Sleeting in morning. Slippery. Warmer in PM. Marty was over. Brought suet for birds. Watched parades. I have blood in my urine this morning again. I wasn’t dressed all day. Flooding real bad. Roads closed.

Colder today, 20° in AM. I feel better today. Lazy day. Things getting back to normal after flooding. Much damage done. Many bridges damaged.

Social Security goes up 3.5%. Medicare is $15.50. Cold but nice day. We went for groceries in PM. UMW at parsonage, but I didn’t feel up to going, 9 out.

I have a back ache. We cleaned stove. Rev. Salisbury here in evening with copy of her report to conference. Excellent report. Vi and Aunt Maude called. Also, Helen Dimon. Sent Ken card and letter.

Cold and snowy. Waxed counter tops in kitchen. I felt terrible in evening. Kidneys stopped working. Finally got them working by using bed pan in bed.

Ken’s 65th birthday. Merrill went to church. Communion. I didn’t go. Snowing quite hard most of day. Carl Scee called from Madonna Home.

Dr. Siegel in PM. He put me on sulfa drugs for 10 days. June R here. Brought us $55. Leslie called in evening.

Still cold. Only up to 8° all day. Merrill took starter for snow blower to Carthage. Robbins boy checked furnace. Changed nozzle. I made cookies.

PPR meeting, Philadelphia, 6:30 PM. Talked about Rev. Salisbury getting ordained in June. A very nice meeting. I attended. Aunt Maude goes to Dr. Ebbels today. I have diarrhea again. Very cold all day. Below zero.

Still very cold. I felt horrid all day. Not dressed. Diarrhea is back. Aunt Maude had X-rays.

Warmer. We went for groceries. Sent fuel rebate in. Below zero during night. I feel a little better today.

I made chili. Feel a little better today but kidney’s not working very good. Merrill went over town and cleaned house. I washed clothes.

We went to Sunday School and church, 62 there. Good sermon. Jim, Patty, and kids here for supper. Snowing some.

Aunt Maude has throat dilation at 8 AM today. She called in evening. She’s okay. Wrote Vern’s. Merrill called Gladys for her 75th birthday. Snowy most of day.

Snowing and cold. Merrill went to store. Martin Luther King’s birthday. It is a legal holiday next year. June here and Marty. I called Russell Cheese factory.

-25° overnight. Water pipes froze. First time in ages. Washed clothes. Cold all day round 0°

Warmer. Snowing some. I took final sulfa capsule (10 days). They sure have helped my kidney infection. Viola Drake died this morning.

We went for groceries. We took food to Halls in PM. Nice day but still cold. Snow Town USA. Snowfest started in city tonight. Goes through Sunday, 27th. Parade and fireworks tonight.

Snowing hard and colder. First time to take garbage to town barn, 9-12. Viola Drake’s funeral. Terrible stormy all day. Washed clothes. Very stormy in evening. Bad other places too. Very cold and windy.

No Sunday School because of storm. We didn’t go to church, 30 out. Merrill shoveled driveway. Sun out some but snow blowing in PM. Zero °

Dr. Siegel. I didn’t go. Everything closed because of storm. Roads bad all over. Got Saturday and Monday Times. Things getting dug out in PM. Lots of roads closed.

Jim’s 17th anniversary as policemen. A little warmer. Merrill shoveled driveway again. Jim’s got 6 cords of wood. Got 2 papers today.

Rebekah’s. No meeting. Too stormy. Dr. Siegel changed my appointment to Monday at 1:30. Very stormy all day. No school. Audrey called. Jim’s all okay. No Times. Buffalo buried in snow also.

Snowing hard all day. No school. Merrill plowed out driveway with Belile’s blower. Paro’s got us milk at store. Merrill went for groceries at supper time. Got 2 papers, Mail. Darcy was over.

Snowing again today. No school. Cathy brought over two loads of wash. Her machine not working. Horton’s took our snow blower to Sixberry. Merrill went with them. Vern and June called in evening. Good to hear from them. Dan has been accepted at Oswego College.

Much colder, 12°, but sunny. Merrill cleaned floors. I washed clothes. Leslie called. Storming hard in Wolcott. Hal Mark Hall and Kimberly Ann Yeardon married at Gouverneur United Methodist Church.

Snowing again. We went to Sunday School and church, 60 out. Snowed all day. Audrey called to say Jim’s wouldn’t be out. Jeep is broke down. Left car out in driveway. I had diarrhea bad in evening.

Sunny day. Administrative Council. Harry’s first meeting at 7:30. Good meeting and good Trustee Meeting at 8:30 at parsonage. Dr. Siegel at 1 PM. Infection is cleared. I’m to have X-rays Wednesday. Aunt Maude went to House of Good Samaritan Hospital in evening.

Snowing again. Merrill went to store. I used bowel evacuator to prepare for X-rays in the morning.

X-rays at 8:45. They found kidney stone from pyelogram. We visited Aunt Maude at hospital. She is coming good. June R here in evening. Also Marty. I feel horrid. I didn’t get any rest last night. Lots of cramps in my legs.

Paid taxed, $476.75. Wrote Vern’s. 2 years ago the Eagle Hotel burned. There is a new fire barn there this year. Snowed off and on all day. Darcy, Joey here selling scout cookies. I called Barb Delles. Her mother died this week. I wasn’t dressed all day.

Another snowy day. Got notice Hal Hall is married. I helped with membership map for church in PM. Vera and Sina helped too. Merrill cleaned church. Put in light bulbs. I called Dr. Siegel. He said I had passed a kidney stone. May still have one. Got groceries. Talked with Aunt Maude.

Ground Hog Day. He saw his shadow. June R. here. Brought us gallon of milk. Wrote Don’s. Merrill took garbage to town barn for first time. Randy Horton went to Mills for our snow blower, $14.00. My left lower side hurting bad in evening. Aunt Maude got home from hospital.

-14° today. We went to Sunday School and church, 58 there. Went to Lay Visitation Meeting at Evans Mills Church in PM. Went into Fays after to get eye drops and coffee filters. Cold all day, but sunny.

I feel horrid today. Terrible pain in back and lower side. Took Aspirin all day. Merrill got Dodge out of snow. Started right off. Sunny day.

I woke up in pain again this morning at 4:30. Took Aspirin. Audrey called. A small dog came to Jim’s.

Clinic. Merrill’s blood pressure 110/68 and mine is 152/90 with blood count at 14. A beautiful sunny day but cold. Merrill went to Theresa for hair cut, $3.50. Barber is moving to Philadelphia in March. I think I passed kidney stone before I went to bed. Kidneys working good and pain left suddenly.

Belile’s got self contained camper. -14° today. Sunny but cold all day. I think I’ve passed all the stones. I feel normal this morning. UMW at Manor. Marion Smith hostess. I didn’t go. Jeff and Marty over. I talked with Dr. Siegel. I’ve felt so different today. Is great. Got letter from Vern’s.

Cold all day. Blowing snow. Wrote Vern’s. Howard and Evelyn Hall left for Florida this morning. Very stormy Syracuse way. We went for groceries after lunch. Got letter from Don’s. Karen is getting married June 8th. It’s great to feel comfortable again. No pain.

A little warmer today. I washed clothes. Made a cherry layer cake and apple and blueberry pie. Juanita, Doreen and baby Darcia here for supper. Baby is a doll. Juanita brought rolls and pie.

Furnace off at CEC. Pipes froze. Merrill called Brown’s about fuel. They filled it Friday. Robbins said air got in line. Second meeting on visitation at Philadelphia Church. Same ones out to it. Patty and Joel sick with colds. Ken and Eleanor here for supper and evening.

Merrill went over to CEC with Ken Brown to see about pipes that froze. We took food to Lingenfellers (?) UMC. Sunny. Up to 32°

Sent Joel birthday card and letter and check. In 40’s today. Merrill got 10 pounds of cheese and 2 pounds of butter at surplus give away at Legion. Much warmer today. Above freezing. Joey brought me pussy willows.

Joel’s 9th birthday. 10th Mountain Infantry Regiment activated at Fort Drum today. Big celebration. History in the making. I went to Rebekah’s, 7 out. Ginny has a new car. Darcy brought us carnations and candy for Valentine’s day. Merrill helped at Horton’s.

We got Valentine from Vern’s. They may come this weekend. Merrill helped fix pipes at CEC. Talked with Aunt Maude and Audrey. Girls have new bunk beds. I have diarrhea bad today. Snow in evening.

Snowing some off and on. We went for groceries in AM. Vern called. They got here about 7 PM. Very bad driving from Pulaski to here. Snowing hard. They brought fish. Steve didn’t come. Vern brought copies of 1864-1840 Gazetteer. June brought copies of family tree work. She is doing a fantastic job on it.

Food sale for church fuel bill. I gave $5.00 instead of baking. Vern’s left at 2 PM. Snowed all AM but nice in PM. Marshall Thayer in accident but wasn’t hurt at Star lake.

Very stormy again. No Sunday School in Philadelphia. Both Sunday School and church canceled at Mills. We didn’t go to church, 30 out. Our phone not ringing in here. Can call out. Jim, Patty, and kids here for PM and supper. They all went skiing. Lots of accidents because of snow.

Kristina Rudes, 14 killed in snowmobile accident on Route 11. Winter vacation this week. Washington’s birthday. No mail. or paper came. Sunny day.

Jill’s 10th birthday. Very stormy all day. Lots of accidents and many roads closed. No mail or papers because of storm. Called several about food for Rudes Thursday. Noreen Riley’s 81st birthday.