April 8, 1977 Good Friday Weather: sun, some cloud, warm, temp at noon +16C
up at 6:30am, dressed, washed, breakfast, read, talked, sat a while, at 9:30am Linda and Rhoda went for a walk, then I went out and worked on the front lawn and garden til L&R got back. talked, sifted earth, put on flower bed at front. in, sat awhile, talked, had tea and; cookies, looked in cartons for things. Phil and I put mirrors on bureau, then we had lunch, talked, laid down, slept til 2pm, up, Rhoda woke me as usual - washed and changed and ready, made cigts, out in car and rode around looking at houses til 4pm, then home and had tea, realized ashes from cigts fell on my pants while driving and burnt 3 holes in pants, showed Rhoda, she is peeved and said she can't fix them. Changed pants, out in car to Vernon hotel and walked around dining room, then had supper there, steak and lobster, Rhoda had filet mignon, Linda and Phil's treat. went out to Lounge and had some drinks, then went to a book store nearby, bought a book Bandit of Hell's Bend (?) by Burroughs, out to car, don't feel too good, home, in, had tea, talked, then I started to shiver and ache, so decided to go to bed, 8:45pm, took asprins, slept off and on, up to bathroom seven times.
April 9, 1977 Saturday Weather: cloudy and mild temp at noon +9C
up usual times to bathroom, Rhoda up and came and talked, she brought me cereal and tea and asprins, Linda and Rhoda gone to do some shopping, talked with Phil then did writing til 10:35am, sat around and read and talked til 12, rhoda phoned and said they won't be home for awhile, then I went and laid down cause I still didn't feel well, slept on and off til about 3:30pm, had no lunch, Rhoda home, talked got up at 5pm, had a little supper, sat around talked and watched tv all evening til I went to bed at 10:40pm, Rhoda came later, slept
April 10, 1977 Easter Sunday Weather: cloudy and cool, temp at noon +8C
Well, it looks like we will stay for certain, in Vernon. Up usual times in the night, coughing and going to bathroom, finally got up at 6:15am and dressed and made breakfast, had cereal and tea, then read, Rhoda up then Phil and Linda, talked, got things ready, and they left at 8am, we watched them go along hwy 97 til they were out of sight, talked, took track up from folding doors and other things, also hung swag lamp and pictures in LR, talked, then had lunch, laid down and slept til 2pm, up, talked, did writing, then alot of unpacking and sorting stuff out til 4pm. took stuff from shelf above washer and raised shelf so lid of washer could open, put stuff back on shelf, put tools away. read, dozed, watched tv, had tea, talked, bed, but coughed alot so didn't sleep much.
April 11, 1977 Easter Monday Weather: sunny and cool, temp at noon +12C
got up twice to bathroom and back to bed, finally got up at 8am, dressed, breakfast, read, talked, unpacked a couple of cartons and unpacked the rest of the tools, with Rhodas help, put them in the trailer and put the garbage out, cleaned up around steps, in for tea, talked, fixed hangers in pantry, for broom etc, lunch, then laid down, slept til 2pm, up, sorted out money and got ready, out in car to office, stopped and talked to mgr, then left to downtown to Bof C, parked, in, paid Bank Loan of $1700 plus interest of $26.15, didn't like that, left to telephone, closed, to Eatons, got lite for $18.34, looked around then went to P.O. Out to Winamens Furniture, closed, so went to paint shop, bought stain, masking tape, brush and yard stick, cost $14. 26, left to handyman hardware, bought a broom $6.97 then home, tried out broom, it works fine, had a beer each, Rhoda said we forgot to get gas, there's always something else we shoulda done, did writing. time 5:45pm Rhoda phoned Gerry, everything okay, read paper, then we talked about where the money went, started to figure it out in kitchen, then we went in den, I finally got it settled, spent too much one way or another. watched tv all evening til 11pm then bed, then did some loving, doesn't happen very often, slept.