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Monday, March 7, 2011

Tuesday, March 7, 1961

sent Genes Federal Income Tax in

got letter from Kay & one from Claudia

Gene went & did Wallys chores & Ivard came home from work & did ours, ate, read paper & went to bed.

Jerry took little Kids to school

Sunny & cold wind.

I got books up & started to work on my Income tax.

I went to relief society at 10: & bore my testimony had 72% out today, 47 members came home & crocheted on bedspread & at 2: Jackie & I took Jerry in to Dr. & I read 7 Sections on D.C. while I waited. Went to bank, got feed & groc. & came home at 4: & crocheted until we ate.

Jerry & I went in to church at 7:30 to ward leadership meeting. got home at 9:30 & went to bed until 10:30 then I went to work.

Ivard went to work for 11:30.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Monday, March 6, 1961

They repossed our baler & corn picker today because we missed this yrs payment

cloudy - windy & rain gusts.

Gene went & did Wallys chores.

I don't feel very good. worked on books & sent some payments.

Jerry washed cloths & played me Scrabble in between.

Ivard went over to Kuna hunting the sheep man to get our money for pasture but he didn't find him Came home & I said he should be hunting a place to move, today is our last day of our months notice, he got mad & went to town at 2:30 & I called Stockman at 7:30 & he said he'd be right home. I called again at 10: & told him to get my car home, he brought it home & took off back to work at 11: I got mad & laid off, I feel awful.

We ate & Gene went & did Wallys chores & Ray & Jerry did ours & Jerry - Gene & Ray went to Mutual, got home at 10: I crocheted on bedspread until 7:30 & went to bed.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Sunday, March 5, 1961

rained & snowed all morning. cloudy & cold wind all day.

Gene went & did Wallys chores then did ours.

Gene took Ray over o the Bishops to go to an early meeting.

Jerry & Gene went to Priesthood & Ivard & Jackie had a bath.

I made 3 carmel pies & 3 bannana pies had a bath & me & little Kids went to sunday school & Testimony Meeting. I bore my testimony

Ivard was 1st out & had to stay & listen  to phone, went to work right  after we got home & ate.

Jerry & I played game Scdrabble & Ray & Dean went collecting fast offerings.

Jerry went with Gene to do Wallys chores.

No church tonite. I didn't have to go to work. We all went to bed early.

Ivard got home at 11:30.

Friday, March 4, 2011

Saturday, March 4, 1961

Cloudy & snow flurries.

I came home & ate & went to bed at 9:30 as soon as I read paper. Ivard was already home & in bed  He got up in a little while & watched T.V. all day. I still didn't talk to him.

Jerry washed some cloths & studied all day.

Ray scrubbed & waxed & cleaned house.

Gene had to do Wallys chores this morning - at noon & tonite.

I got up at 1:30 & took Jackie to be with me for nap. We got up at 4: & ate & I worked on my books.

Simplots called at 6: & said we wouldn't work tonite or tomorrow, have to call in Mon.

I crocheted on bed spread mother gave me & we watched T.V. until it went off the air. Kids went to bed earlier.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Friday, March 3, 1961

Kay got to Lima Peru today

Gene had to go milk for Wally tonite

I came home from work & out here the ground was covered with snow soon melted. Ivard took Kids to school, I passed them up by corner.

I ate made me a bowl pop corn & read paper & Ivard, Jerry & I played a game of Scrabble. I went to bed at 11: & Ivard went hunting us a place to move, he said he never got home until about 6: & I ask him about it & he wouldn't answer so I got mad & went to bed.

Gail, Lynda & Kids came just as we were finishing eating. They left before Ivard got home, Gail was playing in tournment at Boise, got beat.

Ivard went to work for 11: & I left at 11:

We were out of oil & they came with some & furnace wouldn't kick in & we were without until Ivard got home. got down to 40 degrees.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Thursday, March 2, 1961

I came home from work & had some pop corn & read all the papers since we went to Utah.

nice day - partly cloudy.

I went to bed at 10: & got up at 3: & we took Dean, Dale & Jackie to town with us, Kids got out of school at 1:30. Jerry went & got them & took them this morning.

We got Ivards check, paid bills & went to bank & Ivard & Kids went & bought some school paper. We took them, got gas & came home & ate Jerry had it all ready. Ray helped with knots at Primary & came home with us. I got books up & went to bed at 7:30 until time to go to work at 11:

Gene & Ray went with Kurt to Caldwell to high School tournment.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Wednesday, March 1, 1961

left for home

got up at 6:30 A.M & I packed to go home & we ate breakfast with Ruth & Ray & they left for work. We loaded car & went down to Irvins a few min. got some meat pies & some soap on sale went up to My cousin's Beth Hulse & I got some genelogy of Aunt Pearls, Uncle Bill was in Idaho. We left Bountiful for home at 10:30. I drove from outskirts of Brigham City to Burley, 147 miles. Got there at 1;45 & ate dinner & left for home at 2:15. Got diary up from Bountiful to Brigham City rained on us from Burley to Mountain Home. I finished reding "psalms" & read all of "Proverbs". We got home at 5:30 & I got suit cass put away. real hard wind home.

I had a bath & went to bed at 8: with Jackie.

I went to work at 11:

last day of Ivards week vacation.

Gene went in to 2nd wards Mutual.