Eleanor Turns 80

Happy Birthday to the youngest daughter of Ruth who turned 80 today, Sept. 2, 2009!

Thank You

Thank you to all the many readers who read through these diary entries one day at a time through the past nearly three years.

As you've surmised, I do not have any more of Grandma's diaries beyond 1927. My aunt has made some attempts to find out if any remaining diaries are buried in boxes somewhere amongst far-flung relatives, but has come up with nothing.

In the next few days, I'll post some additional information on Grandma, Gilbert, Dale, Dick, Albert, Ned, and Marjorie, along with my mom, Eleanor, born in 1929.

If you have any specific questions, please leave me a comment.

A very special thank you to Annie in Austin, who did many kind, random acts of geneaology, sending me emails with additional information on some of the distant relatives and grandma's neighbors.

Sunday, January 1, 1928

Sunday, January 1, 1928
New Years Day. Zero. Too cold to go to Sunday school. Papa didn’t come out as he was nursing frozen pipes

Saturday, December 31, 1927

Saturday, December 31, 1927
Cold

Getting colder and snowing. Cleaned up the house and got ready for dinner tomorrow.

Friday, December 30, 1927

Friday, December 30, 1927
Rain, warm

Went down town to order the cleaner man and get materials for waists. It was a bad day to shop but lots were doing it.

Thursday, December 29, 1927

Thursday, December 29, 1927
Rainy

The house is just so dirty I can’t get the dirt out of carpets without raising dust everywhere. I’ll be glad when I get my cleaner fixed. The babies get black playing around.

Wednesday, December 28, 1927

Wednesday, December 28, 1927

Well the bookcase came. Mama was here but she didn’t get to see it up as we saved that pleasure for Gilbert who was as anxious as a kid about it. We spent the evening putting it up and rearranging books.