Saturday, April 30, 1927
Fair and warm
Put in a big day working. Did everything possible, washed, ironed, sewed, cleaned, and went down town and took Dick’s crutches back, etc. Finally got the door glass in and the new clothes lines.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Friday, April 29, 1927
Friday, April 29, 1927
Rain and cool, built fire again.
Took Bradbury at his word and washed but it rained so I couldn’t have hung them out if he had fixed the line. He said he would bring a rope line for me to use while he fixed mine. Was just about sick & laid down when I wasn’t washing, headache.
Rain and cool, built fire again.
Took Bradbury at his word and washed but it rained so I couldn’t have hung them out if he had fixed the line. He said he would bring a rope line for me to use while he fixed mine. Was just about sick & laid down when I wasn’t washing, headache.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Thursday, April 28, 1927
Thursday, April 28, 1927
Fair
Yesterday Dick went without his crutches to school for first time. I put in the day sewing this day and got ready to got to C.E. with the boys. Dick’s first for so long! D & A carried Dale’s route while he played ball and were so late getting in I was worried nearly sick and we were late for C.E.
Fair
Yesterday Dick went without his crutches to school for first time. I put in the day sewing this day and got ready to got to C.E. with the boys. Dick’s first for so long! D & A carried Dale’s route while he played ball and were so late getting in I was worried nearly sick and we were late for C.E.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Wednesday, April 27, 1927
Wednesday, April 27, 1927
Fair and warm outdoors, but I put a sweater on in the house as I sat and sewed all day. Made Gilbert a new shirt and did up some of my old mending. Marjorie and Ned played out. They stay around pretty good in our yard and Millers’ and are as rosy as can be. Sleep all PM.
Fair and warm outdoors, but I put a sweater on in the house as I sat and sewed all day. Made Gilbert a new shirt and did up some of my old mending. Marjorie and Ned played out. They stay around pretty good in our yard and Millers’ and are as rosy as can be. Sleep all PM.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Tuesday, April 26, 1927
Tuesday, April 26, 1927
Fair and warmer
Bradbury didn’t show up and I couldn’t call him and the front door banged shut and broke the glass to powder. Wanted to go to Missionary meeting so taped a sheet over it and went. A Mrs. Brad told us of her trip to Egypt. Left the two babies with Mama.
(Grandma always had a glass front door, as far as I know, with a white sheer curtain over it. I bet that was a mess when the glass in that door broke. Today, no one would go off and leave with just a sheet taped up where the door was in that neighborhood. Unforunately it is in one of the highest crime areas of Indianapolis. "The old neighborhood just ain't what it used to be!")
Fair and warmer
Bradbury didn’t show up and I couldn’t call him and the front door banged shut and broke the glass to powder. Wanted to go to Missionary meeting so taped a sheet over it and went. A Mrs. Brad told us of her trip to Egypt. Left the two babies with Mama.
(Grandma always had a glass front door, as far as I know, with a white sheer curtain over it. I bet that was a mess when the glass in that door broke. Today, no one would go off and leave with just a sheet taped up where the door was in that neighborhood. Unforunately it is in one of the highest crime areas of Indianapolis. "The old neighborhood just ain't what it used to be!")
Friday, April 25, 2008
Monday, April 25, 1927
Monday, April 25, 1927
Slightly warmer
Phil Miller broke down my clothes line pole so Bradbury came to fix it, but left to order three posts and didn’t come back. His phone is disconnected so couldn’t call him. Dale had to go after him in first place. Have a lot of work for him to do.
(Bradbury must have been the local handyman. Aunt Marjorie wrote that she heard a lot about the Miller's next door, but doesn't remember them. They must have moved away when she was fairly young. Grandma wrote about them a few other times in her diary, she didn't seem to care for them as playmates for her kids.)
Slightly warmer
Phil Miller broke down my clothes line pole so Bradbury came to fix it, but left to order three posts and didn’t come back. His phone is disconnected so couldn’t call him. Dale had to go after him in first place. Have a lot of work for him to do.
(Bradbury must have been the local handyman. Aunt Marjorie wrote that she heard a lot about the Miller's next door, but doesn't remember them. They must have moved away when she was fairly young. Grandma wrote about them a few other times in her diary, she didn't seem to care for them as playmates for her kids.)
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Sunday, April 24, 1927
Sunday, April 24, 1927
Fair – cool
Too discouraged to try to go to Sunday School. Got my work done up and we took dinner at Mama’s. I realize my only hope of having anything beyond the bare necessities, lies in my children and by the time they could help me they will to want to buy for some other woman.
(Though Mom says that Grandma never shared much about her financial situation later in life, we believe that her sons did help provide for her later in life.)
Fair – cool
Too discouraged to try to go to Sunday School. Got my work done up and we took dinner at Mama’s. I realize my only hope of having anything beyond the bare necessities, lies in my children and by the time they could help me they will to want to buy for some other woman.
(Though Mom says that Grandma never shared much about her financial situation later in life, we believe that her sons did help provide for her later in life.)
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Saturday, April 23, 1927
Saturday, April 23, 1927
Cold, cloudy
The worst flood in history in the Mississippi valley. Gilbert & I walked over and took a look at that house on the outside. Would sure love to have it, but Gilbert can think of so many objections that I have lost all hope.
(Grandma stayed in the house on Rural St. until around 1971-72, when she moved to a nursing home.)
Cold, cloudy
The worst flood in history in the Mississippi valley. Gilbert & I walked over and took a look at that house on the outside. Would sure love to have it, but Gilbert can think of so many objections that I have lost all hope.
(Grandma stayed in the house on Rural St. until around 1971-72, when she moved to a nursing home.)
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Friday, April 22, 1927
Friday, April 22, 1927
Fair, colder, snow
Gilbert went to Whitsville to his Uncle Henry Smith’s funeral. Got in about 7:30. Regular winter weather this PM although it was fair, a high gale this AM made it cold, then cloudy & snow.
(Snow in April in Indianapolis is never a good thing!)
Fair, colder, snow
Gilbert went to Whitsville to his Uncle Henry Smith’s funeral. Got in about 7:30. Regular winter weather this PM although it was fair, a high gale this AM made it cold, then cloudy & snow.
(Snow in April in Indianapolis is never a good thing!)
Monday, April 21, 2008
Thursday, April 21, 1927
Thursday, April 21, 1927
Rain, cold
Spent most of the AM building a fire and talking on phone. Mrs. Collins telling me about a nice big house she thinks we could trade for. My Sunday School class had a tea that I intended to attend, but couldn’t get any one to stay with the babies and too bad to take them out.
Rain, cold
Spent most of the AM building a fire and talking on phone. Mrs. Collins telling me about a nice big house she thinks we could trade for. My Sunday School class had a tea that I intended to attend, but couldn’t get any one to stay with the babies and too bad to take them out.
(I can't imagine having to build a fire in the furnace whenever you wanted heat from it.)
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Wednesday, April 20, 1927
Wednesday, April 20, 1927
Rain & cold
Ironed all day till 6:30 but got done! Marjorie only offered to go down street once. She played most of the time in Miller’s backyard and ours, with Ned, Phillip and Billy Miller. Don’t like her company but can’t help it.
(That's a lot of ironing. Grandma has written before that she didn't like the Miller kids next door. Too rough a crowd for her children?
Today in the nearby town of Shelbyville, Edna Parker, the world's oldest person turns 115. She was born on April 20, 1893, making her just five months younger than Grandma. We read Grandma's diaries and think how long ago that was. It is amazing that someone near her own age is still living not too far from here!)
Rain & cold
Ironed all day till 6:30 but got done! Marjorie only offered to go down street once. She played most of the time in Miller’s backyard and ours, with Ned, Phillip and Billy Miller. Don’t like her company but can’t help it.
(That's a lot of ironing. Grandma has written before that she didn't like the Miller kids next door. Too rough a crowd for her children?
Today in the nearby town of Shelbyville, Edna Parker, the world's oldest person turns 115. She was born on April 20, 1893, making her just five months younger than Grandma. We read Grandma's diaries and think how long ago that was. It is amazing that someone near her own age is still living not too far from here!)
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Tuesday, April 19, 1927
Tuesday, April 19, 1927
Fair, hot
Washed all the clothes I found in the attic besides what we dirtied last week, a whopper but worst is to come tomorrow. Tied Marjorie in the back yard to keep her in. It nearly broke her heart.
(Aunt Marjorie wrote, " I remember when Mother tied a length of clothesline aournd Eleanor's waist with the other end tied to the clothesline after a man had to stop his car to get Eleanor out of 12th St.)
Fair, hot
Washed all the clothes I found in the attic besides what we dirtied last week, a whopper but worst is to come tomorrow. Tied Marjorie in the back yard to keep her in. It nearly broke her heart.
(Aunt Marjorie wrote, " I remember when Mother tied a length of clothesline aournd Eleanor's waist with the other end tied to the clothesline after a man had to stop his car to get Eleanor out of 12th St.)
Friday, April 18, 2008
Monday, April 18, 1927
Monday, April 18, 1927
Rain, warm
Cleaned out the clothes boxes in the attic and found lots of last summer’s clothes wearable. Had to take Dale’s glasses down to get a new lens.
Rain, warm
Cleaned out the clothes boxes in the attic and found lots of last summer’s clothes wearable. Had to take Dale’s glasses down to get a new lens.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Sunday, April 17, 1927
Sunday, April 17, 1927
Fair, warm
Easter. Gilbert, Dale and Dick on crutches went to the 6 o’clock sunrise prayer meeting. I took the three others to Sunday School. Stayed to church with Mama while the little ones stayed in the nursery for the first time O.K.
Fair, warm
Easter. Gilbert, Dale and Dick on crutches went to the 6 o’clock sunrise prayer meeting. I took the three others to Sunday School. Stayed to church with Mama while the little ones stayed in the nursery for the first time O.K.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Saturday, April 16, 1927
Saturday, April 16, 1927
Rain
Spent all day working on the coat and hood and getting the boys’ pants, sweaters, etc. washed, pressed, etc. for tomorrow. Dick and Dale colored Easter eggs in evening. Dick so happy for Papa called up and told him he could begin to walk.
(Sounds like tomorrow will be Easter in 1927!)
Rain
Spent all day working on the coat and hood and getting the boys’ pants, sweaters, etc. washed, pressed, etc. for tomorrow. Dick and Dale colored Easter eggs in evening. Dick so happy for Papa called up and told him he could begin to walk.
(Sounds like tomorrow will be Easter in 1927!)
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Friday, April 15, 1927
Friday, April 15, 1927
Put in another big day on the coat. My there is lots of work to it! Nearly put my eyes out and had a sick headache by supper. Took Marjorie to the barber shop. Got my new waterless cooker.
(Waterless cooker? I found this information:
"In the 1920s, West Bend introduced its famous "Waterless Cooker", a large pot with inset pans designed to cook an entire meal over one burner. The lid of the cooker was fitted with clamps that prevented the escape of steam during cooking, enabling meals to be cooked without the addition of water. Advertising for the cooker illustrated the convenience, healthfulness and economy of waterless cooking. The new product was marketed coast-to-coast and worldwide. The waterless cooker evolved into cookware sets which adapted the cooking method to sauce pans, skillets, and roasters."
Grandma must have thought she had some very modern cookware for the time!)
Put in another big day on the coat. My there is lots of work to it! Nearly put my eyes out and had a sick headache by supper. Took Marjorie to the barber shop. Got my new waterless cooker.
(Waterless cooker? I found this information:
"In the 1920s, West Bend introduced its famous "Waterless Cooker", a large pot with inset pans designed to cook an entire meal over one burner. The lid of the cooker was fitted with clamps that prevented the escape of steam during cooking, enabling meals to be cooked without the addition of water. Advertising for the cooker illustrated the convenience, healthfulness and economy of waterless cooking. The new product was marketed coast-to-coast and worldwide. The waterless cooker evolved into cookware sets which adapted the cooking method to sauce pans, skillets, and roasters."
Grandma must have thought she had some very modern cookware for the time!)
Monday, April 14, 2008
Thursday, April 14, 1927
Thursday, April 14, 1927
Ironed all I had to have, stopped at noon and mended, etc. Dale and I went to the communion service at the church, where Dale was in the Junior choir.
Ironed all I had to have, stopped at noon and mended, etc. Dale and I went to the communion service at the church, where Dale was in the Junior choir.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Wednesday, April 13, 1927
Wednesday, April 13, 1927
Didn’t try to iron, but sewed Marjorie’s little coat and hood. It is going to be so pretty. Marjorie is learning to stay on the premises if Ned is here to play with her. However, I have to keep my eye on her.
(Where would Ned go? He was only around 3 or so. Marjorie around 18 - 19 months.)
Didn’t try to iron, but sewed Marjorie’s little coat and hood. It is going to be so pretty. Marjorie is learning to stay on the premises if Ned is here to play with her. However, I have to keep my eye on her.
(Where would Ned go? He was only around 3 or so. Marjorie around 18 - 19 months.)
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Tuesday, April 12, 1927
Tuesday, April 12, 1927
Fair, warm.
Washed and ran after Marjorie and ironed a little and was sick by supper time. I seemed to feel my womb fall down with great pain. So lay several hours with my feet over the end of the bed and massaged with ligament. So discouraged.
Fair, warm.
Washed and ran after Marjorie and ironed a little and was sick by supper time. I seemed to feel my womb fall down with great pain. So lay several hours with my feet over the end of the bed and massaged with ligament. So discouraged.
Friday, April 11, 2008
Monday, April 11, 1927
Monday, April 11, 1927
Cut out Marjorie’s little pink crepe coat and hood and found I would have to get some silk for lining and some hem stitching done & Marjorie shoes, so I took her and Ned down town & wore myself out carrying her for she got too sleepy to walk.
Cut out Marjorie’s little pink crepe coat and hood and found I would have to get some silk for lining and some hem stitching done & Marjorie shoes, so I took her and Ned down town & wore myself out carrying her for she got too sleepy to walk.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Sunday, April 10, 1927
Sunday, April 10, 1927
Went to Sunday School in the morning, taking Ned & Marjorie. I can never go to my class as Ned cries. Marjorie would stay alone, I’m sure. Went back to church in the evening. Took walk in park in PM and had to carry Marjorie back.
Went to Sunday School in the morning, taking Ned & Marjorie. I can never go to my class as Ned cries. Marjorie would stay alone, I’m sure. Went back to church in the evening. Took walk in park in PM and had to carry Marjorie back.
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Saturday, April 9, 1927
Saturday, April 9, 1927
Got my motor back at last so cleaned things up good so as to start Monday and get to sewing.
Got my motor back at last so cleaned things up good so as to start Monday and get to sewing.
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Friday, April 8, 1927
Friday, April 8, 1927
Rain
I thought Dick ought to stay home on occasion of the rain but he cried so that Bess offered to take him and hold an umbrella over him. Then she went home.
(So much for Aunt Bess helping with the babies so Grandma could sew!)
Rain
I thought Dick ought to stay home on occasion of the rain but he cried so that Bess offered to take him and hold an umbrella over him. Then she went home.
(So much for Aunt Bess helping with the babies so Grandma could sew!)
Monday, April 07, 2008
Thursday, April 7, 1927
Thursday, April 7, 1927
Got some darning done and that’s about all. Bess, Albert, Dale, and myself took supper at the church and went to J.C.E.
Got some darning done and that’s about all. Bess, Albert, Dale, and myself took supper at the church and went to J.C.E.
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Wednesday, April 6, 1927
Wednesday, April 6, 1927
Dick went to school. I had a big ironing to do and needed Bess to wash the dishes and look after Marjorie but of course she wasn’t here. Stayed all night with friends and didn’t get back till noon & Gilbert paid her way to help me.
Dick went to school. I had a big ironing to do and needed Bess to wash the dishes and look after Marjorie but of course she wasn’t here. Stayed all night with friends and didn’t get back till noon & Gilbert paid her way to help me.
Saturday, April 05, 2008
Tuesday, April 5, 1927
Tuesday, April 5, 1927
Fair
Bess took Dick for a walk. Gilbert had to take my motor to the plant, but say they are so busy he doesn’t know when it will be back!!! I washed.
Fair
Bess took Dick for a walk. Gilbert had to take my motor to the plant, but say they are so busy he doesn’t know when it will be back!!! I washed.
Friday, April 04, 2008
Monday, April 4, 1927
Monday, April 4, 1927
Fair – but chilly
Took Dick to barber shop. He got awfully tired. Sat down to sew intending to get lots done with Bess here and my motor went bad! And so much to do, too!
Fair – but chilly
Took Dick to barber shop. He got awfully tired. Sat down to sew intending to get lots done with Bess here and my motor went bad! And so much to do, too!
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Sunday, April 3, 1927
Sunday, April 3, 1927
The folks are all torn up cleaning house and papering so I had them come for dinner. Bess came in the afternoon. Gilbert sent her money to come on as I have so much sewing to do and she can wash dishes and look after babies.
The folks are all torn up cleaning house and papering so I had them come for dinner. Bess came in the afternoon. Gilbert sent her money to come on as I have so much sewing to do and she can wash dishes and look after babies.
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Saturday, April 2, 1927
Saturday, April 2, 1927
Marjorie is so cute these days. I know Bess will “fall in love with her”. “Ba pa poot” is what she says at every occasion, but no one knows what she means.
Marjorie is so cute these days. I know Bess will “fall in love with her”. “Ba pa poot” is what she says at every occasion, but no one knows what she means.
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Friday, April 1, 1927
Friday, April 1, 1927
Dr. Haggard & Papa came and changed Dick’s cast. The old one was too loose. They bathed and massaged the leg and pronounced it in good condition.
Dr. Haggard & Papa came and changed Dick’s cast. The old one was too loose. They bathed and massaged the leg and pronounced it in good condition.
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