT OF THE SNOWCAP ON THE ASH PIT AT 9:00 AM IS 8 INCHES. I SHOVELLED THE FRONT AND BACK WALKS AND REFILLED THE BIRD FEEDER. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL. SHE BROUGHT FRIED CHICKEN AT NOON. SNOW ALL DAY. CAROL IRONED, CLEANED THE FLOOR IN THE FURNACE ROOM AND MY STUDY ROOM, SWEPT THE FRONT STEPS AND PORCH AND PREPARED MEALS. HAD OREGON AND PINK SIDED PLUS A GREY-HEADED JUNCOS AT THE FEEDER, ALSO HOUSE FINCHES AND ENGLISH
SPARROWS. THREE CATS AND THE SHARP SHIN HAWK MADE TRIES FOR THEM (THE CAT JUMPS ON THE WINDOW LEDGE AND WAITS THERE) CAROL STRAIGHTENED OUT THE CHECK BOOKS. 8” SNOW DEPTH ON ASHPIT, SNOW ALL DAY
4/6 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER. CAROL CLEANED THE LIVING ROOM, DINING ROOM, AND MIDDLE AND BACK BEDROOMS. CAROL PREPARED MEALS. I WENT TO SAM HILL’S FOR A HAIRCUT ($4.00). I RAN ANOTHER COMPUTATION OF [function]. A CALL CAME FROM RICHARD PEARL. HE WILL ARRANGE FOR SOMEONE TO PICK ME UP SATURDAY. DID SOME READING (DID 5 LAPS YESTERDAY AND 5 LAPS TODAY)
4/7 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE TOOK CAROL DOWN TO SEE THE DENTIST (SANDIN) IN THE MORNING. THEY WERE BACK BEFORE 11:00 AM, CAROL PREPARED MEALS I DISPOSED OF GARBAGE AND FILLED THE BIRD FEEDER AGAIN. I SPENT MUCH OF THE DAY TRYING TO FIND AN ELECTRONIC AIR CLEANER. WARDS HAS ONE BUT I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET MUCH INFORMATION ON IT. SOME TIME WAS SPENT ON INTERPOLATION FROM A TABLE OF [function]. CLEAR DAY. NO SNOW.
1983 APR (CONTINUED)
4/8 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL CLEANED IN THE KITCHEN AND BATHROOM AND PREPARED MEALS. RODGER AND HIS WIFE, SANDY, TOOK SUPPER WITH US AFTER BEING DELAYED BY GETTING ON THE WRONG HIGHWAY. AFTERWARDS MARJORIE TOOK THEM TO AN ICE-SKATING SHOW. I WENT TO THE JACK-IN-THE-BOX FOR HAMBURGERS FOR CAROL’S NOON MEAL. PARTLY CLOUDY TODAY. LIGHT PRECIPITATION AFTER ABOUT 6:00 PM. CALL CAME FROM RICHARD PEARL. THE MIKE
GALLOWAY’S WILL COME BY FOR ME AT ABOUT 6:30 PM TOMORROW
4/9 RODGER AND SANDY CAMT AT ABOUT 4:00 PM. IN THE MORNING CAROL AND I GOT THINGS READY SO I COULD DO TO THE COLORADO GROUNDWATER ASSOCIATION MEETING IN THE EVENING. AT ABOUT 5:00 PM, I STARTED GETTING READY TO GO. MIKE GALLOWAY AND WIFE CAME FOR ME AT ABOUT 6:45 PM. WE WENT TO THE RAMADA INN AT I-70 AND KIPLING, RICHARD PEARL PRESIDED AND THEY PRESENTED ME WITH A DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD FOR DEVELOPMENTS I HAVE MADE IN THE FIELD OF COLORADO GROUNDWATER TECHNOLOGY. WE WERE ENTERTAINED BY COLOR SLIDE PICTURES OF GHOST TOWNS, NARROW GAGE TRAINS AND COLORADO MOUNTAIN CLIMBING SCENES, THE GALLOWAYS BROUGHT ME BACK AT ABOUT 11:00 PM (10 LAPS)
4/10 MARJORIE CAME AT ABOUT 10:30 AM, CHARLES AND FAMILY CAME AT ABOUT 11:00 AM AND RODGER AND SANDY CAME ABOUT NOON. CAROL GOT TOGETHER A BIG SUNDAY DINNER FOR THEM WHICH WE ALL ENJOYED. I PEELED THE POTATOES AND HELPED CAROL AS MUCH AS I COULD. RODGER AND SANDY LEFT ABOUT 2:30 PM, CHARLES ABOUT 5:00 PM AFTER HELPING CAROL WITH THE DISHES. MILD DAY.
4/11 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID THE WAS HAND PREPARED MEALS. MARJORIE STAYED AFTER SUPPER TO DO SOME IRONING. I PUT IN A PLUG AND HUNG UP THE COLORADO
GROUNDWATER ASSOCIATION “DISTINGUISHED SERVICE” AWARD. I DISPOSED OF TRASH. IN THE AFTERNOON I SET UP THE TI-59 COMPUTER AND RAN OFF SOME FOUR PLACE VALUES FOR
INTERPOLATION CHECKS. PARTLY CLOUDY, SOME WIND. I CALLED PATSY BACON AT FT COLLINS TO GET PROGRAM DATA FOR THE “HYDROLOGY DAYS”
4/12 CAROL AND MARJORIE BOTH UNDER THE WEATHER. MARJORIE RECOVERED ENOUGH TO COME OVER BEFORE NOON. CAROL WAS FEELING BETTER AFTER SUPPER. AN ANTIBIOTIC PRESCRIBED BY DR SANDIN (DENTIST_ MAY BE THE CAUSE OF CAROL’S TROUBLE), SNOW TODAY. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GET 4 INCHES BEFORE MORNING. I INDEXED THE MATERIAL FOR THE CLASS AND INCLUDED THE
MATERIAL I WORKED UP FOR THE DINNER. DINNER RESERVATIONS $16.00. IS SENDING DATA BUT THINKS IT WILL NOT ARRIVE UNTIL THURSDAY.
4/13 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL DID THE IRONING. SNOW LAST NIGHT. ABOUT 2 INCHES ON THE GROUND IN THE MORNING. I SHOVELLED OUR FRONT AND BACK WALKS AND REFILLED THE BIRD FEEDER. THE HAWK WAS SEEN TODAY. OVERCAST DAY AND A LITTLE SNOW THIS MORNING. A ROBIN WAS AT THE FEEDER TODAY, ALSO A JUNCO, SPARROWS, HOUSE FINCHES AND STARLINGS. CALL TO SUNADA. HE WILL MAKE 4 RESERVATIONS. HE WILL BE HERE TO TAKE ME TO FT COLLINS, PROBABLY AT ABOUT 7:30 PM MONDAY. HE WILL CALL. (5 LAPS)
1983 APR (CONTINUED)
4/14 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL PREPARED MEALS. SHE GOT THE TRASH READY AND I TOOK IT OUT FOR THE TRASH MEN WHO WILL BE HERE TOMORROW. I WORKED ON ACCUMULATED MAIL AND READ. SUNNY ALL DAY (6 LAPS)
4/15 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER. CAROL MADE OUT A GROCERY LIST, PREPARED MEALS AND PAID SOME BILLS, I READ AND WORKED WITH MY RECORDS. (6 LAPS)
4/16 CAROL AND I CAUGHT UP ON SLEEP. CAROL WORKED TO GET MY SUIT BAG PACKED. SHE PRESSED SUIT, SHIRTS AND TIES, WE GOT THE STUFF READY TO PACK UP. I HELPED AS MUCH AS I COULD. CAROL PREPARED MEALS AND WROTE A LETTER TO JO. SUNNY TODAY, CAROL WASHED OUT A SUIT OF UNDERWEAR FOR ME. I WATCHED WRESTLING ON TV. (10 LAPS)
4/17 MARJORIE CAME AT ABOUT 8:30 AM. SHE AND CAROL LEFT AT ABOUT 8:50 FOR A SESSION AT THE HAIRDRESSER FOR CAROL. I PEELED POTATOES FOR THE NOON MEAL. CAROL PREPARED ROAST TURKEY AND ROAST CHICKEN, MARJORIE AND CAROL RETURNED AT ABOUT 11:00 AM. CHARLES, GINGER, AND MARGO ARRIVED SHORTLY AFTER 11:00 AM. WE ALL ATE THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL HERE. CHARLES, GINGER AND MARGO LEFT ABOUT 2:00 PM. THEY WERE TO PICK CHASE UP ON THEIR WAY HOME. CHASE AND ONE THE MACTAVISH BOYS ARE ORGANIZING A LAWN CUTTING BUSINESS FOR NEXT SUMMER. I WORKED ON A WRITE UP OF SOME PRAIRIE CHICKEN RECOLLECTIONS. SUNNY DAY. MARJORIE LEFT ABOUT 3:30 PM
4/18 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE ALSO SPENT THE NIGHT WITH CAROL. CAROL DID THE WASH, CAROL AND I SPENT THE DAY GETTING ME READY FOR THE TRIP TO FT COLLINS. DR SUNADA CAME DOWN FROM FT COLLINS TO TAKE ME UP THERE. HE ARRIVED SHORTLY AFTER 2:00 PM WHEN WE ARRIVED IN FT COLLINS, HE TOOK ME TO MY ROOM IN THE UNIVERSITY MOTEL, WHICH IS JUST ACROSS COLLEGE AVENUE FROM THE CAMPUS. HE TOOK ME TO HIS HOME FOR THE EVENING MEAL. DR FEAD AND PATSY BACON WERE THERE ALSO. SUNADA SHOWED ME HIS “APPLE” COMPUTER. HIS THREE SONS WERE WITH US. ALSO, DR FEAD RETURNED HOME TO THE MOTEL WHERE I SPENT THE NIGHT.
4/19 MARJORIE WAS WITH CAROL FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. THEN SHE WENT WITH GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO FOR THE “FRONT RANGE BRANCH THIRD ANNUAL HYDROLOGY” DINNER, AT 6:30 PM. THESE MEETINGS WERE DEDICATED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF HYDROLOGY. A PLAQUE WITH THESE NOTATIONS WAS PRESENTED TO ME. THE PRESENTATION WAS MADE BY JERIS DANIELSON WHO IS COLORADO STATE ENGINEER AND A FORMER STUDENT OF MINE. I MADE A BRIEF REPLY. CHARLES STAYED WITH CAROL UNTIL HIS FAMILY RETURNED. DURING THE DAY I HAD VISITED WITH DR BARNES AND DR SKINNER, PATSY BACON KEPT THINGS RUNNING SMOOTHLY AS USUAL. MARJORIE STAYED MONDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHTS WITH CAROL
4/20 MARJORIE WAS WITH CAROL FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DISPOSED OF TRASH, PREPARED MEALS AND HELD THE FORT. I TAUGHT A CLASS IN GROUNDWATER HYDRAULICS. THE CLASS MET AT 10:00 AM. WERNER CAME TO THE MOTEL, WE HAD BREAKFAST TOGETHER. I CHECKED OUT OF THE UNIVERSITY MOTOR INN AT 914 S COLLEGE IN FT COLLINS, WE PUT MY LUGGAGE IN HIS CART HE TOOK ME TO THE CSU CAMPUS. DR SUNADA AND I ATE THE NOON MEAL IN THE STUDENT CENTER AND HE BROUGHT ME BACK TO DENVER. WE ARRIVED AT ABOUT 3:00 PM.
1983 APR (CONTINUED)
4/21 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL PREPARED MEALS AND DID HOUSEWORK. SHE PRESSED A SUIT FOR ME TO GO TO THE USBR RETIREES LUNCHEON. MR CLAIRE CRAWFORD CAME BY FOR ME AT 10:45. WE RETURNED AT ABOUT 2:00 PM, BUT TALKED IN THE CAR FOR A WHILE LONGER. CAROL AND I GOT TRASH READY FOR THE TRASHMEN, AT THE ABOVE MEETING I TOLD JOKES ABOUT DENICE AND DENEPHEW AND THE DEFINITION OF A PEDESTRIAN. CAROL AND I DID UNPACKING. RAIN IN THE SPURTS ALL DAY.
4/22 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. LATER SHE CALLED TO SAY SHE WAS GOING HOME WITH A SORE THROAT, CAROL MADE OUT A GROCERY LIST. SHE TYPED A LETTER FOR ME AND HELPED ME TO GET SOME ASCE REPRINTS READY TO SENT TO FT COLLINS. CAROL DID HOUSEWORK AND PREPARED MEALS. I WROTE A LETTER TO DR SUNADA WHICH CAROL TYPED FOR ME. I GOT OUT THE REPRINTS TO BE SENT TO FT COLLINS. MARJORIE GOT OUT THE REPRINTS TO BE SENT TO FT COLLINS. MARJORIE BROUGHT OVER TWO UNGLAZED EARTHEN DOTS WE WILL PUT IN THE FLOWER BED TO SUPPLY WATER. RAIN TAPERING OFF PM.
4/23 MARJORIE WAS ILL SO SHE STAYED ALL DAY AT HER ENGLEWOOD APARTMENT. CAROL DID HOUSEWORK AND PREPARED MEALS. SHE BAKED A BATCH OF MUFFINS. I WORKED ON MAKING THE TI-59 COMPUTATIONS FOR [function] INTO A TABLE MY MOUNTING COMPUTER TAPE SECTIONS ON LETTER SIZED SHEETS. I SENT A CHECK FOR $10.00 TO “CONSERVATIVE CAUCUS”
4/24 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. SHE TOOK CAROL TO THE HAIRDRESSER. THEY BROUGHT “ARBY’S” FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL WHEN THEY RETURNED. MARJORIE BROUGHT GROCERIES WHEN SHE CAME IN THE MORNING. I BROUGHT GROCERIES WHEN SHE CAME IN THE MORNING. I STARTED MOUNTING THE THREE DECIMAL PLACE TABLE OF [function]
ON LETTER SIZED SHEETS. I NOW HAVE SHEETS THAT GO TO 0.5. PARTLY CLOUDY, WARM. I SET THE CLOCKS AHEAD ONE HOUR LAST NIGHT.
4/25 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS, SHE BROUGHT FRIED CHICKEN WHEN SHE CAME FOR THE NOON MEAL. SCOTTY BROUGHT US OVER SOME BANANA BREAD. MARJORIE TOOK CAROL TO THE DENTIST. HE DID A ROOT CANAL. MARJORIE STAYED AFTER SUPPER TO IRON. I SPENT MOST OF THE DAY IN BED WITH A COLD.
4/26 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL DID WASHING AND IRONING, HOUSEWORK AND PREPARED MEALS. SHE WROTE A LETTER TO JO, THE POSTMAN TOOK IT. I WORKED ON A TABLE OF [function]. THE TI-59 TAPE IS BEING CUT TO LENGTH AND MOUNTED ON 8 ½” x 11” SHEETS. I CALLED DR FEAD TO THANK HIM FOR THE COURTESIES EXTENDED TO ME DURING MY RECENT TRIP TO FT COLLINS.
4/27 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. SHE BROUGHT FRIED CHICKEN WHEN SHE CAME AT NOON. SHE ALSO BROUGHT “VICON” PILLS FOR ME AND “DIAZIDE” PILLS FOR CAROL. CAROL SLEPT MOST OF THE DAY AND HER COLD SEEMS MUCH BETTER. I WORKED ON PUTTING THE TI-59 TAPES ON SHEETS TO MAKE A TABLE OF [function]. I NOW HAVE ENOUGH TAPE MOUNTED ON SHEETS TO MAKE A TABLE OF VALUES FOR Z = 0 TO Z = 1.500 IN INCREMENTS OF 0.001. I WILL GO TO Z = 2.500.
4/28 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL SLEPT THIS MORNING AND PART OF THE AFTERNOON. I THINK SHE IS BETTER THIS EVENING. SHE PREPARED MEALS. I GOT TRASH READY FOR THE TRASHMEN WHO COME TOMORROW. I MOWED THE RECTANGULAR STRIP BACK OF THE HOUSE. THE GRASS IS SO TALL, I WILL TRY IT WITHOUT THE CATCHER. I WORKED ON PUTTING THE TI-59 COMPUTATIONS ON 8 ½” x 11” SHEETS. I WILL NEED ANOTHER DAY. A CALL CAME FROM MR SHRIVER ABOUT A MEETING OF HOOVER DAM BUILDERS TO BE HELD IN LAS VEGAS. LUCILLE CALLED.
1983 APR (CONCLUDED)
4/29 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BROUGHT FRIED CHICKEN AT NOON AND BROUGHT GROCERIES IN THE EVENING. CAROL SPENT PART OF THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON IN BED TRYING TO RECOVER FROM A COLD. SHE FEELS MUCH BETTER THIS EVENING. SHE PREPARED MEALS IN SPITE OF HER ILLNESS. I ADJUSTED THE LAWN MOWER AND CUT THE LAWN FRONT AND BACK. I ALSO FINISHED PUTTING THE [function] FUNCTIONS IN TABULAR FORM.
4/30 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL AND I CAUGHT UP ON A LITTLE SLEEP. I WATCHED WRESTLING AT 10:00 AM TO 11:00 AM. IN THE AFTERNOON, I SET UP THE TI-59 COMPUTER AND COMPUTED SOME NEW VALUES OF [function] TO REPLACE ONES WHICH HAS BEEN MOUNTED OUT OF ORDER. I HAVE THE NEW VALUES. CAROL SLEPT SOME AFTER BREAKFAST AND IN THE AFTERNOON. CHASE CALLED TO TELL ME THAT THE “SACKETTS” WAS RUNNING ON CHANNEL 2. CHARLES INVITED ME
TO GO TO THE FOOTBALL GAME TOMORROW. I WANT TO GO BUT THE QUESTION IS: AM I WELL ENOUGH. GINGER WILL BE WITH US TOMORROW.
1983
AT HOME: 5/1-31 5/11 VWWI MEETING
MAY
5/1 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. SHE HAS BEEN ILL BUT IS IMPROVING. CAROL GOT BREAKFAST AND AFTER THIS WAS OVER I WENT TO MY STUDY AND MOUNTED THE COMPUTATIONS MADE YESTERDAY. THE [function] TABLE IS NOW COMPLETE EXCEPT FOR A PAGE OF INFORMATION ON HOW IT WAS CONSTRUCTED. CHARLES AND FAMILY CAME BEFORE 11:00 AM. THEY COULD NOT GET “ARBY’S” SO THEY WENT TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” INSTEAD. I HAD A FISH SANDWICH. GINGER SAYED WITH US. CHARLES, CHASE AND MARGO WENT TO THE FOOTBALL GAME. IT WAS TOO HOT IN THE STANDS SO THEY CAME BACK HERE TO WATCH THE REST O F THE GAME ON TELEVISION. DENVER GOLDS LOST. THEY LEFT ABOUT 4:00 PM. (SUNDAY)
5/2 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID THE WASH AND IRONED. MARJORIE WENT TO WORK TODAY BUT SPENT THE DAY WORKING ON A “FOREWORD” FOR MY TABLE. THIS REQUIRED SOME COMPUTATIONS. CAROL WROTE AND SENT A LETTER TO JO. SHE SENT A CHECK TO PARK FLORAL TO PAY FOR THE FLOWER SENT TO KEN SHRIVER WHEN HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR HERNIA. (2 LAPS)
5/3 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL SENT $1.00 TO THE CANCER FOUNDATION, SHE PREPARED MEALS AND DID TYPING FOR ME. WE FINISHED THE “PREFACE” FOR THE TABLES AND TYPED A LETTER TO GOTTLIEB OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT FOUNDATION. I RECOMMENDED AGAINST GOING TO THE SUPREME COURT. I FINISHED THE TABLES BUT TOO LATE TO GO TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET
PRINTS. CAROL MENDED MARJORIE’S SWEATER.
5/5 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL STRAIGHTENED UP THE DRESSER AND CHEST OF DRAWERS IN THE MIDDLE BEDROOM AND PREPARED MEALS. I TOOK THE NEW TABLE OF [function] TO ENGLEWOOD AND MADE THREE COPES. MUST GO BACK TOMORROW TO GET PHOTO STATS OF TWO PAGES I MISSED. WARM, SUNNY DAY. CAROL AND I PUT OUT THE TRASH FOR THE TRASHMEN.
5/6 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER. CAROL MADE OUT A GROCERY LIST. MARJORIE TOOK CAROL TO THE DENTIST AT ABOUT 11:00 AM. THEY RETURNED ABOUT 12:15 PM. I FINISHED ONE BOOK OF THE [function] TABLES
5/7 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY, CAROL AND I CAUGHT UP ON SLEEP. CAROL FIXED JELLO AND POTATO SALAD, PREPARED MEALS AND DID HOUSEWORK. SHE TALKED TO GINGER, LOUISE BIRDSONG, LUCILLE AND MARJORIE (CHARLES AND FAMILY WILL BE WITH US ON SUNDAY). I WENT TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR HAMBURGERS. CAROL WROTE A LETTER TO JO. IN THE AFTERNOON I WORKED ON ASSEMBLING ANOTHER OF THE [function] TABLES. WARM DAY (2 LAPS)
2/8 CAROL AND I WERE UP AT 6:00 AM. AS CAROL HAD A DATE WITH THE HAIRDRESSER. MARJRIE CAME ABOUT 9:30 AM TO TAKE CAROL TO EVELYN’S. THEY RETURNED ABOUT 11:30 AM. CHARLES AND
FAMILY ARRIVED ABOUT NOON. CAROL PUT ON THE CHICKEN AND TURKEY BEFORE SHE LEFT. I PEELED AND CUT UP POTATOES. WHILE THEY WERE GONE I ASSEMBLE ON OF THE SETS OF TABLES OF
[function]. IN THE AFTERNOON, I ASSEMBLED THE LAST OF THE THREE COPIES. (ONE TO FT COLLINS, ONE TO STATE ENGINEER AND I WILL KEEP ONE). CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT ABOUT 2:00 PM. WARM SUNDAY. CAROL GOT A CALL FROM MOE. SHE RECEIVED MANY MOTHER’S DAY CARDS.
1983 MAY (CONTINUED)
5/9 MARJORIE WAS HERE FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. SHE BROUGHT A 1983 ALMANAC FOR ME AND A JAR OF COLD CREAM FOR CAROL WHEN SHE CAME FOR BREAKFAST. SHE CAME BY ABOUT 11:30 AM TO TAKE CAROL TO MEET HER DENTIST APPOINTMENT AT 11:45 AM. A HYGIENIST CLEANED HER TEETH. WHILE THEY WERE GONE I MOWED THE LAWN. I MADE A CALL TO THE USGS OFFICE TO INQUIRE ABOUT A CONTOUR MAP OF THE DENVER AREA I WROTE A LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO DR FEAD AND
PREPARED ONE OF THE [function] TABLES TO BE MAILED TO HIM. WARM, SUNNY DAY.
5/10 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. SHE CALLED TO SAY SHE HAD MAILED THE [function] TO DR FEAD AT FT COLLINS. CAROL IRONED AND TYPED A LETTER TO DR FEAD FOR ME (THIS WAS A LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL FOR THE TABLE). I WORKED ON SOME INTERPOLATIONS
BETWEEN TABULAR VALUES. THEN PROGRAMMED THE TI-59 TO COMPUTE VALUES FOR COMPARISON WITH THE INTERPOLATED VALUES. ALL CHECKED TO INCLUDE THE SIXTH PLACE. I BOUND UP THESE COMPUTATIONS WITH MY COPY OF THE TABLE. I MAILED THE LETTER TO FT COLLINS. LETTER CAME FROM LEE DUMM AND BILLY CUMMINGS. DRAINAGE AND GROUNDWATER BRANCH E AND R CENTER CODE 440 TO TRANSMIT COPIES OF THE CENTERLINE WITH AN ACCOUNT OF MY RECENT COLORADO GROUNDWATER ASSOCIATION HONORS. CALL TO LEE DUMM.
5/11 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. SHE TOOK ME TO THE VWWI BARRACKS 3149 MEETING AT NOON. CAROL WROTE A LETTER TO JO, FIXED ME A LUNCH TO TAKE TO THE MEETING (WE NO LONGER HAVE AN AUXILIARY), PRESSED MY SHIRT, SEWED THE “COMMANDER” DESIGNATION ON MY OVERSEAS’ CAP AND FIXED A BEEF ROAST. I WENT TO THE MEETING WHERE I WAS INSTALLED AS COMMANDER. JOHN VOLK BROUGHT ME BACK HOME, CAROL AND I TALKED TO KERRY, JEAN AND KIRK ON THE PHONE. KIRK’S CAR RAN UP 50,000 MILES ON THE SPEEDOMETER, HE PULLED THE CAR OFF THE ROAD, BROKE OUT A BOTTLE OF CHEAP CHAMPAGNE, TASTE IT AND POURED THE CONTENTS IN THE RADIATOR! CLAIMS IT RUNS MUCH BETTER NOW.
5/12 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER. CAROL DID HOUSEWORK AND PREPARED MEALS. SHE RAN THE VACUUM SWEEPER OVER THE LIVING ROOM AND DINING ROOM RUGS. SHE COLLECTED MAGAZINES FOR CHARLES, MARJORIE BROUGHT FRIED CHICKEN AT NOON. I SPADED UP THE FRONT FLOWER BEDS AND PUT FERTILIZER ON THEM. ALSO, PEAT MOSS, BONE MEAL AND SUPER PHOSPHATE. CAROL AND I GOT THE TRASH READY FOR THE TRASHMEN WHEN THEY COME ON FRIDAY (TOMORROW) CALL FROM MURIEL RINGER OF THE
AMERICAN LEGION #1 POST. SHE IS THE CHAPLAIN. SHE IS TRYING TO FIND A POEM FOR ME. WE TALKED TO KERRY, JEAN AND KIRK.
5/13 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER. RAIN TURNING TO SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. CAROL SENT A $140.00 CHECK TO GATES CLINIC (FOR DENTAL WORK) AND AND AN ORDER TO HABANO, CAROL MADE OUT THE GROCERY LIST MARJORIE USED TO GET GROCERIES. I READ MOST OF THE DAY. TOO WET TO GO TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET PHOTO STATS. I CALLED PETERSON’S SECRETARY TO ASK FOR AN APPOINTMENT BUT NO LUCK (3 LAPS)
5/14 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL PAID THE WATER-BOARD BILL, DID HOUSEWORK AND PREPARED MEALS. I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET PHOTOSTATS WANTED BY CAROL AND
MARJORIE (ACCOUNTS OF MY RECENT HONORS). I WATCH WRESTLING ON TV AND TOOK EXERCISES (12 LAPS). SNOW ON THE GROUND THIS MORNING.
1983 MAY (CONTINUED)
5/15 MARJORIE WAS HERE FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. SHE TOOK CAROL OVER TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. THEY LEFT ABOUT 8:45 AM AND RETURNED ABOUT 11:00 AM. THEY STOPPED AT “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR SANDWICHES FOR SUNDAY NOON MEAL. SOME BLUE SKY TODAY. MARJORIE LEFT ABOUT 3:00 PM. I READ AND DID SOME COMPUTING WITH THE NEW TABLES (3 LAPS) 5/16 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY UNTIL ABOUT 3:45 PM WHEN SHE CAME TO TAKE CAROL TO HER APPOINTMENT WITH THE DENTIST. THEY RETURNED ABOUT 5:00 PM. I HAD PEELED THE POTATOES AND CAROL HAD PREPARED THE SUMMER SQUASH. SHE LEFT DIRECTIONS AND I TURNED ON THE STOVE. SHE ARRIVED BACK IN TIME TO FINISH THE COOKING. MARJORIE STAYED WITH US FOR SUPPER, SHE DID SOME IRONING AND LEFT ABOUT 6:00 PM. SUNNY IN THE MORNING, RAIN IN THE
AFTERNOON. I WORKED ON TEST COMPUTATIONS USING THE NEW TABLE. IT MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED. IT WORKS WELL. LETTER TO CAROL FROM LOUISE TODAY. GRADUATION ANNOUNCEMENT FROM PAMELA. (GORDON’S DAUGHTER)
5/17 MARJORIE CAME BY ABOUT 3:30 AM TO TAKE ME TO GRANT JE HIGH SCHOOL TO VOTE. I VOTED AND WE CAME BACK. MARJORIE STAYED FOR SUPPER. PROBABLY LEFT AT ABOUT 6:00 PM. SNOWED ALL DAY, HEAVY SNOW IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON WAS CARRIED ON AS TRONG WIND OUT OF THE NORTH TO GIVE US A REAL BLIZZARD. I SHOVELLED OUR WALKS AT ABOUT 3:45 PM. ONLY SOMETHING LIKE 2” DEPTH OF SNOW, BUT SO HEAVY THAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN ALMOST SOLID WATER. CAROL IRONED AND DID SOME MENDING FOR MARJORIE. CAROL CALLED GINGER IN THE AM. THEY HAD ALMOST 4” OF SNOW OUT THERE, GINGER COULD NOT GET TO WORK. CHASE AND MARGO DID NOT GET TO SCHOOL. I WORKED WITH THE NEW TABLES ON SOME COMPUTATION EXAMPLES.
5/18 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BROUGHT CHICKEN WHEN SHE CAME AT NOON. CAROL WROTE SEVEN LETTERS, PUT THEM IN BIG ENVELOPES WITH ACCOUNTS OF MY RECENT HONORS AND I TOOK THEM TO THE MAILBOX. THEN I WENT TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” TO GET SANDWICHES FOR THE NOON MEAL. I COLLECTED MORE RAIN WATER FOR USE IN THE STEAM IRON. IN THE AFTERNOON, I
PROGRAMMED THE TI-59 AND EXTENDED THE COMPUTATIONS OF [function]. JO CALLED.
GROUNDWATER MEETING TONIGHT BUT GALLOWAY DID NOT COME BY. MARJORIE STAYED WITH US UNTIL 8:00 PM. SUNNY
5/19 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL AND I PUT THE TRASH OUT FOR THE TRASH HAULERS TO PICK UP TOMORROW. CAROL PAID THE TELEPHONE BILL AND PUBLIC SERVICE BILL. SHE SENT FOR SOME FLUORESCENT BULBS. CAROL WROTE LETTERS TO JO AND JEAN. CAROL TYPED MY LETTER TO DR SUNADA AND A FORM FOR HOOVER DAM WORKERS. I TOOK THE LOTTO THE JEWELL AND BROADWAY MAILBOX AND DROPPED THEM IN. RAIN ALL DAY. MOE CALLED TO SAY THAT THEY MAY NOT COME AT THE JUNE-JULY TIME, AS PLANNED, BECAUSE OF NEW WORK
5/20 MARJORE WAS WITH US FOR THREE MEALS. SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER.
5/21 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US. CAROL FIXED JELLO AND DEFROSTED CHICKEN AND TURKEY. TO BE COOKED TOMORROW.
5/22 MARJORIE CAME OVER TO TAKE CAROL TO THE HAIRDRESSER. I PEELED POTATOES AND PUT THEM, CHICKEN, TURKEY AND CAULIFLOWER ON TO COOK. CAROL AND MARJORIE RETURNED IN TIME TO FINISH THE JOB. CHARLES, GINGER AND MARGO CAME AT ABOUT 11:00 AM. WE ALL ATE THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL TOGETHER. CHARLES AND MARGO CUT THE LAWN, I CLEANED UP THE GARDEN. CHARLES BROUGHT QUAIL EGGS. WE CELEBRATES MARJORIE’S BIRTHDAY WITH A CAKE, CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT ABOUT 2:30, MARJORIE SOON AFTER.
1983 MAY (CONTINUED)
5/23 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. ABOUT 3:45 MARJORIE CAME TO TAKE CAROL TO AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DENTIST (SANDIN). CAROL DID THE WASH. I CLEANED OUT THE TRASH PAIL WHICH HAD COLLECTED RAIN. I CONNECTED BOTH THE BACK AND FRONT HOSES AND THE SPRINKLERS. DID SOME READING. CALL FROM SOME MAN WHO WANTED TOO MUCH PERSONAL DATA. I ENDED THE CONVERSATION. CAROL AND I MADE OUT A BIRTHDAY CARD FOR MARJORIE AND A GRADUATION CARD FOR JEANINE CACAGNE.
5/24 MARJORIE’S BIRTHDAY. WE CALLED HER EARLY TO SING “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” TO HER. SHE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL. MARJORIE CAME BY ABOUT 3:30 PM TO LET US KNOW THAT SHE WAS GOING OUT TO GINGER’S PLACE AND WOULD NOT BE HERE FOR SUPPER. CAROL
IRONED AND DID MENDING FOR HERSELF AND MARJORIE. PREPARED MEALS AND DID HOUSEWORK. I WENT TO THE PATCH IN THE MORNING TO GET SEEDSY TO THE STATE ENGINEER'S OFFICE IN THE AFTERNOON TO TAKE A COPY OF MY [function] AND [function] TABLE TO FERIS DANIELSON. SAID BOB LONGENBAUGH.
5/25 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL TYPED A LETTER FOR ME. THE POSTMAN TOOK IT WHEN HE CAME. CAROL FIXED A ROAST AND MADE JELLO. I READ DIRECTIONS ON SWEET CORN SEEDS, IN THE AFTERNOON, I DUG UP THE EAST GARDEN “POLDER” AND PLANTED IT TO SWEET CORN. THEN I GATHERED UP SOME BRICKS AND WIDENED THE WALKWAY WHERE TRASH CANS ARE LEFT. 5/26 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL SWEPT THE FRONT PORCH. SHE AND I CLEANED UP THE ALLEY BACK OF OUR GARAGE. CAROL PREPARED MEALS AND DID HOUSEWORK. I TRANSPLANTED THE CHRYSANTHEMUM TO THE FLOWER BED NEAR THE ASHPIT. I BROKE UP THE POLITICAL SIGNS TO MAKE STAKES. I USED THREE TO HOLD THE ALUMINUM BORDER IN THE GARDEN. THE GRAPES GOT SOME MORE WATER. I WORKED ON THE BACK STORM - DOOR TO GET IT TO CLOSE EASILY. JACQUE TOLD ME HE HAD SEEN THE SWIFT TODAY. I MADE A [illegible] TO CLEAN MY SPADE WHEN DIRT STICKS TO IT.
5/27 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS TODAY. SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER. CAROL SENT LETTERS TO EWING MAYS HANDICAPPED VETERANS AND AMVETS. I MAILED THEM THIS MORNING BEFORE 10:20 (PICKUP TIME) TOGETHER WITH MY LETTER TO AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSN. CAROLED PREPARED MEALS AND DID HOUSEWORK. I WENT TO JENSEN’S HARDWARE TO GET SOME ANT POWDER. CAROL AND I PUT WATER ON THE PLANTED GARDEN PATCH. JACQUE COCAGNE CAME TO TELL ME OF THE SWIFTS. THERE SEEM TO BE TWO PAIRS. WE SAW TO BIRDS GO DOWN THE CHIMNEY AS THEY HAD IN PREVIOUS YEARS. JACQUE SAID HE HAD SEEN SOME IN A LOCAL PARK A WEEK AGO.
5/28 CAROL AND I CAUGHT UP ON A LITTLE SLEEP. WE SENT A GRADUATION CARD AND A CHECK ON KIRK. CAROL WASHED OFF THE FRONT PORCH, THE BIG WINDOW, THE STORM DOOR AND THE FRONT SIDEWALKS. SHE DID THIS WITH THE HOSE, I WATERED THE GRAPES, THE FLOWER GARDEN AND THE GARDENS. PREVIOUSLY, I HAD PLANTED CORN IN THE MIDDLE “OLDER”. I ALSO PLANTED SOME PARSNIPS. I PUT SPHAGNUM MOSS ON THE FRONT FLOWER BEDS AND TAKES IT IN. CAROL AND I PLANTED FLOWERS, THEN WE WATERED THESE SO THE SEEDS WOULD SPROUT. WATCHED FOR SWIFTS FROM 8:00 PM TO ABOUT 8:20 PM. TWO CAME IN.
1983 MAY (CONCLUDED)
5/29 MARJORIE CAME FOR BREAKFAST, THEN TOOK CAROL TO THE HAIRDRESSER. AFTERWARD, THEY WENT TO “TACO BELL” AND “JACK-IN-THE-BOX: TO GET SANDWICHES AND BURRITOS FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL. CAROL PREPARED MEALS AND IDD HOUSEWORK. I CUT THE LAWN IN THE MORNING AND WATERED IT IN THE AFTERNOON. I CLEARED TRASH FROM THE WEST “POLDER” OF THE GARDEN IN THE EVENING AND STACKED IT UP.
5/30 MEMORIAL DAY, CAROL DID THE WASH, MARJORIE CAME AT ABOUT 3:00 PM AND STAYED FOR SUPPER WITH US. THE PARADE WAS CALLED OF BECAUSE OF RAIN SO I DID NOT GO DOWN TOWN. I CALLED BOB COMBS TO LET HIM KNOW. I DID SOME INTEGRATION THAT I HAVE BEEN WISHING TO ACCOMPLISH FOR A LONG TIME.
5/31 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. AFTER SUPPER SHE HELPED CAROL WITH THE DISHES, MARJORIE CAME AT 3:50 TO TAKE CAROL TO HER DENTAL APPOINTMENT. THEY CAME BACK AT AROUND 4:30 PM. CAROL IRONED IN THE MORNING, SHE FINISHED THE IRONING. I SPENT MOST OF THE DAY WRITING LETTERS. THIS IS THE YEAR FOR THE ORD HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1913 TO HOLD THEIR 70TH REUNION. (THERE MIGHT BE ONE OR TWO CLASS MEMBERS STILL IN WON, SO I WROTE LETTERS TO HORACE TRAVIS, DORA MCGRAW AND TO GLEN AND LILLIAN AUBLE). CAROL WROTE A LETTER TO JO. OVERCAST, RAINY DAY.
1983
AT HOME: 6/1-30 6/2 CASTLE ROCK AWARDS CEREMONY
COLORADO GW ASSN MEETING: 6/15 6/8 VWWI MEETING ME AND VIRGINIA VISIT: 6/27-30 6/23 FISHING WITH CHARLES JUN
6/1 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL WROTE LETTERS TO: IRS AT OGDEN, UTAH WITH ESTIMATED TAX 2ND INSTALLMENT FOR $877.00, TO NARFE AND AARP WITH CHECKS AND TO CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER WITH A CHECK FOR REAL ESTATE TAXES. I MAILED THESE IN THE MAILBOX AT JEWELL AND BROADWAY, ALONG WITH MY LETTER TO GLEN AUBLE OF ORD. CAROL PREPARED MEALS AND DID HOUSEWORK. I CHECKED THE GARDEN AND FLOWER BEDS. NOTHING UP YET. I WENT TO PEARL STREET FOR A HAIRCUT. RAIN AND HAIL IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. I TALKED TO THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO ABOUT A CONTRACT FOR SERVICE ON THE STOVE AND REFRIGERATOR. CAROL SAYS THEY DID NOT SEND THE FORMS. THEY WILL WRITE US A LETTER. MARJORIE BROUGHT FRIED CHICKEN FOR THE NOON MEAL.
6/2 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THREE MEALS. I WENT TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR SANDWICHES FOR THE NOON MEAL. CAROL FIXED UP HER RECORD BOOK. IN THE EVENING MARJORIE TOOK ME TO CASTLE ROCK TO ATTEND THE AWARDS MEETING. MARGO WAS CITED SEVERAL TIMES. I TRIED TO PROGRAM THE TI-59 TO COMPUTE [function] WITHOUT MUCH LUCK. RAIN AND HAIL IN PM.
6/3 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER. I TOOK THE STORM WINDOWS AND SCREENS OUT OF THE TWO SOUTH WINDOWS IN THE LIVING ROOM. CAROL WASHED THEM AND I PUT THEM BACK. CAROL MADE OUT GROCERY LIST FOR MARJORIE. I WORKED ON PROGRAMMING THE TI-59 TO COMPUTE [function]. I NOW HAVE A WORKING PROGRAM AND IT IS RECORDED ON “CARDS” WITH THE PROGRAM, I COMPUTED A TABLE WITH Z VARYING FROM 0.01 TO 3.00 BY 0.01 INCREMENTS OF Z. CLEAR DAY.
6/4 MARJORIE CAME AT 8:30 AM TO TAKE CAROL TO THE HAIRDRESSER. SHE HAD BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL WITH US. I PEELED POTATOES AND CUT UP THE TURKEY AND THE CHICKEN. I SET DOWN DIRECTIONS CAROL GAVE ME FOR PUTTING THEM ON THE STOVE AND THEN FORGOT ALL ABOUT THEM. CHARLES AND FAMILY CAME AT ABOUT 10:00 AM. WE ALL ATE DINNER TOGETHER (CAROL AND MARJORIE COOKED IT AFTER THEY GOT BACK AT 10:45 AM. HARD RAIN IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT ABOUT 2:00 PM. MARJORIE LEFT ABOUT 3:00 PM (SATURDAY)
6/5 MARJORIE CAME AT ABOUT 8:30 AM TO TAKE CAROL TO AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE HAIRDRESSER. EARLIER CAROL AND I PREPARED POTATOES, CHICKEN AND TURKEY FOR COOKING. CAROL ALSO PREPARED CAULIFLOWER AND ASPARAGUS. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME AT ABOUT 10:00 AM. WE ALL ATE THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL TOGETHER. CHASE AND MARGO CUT AND TRIMMED THE LAWN. I WORKED SOME ON THE RETURN FLOW PROBLEM. IT RAINED WHEN CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT AT ABOUT 1:00 PM. MARJORIE STAYED TO HELP CAROL WITH THE DISHES.
6/6 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. SHE CAME AGAIN AT 3:45 PM TO TAKE CAROL TO AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DENTIST. THEY RETURNED ABOUT 5:30 PM - MARJORIE DID NOT STAY FOR SUPPER. CAROL DID THE WASH IN THE MORNING, SWEPT THE FRONT PORCH AND DID MENDING FOR MARJORIE. CAROL CLEANED THE SHOP ROOM AND GOT CHECKS READY FOR THE BANK. I WORKED ON THE PROBLEM OF RETURN FLOW FROM DISTRIBUTED PUMPING WHERE THERE IS NO OUTER
IMPERMEABLE BARRIER.
1983 JUN (CONTINUED)
6/7 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. SHE BROUGHT FRIED CHICKEN WHEN SHE CAME AT NOON. CAROL DID IRONING AND MENDING. SHE DID HOUSEWORK AND PREPARED MEALS, ALSO. CAROL WROTE CHECKS FOR A WASHER SERVICE CONTRACT. WE SENT VIRGINIA A CARD WITH A BIRTHDAY CHECK. CAROL SENT AN ANNIVERSARY CARD TO GINGER/ I MADE SOME CHECK COMPUTATIONS ON SOME VALUES FOR STREAM DEPLETION RATES AND TOTALS, USING THE erfc FUNCTION. I TOOK LETTERS TO THE MAILBOX.
6/8 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL GOT ME READY AND I WENT TO THE VFW HALL TO CONDUCT THE VWWI MEETING AS COMMANDER. MARJORIE TOOK ME DOWN AND JOHN VOLK BROUGHT ME BACK. I ARRIVED BACK ABOUT 2:00 PM. CAROL TRIED TO WASH WINDOWS FROM THE OUTSIDE BUT THE HOSE LEAKED. SHE GOT SOAKED, SO GOT INTO DRY CLOTHING AND TOOK NEWSPAPERS OUT TO THE GARAGE. CAROL DID HOUSEWORK AND PREPARED MEALS, INCLUDING MY LUNCH. VERY PRETTY DAY. CAROL WROTE A LETTER TO JO.
6/9 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I GOT THE TRASH READY AND PUT IT OUT WHERE THE TRASH HAULERS CAN GET IT. CAROL PUT THE IRONED AND FOLDED CLOTHES AWAY AND PUT LOOSE BOOKS ON THE SHELF IN KIM’S ROOM. WE GOT ANNIVERSARY CARDS FROM JO, JEAN AND THE DIENERS. CAROL COOKED A ROAST. I WENT TO KROONENBERGS FOR HOSE FITTINGS AND CLAMPS. NO LUCK. I CALLED KEN SHRIVER. HE IS DOING ALL RIGHT NOW. I SPRINKLED THE GARDEN AND BACK FLOWER BED. CLEAR IN THE MORNING. LIGHT RAIN 8:00 PM.
6/10 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER. CAROL AND I TOOK GROCERIES, WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER. CAROL AND I TOOK OFF THE GLASS PANELS OF THE STORM DOORS AND REPLACED THEM WITH SCREENS. CAROL PREPARED MEALS AND DID HOUSEWORK. I ADDED AN EXTRA DRICK TO THE WALK NEAR THE ASHPIT. (USE OF THIS WALK
SHOWED THAT THIS WAS NEEDED) I COULD NOT FIND A WHOLE BRICK SO I TOOK 2 RED BATTS, SAWED, CHOPPED AND GROUND THEM SO THEY COULD BE FITTED TOGETHER AND PUT THEM IN. I BEGAN SOME CHECK COMPUTATIONS FOR THE NEW FUNCTION [function] CLEAR IN MORNING LIGHT RAIN AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
6/11 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE NOON MEAL. SHE BROUGHT “ARBYS” WHEN SHE CAME. CAROL AND I WATCHED THE LAWN. MARJORIE CAME AT ABOUT 10:40 TO TAKE CAROL TO THE OPTOMETRIST. THEY RETURNED AT NOON. I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET A LIST OF THINGS. THE TRIP WAS NOT NOTABLY SUCCESSFUL. I REPLANTED CORN IN THE EAST AND WEST PLOTS. I WORKED ON CHECKS OF THE NEW TABLE. CLEAR MORNING, CLOUDY AFTERNOON.
6/12 MARJORIE CAME OVER AT 8:45 AM. SHE TOOK ME TO SAFEWAY AT DOWNING AND EVANS TO GET SOME FRUIT. WE GOT HONEY DEW AND CANTALOUPE. BEFORE THAT, SHE TOOK CAROL TO THE
HAIRDRESSER. I WORKED ON THE CHECK OF THE NEW TO THE HAIRDRESSER. I WORKED ON THE CHECK OF THE NEW erfc fUNCTIONS. RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. WHILE AT SAFEWAY WE GOT WATERING CANS. 6/13 CAROL’S BIRTHDAY. SHE GOT CALLS FROM JO (IDAHO), DOROTHY (EL PASO), KATHY (TENNESSEE) AND MOE (TENNESSEE+ MARJORIE BROUGHT A CAKE WITH 2 CANDLES. CARDS CAME FROM CAROL NELL AND ME. A PACKAGE CAME FROM JEAN. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. I WORKED ON THE erfc FUNCTIONS AND HAVE CONCLUDED THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG. CLOUDY COLD DAY WITH RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.
6/14 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL FINISHED THE IRONING AND WROTE A LETTER TO JO. I TOOK OUT TRASH, TRIMMED GRAPEVINES AND DUG BLUEBELL FROM NORTH SIDE OF HOUSE. I TRANSPLANTED SOME COSMOS IN GARDENER ASHPIT. I DID SOME MORE WORK WITH THE erfc FUNCTIONS.
1983 JUN (CONTINUED)
6/15 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL AND I CHANGED THE STORM WINDOWS FOR SCREENS. CAROL VACUUMED THE RUGS, PREPARED MEALS AND DID HOUSE WORK. FOUR SANDWICHES FROM “JACK-IN-THE-BOX”. I DISPOSED OF SOME TRASH AND WORKED WITH THE erfc FUNCTIONS. CLOUDLESS SKY THIS MORNING, SOME CLOUDS IN THE AFTERNOON - NOT TOO WARM. CHARLES AND FAMILY RETURNED FROM CANADA, CAROL GOT ME READY AND I TOOK A TAXI TO THE COLORADO GROUNDWATER ASSOCIATION MEETING AT THE QUALITY IN AT I-25 AND SPEER. TROUBLES AT DISPOSAL DUMPS AND CAVING INTO OLD MINES WERE DESCRIBED BY THREE SPEAKERS. THE TAXI COST $7.00. DON JOHL BROUGHT ME BACK
6/16 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. KIRK CALLED TO SAY HE HAD GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL. CAROL TALKED TO JEAN. I TALKED TO KIRK AND TO KERRY, KERRY DESCRIBED SOME OF HER RECENT FENCING EXPERIENCES. I SUGGESTED TO KIRK THAT HE LOOK UNDFER
