Temperature at noon 50°F
cloudy and warm
up at 7 AM dressed tea shaved washed, ready left, to corner street car to Erzingers, talked, orders, got trips away. out to Café for coffee, back, orders till 12, lunch read phoned Rhoda, orders and stock till 7:30 PM, phoned Rhoda, left to Donald Street streetcar, home. Talked read paper, supper, out picked tomatoes and covered the rest then went for a walk with Rhoda and Linda. Back home,in, talked, got kids in bed, read.
September 16, 1949 Friday
temperature at noon 60°F
partly cloudy
up 7 AM dressed got a cold somehow, feel tough, then shaved and washed. ready, KR. Left to corner streetcar to work, talked, got trips away, out for coffee. Boss bawled us out about mistakes, there has been an unusual amount of them. orders till 12, out to café, Lunch, back, Rhoda phoned, talked, orders and stock all afternoon, put stock away till 8 PM. ready, phoned Rhoda, left to streetcar, paid Albert three dollars, leaving 17. Home, talked, read paper, supper, lay down for a while, slept, got water in, read, bed.
September 17, 1949 Saturday
temperature at noon 58°F
7 AM dressed, tea, shaved, washed, ready, KR. Left to corner street car to work, talked, got trips away. orders till 12:30 PM. Phoned Rhoda, waited for Clare to come with my windbreaker he borrowed till 1:15 PM, locked up, over to Prince Edward Bowling to get alleys lined up, then to Donald Street streetcar, to Elmwood. To Lil's to get wagon, talked to Eleanor for a while, to Safeway store, did shopping, home by streetcar, talked about Lois, Jessie B. here laid down then to playground to get kids, then to store for bread, home, read, supper. talked, slept, gave kids money to spend at fair, slept till 10 PM, put Gail's bike in shed, talked, then bed.
September 18, 1949 Sunday
temperature at noon 45°F
cloudy and cool raining
up at 3 AM Rhoda woke me, she thinks she should go, phoned Mrs. L and she's all excited, Phoned taxi, doctor and hospital, ready, take her to Misericordia hospital, checked her in, KR, out in taxi and back home by 4:30 AM. Talked to Mrs. L and then she left, talk to Jack, Then to bed, then slept. Up at 9:30 AM dressed, got breakfast for kids, phone the hospital, nothing yet, Mrs. L phoned, Lily phoned, breakfast, read diary, time 11:30 AM never finished this days diary...
September 19, 1949 Monday
temperature at noon 51°F
cloudy warmer
up at 7 AM dressed, first night alone, lit fire, had breakfast tea, Jack up, ready, Left to corner street car to work, told them about addition to family, talk, orders, got trips away, stock till 930 am, out for coffee, cleaning place as Mr. Meadon is arriving today. More cleaning till 1:30 PM so it put us behind in the work, read, phoned home and Mrs. L says everything is okay, orders and stock all afternoon till 5 PM locked up, left to streetcar to Lil's had tea and a bun, shaved and washed. Left to catch streetcar at the corner to trolley bus to Misericordia hospital, talked to Rhoda till 8:15 PM, saw baby, quite a big boy, was born 10:30 AM Sunday 8 lbs. 12 oz. left on bus and streetcar to Lil's, kids okay, talked a while, then left for home talked to Lennox's then, bed
September 20, 1949 Tuesday
Temperature at noon 50°F
cloudy and cool
up 7 AM, second night alone, washed, dressed, had tea, locked up, left to corner street car to work, got trips away by 10:30 AM had Coffee, work till 12, lunch, back, orders all afternoon till 6 PM ready, locked up left to Café, supper took the bus to Misericordia, Talked with Rhoda., Jessie and Lil were there, Of course, they had to see the baby and made a big fuss, they left, KR, bus home then over to Lil's, ate, talked some, then home, read, did stuff for a while, bed.