Did you go to the Ohio St-Wisc.game. It is interesting even if O.S. is ahead.
Dale will be home for Thanksgiving - it is counted as a work release day so I suppose he'll be home from 8-5. We'll eat at 1 pm. Mel & Levina will be here as well as Lar & Kim. Lar & Kim will also go to her grandmother's later. Dale will be home at Christmas so that makes me happy. Be nice if he could be here Christmas Eve & overnite. He is fine. It will be nice to see him & be able to talk to him.
We changed the wall paper in the dining room. What we had was stop gap - we couldn't find what we liked & what we ended up with was on sale. Dad is finishing up & it looks so nice. A lighter background & makes everything look so nice. He also plans to paper the eating area in the kitchen. Since the new window was put in, Dad had to patch by the window & it doesn't look right. He'll do it after the holidays. Have to have everything looking good for the relatives. Gen, Ed & John will come & I'm sure Edna & Wally will. We'll have to look into motels. Now they're talking about a 7 pm wedding & a reception at The Women's Club.
A week ago we went to Erie & ended up spending some money. At Dahlkemper's they had an entertainment center on sale & we got one. Put it together that nite & it looks good. We had to rearrange furniture, tho. Then we looked at T.V. & bot one at Sears. Cable ready, so we don't need a box. Now the stereo, V.C.R., T.V. are all in one spot & it's nice. Larry took the old T.V., which needed some work - new tubes, etc. & gave it to Kim's grandmother & she was pleased to get it. The entertainment center sits in the corner by the D.R., the outside wall & on an angle. Large sofa in front of hte window & love seat where the stereo was.
We had some snow but it didn't last. Been cold, tho.
Next Sun. Dad preaches at Wilcox (9 AM) & Johnsonburg (11 AM) for the pastor who is on vacation. It's hard to say no & it means getting up early.
I'm thinking of Christmas & hope you don't mind but we think we'll send you money & you can get what you'd like, plus some little things to open.
Do you have an address for Barb. She hasn't written & we will want to remember her at Christmas.
Soon it's time to watch Penn State-Notre Dame game. It should be a great game.
How was Roger's concert & your visit at Gr. Bay. Did Pat get the job he applied for.
All is well with us.
[enclosure]
Until July 2010, when her eyesight deteriorated, my mother wrote 1000s of chatty letters during her lifetime - to her parents, in-laws, sisters, children, friends. Tho she started to write to me on a regular basis in Sept '68 when I began my freshman year at SUNY-Buffalo, it wasn't until 10 years later that I decided to hold onto them. (Very inconsistently at first, to which the big gaps between dates attest.) These are the letters transcribed, annotated, and otherwise highlighted here.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Saturday, November 16, 1986
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