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December 19 1983 - Monday - 28° at 6:45 - after early morning flurries a very cold day. Oil delivery - 243 gals $1:07 - a good price. Took some of Varga's spruce branches to church - Louise and Alex were to set up crib. Onto Ridgefield - meat at Brunetti no suet - luckily found some at Stop & Shop - no tree at Caldor's. Home for lunch - nap in den - good to feel sun on face. I sewed on long wool skirt - ironed - Wes worked in shop. Wes out only to fill birdfeeders. 1984 - Wednesday - 29° at 6:30 - Cloudy - Rain started about 9:30 - light all day. To Stop & Shop - Liquor Store when bought Fontana Candida wine for Eileen's Christmas - to Georgetown - Benedictine George had articles from Central American countries - bought small dove for Crib - tin angel which we hung over den fireplace - I made chicken soup after boning chicken breasts - finished Christmas decorating - put boxes away. Wes finished top of tender - made a little hatch cover & handle. 1985 - Thursday - 18° at 6 AM - Dark - Solar was 28° so must turn up heater to keep water in tree from freezing - Cold all day - High 24° - but sunny luckily. To Mass - I wrote letters - Wes in shop - out to drive posts around front dwarf white pine but too cold for my hands to tie on burlap - lunch - nap - to Bethel to buy a two-drawer metal file & supplies - on to Record World to buy Dvorak's New World and Bach selections of compact disc as Cuccioli phoned player came in - home to set up records in file drawer - Broker phoned we bought 50 Housing Authority bonds with Texaco Stock Sale money. 1986 - Friday - 36° at 7AM - Mixture of snow & rain about an inch on the ground. High wind - Snow & rain continued until 11 AM - Wes did the shoveling - House and [[strikethrough]] flow [[/strikethrough]] plant chores. Put old snow tires in car - cleaned it out - to bank to get Bank check for new car - to Colonial Honda at 2 pm. - turned over $14,524.85 plus $590 for five year special warranty - Wes said it drove like a dream. Read booklet in evening - a lot of buttons. 1987 - Saturday - 28° at 7AM - Cloudy. Sun 7:15-4:30 - Cleared in afternoon - raw cold morning so no walk. We put an electric connection in stable of crib - looked very nice when dark came. I started raising hem of pleated wine Jaeger skirt - big job. We went to Brookfield Fine Arts Theater at 1:30 for "Batteries not Included" by Stephen Spielberg with Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy - cute - Home for shower - to Penitential Service Mass at 5:30 which turned out to be 5 o'clock so we had Mass only. December 20 1983 - Tuesday: 14° at 6AM - Sun 7:16-4:31. Very cold sunny winter day. To Mass. To Flower Time on Dobbs Ferry Road - bought 4 foot immitataion Christmas tree, garland and work gloves for Wes - to Bloomingdales, bought Kleenex holder - didn't like glass set - to City Hall, Wes picked up Metropolitan form to apply for medical bills refund - to Le Chateau for lunch - home - Wes split wood - I delivered Amaryllis for Ruth Sharp's Christmas - Set up little tree - too big for table - put on floor near stairs. 1984 - Thursday - 36° at 6 AM. Beautiful winter day. To Mass. Wes went to Meekers, Ace - Emissions Test - Car passed first time - bought gasoline - car wash not working - bought more evergreen sprays for front door. I cooked chicken breasts in lemon sauce and froze them. After lunch we worked along road above mailbox - cutting out small trees and cutting them up - added stones to road edge near mailbox - Area looked much better. Early to bed. 1985 - Friday - 13° at 7 AM - Clear - Snow predicted for afternoon & evening. Cold day - clouded before noon - dreary. Wes in shop. I did a wash. Cuccoli delivered the CD player - so small - we played the New World and Bach. Set up stock records in new file. Took table from den, put it in livingroom next to velvet chair at fireplace - better than small round one but not quite right. Filled birdfeeders and moved small suet holder as racoon must have cleaned it out. 1986 - Saturday - 34° at 7 AM - Sun 7:16-4:31. Good day - partly sunny - not too cold. To Reclamation - gasoline - Stop & Shop - Caldor for Velcro to hold door opener to car - new car performed well. Out after lunch - Wes spread more chips on compost walk - we covered Mugho Pine along front walk with netting - I covered Triangle Bed with chipped leaves - we went to Penitential Service at 4:45 followed by Mass - very noisy and crowded. 1987 - Sunday - 34° at 8 AM - Boy did we sleep in! Lightly snowing - temperature rose luckily as it was icy early. Miserable weather - damp - foggy - out only to fill bird feeders - birds eating a lot. Wes cleaned his shop - john - ran vacuum in kitchen and den. I lowered hem of Talbot (Eileen) suit - started the raising of Jaeger pleated skirt - made cookies - wrapped Christmas presents. To Mary Luke's at 6 pm for cocktails - Most Ridgebury there. We had our dinner at one, so just soup for supper. Watched "Sorrel and Son" on Channel 13 at 9 pm.