Snow flurries in morning but sunny most of day. No mail or dinners today. President’s Day. Vi here for Times. Sally here twice. Angie here in PM. Also Lila B. I called Lyla in evening. Jerry has been in hospital but is doing better. He’s in Ogdensburg.

Tag: 2006
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Diary Entry for 2/21/2006
Lake effect snow off and on most of day. I went to exercise class. My appointment with Debbie Elliott. Vi walked over with me between snow storms. I had chest Xray.
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Diary Entry for 2/22/2006
39° and 10°. A nice day. Warmer. No snow. Vi here. Also Angie. I called drug store to have them pick up a prescription. Juanita called in evening. Darcia and Corey Brimmer had baby girl early this morning. Named her Trinity.
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Diary Entry for 2/23/2006
A great warm sunny day. Snow flurries in evening. Vi and Allison here. I washed clothes in PM. Angie here.
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Diary Entry for 2/25/2006
Snowing about all day. Jessie here to clean. We went to store. Vi here. Also Angie. Jim called in evening. He was out in his garage. He keeps a wood fire out there for his dog.
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Diary Entry for 2/26/2006
I didn’t go to church. Jim didn’t go. Vi here for paper. Angie here in PM. Barb C here for VIP item. Jolie called in PM. Zack at NASCAR race in California.
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Diary Entry for 2/27/2006
16° and -20°. Sunny all day but very cold. I returned insurance report to EPIC. Vi here. Also Lidia and Angie. (?) and Barb called. Also Office of the Blind. Vern called in evening. They put their house on market today. They have a purchase offer on a house in Oswego. I called Jim.
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Diary Entry for 2/28/2006
Sunny but cold. I didn’t go to exercise class. My appointment with Dr. Sanni this forenoon. Cheryl took me. My eye pressure improved 16 and 18. Vi and Esther here in PM.
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Diary Entry for 3/1/2006
22° and -6°. Sunny. Cold all day. I had blood work at hospital for Debbie Elliott and Dr. LaPoint. Vi went with me. Angie here in PM. Juanita called in evening. Mr. and Mrs. Triston Stewart, Ohio, have baby boy, Jacob Triston (Cindy and Ethan’s son.
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Diary Entry for 3/2/2006
Cold all day. We didn’t have exercise class. Muriel came home from Hawaii sick with kidney infection. Vi here.
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Diary Entry for 3/3/2006
Still cold. Mostly sunny. Vi here. Also Angie. Jim N brought me letter from church. I got a certified letter about my burial fund delivered by mail man today. I called telephone number but I have to talk to Evans Mills bank HSBC. No phone listed. I called Jim in PM.
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Diary Entry for 3/4/2006
Cold. I went for coffee and donuts. I called about burial fund but didn’t find out much. I cleaned floors and dusted. Debbie H called in PM. We talked for an hour. She’s been working at her garden. Crystal’s baby has ear infection.
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Diary Entry for 3/5/2006
30° and -5°. Sunny. Cold wind. I went to church with Jim N. Communion. I went to church out here in PM. Mrs. Smith gave us cookies. Angie here in PM. Elgin called in PM from Canada. Vern called in evening. They have “open house” on their place today. Good turnout.
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Diary Entry for 3/6/2006
Sunny nice day. Vi here for paper. Vern and June got here at 1:30. We went to HSBC bank about my burial fund. Vern and I signed it in a joint account. We wanted Jim’s name on it also but we all have to go back for that. We met with Hope when we got back to find out about my drug insurance. Kids left about 4 PM. I went to Centennial meeting in evening. Four new residents were welcomed.
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Diary Entry for 3/7/2006
Cold and sunny. No exercise class yet. Maybe Thursday. Hope and Lee inspected apartments. No complaints. VIP meeting in PM. Twelve people and Breanne present. Roselyn Farmer won the raffle of the dining out card. They made $80 on it. Vi was here. Also Angie. Angie gave me a cinnamon roll.
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Diary Entry for 3/8/2006
Raining all day. Windy. Vi and I walked over to hospital. I had blood work for Debbie Elliott.
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Diary Entry for 3/9/2006
57° and 43°. Hope and Lee inspected apartment. All okay. Vi here for paper. Angie here.
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Diary Entry for 3/10/2006
56°. Rained all day. Windy. Jessie here to clean. Sally here. Also Angie. Juanita called this morning. Ken and Esther got home from Florida yesterday. Esther having heart problems, Ken feeling good.
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Diary Entry for 3/11/2006
Sunny in PM. Cloudy in AM. Warm. Vi here for paper. Angie here. I’ve been reading the book “A Northern Light” by Jennifer Donnaly. It is great. Is about northern New York State.
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Diary Entry for 3/12/2006
A nice day. Warm. I didn’t get to church as Jim left early. I was supposed to be a greeter. Vi here. Lyla called in evening.
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Diary Entry for 3/13/2006
Cloudy, raining, windy in evening. Vi here for paper. Rev. Gail Parsons and I went to Redwood National Bank to sign papers for her to be my assistant treasurer for VIP club. Angie here in PM. There is no snow in sight but my living room window has it.
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Diary Entry for 3/14/2006
61° and 33°. Sun, rain, hail, snow, and wind off and on. I went to exercise class. Good to have Muriel back. Jim here awhile in PM. Good to see him. I finished reading “A Northern Light”. It is a country wide reading program started by Flower Memorial Library.
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Diary Entry for 3/15/2006
32° and 25°. Sally took the book, A Northern Light that I just finished. Vi here. She gave me her half of money to renew the Times paper. I sent it in today. Sally here. Also Angie.
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Diary Entry for 3/16/2006
Colder. Very cold wind. I went to exercise class. Jim here in PM. He brought Jill’s dog Ellie. Jill met him here. Our St. Patrick’s summer here. Delicious. It was put on by Schuler’s restaurant.
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Diary Entry for 3/17/2006
Sunny all day. Very cold wind. I washed two tubs of clothes this PM. We had ice cream cake in Metcalf room in evening. The Dunkin Donuts donated it. Vi was here.
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Diary Entry for 3/18/2006
Very cold wind. Some sun. I went for coffee and donuts. Lidia stopped by for awhile. Marian Carvell in hospital with pneumonia. Jolie and Madison called. Zack in Georgia with NASCAR. Shawn Michael in Virginia with friends.
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Diary Entry for 3/19/2006
31° and 21°. Still cold. Ground white with snow this morning but it melted this PM. I didn’t go to church with Jim. I went to church out here in PM. Nice service. Vi and Angrea here. Angie brought me some bread pudding. I gave her chicken leg and thigh. I talked with Lyla. Marion C may be home from hospital tomorrow.
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Diary Entry for 3/20/2006
Partly cloudy. Some sun. jolie called in AM. Zack still in Gerogia. The races finished today because of rain yesterday. Vi here. Also Angie. Kinney’s brought my 7 refills. The first balck NASCAR racer in years took part in this race. Bill Lester came in 38th. The price of gasoline in Watertown is $2.49 a gallon. USA invaded Iraq three years ago.
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Diary Entry for 3/21/2006
30° and 16°. Sunny all day. I went to exercise class. Angie was here. Vernon called in evening. Jordan and Lydia are staying with them the rest of this week. Dan and Robin are going to a conference in Maryland until Sunday evening.
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Diary Entry for 3/22/2006
33°. Sunny in AM. Cloudy in PM. Ground white with snow over night but melted. I went over to hospital for appointment with Debbie Elliott. Vi went with me. Everything okay. Today would have been Merrill’s 97th birthday. Steve called me because it was grandpa’s birthday anniversary. Also Jolie called for the same reason. Her kids remembered grandpa in heaven. Brenda called abut a birthday p arty Sunday for Juanita at Doreen’s. Juanita called in evening.
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Diary Entry for 3/23/2006
Warmer. Partly cloudy. I went to exercise class. Angie here. Reda W here in evening. Her phones aren’t working. I let her take my portable phone overnight.
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Diary Entry for 3/24/2006
Cloudy all day. Cheryl took me to my appointment with Dr. Anabokun (?). Angie brought me my lunch. vi here for paper. Reda W here a couple times. She didn’t get her phone fixed. Vern called a couple of times. He asked me to go to a sugar bush with them tomorrow. He is working on my insurance. Roe’s Feed Mill at Philadelphia burned today. Wasn’t in operation.
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Diary Entry for 3/25/2006
Cloudy day. No snow or rain. Jessie here to clean. We went to the store. Vern, Jue, Lydia and Jordan here for lunch. June brought lunch. we went to Jason and Barbra Zehr’s sugar bush at Castorland. Very enjoyable. We drove up to see the windmills in operation also. Vi here. Also Angie and Reda.
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Diary Entry for 3/26/2006
Cloudy most of the day. I didn’t go to church. Doreen came for me at noon she had a family party at her house for Juanita’s 77th birthday. All very nice. Rick brought me home.
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Diary Entry for 3/27/2006
46° and 18°. A nice spring like day. Doreen called to see how I was. Vern called about insurance. I called Jim. Vi here. Also Angie.
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Diary Entry for 3/28/2006
51° and 29°. A great day. Warm sunny. I went to exercise class. I sent June and Vern news articles about sugar bush.
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Diary Entry for 3/30/2006
Warm and sunny. I went to exercise class. No more until April 13th. Muriel is going to Florida. Linda Beyette here in morning.
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Diary Entry for 3/31/2006
81° and 54°. A great summer like day. Rain in evening. Linda B called me for Dr. Materese phone number. Angie here. Also Vi. Julie and her two girls spending the night with Vi.
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Diary Entry for 4/1/2006
A gret day again. Like summer. I went for coffee and donuts in the morning out here.
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Diary Entry for 4/2/2006
50° and 25°. I went to church with Jim. Communion. I went out here to church in PM. Mrs. Smith gave us cookies. Vi here. Also Angie twice.
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Diary Entry for 4/3/2006
Cloudy and colder. Vi here for Times. I went to Centennial meeting in evening.
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Diary Entry for 4/4/2006
A few flurries in AM. Sun in PM. Vi was here. Times paper smaller and different. Hard to find things in it today. We have taken the Watertown Daily Times since 1936. It cost $12 a year then. It is now $144 a year.
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Diary Entry for 4/5/2006
38° and 28°. Snow on the ground again. Melted during daytime. Vi here. I went over to hospital for blood work. Vi went with me. Sue B called on prayer chain for Nancy. She went to Carthage hospital today. Not feeling right. I called Vivian M. I talked with Jim. He was in a restaurant at Mannsville eating his supper at 7:30.
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Diary Entry for 4/6/2006
Partly sunny day. I got my “First” health premier card today, I got Easter card from Patty. North country Jubilee Band here in evening. Very good. Juanita called in evening.
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Diary Entry for 4/7/2006
51° and 33°. Raining off and on all day. Snowing in evening. Jessie here to clean. She cleaned the furniture with vacuum cleaner. Vi here. Also Angie and Lidia. Girl Scouts here in PM to make Easter crafts. Only Lidia, Louise and I there. Kinney’s brought my drugs. They sent syringe that I didn’t ask for, $8.05. I just got some the other day.
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Diary Entry for 4/8/2006
Mostly sunny. Snow all melted overnight. I wasn’t out of my apartment all day. I watched NASCAR from Texas all PM. Kurt Busch won.
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Diary Entry for 4/9/2006
A nice sunny day. Cool breeze. I went to church with Jim Nash. Med Schauber rode with us. Betty has a cold. I called Jim. He and Jill go to Jolie’s Tuesday. Vi here for Times. Jolie called. I saw Zack on NASCAR. He is in Texas. Lyla called in evening. Vern called right after Lyla. I called Jim later. He and Hill go to Jolie’s Tuesday.
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Diary Entry for 4/10/2006
A sunny day. My appointment with Dr. LaPoint at 1:30. Had a mammogram downstairs at imaging at 3 PM. Sally H took me.
