Jolie called at Midnight to be the first one to wish me Happy New Year. A sunny day but cold. Today is Zack and Jolie’s 12th wedding anniversary. Angie was here. Sally here in evening.

Year: 2009
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Diary Entry for 1/2/2009
Snowing hard in PM. Vi here. Also Angie and Sally. Maryanne took down our Christmas tree in the hall. I washed clothes in PM. New York State is 400 years old this month
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Diary Entry for 1/3/2009
Snowing most of the day. Vi here in morning. Angie here in PM twice. I wasn’t out of my apartment all day. Sally here in evening.
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Diary Entry for 1/4/2009
A nice sunny day. Milton L called to say he wasn’t feeling well so church was canceled. I let folks know. Vi here. Also Sally and Angie twice. Jolie called in evening.
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Diary Entry for 1/5/2009
Nice day. My appointment with Kate Symanow at hospital at 1:15. Vi walked over with me. I went to Centennial meeting at 4 PM. Good turnout. Sally here in evening.
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Diary Entry for 1/6/2009
Sunny in AM. Cloudy in PM. I didn’t go to exercise class. Shirley here at 10 AM to give me a permanent. $30. Vi here for Times. She brought me picture from Bettyanne.
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Diary Entry for 1/7/2009
34° and 27°. A stormy day. Rain, sleet, snow all day. My appointment with Dr. Jocanjee. They took a lot of tests and pictures. My glaucoma is in the advanced stage. Pressure was 13 in both eyes. I went by Para Transit bus. Angie here in PM. Our dinners didn’t come. The four living presidents me with President elect Barack Obama for dinner and meeting. George H Bush, George W Bush, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton.
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Diary Entry for 1/8/2009
Roads icy today. I went to exercise class. Only five of us there. Cathy here to clean. Mike brought two extra shelf dinners. Lyla called in evening. Gary is in hospital in Cooperstown with a broken leg in two places. A large bale of hay fell on his as he was unloading it.
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Diary Entry for 1/9/2009
Very cold overnight. Cold all day. Beautiful sun all day. Angie here. She brought me ham for supper.
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Diary Entry for 1/10/2009
I didn’t get up in time to go for coffee hour. Only 15 out to it. Vi here for Times. Sally here in evening. She brought me ice cream. Esther called from Florida. I called Lyla. Gary doing okay.
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Diary Entry for 1/11/2009
Vi here for times. Sunny day all day. 18° and -2°. Gov. Patterson in city late this PM for a town meeting at north side improvement league.
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Diary Entry for 1/12/2009
Mostly sunny but col. Jolie called. Vi here. Also Angie and Sally. I mailed order for vitamins. HEAP fund gave Verizon another extra $100 for me. $585 plus $100.
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Diary Entry for 1/13/2009
Windy and cold. I went to exercise class. No class Thursday because of cold weather. The lady from the office for the aging here about the meals. I watched Gov. Patterson’s Sunday night Town House Meeting on Channel 8. He is such a remarkable man. It is hard to believe he is almost blind. Angie here. I went down to Jim N for prayer chain. His phone was off the hook.
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Diary Entry for 1/14/2009
-5° and -23°. Very cold but sunny. Vi here. Also Julie looking for Angie. Jim from Kinney’s here. $24.39. Entertainment tonight postponed for two weeks. Angie here. Also Sally.
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Diary Entry for 1/15/2009
4° and -9°. Still cold. Sunny. Vi here for paper. I called Jim. He can’t get the part for his furnace. He has heat in two rooms. A jet plane with 155 on board crashed into Hudson River in Manhattan. All survived. They hit a flock of geese. Lori Haggerty in car accident on Elm Ridge Road.
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Diary Entry for 1/16/2009
11° and -23°. Snowed some over night. Very snowy south of here. Oswego got heavy snow all day. Vi here. Also Sally and Angie.
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Diary Entry for 1/17/2009
Still snowing off and on. Stormy all over. Angie here. Also Sally. Vi here for Times. Betty Fredericks died. 81 years old. Vern called in evening. June has a new quilting sewing machine. The city has two feel of snow on the ground.
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Diary Entry for 1/18/2009
Not as stormy. Only light flurries. Vi here. Also Sally and Angie. I went to church out here. We gave them our Christmas offerings. $55. Five of us there. Milton L and Bonnie only two who came.
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Diary Entry for 1/19/2009
Some snow. A little sun. Vi here. Also Sally and Angie. Martin Luther King day. Lots on TV. He would be 80 years old on January 15. My vitamin order came today.
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Diary Entry for 1/20/2009
President Barack Obama’s, age 47, inauguration at 12 PM. He is our first black president. Joe Biden, 66 vice president. 44th president. The inauguration cost 170 million dollars. Two million people attended plus all on TV. I went to exercise class. Vi here. Also Angie and Sally.
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Diary Entry for 1/21/2009
Snowing most of day. Cold. Vi here. Also Angie and Sally. Jolie called in PM.
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Diary Entry for 1/22/2009
31° and 27°. Cloudy day. Warmer. I went to exercise class. Fern in charge. Cathy here to clean. We went to store. I got $131.17 worth of groceries. I talked with Lyla in evening. Gary is home and is doing okay. Angie here in evening looking for Sally.
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Diary Entry for 1/23/2009
some snow cold. Vi here. Also Angie. The Plaids entertained us in the evening. Very good. We had a good turn out.
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Diary Entry for 1/24/2009
33° and -5°. Sunny day but cold. I went to coffee hour. Maryanne here. She went over to hospital to see Sally. Sally hasn’t been taking her blood pressure medications. Angie here.
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Diary Entry for 1/25/2009
Snowed over night. Cold. Vi here. Also Angie. Debby called in evening. They are coming in March for a visit. Juanita called in PM.
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Diary Entry for 1/26/2009
A snowy day all day. My appointment with Dr. LaPoint. Good report. I took Para Transit bus. Jolie called. Shawn and Becky had a baby boy, Karden 3 pounds 14 ounces. Born yesterday.
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Diary Entry for 1/27/2009
Mostly sunny day. 25° and -5°. I went to exercise class. Sally Hamilton got home from hospital. I went over to Sally’s. I took her fruit and milk and her birthday gift from Caroline Sawyer. Angie here in PM.
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Diary Entry for 1/28/2009
A very snowy day. Schools let out at noon. Sally was over. I gave her a pillbox.
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Diary Entry for 1/29/2009
Snowy day. I went to exercise class. Angie here. Also Sally. Lyla called. Gary had skin graft on his leg in Cooperstown.
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Diary Entry for 1/30/2009
Still snowing. Angie here. She brought me blueberry dumplings. Vi here twice. She brought me pudding. Sally here. Jim here in PM he has been to Syracuse for a colonoscopy and MRI. He has blockage to his pancreas. He is to go for a scope as soon as they have a bed in one of the hospitals. He’s been losing weight. I called Vern and June.
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Diary Entry for 2/1/2009
Cloudy in AM. Sunny in PM. I went to church out here. Four of us here. Carolyn, Vi, Esther, and I. There were 5 of them. Vi here. Also Sally. I called Juanita in PM.
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Diary Entry for 2/2/2009
A nice day. Mostly sunny. Vi here. Also Angie and Sally. I went to Centennial meeting at 4 PM. Jolie called in PM.
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Diary Entry for 2/3/2009
20° and -2°. A nice sunny day. I called Dr. Barnes and Jim. Vi here for paper.
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Diary Entry for 2/4/2009
A nice day. Sunny. They scooped snow from out front and piled it in the back lawn. Vi here. Also Sally twice. Jim called to say he goes to St. Joseph’s hospital tomorrow for his scope at 12:30. Debby sent me family tree materials which I have enjoyed reading all PM. She has put so much work in it.
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Diary Entry for 2/5/2009
A nice day but cold. Sunny. I went to exercise class. Only six out to it. Jim went to Syracuse for his scope at 12:30 PM. Tracy took him. Cathy here to clean in PM. Sally here twice. Jim called on way home about 5:30. They put a stent in opening to his bile duct.
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Diary Entry for 2/7/2009
I went for coffee and donuts. Sally here. Also Angie. I called Jim. He’s having a lot of pain.
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Diary Entry for 2/8/2009
A little sun in the morning. Some rain in PM. I called Lyla. Sally here twice. Debby called in PM.
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Diary Entry for 2/10/2009
A great day. I didn’t go to exercise. Vi here. Angie here in evening. She gave me eggnog. Good. She had it frozen. My appointment with Dr. Barnes at 3:30. He took out my pessary for a week. I had a sore spot from it. I go back next Monday. I called Jim. He’s still very sore.
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Diary Entry for 2/11/2009
51° and 42°. Much warmer. Rained in PM. Vi here for Times. Dr. Phil had the story on TV of the mother who gave birth to eight babies. She has six other children.
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Diary Entry for 2/12/2009
Very rainy and snowy. I went to exercise class. Not many there. Angie here in PM. I called Jim in PM. He sounded better. He’s still sore. A plane crashed in Buffalo killing fifty people.
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Diary Entry for 2/13/2009
27° and 16°. A beautiful day. Cold. Vi here. I called Joel to wish him happy birthday. I left a message but he called back.
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Diary Entry for 2/14/2009
A sunny day. Vern called in morning to say they are coming. Vi here. Vern, June and I went to Bob Evans for lunch for Valentine’s Day. We saw Art and Doris there. Vern got me new filters for my humidifier. I went to Valentine covered dish supper out here. Very nice. Sally here in evening. Esther called in evening. She got home from Florida on Tuesday.
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Diary Entry for 2/15/2009
A nice sunny day. Vi here for paper. I went to church out here. Six of us there. Lyla called in evening. Sally here in evening,
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Diary Entry for 2/16/2009
29° and 7°. A nice sunny day. I had appointment with Dr. Barnes. He wants me to come back in two weeks for the pessary. I went by Para Transit bus.
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Diary Entry for 2/17/2009
Nice day. I went to exercise class. Entertainment in evening. Marshall Stiles sang country songs. Very good. Jolie called while I was out.
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Diary Entry for 2/18/2009
A sunny day. Vi here for Times. She and Esther going for groceries this PM. Angie here. Also Sally.
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Diary Entry for 2/19/2009
Mostly cloudy with some snow. I went to exercise class. Fern there. Her granddaughter Gabriel 10 came with her. Cathy here to clean. I called Jim. Angie and Sally here. Jill’s birthday. Jolie called. Zack left today for California and Los Vegas for ten days.
