May 5 - 7, 1974

Sunday, May 5, 1974 Bred cow, Bill planted peas

A beautiful day after the cold wind diminished at around 12 noon. I done regular work, took bath, down to Betty’s to see the piglet. They turned the cows out and found the cow was ready to be bred. So Billie took her down to Lawrence’s. Then brought them up and put them into pasture. They put Walt’s heifer out too. They have a black Angus this year. Delores a dite better and got up. She is in critical condition as far as strength goes, very weak. Kids to S School. Billie hurt his leg again today. I did a dite of cooking. I washed this evening.

Monday, May 6, 1974 Cemented the barn floor

Clear, cloudy and very cold and windy. I hung out my clothes last night and they dried early this morning. I went down to Betty’s. We got ready and done the sitting room. It looked very nice after it was all cleaned and the new rug down. We came up here when they came to pour the cement. They got here at 10 AM. And did a good job getting it smoothed off. In evening Esther called. Betty and I went up to see Delores. Kim up here after school and for supper.

Zak and Uncle Lloyd supervising

Tuesday, May 7, 1974

It rained very hard all day. It began last night in the night. I worked at Betty’s cleaning her dining room. Betty down to Sandra Smith’s with Bonnie for a chat. It is weekly. In p.m. she and Dawn went to Ames up to New Hampshire and Zak. The cement is hard today.