December 28 - 30, 1971

Tuesday, December 28, 1971

A nice sunny day after the snow, rain and drizzle of last night and yesterday. Betty, kids and I to Portland and to Westbrook. We got bread, donuts etc. Dorothea went with us. Betty got Carmen’s shoes. Kim stayed here with Bill. Billie down to Berwick with Lawrence all day. Billie drove him down in his car. Lawrence still not too good.

Wednesday, December 29, 1971

A nice clear, mild day after a 5 below this morning early. Didn’t get up very early. Got breakfast, had home cured bacon Billie got at Lloyd Trueworthy’s, it was delicious. Got the work done up, did a dite of washing. Carmen went down home and got her slide and went out on the crust sliding. She had a good time. She wanted to go home to slide with Kim so Bill took her down. Billie and I to Norway to exchange my stockings or get money back. We called on Phil Hunt. He is in bad condition. Came home, got ready, went to Westbrook. Bill, Billie, Kim and I to Dorothea and Dave’s. Billie and I went down and got some Colonial Sander’s chicken. Went back to Dorothea’s and ate it. All enjoyed it very much. Jeff made a rocket with his new set he got for Christmas. Kim up here tonight.

Thursday, December 30, 1971 Bill 63 today

I cleaned up the house, did a dite of washing and ironed. Went to town, did my grocery shopping. Billie took me. It stormed quite a lot. In evening we had cake, ice cream for Bill’s birthday. Just the regular family. Dorothea’s, Betty’s and us here. Bill got some nice gifts etc.