February 2, 1964 Sunday
Weather: mild, temperature at noon +18°F
Up at
8:30 A.m. Dressed, washed, breakfast, talked, worked in basement most of
morning, lunch 12:30 PM, dozed a while, did some more work in the basement at 5
PM supper talk slept and did a little more in basement and watch TV, snack, bed, 11
PM
February 3, 1964 Monday
Weather: mild temperature at noon
+26°F
Up at 7 AM, dressed, shaved, washed, breakfast, started car, KR, left at
7:45 AM to post office then to work, orders and trailer till 10:30am, tea, same
till noon, home, Rhoda started work at a bakery today, Granny's Kitchen on
Portage Avenue. Just boys and I here for lunch from now on. Linda here too, left
to work after taking Linda to bus stop. Loading trailers till 3:30 PM had tea,
trailers until 4:30 PM left at 5 PM home, supper, painted till 10:30 PM ate,
talked,bed.
February 4, 1964 Tuesday
Weather: mild temperature at
noon +32°F
Up at 6:50 AM, dressed, shaved, washed, breakfast, left at
7:45 to post office then to work orders till 10:30 AM cup of tea, same till 12,
home, lunch with boys, left to work at 1:05 PM orders till 3:30 PM, tea,
orders till five, home, read paper, supper, overtime work, orders till 8 PM,
painted till 10 PM, left for home, talk, TV bed. Rhoda mad at me so I
slept.
February 5, 1964 Wednesday
Weather: temperature at noon
+28°F
Up at 6:35 AM, dressed, shaved, washed, breakfast, talked, started car,
did some writing, till 7:30 AM, took garbage out, left at 7:50 to post office
then to work orders till 10:30 AM, tea, orders till 12, out in the car and home,
made lunch for Gerry and I, left at 12:50 PM to work orders till 3:30pm, tea,
orders till five, out in car to Whytewold Dr., got Rhoda at Granny's Kitchen then
to Tomboy store and got groceries. Home, put stuff away, supper, man here to talk
about funeral, arrangements in the future, but I could not be bothered, dozed the in chair, he's gone now, it's snowing and blowing out I and Rhoda sat and
talked, watched hockey game till 9 PM. Talked till 10, ate, and so to
bed.
February 6, 1964 Thursday
Weather: cloudy and mild temperature at noon
+22°
Up at 6:45 AM, dressed, washed, breakfast, started car, in, tea, left at
7:50 AM to post office then to work orders till 10:30am, cuppa coffee, Brian did
trailer, orders till 12, out in car. Home, lunch, left back to work, orders till
3:30, coffee break, orders till 5 PM, out to bakery got Rhoda, Home, read paper,
supper, worked around in the basement all evening, watch TV, talked, bed, did
some loving.
February 7, 1964 Friday
Weather: cloudy and colder
temperature at noon -3°F
Up at 6:50 AM, dressed, washed, breakfast, I
don't feel so good, sort of tired and sluggish, started car, KR, left at 7:50 AM
to post office then to work. loaded city trucks then entered sales figures and
averages in books, wrapped parcels, did stock taking until 10:30 AM left at
11:40 AM in car to barber shop for haircut then to drugstore and bought film for
camera, met Linda, home, lunch, back to work at 12:50 PM, orders till 3:30 PM.
Coffee break, orders till five, out in car, home, out in car to pick up Rhoda,
home, supper, no bowling tonight, because of Linda getting her Nurse's cap,
which I had to see, shaved and washed, changed, out at 7:10 PM to Home St.,
Church of Christ, parked car, got seats and watched the nurses get their caps
including Linda. Very nice but not too impressive. Met Buelah and Jessie there
and Mum there. We all went to the nurses residence for tea and stuff and looked
around, Rhoda took pictures of Linda and her friends. Left there at 10:30 PM
took Buelah and Jessie home, then home ourselves, boys still up, Rhoda gone to
bed, I and boys watched TV til 1 am.