October 31 - November 3, 1983 "No More Pies Shall I Make" - Nanny is so Dramatic!

 

Monday, October 31, 1983 Halloween

 

This is been a beautiful day. I did my washing. I made a lemon pie. The crust was just like cement. No more pies shall I make. I baked ham for supper, very good. We had Carmen up. She enjoyed it very much except for the pie. Betty got her housecleaning done out to the kitchen. She will do that or start  it tomorrow. She and Walt down to see Bill, he is much improved because his bowels have moved now, first time since the operation. He will probably be home last of the week. Halloween tonight, about 15 kids called.

 

 

 

Tuesday, November 1, 1983

 

It has been a very nice day. I made some (blank). I made some cream puffs, looked over some papers etc. Billie outside working all day finishing up the fall work. I went down to the hospital tonight with Billie and Kim.

 

 

 

Wednesday, November 2, 1983 64 bales bedding

 

A nice mild sunny day most of the day. I done up the work. And watched TV soaps. Then Betty and Carmen came and wanted me to go to Fryeburg with them to get sawdust or bedding. I did. Came home and done a few jobs etc. then got dinner. Billie went too with his truck. Got a nice lot of dry bedding. Betty and I down to the hospital to see Bill. His feet are still swollen very bad. He is anxious to get home (to smoke). I’m glad his feet are getting better.

 

 

 

Thursday, November 3, 1983

 

A cloudy dreary day and rain. I done up my work to go to town, but I didn’t go. Carmen went for me and Billie with a bang. I won’t ask him again to do the shopping. He went to see Bill. Betty over to Norway.

 

 

October 27 - 30, 1983

Thursday, October 27, 1983

 

A nice sunny day. Carmen and I to town. We called up to see Bill. He is very sore and sick with pain. He has gout in his elbows. We got home about 1 PM. We washed car and truck windows in PM. I missed most of the programs again. OIL

 

 

 

Friday, October 28, 1983

 

I done regular work. I washed some windows, got ready to go with Carmen to fix the car over to Auburn. Betty cleaned her downstairs out to the living room. Kim to Portland this PM with the kids. Got home about 11 PM. Betty and I down to see Bill, he is suffering a lot with the gout, pain is unbearable. Billie and Zak down to see him in PM. Down to see the new bedroom at Betty’s, it looks very nice.

 

 

 

Saturday, October 29, 1983 got the horses in for first time

 

A cold partly cloudy and windy day. Billie and Zak hauled the dressing out and got the water hose in. Also other fall jobs. I made bread, cream puffs, cleaned up the house. Betty and Walt out for supper. Zak up here for the night. Carmen and Alan to party. Kim had friends in.

 

 

 

Sunday, October 30, 1983 CALF

 

This morning Dorothea and David brought the calf down. One Billie bought of David’s steer, for beef. He is a very good one. Tame, gentle and a big baby. David makes a lot of them and they are so gentle. Billie done a few odd jobs down to Fern’s. Kim came up, we worked on the puzzle. Billie and I down to the hospital. Bill is a dite relieved of pain because of the medication he is having. His feet are a sight, they are swollen so much. Fern went to church.

 

October 24 - 26, 1983 Poppa Operated on (A RED LETTER DAY!)

 

Monday, October 24, 1983 Kim took her drivers test

 

Rain this forenoon, it clouded at noon. It was raining this morning when we got up. It had rained hard all night, clear about noon. Today we get the awful news that the many Marines and other serviceman killed in Beirut yesterday. Because all the foot ballgames yesterday we didn’t get the full details until today. I done regular work, washed. Down town with Billie to the bank. He sent the check to the Social Security Administration. We called at David’s and at Betty’s to see the wood. Came home, got a piece of meat cooking. Then down to school with Betty to get Kim, she took her drivers test. Dorothea called on way home from work. She called to see Bill. Also Kim and Betty called to see him, he is to be operated on Wednesday. It cleared off, pretty sky tonight.

 

 

 

Tuesday, October 25, 1983

 

It was sunny all day, on the cold windy side. I have done some odds and end things. Billie busy outside. Carmen to Portland looking for a job. Got one at the orthopedic hospital. Betty been cleaning house today. I watched what shows that came on TV. AMC and OLTL. Others were taken off. Special news bulletins about the invasion in Grenada.

 

 

 

Wednesday, October 26, 1983 BILL OPERATED ON

 

Bill was OPERATED on today at 11:45. Bill went in to surgery for a growth on the large intestine which has been causing bleeding for several years. He has been in very poor health from the constant bleeding for the past several years. Hope now it will end and his health will be okay again. No malignancies anywhere. He is a very sick man today and tonight when we went to see him. Dorothea, Betty, Carmen, Kim and I were there before and during the operation. Kim came later. Today Carmen signed or applied for a job at Central Maine General Hospital in Lewiston. Billie cleaning up leaves in the yard today.

 

 

October 21 - 23, 1983 Fern's 81st Birthday

 

Friday, October 21, 1983 FERN 81 YEARS

 

A very nice day. I done up my regular work. Did a dite of washing. I washed windows, made two pies, cake and cooked the boiled dinner. A very good piece of meat which made a delicious dinner. Fern came up at about 3 PM. Susan and Monica came and Dorothea called also. We had supper than in evening Betty and family, Alan and Dorothea came. We had birthday cake and ice cream and apple pie. Fern got nice gifts and was very pleased with them. Horton kids and Alan went down to see Bill. He wasn’t very talkative. Betty and Dawn papered and painted the dark bedroom. Carmen worked on the roof.

 

 

 

Saturday, October 22, 1983 Wood

 

A very nice sunny day. Today they worked on Walt’s wood, got sawed and in the pile he bought off Bill down here in the pasture. I did a washing. I ironed, I made bread, macaroni and cheese. I changed the beds and did up the Saturday work. David helped with the wood. Also Billie, Betty, Zak, Carmen and Kim and Alan was here in PM and helped.

 

 

 

Sunday, October 23, 1983 wood all in

 

It was partly sunny in a.m., it clouded up in the PM and began to rain about dark. They worked on the wood down at Walt’s, got that all sawed and in too. The same crew as yesterday. Billie and I down to see Bill tonight. He is the same as he has been. They are getting him ready to operate on in a day or two. Many Marines US were killed in Beirut today, a big explosion. Walt had to go to Rhode Island on business, left about 2 PM, got there at 5:45.

October 18 - 20, 1983 Nanny and Poppa's 53rd Anniversary, Poppa Goes In Hospital

 

Tuesday, October 18, 1983

 

It is been quite a nice sunny day. On the quite mild side. I got breakfast, ironed and then went down and watch them move and clean up down at the shed. Carmen is going to help her for a week or so. Billie is helping also used the tractor to haul the mess they cleaned up away. Bill helped some but he is so weak he didn’t do much. This is the 53^rd wedding anniversary. Going to supper at Betty’s. We got some very pretty cards, money from Dorothea and Milan Betty, and a beautiful card from Susan and family, Esther and a very pretty bouquet from the Horton kids.

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, October 19, 1983 BILL IN HOSPITAL

 

Another nice day. I did up regular work. Then I washed. Billie and Betty working on the shed cleaning up around etc. Bill had an appointment with the doctor. He looked very bad so the doctor put him into the hospital to stay for a few days. We walked down to the spring. A good walk, it is very pretty outside, the leaves are different colors and the clear sunny skies.

 

 

 

Thursday, October 20, 1983

 

Another nice day. I done up the work and got ready and went to town. Carmen and I. We did quite a dite of shopping. Carmen came home and worked on the shed roof. Betty got her outside work done. She came up and got me to go down to see the shed.