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December 27 1988 - Tuesday - 26° at 6AM - Sun 7:19 - 4:35 Cloudy, damp, cold, even some hail in the morning. To Mass. Relocated one squirrel. To Bonanza Bee Terminal to check on long-term parking - get schedule - Marcus - Mall to buy replacement Coco perfume for Eileen - (broke her Christmas present) Lunch - nap - Wes in shop - I finished black knitted vest - wore it to Billie Newell's at 4:30 where we had a cocktail - Grace Schaefer there - home at 5:40. 1989 - Wednesday - 8° at 7AM - Fair. Sun 7:19-4:35 Very cold, mostly sunny day. Did crossword - I went to card shop and Stop & Shop - bananas green & 59¢/lb. To Dr. Yanity - luckily didn't have to have my broken tooth (filling) capped - refilled it. Wes waited for Standard Oil on furnace but never came - Wes phoned - part not in - maybe tomorrow - oil delivery - 333 gals at 1.33/gal - delivery in October 96¢. Cold weather using up supply and Exxon fire causing high price. Did some sewing in afternoon - Wes read Ray. "Aida" in evening. 1990 - Thursday - 20° at 6AM - Sun 7:19-4:35 - didn't see it today - very wintry looking. To Mass. I went to Designer Fabrics, Norwalk, bought wool challis and white cotton - enroute there mailed birthday card to Helen Ross and stopped at bank - home at noon - Wes had written to Ed Mantle who lost his second wife. After lunch to Fine Arts Brookfield to see "Dances with Wolves" very beautiful and sad. Home at 5 - a long movie. 1991 - Friday - 29° at 6AM. Blackwell's little flashlight handy to check thermometer. Sun 7:19 - 4:35. Good winter day. To Mass. Wes set up TR - one day late for the holiday. He wrote Dr Puckner for records and to thank. I wrote Punkie - Bleckwehls - sent Marion Cornell the Wheeler Avenue newspaper article etc. Did crossword. Took a mile walk - our muscles and wind are bad. Ironed Christmas linens. Washed kitchen & den windows. Put salt hay on [[? Daruris]] plants. 1992 - Sunday - 15° at 6:15. Sun 7:19-4:35. Re 1989 - oil delivery last week from Standard Oil $.999 gal. 307 gallons. To 8 o'clock Mass. Wes cleaning up shop. I wrote letters and thank-you notes. Phoned Joan & Kelly - spoke to Barbara. John Davis phoned us. We took a walk to #215 Ned Mountain - sunshine but cold. Read papers did crosswords. December 28 1988 - Wednesday - 44° at 7AM. Cloudy. Sun 7:20-4:36. Cloudy, miserable day - rain before noon - heavy at times and a high wind at dark - cleared later. To Bleckwell's to leave Eileen's gifts to them - coffee cake and small copper family tray - Wes left film for developing - no luck on leaving locomotive wheels at Vintage Auto Shop - had car washed - Stop & Shop - Wes in shop - I recopied our address book. To Nancy - Caroll Draper at 6 pm for eggnog party - showed plans for her home in Wyoming. Home 9:30. 1989 - Thursday - 17° at 7AM. Cloudy. About an inch of snow. Sun 7:19 - 4:36. Sunny day - up to 30° - Tropical Furnace men came about 10 o'clock - new parts in - glad to have it working properly - One convector heater, in den doesn't work but we don't need it. To Reclamation (a mess) - bank - Needles Wool Shop but don't have more blue tweed wool - they are going out of business - to Stop & Shop for bananas green and expensive. 1990 - Friday - 26° at 7:30 - Snowing - Sun 7:19 - 4:35. No Mass. Snow continued lightly in morning - Wes measured 7" - quite a lot to shovel for first snowfall. Cleaned driveway - path to front door - side to birdfeeder and part of deck - pulled snow from Solar roof. Temperature rose slowly to 34° - supposed to be mild for weekend. Either TR didn't come or we missed. Washed material for blouse and Christmas napkins. 1991 - Saturday - 30° at 8AM. Good to sleep late. Sun up 7:19/4:35. Wes put a board over hole in linen closet - now needs paint. I wrote to Pam - Joan - Madolyn Doyne (did she move?). Made bran muffins with Raisin Bran. We worked on the crossword - couldn't finish it. Took a walk to Otto’s Cabin #215 - saw two horses and two cars - lovely sunshine morning - clouds in afternoon. Wes took a hot bath - doctor's orders - hard to do it at our age. 1992 - Monday - 26° at 6:45. Cloudy - Sun 7:20 - 4:36. Snowing at 7:30 AM - part hail - very bad driving going to Ridgefield - I had 9AM appointment - Dr. David Litoff - eyes OK - come back six months. To Squash's - new refill for this pen - back order desk blotter and refill for purse diary - Stopped at S&S - bananas this week 3/89¢ - they do vary in price. Roads better enroute home. No walk today. Made bran muffins and Branola Bars. Wes phoned man in Texas re his ad in Livesteam for a [[strikethrough]] 10" [[/strikethrough]] one inch locomotive - wants a bigger one than "Atlantic" Wes has.
