March 1986

 

1 Quiet day. To Bville w/ David for some groceries in afternoon. He is cutting 4 teeth on top & cries 4 pm till bedtime! Mother comes to spend night. Steaks & double baked potatoes. 

2 To Fayetteville PCA & after church lunch w/Mother. We all enjoy it. Pretty drive back on 102. Try to nap, but David's awake. We watch calf birthed. To Mother's for 2nd episode of Centennial. Cal begins grieving...

3 I go out before Cal & David are up to see the cows & new calves. Photos. Come back to see Papa & son waving from a window. Laundry, housework. Cal took us for a long drive--12, 127, 23, 62 around Beaver Lake & across Beaver Dam. Beautiful. Home after 6 & roast was ruined, but still tasty. Listened to B. Graham on radio (TV). Forgot to listen to Dobson on farm crisis. Need to order those tapes. Mail to Kramers, Griswolds, Rylands, Dad, Gillan, Grimstead. Pork roast.

4 Made dinner & apple pie. Morning nap, 3 loads laundry, showered, lunch. Letter from Uncle Larry. Took lunch to Cal at 2 & stayed at M's to watch TV. David played in playpen & napped. Everyone tired & I'm losing patience w/ D. Ratatouille--at Mother's. To bed early. 

5 Walked after breakfast w/ David & Cal. Both D. & I took morning naps.

6 Dr. Allen: DAVID 10:00 a.m. 1 yr checkup.  New OB Nurse appt 11:00 a.m. Two nurses couldn't find heart tones! So we had to return after lunch to have a sonogram to see heart beat. Saw little baby--very active & heart beating strong.   TAKE TREATS to Bible study

7 Dinner w/David at Mother's after polishing silver.  Howard Ball arrives.

8 Made spinach souffle for brunch. McAlisters stopped by for an hour's visit. Saw 4th new calf in pasture. To Republican fundraiser w/ Cal; then to Shady Grove music party to meet Mother, Howard, & David. Home at 9.

9 To Gateway Chapel w/ Howard & M. Cal & I decide to go to this church for awhile. Feel much at home & much of the H.S. And good for our children to call farm kids their peers instead of yuppie children they'd know in Rogers. Will continue at PCA cell group BS. Lunch aqt Mother's. David & I nap while Cal and H. talk. I returned home w/ David while M, H, & C returned to church for eve service. Great wind & storms through night. 

10 Groceries  Cal-dinner mtg.   Beef stew for David & me.

11 David just isn't eating much. And much of what I do get him to take comes out undigested. Cal suggests he's not needing much right now. Went to Walmart to buy material & stepstool--stepstool is defective--must return it. Catfish for M & Cal at M's. Storms. 

12 Beautiful a.m. walk 7-8. Dressed & fed David. Washed all floors. Nap. Burn trash, get mail; day feels like Saturdays of my childhood. Made spinach quiche for supper--Mother came. Cal took her home & brought back other car. Warm spring evening. 

13 6:45 walk. Overcast & cool. Beautiful. Returned to bathe David. Oatmeal pancakes for breakfast. Spit pea soup for dinner. Made maternity top--ducks. Re: Abortion issue: Ex 1:17    Wash diapers.  David's clothes    Bible study--Did not go for exhaustion. Did they even meet? Cal to Quorum Ct. mtg.

14 Made Brownies for dinner dessert One load laundry. Devotions on front porch during David's nap--beautiful: warm sun, cool air, birds all around, dogs sleeping at my feet. Cal brought a load of black dirt! <3 <3 Cavanaughs' for dinner; David & Cody had such a good time playing together. 

15 Lovely a.m. walk--Tuesday's route, but with Cal & David. Omelette for breakfast. Finished stuffed dogs. Hemmed maternity top. Walmart. Pork chops & stirfry vegets for dinner.

16 Made a yellow flannel pillow for David   Soup at Wengers' after church   Nap. Garden. Sandwiches for supper. To bed early; Cal stayed up to finish a birthday letter to David. 

17 1:00 Party for David--Mother & Cal come home at lunch Roast chicken, rice, broccoli, Angel food cake

18 Mother leaves for Denver--I took her to Springfield. Chris Byrd here for supper. Mac n cheese & pork chops

19 (Depressed day!) Made chili & Fr. onion soup

20 Dr. Becton 9:45 a.m.--I like him. Went to St. Mary's to see facilities--nice. Phillips grocery store. Fish for supper. Bible study--leave early--I feel ill. Letter from Kramers

21 Awoke tired & headache. Napped 2 hrs. while David napped. Leftover scal. potatoes & tuna noodle for lunch. Organized & cleaned laundry room--now David can play out there safely. Wengers for dinner--chili & salad & coffee ice cream

22 Up early & out to see cows & birds with David. Folded laundry & measured playpen. Good time w/ Wengers last night & house clean this a.m. Write letters--a.m. Horvath, Michelic, Swindoll & Dobson. Bought material to recover playpen. Fish for supper.

23 Too tired! Up early for a walk--then Cal went. I napped & didn't go to church. Then played outdoors with David who's getting very good at climbing & judging edges. Chili for lunch. Ham sandwich "picnic" dinner we took to Cavanaughs' Went to chapel service--evening. Soda at Barnetts'.

24 Begin playpen refurbishing after walk & breakfast. Devotions. Spec COR letterhead--take to Gary Lookadoo. Dinner early - chicken.  Cal--pm mtg.

25 PRODUCTION DAY Leanne called--timely. Shortened nap--Mary Lucas [landlady] knocked. Deep-fried chicken & onion rings & took them to ofc for lunch w/ Cal - a failure! Long afternoon nap with David :) Fed David good supper; then made salad supper for Cal & me. Ate at 8 after David to bed. Called Leanne re: Ingrid Trobisch's church in Springfield, MO

26 Cleaned bedroom closets!! Vacuumed. Postcard to Lenore Macafee. Tuna salad & tabouli lunch w/  Cal. Potato onion soup for dinner. French bread. Beautiful afternoon. Paste-up COR letterhead p.m.

27 Letter to Daddy. Express mail letterhead to Ray Allen. Buy kitchen jars, reprints, glue for p.p, frames. Quorum Ct Mtg. I skip B. study. Fish supper w/ salads

28 Cal had mtg. p.m. Then we had devotions. Chicken supper with potato salad.

29 Lunch: Mac n cheese   Drove to Springfield 4-6 to pick up Mother. Supper at Denny's. 

30 To Messiah Lutheran Church, Springfield--then to Sheraton for brunch. Home 65 to 86 etc by 4 pm. Made chicken & tomatoes. To bed early. Daddy called after we were asleep. 

31 So tired this a.m. I'm wanting to do nothing. Went to proofread copy Gary set on Sat. Then groceries at IGA for a taco salad, milk, potato salad. Postcard to Micki Kramer, L'eggs order; Devotions, nap. Letters to Phyllis W, Janet Bamford, Julie Byrd.    Discouraged today!    Taco salad supper. Went to bed after an evening walk w/ Cal & Davie; after David's bath & dishes were done. 8:30 p.m. Woke 2 a.m. to change David & his soaked bed. 

April floods and travel to Kansas City, May travel to Illinois, June and July and progressing pregnancy through hot temperatures and a one-year-old master climber who perfects the crib escape!