January 18, 1966 Tuesday
Up at 7 AM, dressed, feel better, but tough,
shaved, washed, breakfast, listened to radio, talk till 7:50 AM started
car, KR, left at 8:10 AM to post office, to work, orders till 10:30 AM,tea,
orders till 12, out in car, Home, lunch, talk, Linda gone to Bett's, left back to
work, orders till 3:45 PM, out in car, home, read paper, supper, lay down, dozed
til 7:30 PM, talked with Rhoda while she played with Piano organ, did writing in
new book, time 9:15 PM, then out, started car took Linda back to nurse's
residence, pretty slippery driving, home by 10:15 PM tea and cake, talked,
bed
January 19, 1966 Wednesday
Weather clear cloudy mild temperature
at noon 2°F
Up at 7:10 AM, started the car, breakfast, talk, radio, KR,
out at 7:55 AM to post office, to work, orders till 10:15 AM tea, orders till 12,
out in car, home, lunch, talked, back to work, orders till 3:30 PM, tea, orders
till 5 PM, out in the car to drugstore, got a birthday card and money order,
Home, read paper, supper, talk laid down, up, I played with organ till 9 PM had
tea and cake, then bed.
January 20, 1966 Thursday
Weather: cold
temperature at noon -20°F
Up at 7 AM, direct, shaved, washed, breakfast,
listen to radio till 7:50 AM started car left to post office, then to work
orders till 10:30 AM, coffee, orders till 12. Out in car, to home lunch, talked,
left back to work, orders till three, lots of talk going around about new
warehouse hours to be 8 AM to 4:30 PM. Mac is to be the only one having keys to
the warehouse that will be fun for him. Orders till 5pm, out in car to home in
and read the paper supper, lay down, slept till 7:30 PM, talked, listen to radio
and played crib rest of the evening Rhoda one had tea and ate some cookies,
talked, then to bed.
January 21, 1966 Friday
Weather: clear and cold
-25°F
Up at 7 AM, washed, breakfast, talked, listen to radio,at 7:50 AM
went out to car but car won't start, phone service station he came but no go, he
pushed the car, and it started, to work by 9 AM, orders till 10:30 AM, tea,
orders till noon lots of talk about the new warehouse out in the car and home
for lunch talk to Rhoda then back to work, orders till three coffee break orders
till 5 PM out in car to IGA, got a few groceries, Home, in for supper. Laid
down, up at 7pm, changed and washed, out with Rhoda at 8:20pm to bowling alley
downtown. Rhoda gone with car, bowled poor again, Rhoda was waiting to pick
me up, home, talk, bed.
January 22, 1966 Saturday
weather: clear and
cold -25°F
Up at 7:15 AM, dressed, washed, breakfast, Rhoda up, talked
and ready to go at 8:20 AM, car started, went to service station and left the
car there walked to barbers for a haircut, back to service station and waited
for car till 10:20 AM out and home. Decided to do shopping out in car at 11:15
AM to Simpson Sears, then down St. James Street and looked at new warehouse.
Then to IGA on portage Avenue did shopping, home, put stuff away man from Eaton's
was here to fix organ. Lunch, talk, slept till 3 PM, fooled with organ for a
while, had supper, dozed in chair till 7:30 PM, watched hockey game till 9:30 PM
ate, talked, bed.
January 23, 1966 Sunday
Weather: clear and cold
temperature at noon -30°F
Up at 8 AM, breakfast, took Rhoda a cup of tea
in bed, Sat around for a while, tried car, no go, tried car again, no
dice, got books and will do writing, will try car again later, tried car at
10:45 AM finally got it started, let it run for 10 minutes then Rhoda and I out
to Portage West on Portage to the Perimeter South to number 3 hwy and
east to Waverley then Taylor and back to Portage Avenue thence home. Lunch,
locked up the car, fixed a few things around the house, had a slip and fall had
supper at 6 PM, talked, watch TV and other things all evening, ate, tea, and
bed. I
January 24, 1966 Monday
Rhoda's Birthday
weather: clear and
cold -25°F
Up at 6:30 AM, dressed, shaved, washed, breakfast, out and
tried car, no go. Came in and phone service station, Brian at work phone about
work orders, service station truck is here and can't start the car, he said he
would come back and tow me in, which he did after I phoned him, he came and got
the car started and they left. Rhoda ranting and raving and about the service
station and that they shouldn't charge me and such. I let the car run for 15
minutes and got to work by 11 AM did orders till 12:10 PM had lunch talked with
the guys did orders till 3 PM. Had coffee did orders till 5 PM took car to the
service station and put a new block heater cord and installed went home read
paper, Rhoda phoned, went to pick up Rhoda and stopped at the bakery for cake
for her birthday, I couldn't get a dog for her birthday like she wanted. She got
ten birthday cards she got birthday card from her mom and a plant from Joan and Jack.
all in all she had a very nice birthday bed at 11:30 PM. P.S. Linda phoned to
say she would be home Tuesday night.
January 25, 1966 Tuesday
Weather:
-15°F
Up at 6:40 AM, dressed, breakfast, shaved, talked and listen to the
radio until 7:50 AM. Started car came back in for a cup of tea went out in the
car to post office then to work. Orders till 10:30 AM coffee break and orders
till 12 out into car went home had lunch. Took Rhoda to work at 12:45pm, back to
work orders till 3:30 PM tea break orders till 5 PM out in car home, dozed, out
at 6:40 PM to bakery and picked up Rhoda back home and supper dozed till 9:30 PM
not feeling good, and we drove Linda to the nurse's residence, came home had a
snack, went to bed.