Saturday, May 14, 1927
Still tired from Thursday’s trip to the church and my long “rassle” with Marjorie who wouldn’t stay put. I wish I had half her pep and that she always has as much as she has now.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Friday, May 13, 1927
Friday, May 13, 1927
Friday the 13th has no special bug a boo for me but all days are more or less Jonah’s for me so I hate to write down the heavy hearted thoughts to remember in later years. I want to forget those.
(What is this reference to "Jonah's"?)
Friday the 13th has no special bug a boo for me but all days are more or less Jonah’s for me so I hate to write down the heavy hearted thoughts to remember in later years. I want to forget those.
(What is this reference to "Jonah's"?)
Monday, May 12, 2008
Thursday, May 12, 1927
Thursday, May 12, 1927
Cool & partly cloudy
Went to Missionary at the church where I read a paper for Mrs. Kilby who led. Mama went to take care of the babies and stayed out with Marjorie the whole time. I stayed for supper and the boys and Gilbert came. Paul and Nina were there with Mrs. Schiffman.
Cool & partly cloudy
Went to Missionary at the church where I read a paper for Mrs. Kilby who led. Mama went to take care of the babies and stayed out with Marjorie the whole time. I stayed for supper and the boys and Gilbert came. Paul and Nina were there with Mrs. Schiffman.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Wednesday, May 11, 1927
Wednesday, May 11, 1927
Cold drizzle
Tried to build a fire but had no luck. Ironed and thought I could keep warm but my feet froze. Mama came over and froze, too. The thermometer stood at 58 in the dining room. Gilbert got a fire after he came home.
Cold drizzle
Tried to build a fire but had no luck. Ironed and thought I could keep warm but my feet froze. Mama came over and froze, too. The thermometer stood at 58 in the dining room. Gilbert got a fire after he came home.
Friday, May 09, 2008
Monday, May 9, 1927
Monday, May 9, 1927
My headache yesterday left me weak. Felt like the dickens but the boys got up with an unusual amount of pep and played all over the house. Albert and Dick guards for a princess (Marjorie who was about to be kidnapped by two bandits, Dale and Ned. Such a clatter!) I was glad when school time came.
(School must have started later in the morning, or the boys got up quite early!)
My headache yesterday left me weak. Felt like the dickens but the boys got up with an unusual amount of pep and played all over the house. Albert and Dick guards for a princess (Marjorie who was about to be kidnapped by two bandits, Dale and Ned. Such a clatter!) I was glad when school time came.
(School must have started later in the morning, or the boys got up quite early!)
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Sunday, May 8, 1927
Sunday, May 8, 1927
Fair and cool
Mother’s day. The boys took Ned to Sunday School as I didn’t have pep enough to get ready early besides a little shower kept Marjorie home but didn’t last. I went to church and then after dinner we all went to Mama’s but I had a headache.
Fair and cool
Mother’s day. The boys took Ned to Sunday School as I didn’t have pep enough to get ready early besides a little shower kept Marjorie home but didn’t last. I went to church and then after dinner we all went to Mama’s but I had a headache.
Monday, May 05, 2008
Thursday, May 5, 1927
Thursday, May 5, 1927
All went to the church for supper and had a nice time. They had a treat for the Junior C.E. so we all went there to hear “the bird man”. Elliott Libbett makes a funny noise like different birds.
All went to the church for supper and had a nice time. They had a treat for the Junior C.E. so we all went there to hear “the bird man”. Elliott Libbett makes a funny noise like different birds.
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Tuesday, May 3, 1927
Tuesday, May 3, 1927
Cloudy
My baby is too cute for words. Right pretty, too. Chubby – bright eyed. Full of fun. Just the little doll I’ve always wanted to dress up and her little coat and hood is awfully pretty on her.
Cloudy
My baby is too cute for words. Right pretty, too. Chubby – bright eyed. Full of fun. Just the little doll I’ve always wanted to dress up and her little coat and hood is awfully pretty on her.
Friday, May 02, 2008
Monday, May 2, 1927
Monday, May 2, 1927
Fair and warm
Report card day. All the boys got A’s and A+’s. Dale got a B in wood working which was lowest and only B in the crowd. Dick came up in all his marks, got 2 A+’s, the rest all A. Albert got A+ in spelling. Let the fire go out again.
Fair and warm
Report card day. All the boys got A’s and A+’s. Dale got a B in wood working which was lowest and only B in the crowd. Dick came up in all his marks, got 2 A+’s, the rest all A. Albert got A+ in spelling. Let the fire go out again.
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Sunday, May 1, 1927
Sunday, May 1, 1927
Fair and warm
A lovely day. All went to Sunday School and I stayed at church while the rest all walked up town. Ned and Marjorie stayed alone while I went to class, without crying. Ned and I went to Mama’s in PM while Gilbert worked and the boys went to the show.
Fair and warm
A lovely day. All went to Sunday School and I stayed at church while the rest all walked up town. Ned and Marjorie stayed alone while I went to class, without crying. Ned and I went to Mama’s in PM while Gilbert worked and the boys went to the show.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Saturday, April 30, 1927
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.
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.
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.)
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