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January 4 1978 - Wednesday - Minus 2 at 6:30 - Fair Sun 7:21 - 4:41 Beautiful winter day - high 26[[degree symbol]] Worked on dining room fireplace wall - waxing and buffing. Also did floor - looks great. Hobbied in afternoon 1979 - Thursday - 7[[degree symbol]] at 6 AM - Sun 721 - 441 Clear Sunny windy day - high 22[[degree symbol]]. Pat here to clean. Wes worked in shop and I worked at Ballard Greenhouse in morning - to cleaners and Stop & Shop enroute home - Stopped at bank - transferred savings allowed to Certificate of Deposit - 6 months Lunch - nap after Pat left - more Lobbying. 1980 - Friday - 11[[degree symbol]] at 6 AM. - High about 32[[degree symbol]] To 730 Mass - Marcie afterward for milk - $1.77 gal Waxed wood floor room entrance. Washed kitchen floor. Wes hobbied - phone Mr Morewood for replacement casting. I finished planting wood plant [[?]] Made a cake for church supper tomorrow. Worked on Annual Horticulture Report 1981 - Sunday - 14[[degree symbol]] below at 6 AM - Laundry thermometer read 30[[degree symbol]] - as low as it could go. (Marcies milk is now $1.79/gal - see above) Temperature dropped to 18[[degree symbol]] below before we went to 8 o'clock Mass. Cold all day - high 13[[degree symbol]] above. Sunny. Mike Maunson here at 1 oclock with house plans. Spent afternoon on these - We are pretty happy with them. Masterpiece Theatre started [[?]] Y B show. Left heat on at 55[[degree symbol]] for night. 1982 - Monday - 36[[degree symbol]] at 6:30 - Raining (Milk is now $1.82/gal at Marcies) Sun (if it were out) 7:21 - 4:41. Rain most of day - heavy at times - put buckets in greenhouse to catch drips - had leak in d[[?]]tte slider. Wes worked on Wall Garden plan - put up second t[[?]] [[?]], delivered by UPS, [[?]] o[[?]] bath - worked on s[[?]]p. I cup up apples from Cone - made sauce - To Ridgefield Savings Bank to put Drive Savings Book money into 6 months Certificate 12 - 6% - took off belt and zipper from Black/Beige long skirt. Mike here to check on leaks January 5 1978 - Thursday - 17[[degree symbol]] at 6:30 - Partly cloudy, Sun 720 - 442 Not as cold today, but we went out only for the birds. Wes' cold much better - mine developing. Took down Christmas tree and put away most of Christmas decorations. Hobbied in late afternoon. 1979 - Friday - 18[[degree symbol]] at 6 AM - up to 24[[degree symbol]] during day Beautiful, sunny winter day. To Mass. To Ace Industrial Hardware for drills for Wes - stopped at Marcies for Milk. - now $1.66 per plastic gallon. Hobbied - Wes split wood - took all but one of lights from outside tree - too cold to finish - To Marks & Millicent Sa[[?]]er at 5:30 for drink. Joan phoned Betty Holden died early this morning. I [[?]]ed Eileen - agreed we couldn't go up - sent flowers. 1980 - Saturday - 23[[degree symbol]] at 6 AM - Light snow - we were lucky - flurries to moo[[?]] le[[?]] not plowable. I fried chicken and made a blueberry cake for the church supper. To Keller's at 4:30 after dropping off food - direct there - then to church hase for a That so great meal - crowded - to Billee [[?]]'s after for a drink - watched six Republican candidates give statements at Iowa forum. `98` - Monday - Minus two at 6:30. Heat came on frequently during night - Cold, windy day - sunny 7:20 - 4:43. Wes in shop - Roughed up wood - fed birds I went for Lan[[?]] - picked up Bogus tax bill from Crehan[[?]] buy pineapple from Ha[[?]]s - a gift from Hawaii[[?]] [[?]] house the Bogus Road taxes - Nov 24 - Dec. 31 Made o[[?]]de[[?]]es for drinks party Saturday. 1982 - Tuesday - 34[[degree symbol]] at 6 AM - To Mass - Voted for Martha Rothman as State Representative afterward. Snow flurries early. Cleaned to beautiful winter day with very high winds. Wes did more work on Wall Garden plan. I took Black/Brown skirt to sewing room and finished shortening it - replaced zipper and belt. Wes worked in shop - split wood - I pocked up branches downed in wind (lots) cut off grape vines in bog garden and released dead tree downed by wind and held up by grapevines Sun 7:21 - 4:42