Monday, July 20, 1987

I'm sitting on the front porch, drinking hot coffee & trying to cool off.  In the 90s today & forecast for all week.  Need a nice pool to jump into.  Kim bot a child's pool & cools off in it.  Lar teased her but she came home to find him sitting in it after soccer.  Lar was here for supper & Kim for coffee.  She doesn't eat til later as she has evening exercise classes.  She had her hair cut & it looks nice.  Cooler, too.

Her sister had a girl July 1.  All is well.  Kim is thru at the Y Aug 14th & hopes to leave the 15 to visit her sister. Lar will take a week off to go.  They'll go to Atlanta, pick up her grandmother & go to Fla.  Be gone for a week or so.

Had a nice note from Larry & Debbie as Gen & I bro't a toy when we visited.  Larry is really family oriented & Debbie said she hopes we keep in touch & hopes to see us in 2 yrs as Millie & Jerry will celebrate 50 years then.  Married in Aug. '39.  Hope they make it.

We also received a wedding invitation from David Carlson for Aug.  Naturally, we'll miss it.

One the way home we stopped at a Mall in Horsehead, N.Y.  It was a large one with nice stores for such a rural area.  Just beyond Corning going East.  Dad finds the bargains at Foxe's in the Enfield, Conn. Mall he got a 26.00 pair of summer slacks for a little over 11.00.  On the way home he got a nice knit shirt to go with them for 11.00.  Me - I found nothing!  We walked around the Mall & ate a late lunch in a nice restaurant.  It was fun to get out & exercise - we got home at 6 pm, left at 7 A.M.  We like to stop at McDonald's for a coffee break.  Fast service & good coffee.

In Oct. I want to go to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, about a 5 hour drive.  Stay overnite & stop at the Mall on the way home.

Dad played golf this A.M. & I got caught up on washing so we're back to a regular routine.

I'd like to get some library books but it's too hard to put on nylons & too hot to walk over there.  Barb walked over there but she can go bare legged.  That's the difference between youth & age!!!

Edna & Wally took us to the Christmas Inn for dinner.  It is decorated year round in a Christmas theme.  Ed & Gen took us to the Gold Mine in Easthampton & that was nice, too.  Had a cute waitress we joked with.

All in all we had a nice time but it is always good to get home & the regular routine.

Dale is taking the delay well.  Maybe it will be Aug. 16th I hope.

We watched Kramer vs. Kramer last nite & really enjoyed it.