May 11 - 14, 1962

Friday, May 11, 1962

I finished painting the hallway, got some of the living room settled, finished it after I got home from town. Got the new curtains up. Billie went smelting tonight. Kennard called in evening. Mama didn’t feel too well today. Nothing serious.

Saturday, May 12, 1962

Pretty good day. On the cool side. I cooked, washed dining room and kitchen floor, dusted living room, cleaned a lot of smelts. Kennard called. Billie gone all day. Fern and Kennard here for supper. Fern here till midnight. I sent Betty’s box.

Sunday, May 13, 1962

A very nice day, later in p.m. the wind came up. On the whole a very nice day. I finished the painting in the hallway. Picked the first mess of dandelions today. Bill worked at Gordon’s. Billie cleaned his car and fixed pigpen. Blanche called, Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis also.

Monday, May 14, 1962

Rained all day. I washed. Dot, Lorraine and Wanda Jean called, also Blanche and Lloyd. I wrote to Betty and Dorothea. Sent Uncle Lewis’s birthday cards. Bill gave me $10 tonight to get a cover for green chair. Bill got the lawnmower tonight. Art and Joan have another girl, born at 3 PM Mother’s Day. Got a pretty card from the Adair’s. A nice letter from Betty and Mike and some nice pictures. One week ago tonight Dorothea and family called.