May 17, 1971 Monday
Weather: cloudy and cool, temperature at noon
46°F
Up at 7:50 AM, dressed, shaved, breakfast, talked, listen to radio till
8 AM, KR, out in car to post office then to work, in, orders and trailer till
10:30 AM, tea, same till 12 pm. In car to Electrolux store paid payment, home,
lunch, left back to work, orders till 3:30 PM, tea, same till 4:30 PM out in
car, put mail in box, then to Zellers and picked up Rhoda, home, supper, Mr.
Morris here, paid him $50 and he signed the paper, he's gone, out, took Rhoda
back to work, home, laid down, slept till 8 PM, read paper, washed dishes, then
out to Zellers to get Rhoda, home, had tea and cookies, bed.
May 18, 1971
Tuesday
Weather: clear, mild temperature at noon 51°F
Up at 2:30 AM to
bathroom, back to bed, slept till 7 AM, dressed, shaved, washed, breakfast,
listen to radio till 8 AM, KR, out in car to post office then to work did orders
till 10:30 AM, they are now making a sliding door entrance to the north wall of
our warehouse and the addition we have taken over, tea, same till 12, out in car,
Home, lunch, read paper, back to work orders till 3:30 PM tea, orders till 4:20 PM
put skids in front of door, left, put mail in box, took Paula home, to bakery got
bread, home, talked, read paper, out at 5:50 PM to Zellers to pick up Rhoda, home
talked, cleared table, supper, watched the hockey game until 10:15 PM score
Chicago 2, Montreal 3, Montreal wins the Stanley Cup in seven games, Rhoda
gone to bed, tea and cookies, then locked up and went to bed
May 19, 1971
Wednesday
Weather: partly cloudy and mild temperature at noon 55°F
Up at 7:05 AM, dressed,
washed, breakfast, listen to radio, KR, out in car to post office, to work, in, orders till 10:30 AM, tea, orders till 12, out in car, home, lunch, dozed, KR,
left to work orders till 3:30 PM, coffee break, orders till 4:30 PM got mail, in
car, took Paula home, to Zellers picked up Rhoda, home, set table, supper, out
in car, Took Rhoda to work, home, lay down, slept till 6:30 PM, everyone is out,
washed dishes, outside and dug up 2 flowerbeds at back, trimmed the grass in front, swept
sidewalk, in, did writing, put books away, read till 9:40 PM, out in car, to
Zellers, waited for Rhoda, home, read all evening, tea and bread,
bed.
May 20, 1971 Thursday
Weather: cloudy and cool, temperature at
noon 52°F
Up once in the night to the bathroom, slept till 6:50 AM, dressed,
shaved, washed, breakfast, listen to radio, out at 8 AM, in car to post office
to work, orders till 10:30AM, tea, same till 12, they now have the sliding door cut
in the wall and ready to put the door onto the addition to the warehouse. Out
in car, home, lunch, talked with Rhoda, her day off, KR, left, stopped at bank of
Montreal, to work, orders till 3:30 PM, tea, orders till 4:15 PM put skids it in
front of doors, talked with Mac, Rhoda was waiting at the car, she had been
swimming with Bett and the kids today, took Paula home, set the table, supper,
read, dozed till 7 PM, outside and planted Gladiolas and Dahlias, I don't expect
the Dahlias to grow, they are too dry, put tools away, in, read till 6 PM had TN bed then went to
bed.
May 21, 1971 Friday
Weather: fair and warmer, temperature at
noon 58°F
Up at 6:50 AM dressed, shaved, breakfast, talk, called Gerry, he is
going to work today in the warehouse. I get to teach him the ropes. Listen to
radio till 8 AM out in car, Gerry with me, to post office, to work, showed
Gerry warehouse and got him started on orders, I did re packs and trailer what
a mess with Don walking around and other things, orders till 10:30 AM,
tea, same till 12, out in car, home, lunch, talked with Chris, read, left with
Gerry, to work, in, orders and such till 3:30 PM, tea, same till 4:30 PM got
cigs, talked with Mac, left, put mail in box, home. Chris has left to hitchhike
with his girlfriend to Banff, he left a letter, hope he makes out okay, but
because of Rhoda and I riding him, he left, but I think he would have left
anyways, his letter sure hurt my feelings I wonder in what way we failed him. He
will be back someday. It may do him a lot of good, going out on his
own.
Sat around, cleared table, out in car to Zellers Rhoda came to
Dominion Store got groceries, home, put stuff away, cleared and set the table. Rhoda talked about Chris, now she's in the dumps, supper, dozed in my chair,
talked a little, bed.
May 22, 1971 Saturday
Weather: cloudy and
cool, temperature at noon 44°F
Up at 7:40 AM, dressed, washed, breakfast, out
at 8:50 AM, took Rhoda to work went to Paint Your World, got a gallon of white
and a brush, home, Mac phoned, dozed, ate, left a note for Gerry, went to
warehouse, put Imperial Tobacco orders away, straightened stack, put up orders,
left at 1:05 PM, home, lunch, read, lay down, read paper, stirred paint and
painted till 5:50 PM, out in car to Zellers, got Rhoda, home, cleared and set
table, supper, sat a while and dozed, Gerry gone out, finished painting bedroom
cupboard, put stuff away, talked with Rhoda, had tea and bread, then went to
bed.
May 23, 1971 Sunday
Weather: partly cloudy and cool
temperature at noon 45°F
Up at 3 AM to bathroom, Gerry never came home,
turned lights out, went back to bed, slept till 8 AM, up, dressed, Gerry came in, went downstairs, vomited, he has been at a party and stayed there, he says. Rhoda
mad at me about it. Gerry not feeling very good and went to bed, I slept in
chair till 10:30 AM, tea, checked bills and did some writing until 12:05 PM, put
books away, talked, lunch, mixed paint, put one coat in cupboard shelves in our
room. Sat around I had a talk with Gerry about drinking, told him to be very
careful, tea, put second coat on cupboard shelves, looks okay, pulled
out my writing cupboard, took all the stuff out, then painted the inside, read and
talked, out in car with Rhoda for a ride drove down Sturgeon Road north to
number 221 E., Inkster Boulevard east to McPhillips Street then south and
stopped for ice cream at St. Joseph's Dairy then continued south to Notre Dame,
and west to St. James Street stopped and looked at all the trailers at our
warehouse then to Portage Avenue and home. In, talked, read till 11:30 PM then
bed.
May 24, 1971 Monday Victoria Day
Weather: cloudy and cool, temperature at noon 43°F
Slept till 9 AM, dressed, shaved, washed,
breakfast, out at 9:45 AM in car Rhoda and I to Morey Boulevard saw parade, to
Ness, West, parked in Safeway lot, waited till 10:30 AM, parade going by,
finished at 11 AM, went home, lunch, then out to Zellers, bought a few things,
home, tried on my new golf jacket, Linda and Phil and the boys are here, supper,
they left at 9 PM, I put up the cupboard with Gerry's help, put stuff in it,
then did writing, read, then had tea, then bed.