December 28 - 30, 1990 Billie Home For Good From Rehab For His Stroke

 

Friday, December 28, 1990 BILLIE HOME

 

Cloudy, snow and rain. Today Billie came home for good from the NEW ENGLAND REHABILITATION from Portland. He is better. He still has got to have therapy treatment. He was very glad to get home. Walt went down and got him. He had callers. Carmen came and cleaned, also in the garage. We are glad to have him home again. Hope he never has another spell.

 

 

 

Saturday, December 29, 1990

 

Cloudy and rainy all day and freezing on the road. A lot of cars went off the road down the corner below Walt’s. Carmen came and did the hens etc. I done regular work and made some beans. Carmen made some very nice rolls and brought some. They were the best rolls I have ever ate. I never will make them again. Robert Martin got hurt today, in the hospital in Portland. A very bad cut. It may be he will have plastic surgery.

 

 

 

Sunday, December 30, 1990

 

Another cloudy dreary day. Cloudy, foggy. Billie’s first Sunday home. I did regular work and made out the bills. Carmen came up and did the chores. Then came again tonight. Kim called also this p.m. and made a nice visit. Joy called this evening. Tom Martin operated on, very sick.

 

December 25 - 27, 1990 Christmas

 

Tuesday, December 25, 1990 A NICE DAY AT CARMEN’S

 

A very nice day (cold). We had Christmas at Carmen’s today and a delicious bountiful dinner. Turkey, roast pork, turkey, onions, mashed potato, turnip, celery, relish, shell beans. Very good. Guests: Walt, Betty, Dorothea, David, Fern, Betty S, Tom, Kim, Billie, Jeff, Zack, Brogan and me. We enjoyed seeing Carmen and Brogan and Zac have their tree then over to Kim’s for their tree. Then the delicious meal. Then to Betty and Walt’s and they opened their gifts. Got home. Billie had to leave to go back to Portland for rest of the week. Then they disfigured my Christmas tree and cleaned it all up and everything back to normal. Then I relaxed.

 

 

 

Wednesday, December 26, 1990

 

A quite nice day. I got up alone, Kassie and I. We had breakfast. I done up the work. Picked over my desk drawers. Got some things taken care of. Carmen and Brogan came about 10 o’clock. She did the chores then went home to clean her house up. BJ played with her. Carmen came and got the supper. Betty called this p.m. Also again at suppertime. A man came to see about building me some shelves on the breezeway. Also the furnace stopped today. I called them, they sent a man right up, it had to have a new motor.

 

 

 

Thursday, December 27, 1990

 

It was kind of a cloudy day. I done some puttering jobs then I read some papers. I done up regular work than I washed. Carmen and Brogan came, Carmen had to go to Windham. Bro stayed with me. Betty got a call from the hospital rehab center and they can’t get the right kind of nurse up here for him. So wanted to know if we could get him back and forth down there. We can’t do that so they said they would see if anything could be worked out. Carmen was sick this p.m. so she couldn’t come to get supper. So we call Zack, he came and got the supper. Did all the dishes and cleaned up.

December 21 - 24, 1990 Billie Home For the Holiday. Christmas Eve

 

Friday, December 21, 1990

 

Cloudy, foggy, rain and a miserable day. I got the papers read and Carmen went and done the shopping. Betty called. I shampooed my hair. And Dorothea came this evening and cut and trimmed it. It looks better and feels much better.

 

 

 

Saturday, December 22, 1990

 

Another one of those cloudy rainy misty foggy days. It was all day yesterday too. Well, the time is drawing near to the Christmas. Got a lots of finishing touches to put on. Not me but the rest of the family. I didn’t do much today. I did write to Esther but didn’t get it mailed. Zak called in p.m. Carmen up to Tom and Charlene’s with Betty and Walt for supper. I had Brogan, Zak was going to babysit but I said she could stay here. Also Dorothea called this evening. Kim took Tom to the hospital early 2 a.m. this morning, he had throat trouble. He was very sick. I hope he will be okay now.

 

 

 

Sunday, December 23, 1990 RAIN RAIN 66° Temp

 

This has been a very dreary miserable day all day. I made Jell-O salads, meat pie and done a wash and a lot of odds and end jobs. Carmen called. Also Kim came, she did Kassie. Debbie and Danica Martin called and brought a candy treat for Christmas. Also Betty and Dorothea came, we rode around looking at Christmas lights etc. Then we went up to Dorothea and David’s and saw their  tree. It was beautiful up there. She fixes things so nice. Also Betty’s house is very pretty, all red lights etc.

 

 

 

Monday, December 24, 1990

 

Carmen came and cleaned. I took my bath first thing. I done some odds and end jobs, been very busy all day getting ready for the night. Billie got home at about three. Walt got him. He was so glad to get home. It was nice and sunny. I warmed up the meat pie for supper. Kim and Carmen made the snacks for tonight. After supper we went down to Betty Smith for her to open her gifts. Walt, Zack, Betty, Dorothea, Carmen, Kim and Tom called in. She had a lot of nice useful gifts and all enjoyed it then we came up here. Fern and David were here with Billie. We had our gifts and a good snack. Very good treats. All enjoyed it very much. We got to bed at about 11:30. Zak stayed here all night which I was glad. Billie got tired.

 

December 17 - 20, 1990 New Kitten for Brogan

 

Monday, December 17, 1990 BROGAN GOT KITTEN

 

A very nice sunny clear day. I didn’t get down to Betty’s today so we didn’t get any wrapping done. I did some odds and end jobs. All day Carmen away on business. Later this evening Betty called with a cute small Siamese kitten. She took it up to Brogan’s. She was so pleased with it and Carmen too.

 

 

 

Tuesday, December 18, 1990 LOST KITTEN FOUND

 

RAIN ALL DAY. I went down to Betty’s, she, Betty Smith, Carmen and I was all going to wrap gifts for her. But something happened that put a stop to that. Brogan let her little kitten out this morning early supposedly. Well they said it was lost. Well everything went askew, all was so upset and Brogan got the effective of it and it shook her up very much. As she was told she did a very bad thing letting the little kitten out. All went into a frenzy and all was hunting in the rain. At about 6:30 Carmen went to Betty’s holding the little helpless kitty. It was a big delightful and happy ending. KITTEN BACK.

 

 

 

Wednesday, December 19, 1990

 

Wow this is been a very nice sunny day. Zak washed windows for me. Carmen came, she done some things. She had a lot of errands she did. She done my shopping. Then came and got supper. Very mild and warm today.

 

 

 

Thursday, December 20, 1990

 

Another very nice sunny and quite warm today. I made another batch of fudge. It came out good and Carmen came and I went down to Betty’s. We made corn balls, fudge and also she made pumpkin bread. I came home and watched the two programs. Carmen and Brogan got Portland this p.m. She had an appointment for Brogan. We just got a call, Billie can come home Christmas Eve and stay till Christmas night. I hope we will have good weather.

 

December 14 - 16, 1990

 

Friday, December 14, 1990

 

I finally got the Christmas cards off. Carmen here today and did the cleaning. Did wrapping etc. Been busy all day. Walt to Rhode Island to see his brother, when he comes tomorrow, he will bring Billie. Betty here at supper and Zak too. Dorothea called in evening. This Christmas tree is very pretty. I wrote a letter to Esther.

 

 

 

Saturday, December 15, 1990 BILLIE HOME

 

Sunny when we got up, but it got cloudy. Warmer. When Walt came home from Rhode Island where he’d been visiting his brother Ray, who had had a bad accident, he has a bad hand because of the accident. He got knocked down by a couple of dogs. Walt stopped at the hospital where Billie is a patient, Portland rehabilitation center, where he is getting his therapy. In afternoon it got cloudy and it came in snowing and we got a bad storm. They called Billie to tell him not to try to come back to the hospital tonight. Dorothea, David, Walt, Betty, Carmen, Zack and Brogan all here to see him in p.m.

 

 

 

 

Sunday, December 16, 1990

 

Billie back to the hospital. Walt took him. It was a bad storm, rain and snow. He left about 11 AM, didn’t get home till 2 PM. Billie hated to go back. A big improvement since Thanksgiving when he was here on leave. Be glad when he will be okay and can come home for good.