December 30 - 31, 1983 End Of Another Year

 

Friday, December 30, 1983 Bill 75

 

A cold day. I made chiffon cake for Bill’s birthday. Dorothea, David, Betty and family here. Bill opened his gifts which was beautiful and he is richer. Money from Fern and Dorothea and David and Billie.

 

 

 

Saturday, December 31, 1983

 

A very nice day except on the cold side. Bill went to the Dr. for an iron shot. I done up my regular work and swept. I baked beans. In late PM Zak came up for supper. He and I worked on the puzzle and we watched the old year out and the new year in. Carmen, Alan, Dorothea and David out for supper.

 

 

 

 

 

This is been an eventful year for sickness, operations etc. Billie got home from NCM hospital early in January. He picked up and got stronger, had to be very careful. Carmen, David, Zak and Betty did the chores for him. He got a new pickup truck that is new to him from Mert Warren.

 

Billie in and out of the hospital for test, examinations etc. all year. He had a catheterization operation at MM Center in Portland in early May. Came home and got strength back then in middle of month he entered MMC again for OPEN HEART SURGERY. Also on the same day, which was May 14, Carmen graduated from UM of Orono. On May 16 he had the operation.

 

Carmen got a new car for a graduation gift.

 

Bill had a new porch built on the back of the house, it was very nice. Had it screened in. Billie bought the rug to cover the floor.

 

Kim up to Boston for a seven week school of art course. She liked that. Tara missed her so much. Carmen went up and visited her. She came home one weekend.

 

Betty and Walt had a lot of furniture from Walt’s Aunt Vi’s place in Rhode Island this past year.

 

All raised good gardens this past year.

 

Susan and children to Florida this past summer. Fern has been very good this past year.

 

Kim to the Junior Senior Prom at New Hampshire with a friend Roger Smith of New Jersey.

 

Bill has had a bad year. Of all he went through still don’t know where he is leaking the blood. In and out of the hospital all year and finally a operation which he was very sick and weak from. Also in hospital, had a bad spasm of gout. He entered the hospital on October 19, operated on October 26.

 

 Zak in the CM General Hospital this fall for operation also. He still has problems.

 

 Also David into the hospital for hernia operation this past year.

 

Carmen became engaged this year (December 25) to Alan Barry.

 

Kim took her drivers test this year, didn’t pass the parking. (Diagonally).

 

Natasha Brackett got married. Also Laurie Wolfe. Natasha to Robert Proctor. Laurie to Jan Boucher.

 

Milan also had a open heart surgery. He came through okay. He has lost a lot of weight. He is still having his asthma. Carmen had a bad year of it too.

 

Walt’s folks built a new shed for storage.

 

Dorothea had her antique businesses past summer. Then this fall she went to work for Sid Johnson caring for his sick wife.

 

Jeff got a new job this past year and moved into a house with David Neister.

 

A close family friend, Dawn Babbitt, has had several operations this past year since May. She is suffering from malignant tumors. Hope she gets over them and these operations become successful.

 

Carmen had her teeth all capped, they look so nice. Also Kimmy and Betty had teeth operations.

 

Everyone had nice birthdays, Christmas this year. Had a nice Thanksgiving at David and Dorothea’s. The Christmas at Betty’s.