(1993 February)
The last thing [on the tour of the Schmitt Home]: over the front door hung a big carving about 2 X 3 feet out of one piece of wood, butternut, done by Roy Dingle, who has apple orchard you may recall. Just "Schmitt Woodland Hills." Beautiful. He used to call for me to go to a night class so I wouldn't have to call a cab.
February 29, 2012
February 28, 2012
Tour
(1993 February)
Today after lunch this nice man at our table suddenly came to my side and said, "You said you haven't looked over the whole place and wanted to; so I thot now would be a good time to do it." Off we went, and I think four floors - up and down with the elevator - a room of nice looking people being fed, and the laundry washing and ironing. I became very tired. ... He showed me the place all right. I was so tired. Kicked off shoes and fell on bed and slept instantly.
Today after lunch this nice man at our table suddenly came to my side and said, "You said you haven't looked over the whole place and wanted to; so I thot now would be a good time to do it." Off we went, and I think four floors - up and down with the elevator - a room of nice looking people being fed, and the laundry washing and ironing. I became very tired. ... He showed me the place all right. I was so tired. Kicked off shoes and fell on bed and slept instantly.
February 27, 2012
Tam
(1993 February 6)
when asked what I am knitting, I have learned to say hat, as no one knows what a tam is. "What's that?"
when asked what I am knitting, I have learned to say hat, as no one knows what a tam is. "What's that?"
February 26, 2012
Bridge
(1993 February6)
I heard on Tuesday we are to play Bridge. What that means, I do not know. A Teacher coming in? Also I was asked on a survey if I played. I said Auction but could stand practice in Contract.
I heard on Tuesday we are to play Bridge. What that means, I do not know. A Teacher coming in? Also I was asked on a survey if I played. I said Auction but could stand practice in Contract.
February 24, 2012
Juiced
(1993 February 6)
Girls come around with glasses of fruit juice - apricot, cranberry, etc. I also have a glass of water. Thinking c was w, I poured it over the violet.
Girls come around with glasses of fruit juice - apricot, cranberry, etc. I also have a glass of water. Thinking c was w, I poured it over the violet.
February 23, 2012
Popcorn
(1993 February 6)
"All those who want popcorn may come to the kitchen and get it." I was taking a good nap.
"All those who want popcorn may come to the kitchen and get it." I was taking a good nap.
February 22, 2012
Landfills
(1993 February 17)
I rode in the elevator to an auditorium to hear an expert talk on Landfills with a screen illustrating. Really very dull, and I didn't stay to the end.
I rode in the elevator to an auditorium to hear an expert talk on Landfills with a screen illustrating. Really very dull, and I didn't stay to the end.
February 21, 2012
Bubble bath
(1993 February 17)
Do you collect anecdotes of Margaret Scott? She was just here telling of a time last night. She has a tub in her bath as I do not. She got a package of Bubble Bath for a gift and put a pickage in, and the water became so slippery she couldn't get out! Then, figuring it was the bubbles, she got rid of them and got out OK.
Do you collect anecdotes of Margaret Scott? She was just here telling of a time last night. She has a tub in her bath as I do not. She got a package of Bubble Bath for a gift and put a pickage in, and the water became so slippery she couldn't get out! Then, figuring it was the bubbles, she got rid of them and got out OK.
February 20, 2012
Witness
(1993 March 4)
Jan and Bill here yesterday saying latest is an employer must hire 2 people, not one as before. I think this is to have a witness to accusations.
Jan and Bill here yesterday saying latest is an employer must hire 2 people, not one as before. I think this is to have a witness to accusations.
February 19, 2012
Monitor
(1993 March 1)
Helen has both her radio and TV on - different stations. People cannot believe this.
Helen has both her radio and TV on - different stations. People cannot believe this.
February 18, 2012
Drawers
(1993 March 9)
Bill Birkett here with sander to even drawers in bedside table with 2 drawers and glasstop, and I got all ready, emptied drawers and papers down. He sanded a little, then reversed the drawers and all worked well. We never thot of that little trick.
Bill Birkett here with sander to even drawers in bedside table with 2 drawers and glasstop, and I got all ready, emptied drawers and papers down. He sanded a little, then reversed the drawers and all worked well. We never thot of that little trick.
February 17, 2012
Helen
(1993 January 25)
Suddenly I have a roommate. This girl ran The Discount Store in RC, also Paramont Picture Studio near Police Station. As I write this, she comes in and says, "Are you going to stay in here all day?" Me: "I may not." Helen: "They are all around the tele in the lobby." Me: "Oh." Later, Helen: "They aren't there any more now." Me: "Oh." Helen: "What are you going to do?" Me: "Have my hair washed" Helen: "Oh."
Suddenly I have a roommate. This girl ran The Discount Store in RC, also Paramont Picture Studio near Police Station. As I write this, she comes in and says, "Are you going to stay in here all day?" Me: "I may not." Helen: "They are all around the tele in the lobby." Me: "Oh." Later, Helen: "They aren't there any more now." Me: "Oh." Helen: "What are you going to do?" Me: "Have my hair washed" Helen: "Oh."
February 16, 2012
Aunt Olga
(1993 January 12)
P.S. - Sherry, years ago when I was young, I knit a sweater but could not K2 P2, and my Aunt Olga in Oconto [WI] said to send it to her and she would finish it. She wrote back reproving me for wrapping it so poorly. Said the post man came with the knitting needles in his hand! From then on, I tried to wrap better.
P.S. - Sherry, years ago when I was young, I knit a sweater but could not K2 P2, and my Aunt Olga in Oconto [WI] said to send it to her and she would finish it. She wrote back reproving me for wrapping it so poorly. Said the post man came with the knitting needles in his hand! From then on, I tried to wrap better.
February 15, 2012
Baths
(1993 January 12)
This place doesn't believe in baths. Since I have been here, I have had one tub and one shower. A list is kept, and you wait until your name comes up! I will surely tell my doctor when I go.
This place doesn't believe in baths. Since I have been here, I have had one tub and one shower. A list is kept, and you wait until your name comes up! I will surely tell my doctor when I go.
February 14, 2012
Fanu
(1993 January 12)
Fanu was here for lunch. She is tall with a big brown bob, rather a toothy smile, wears boots and turtle necks. Has taken a long cruise given by family acquaintances - Jamaica etc. Lives in Spring Green. Husband gives talks at Edgewood, etc. Pictured.
Fanu was here for lunch. She is tall with a big brown bob, rather a toothy smile, wears boots and turtle necks. Has taken a long cruise given by family acquaintances - Jamaica etc. Lives in Spring Green. Husband gives talks at Edgewood, etc. Pictured.
February 13, 2012
Milk
(1993 January 12)
I have been chuckling all morning over an incident at the breakfast table. ... There is always a glass of juice, which we all drink. There is a service plate in front of each. Then comes a bowl of cereal, hot or dry. Owen is a dear man, gentle and slow. Wears glasses, doesn't see well. There is always a pitcher of milk, a pewter pitcher about 14 inches. This morning we all drank our juice. Then Owen took the big pitcher and was just about to pour the milk on his bare plate when Ron caught him. " No, no," he said. "Not until you get your cereal to pour it on." Owen nodded and Ron put the pitcher down. What a difference a minute would have made! Fancy. The milk poured over the bare plate. I have been entertained all morning just thinking of it.
I have been chuckling all morning over an incident at the breakfast table. ... There is always a glass of juice, which we all drink. There is a service plate in front of each. Then comes a bowl of cereal, hot or dry. Owen is a dear man, gentle and slow. Wears glasses, doesn't see well. There is always a pitcher of milk, a pewter pitcher about 14 inches. This morning we all drank our juice. Then Owen took the big pitcher and was just about to pour the milk on his bare plate when Ron caught him. " No, no," he said. "Not until you get your cereal to pour it on." Owen nodded and Ron put the pitcher down. What a difference a minute would have made! Fancy. The milk poured over the bare plate. I have been entertained all morning just thinking of it.
February 12, 2012
Celebration
(1993 February 24)
I have just come from the dining room where all the revels are held. I sat next to Margaret Scott, who was busy holding sips of a beverage, pink, to celebrate MardiGras, to the lips of a poor one who could not raise the glass herself. Our priest was here earlier with HolyCommunion for me.
I have just come from the dining room where all the revels are held. I sat next to Margaret Scott, who was busy holding sips of a beverage, pink, to celebrate MardiGras, to the lips of a poor one who could not raise the glass herself. Our priest was here earlier with HolyCommunion for me.
February 11, 2012
Flasher
A girl on duty goes with flashlight and flashes in every face. Is this to determine life or death? I don't know. Figure out a way to scare her out of it for me.
February 10, 2012
Snow day
(1993 February 22)
Sharlee Sharteeno, our weather man, told of No School all over today due to big drifts of snow over the road. Jealous, Sally? The plows will be out shortly tho. Last night the high wind went Ooooooooo. I just saw a plow with blinking lights go by, yet the wind shaking the trees. Thermomenter [in her room] 80 degrees- must be out of order.
Sharlee Sharteeno, our weather man, told of No School all over today due to big drifts of snow over the road. Jealous, Sally? The plows will be out shortly tho. Last night the high wind went Ooooooooo. I just saw a plow with blinking lights go by, yet the wind shaking the trees. Thermomenter [in her room] 80 degrees- must be out of order.
February 9, 2012
Newshounds
(1993 February 9)
State Journal didn't come. Bill, who is handling that, says he'll see. Friends say, "Where's the paper?" [Later] Bill here with the paper!
State Journal didn't come. Bill, who is handling that, says he'll see. Friends say, "Where's the paper?" [Later] Bill here with the paper!
February 8, 2012
Animal shy
(1993 February 9)
Had a man here with animals - a white rabbit, a cat, a goat. Margaret Scott stopped in later and said she didn't go. They never had animals at home, and she thot they might hurt her.
Had a man here with animals - a white rabbit, a cat, a goat. Margaret Scott stopped in later and said she didn't go. They never had animals at home, and she thot they might hurt her.
February 7, 2012
Cutesy
(1993 February 8)
I have just come from supper, where little girls dressed in white with little white caps serve our meal oh so nicely.
Today - February 7 - is Polly's birthday -born 1904, so 108 years old today.
I have just come from supper, where little girls dressed in white with little white caps serve our meal oh so nicely.
Today - February 7 - is Polly's birthday -born 1904, so 108 years old today.
February 6, 2012
Creamed
(1993 February 8)
Bill took me to doctor today, and he [the doctor] saw rash on ankle. I took along creams I had, and he said they were just the ticket; no $ for medicine was needed.
Bill took me to doctor today, and he [the doctor] saw rash on ankle. I took along creams I had, and he said they were just the ticket; no $ for medicine was needed.
February 5, 2012
Foresight
(1993 January 22)
Let's say I am busy writing - Helen [new roommate] may say, "Are you going to dinner?" Me: "Yes, in an hour, when it's announced." She: "I mean then." Me: "Yes, then I will go." She: "Can I walk with you?" Me: "Of course."
Let's say I am busy writing - Helen [new roommate] may say, "Are you going to dinner?" Me: "Yes, in an hour, when it's announced." She: "I mean then." Me: "Yes, then I will go." She: "Can I walk with you?" Me: "Of course."
February 3, 2012
Jacob's ladder
(1993 January 1)
Today we had a New Year's Party in the Dining Room and funny hats and eats and games, and I won 2 4" candy canes by answering it was angels going up and down the ladder to heaven (old Sunday School teacher). I sat next to Margaret Scott on a metal folding chair.
Today we had a New Year's Party in the Dining Room and funny hats and eats and games, and I won 2 4" candy canes by answering it was angels going up and down the ladder to heaven (old Sunday School teacher). I sat next to Margaret Scott on a metal folding chair.
February 2, 2012
Balaclava
(1993, first Sunday in January)
On the radio, a quiz last night. No prizes. This poem, "Onward, onward rode the 600." I called Jan and said "400," and she put me on her team, but I don't remember guessing any more.
On the radio, a quiz last night. No prizes. This poem, "Onward, onward rode the 600." I called Jan and said "400," and she put me on her team, but I don't remember guessing any more.
February 1, 2012
Grace
(1993, first Sunday in January)
The first thing to get in your head at a place like this [Schmitt Home] is that you are not the boss. Breakfast is at 7:30, and if you are not there, why aren't you? A nurse may be called in. Are you ill? So today I had a big breakfast and came back and got in bed. Not long before a rustle. Me: "Hello!" - "It's Grace, Polly. I will make the bed. Don't worry. Well, there are so many of them that wet the bed and try to cover it up - I was just checking." - "Goodbye, Grace." She goes on to say, "Have a good day if you can."
The first thing to get in your head at a place like this [Schmitt Home] is that you are not the boss. Breakfast is at 7:30, and if you are not there, why aren't you? A nurse may be called in. Are you ill? So today I had a big breakfast and came back and got in bed. Not long before a rustle. Me: "Hello!" - "It's Grace, Polly. I will make the bed. Don't worry. Well, there are so many of them that wet the bed and try to cover it up - I was just checking." - "Goodbye, Grace." She goes on to say, "Have a good day if you can."
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