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Year: 2008

  • Diary Entry for 2/20/2008

    A sunny day. 40 inches of snow in Pulaski since yesterday. None here. Vi here. Also Sally. Eclipse of the moon tonight.

  • Diary Entry for 2/21/2008

    20° and -7°. Sunny but cold. I went to exercise. Fern stopped by for my HSBC bank statement.

  • Diary Entry for 2/22/2008

    Snow flurries off and on. Cold over night. My appointment with Dr. Jovangee. I took Para Transit bus. Dr. J says I’m in final stages of glaucoma. On the boarder line of legally blind. I have the dry kind of glaucoma. It moves slower than the moist kind. I had test on machine to see how much sight I have in my right eye pupil. Have just a narrow strip left. I have none left in my let pupil. All caused by glaucoma. I go back for field test March 6th. My eye pressure was 13 in both eyes. Vi here. Also Sally.

  • Diary Entry for 2/23/2008

    A sunny day. Vi here. Sally here twice. She visited Angie at hospital. Angie not very good. I made popcorn in evening.

  • Diary Entry for 2/24/2008

    Sunny day. Vi here for Times. Sally here. Jolie called. She is coming March 20th.

  • Diary Entry for 2/25/2008

    Partly sunny day. Vi here for paper. Sally here. I had my yearly recertification with Fern today. I’m to pay rent of $73/ Jolie called in evening. She was picking Zack up at the airport. It was raining off and on this weekend so the NASCAR races didn’t finish until this PM. Jolie and Madison bought a rabbit today.

  • Diary Entry for 2/26/2008

    33° and 30°. Snowed overnight. I went to exercise class. Chili cook off at noon. I went. Very good chili. Good turn out. Shirley Berry first place and Andria Dodd’s second place. I talked with Jim. Election day for Senate race. Darrel Aubertine and Will Barkley. Darrel won by about 2500 votes. Sally was here.

  • Diary Entry for 2/27/2008

    Snowing in morning. Cold. Vi here. Also Sally. Angie H got home from hospital. I went in to see her. A bad power outage in Florida. Very cold there.

  • Diary Entry for 2/28/2008

    A cold sunny day. I went to exercise class. Cathy here to clean. She took me to eye center to get my glasses fixed. They fell apart. 2/29 Leap Year Day. Vi here. Sally here twice. The zipper on her coat locked so she couldn’t get it off. Bill pulled it apart. Hope and Chris left for Florida today. Be home March 10th. Cathy brought me a small pizza from Pizza Hut and macaroni and cheese from Shorty’s.

  • Diary Entry for 3/1/2008

    Mostly cloudy. Some flurries. Warmer. Windy. I went to coffee hour. I stopped in to see Angie. I took her a donut. Sally here. I collected for VIP raffle.

  • Diary Entry for 3/2/2008

    Not a bad day. Angie here in forenoon. Vi here for paper with Allison. Jim Nash here with my church envelops and bulletin. I went to church out here in PM. I watched Oprah’s new show. “Big Give” in evening. Seventeen million people watched the show.

  • Diary Entry for 3/3/2008

    Raining when I got up. 58° and 27°. Not a good day. Worse in evening. Quite warm. Debby called from Indiana. She is working on the Mix family tree. I have my grandmother, Alice Lucy Mix’s large framed hand painted portrait. It has her father and grandmother’s pictures inside it. My great grandparents.

  • Diary Entry for 3/4/2008

    Some rain. Snow flurries and cloudy. Slippery. I went to exercise class. VIP here in PM. Good turn out but Mental Health folks didn’t show up except for one man. Detra played the piano for us. We had dining out card drawing. Rose Ann Rose won. Vern called in evening. They want to go to Ramada Inn for Easter. WE made $65 on VIP raffle.

  • Diary Entry for 3/5/2008

    Freezing rain this morning. Also snow flurries. Schools closed or delayed. No meals delivered. Vi here. Jolie called at noon. I called Para Transit bus for tomorrow. Bertha Archie here. Jim Nash here.

  • Diary Entry for 3/6/2008

    I didn’t go to exercise class. Fern in charge. Muriel on vacation. I had appointment for field eye tests but Para Transit set down wrong time and came after me an hour early.

  • Diary Entry for 3/7/2008

    Cloudy day. Vi here for paper. Jolie called.

  • Diary Entry for 3/8/2008

    A stormy day. Sleet and snow. Vi here for paper. I set clocks ahead. Fast time starts tomorrow. It is early this year. Daylight saving time was started in 1918 a year after I was born. It was to save electricity in the summer time.

  • Diary Entry for 3/9/2008

    Not a bad day after the storms of yesterday and last night. Sally here. Also Vi. Angie went back to hospital. Her breathing bad. Jim here in PM. Brought me church bulletin.

  • Diary Entry for 3/10/2008

    A sunny day. Vi and I walked over to hospital. We both had blood work done. Sally was here. Also Vi. Lee Prugar called for prayer chain for Travis. Angie here in PM. Her brother goes home tomorrow. Gov Spitzer admits prostitute scandal.

  • Diary Entry for 3/11/2008

    A nice sunny day. I went to exercise class. Fern in charge. Sally here. I got checks ready to mail. Times. Bank VIP, dinners. Kinney’s brought my drugs. Debby called. I’m to take Procrit every other week now. My blood count improved.

  • Diary Entry for 3/12/2008

    34° and 29°. Partly sunny. Snow over night. Angie here. Also Vi. She paid her half of Times paper. Sally here twice. Our St. Patrick’s dinner at 5 PM catered by Schuler’s. Very good. Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced he will step down on Monday, March 17th. I called doctor’s office about my Divan. Insurance will only pay for one a day.

  • Diary Entry for 3/13/2008

    35° and -1°. Partly cloudy. I went to exercise class. Cathy here to clean. We went to store. Esther called. Ken has pneumonia. Hospice caring for him in nursing home. I called Juanita.

  • Diary Entry for 3/14/2008

    A nice warm day. I took bus to Watertown Eye Center. I had field test. I didn’t get my glasses repaired as they sent wrong colored bow for them. Juanita called. Esther had called her. Ken about the same. Vi here. Also Angie.

  • Diary Entry for 3/15/2008

    I didn’t go to coffee hour. Sally brought me donut. Vi here. Also Angie. She brought me some fried cage. I watched NASCAR from Bristol, Tennessee.

  • Diary Entry for 3/16/2008

    34° and 27°. A few snow flurries in morning. Vi here fro Times. No church out here as the pastor not feeling well. I called Lidia and Dorothy. Vernon called in evening.

  • Diary Entry for 3/17/2008

    A cold but sunny day for St. Patrick’s Day. Vi here. Also Sally and Angie. I called Lyla in evening. The new Governor David Paterson sworn into office. He is legally blind. 54 years old. Our first black governor. He is the 55th governor on New York State. Cathy brought me tow bulbs for my Tiffany lamp. $7.

  • Diary Entry for 3/18/2008

    Mostly cloudy. Some sun. CAPC folks here to do our income tax stimulus payment forms. Shirley came at 8:30 AM to give me a permanent. I’m glad I got I before Easter. Vi here. Also Sally.

  • Diary Entry for 3/19/2008

    Warmer. Mostly cloudy. Rainy. HUD inspection in some of the apartments today. Marilyn and Bib Payne’s house burned last night. They got out the front door. Angie, Sally, and Vi here. The Iraq war started five years ago today.

  • Diary Entry for 3/20/2008

    Cloudy day. I went to exercise class. Muriel was back. Roger Livingston brought me a purple crocus plant from the Civic League at Philadelphia. I washed clothes. I talked with Jim. Jolie called. She comes north in the morning.

  • Diary Entry for 3/21/2008

    A nice sunny day. Jolie called about 9 AM. She and Madison were on their way here. They are bringing the pet rabbit “Jo Jo”. I called Jim. Jolie was at Jill’s. She got to Jim’s about 9 PM. She called me.

  • Diary Entry for 3/22/2008

    Another great sunny day. Vi here for Times. Jolie and Madison here. We went out to the cemetery to see Grandpa. Today would have been his 99th birthday. The Jubilee Band here in evening. Very good but not a big turn out to it. Tomorrow is Easter. Some folks away. Others at church. Their pet rabbit is so sweet. Ken died at 11:45 PM in Florida.

  • Diary Entry for 3/23/2008

    A nice sunny day. Cold wind. I didn’t get to church on Easter Sunday. Juanita called at 8 AM to say Esther had just called to tell her Ken died at 11:45 last night. (Merrill’s 99th birthday) Vernon’s, Steven’s, Dan’s, Jim, Jolie, Jill, Shawn Michael, Addison, Courtney and I went to the Ramada for dinner. Very nice. Vern and June and their family came back here. Also Jim. Vi, Cheryl and Angie here in AM.

  • Diary Entry for 3/24/2008

    A nice day. Esther called from Florida. She is coming home Thursday. Jolie, Shawn Michael, Madison here in PM. Also Marie Pacific to see them on her noon hour. Vi was here. Also Sally a couple of times. Juanita called in evening. 4000 USA soldiers have died in the war. 108 have been 10th Mountain Division soldiers from Fort Drum.

  • Diary Entry for 3/25/2008

    42° and 12°. A nice day. Sunny. Raining in evening. I went to exercise class. Only six of us there. Hope sick today. Vi here. Jolie called in evening.

  • Diary Entry for 3/26/2008

    Cold wind but nice day. Jolie and kids here. Jolie visited Shawn Michael’s school. Madison stayed with me. Angie here. Also Sally and Vi.

  • Diary Entry for 3/27/2008

    A nice day. I went to exercise class. Angie here. Vi here for Times. She went to skin doctor. She has eczema. Cathy here to clean.

  • Diary Entry for 3/28/2008

    34° and 30°. A nice day. A few snow flurries. Jolie and Madison left for home in North Carolina today. I called Doris Haggerty to tell her about Ken. Art had cataract operation on both eyes. Cathy brought me a pizza and macaroni and cheese. Vi was here. Also Sally. Juanita called in evening.

  • Diary Entry for 3/29/2008

    A sunny day. Kind of cold. I went to coffee hour. Sally here. Also Angie. Robert Congdon called. They are coming tomorrow.

  • Diary Entry for 3/30/2008

    Sunny day all day. Robert, Cheryl and David Congdon here. We went to the Club House for lunch. Robert has had hernia operation. David had one awhile back. So good to see them. Vi here. Also Sally. Jolie called in evening. Ida Branford’s 99th birthday. Esther called. She is living in her apartment in Henderson.

  • Diary Entry for 3/31/2008

    Some rain and wind. Vi and I walked over to hospital for my apartment with Kate Synenow. Vi here. Also Sally.

  • Diary Entry for 4/1/2008

    Very windy all day. I went to exercise class. A new reading book tape machine came today. Esther called to say Ken’s memorial service will be Friday at 10 AM at Greater Victory Fellowship Church in Sandy Creek.

  • Diary Entry for 4/2/2008

    A nice sunny day. A cold breeze. Vi here for paper. Sally here. Also Angie. Roberta called me from hospital. Her father-in-law in hospital with heart trouble. My appointment with Dr. LaPoint at 11:30. I took Para Transit bus. I’m to change to baby aspirin. Also take Procrit shots every week again. She put me back on Lipitor if insurance will pay for it.

  • Diary Entry for 4/3/2008

    51° and 26°. A beautiful sunny day. Warm. I didn’t go to exercise class. My hip is sore. Vi here. Also Angie. She brought me one of Rich’s donuts. Vern called in evening.

  • Diary Entry for 4/4/2008

    Raining all day. Jim picked me up at 9:15 AM. We went to the Greater Victory Fellowship Church in Sandy Creek for Ken’s funeral service. Pastor Scott Hardy in charge. Very nice service. We had lunch at the church. Loads of food. Delicious. Vern and June came to it also. Vi and Alison, Sally and Angie here. Also Ann. She got my lunch for me from Mike.

  • Diary Entry for 4/5/2008

    A nice day. Partly sunny. Vi here. Also Sally. Also Anne.

  • Diary Entry for 4/6/2008

    A nice sunny day. I went to church out here. Mrs. Smith gave us cookies. Esther called in evening. We had a nice visit. Angie was here in evening.

  • Diary Entry for 4/7/2008

    60° and 26°. Another nice day. Kinney’s brought my drugs. I started on Lipitor again for my cholesterol. EPIC pays for it. Vi here. Also Sally. Centennial Club meeting. I went. Hope and Fern are going to Syracuse in the morning to a two day HUD meeting. Bill and Lee in charge here. Donna Ellis called in evening. Philadelphia church is having a mother and daughter banquet May 10th. I visited Ann across the hall from me in evening for first time.

  • Diary Entry for 4/8/2008

    A sunny warm day. I went to Aerobics class. Jolie called. She gave Madison’s mice to her school.

  • Diary Entry for 4/9/2008

    A nice day. Windy. A few showers. Anne was here. Also Sally. Margaret Kiechle was here this PM. Roy was at an appointment. Vi here. Also Angie.

  • Diary Entry for 4/10/2008

    A sunny day. I went to aerobics class. Anne went with me for first. Sally here. Also Angie. Cathy here to clean. We went to the store for groceries.