Monthly Archives: April 2001

Diary Entry for 4/1/2001

Cloudy but nice. I took yellow cab to church. $2. Gert Stanton gave me ride home. We had ten in Sunday school class. Communion. Good to get to church. I missed three Sunday’s. Jim and Sherrie got back from Florida last night. They didn’t go to church. I called Jim in evening. He hasn’t got moved yet. Jolie, Madison, and Shawn Michael called in evening.

Diary Entry for 4/3/2001

Sun out for first time in days. Jim stopped by with my stamps. I got package, underwear, from Roman’s. I got two readings from Jolie. Centennial Cub meeting 7:30. I went. Small turn out. Sarah Durien spoke on home safety.

Diary Entry for 4/4/2001

Partly sunny. 46°. I went to exercise class. I paid dues of $30. New class. VIP. Mike White has flu so couldn’t sing for us. 8 people present. Jim called in evening. He is going to spend his first night in his new apartment. He and Walt were setting up his bed.

Diary Entry for 4/5/2001

A great day. 49°. Jim called in evening. His clothes dryer wire burned out today. His refrigerator, used to be ours, isn’t working since they moved it. Dr. Sanni. Laser at 10:15. I took the bus. Lyla met me there and brought me home and spent the afternoon. We ate at the Club House and stopped at Kinney’s for eye drops. Dr. Sanni did laser on my right eye.

Diary Entry for 4/6/2001

A great spring like day. 53° high. I went to exercise class. Nine there plus Dawn. Jessie left phone message. She will b here tomorrow instead of today. She called later and said she would be here at 9 AM. Jolie called in evening. Carla and Michael left yesterday and arrived home all okay.

Diary Entry for 4/7/2001

Cloudy. Some showers. Temperature 53°. Jessie here to clean. I went with her to the store for groceries. I washed clothes in late PM. Cora Carr came in evening to listen to Rev. Jane’s tapes. She is an aunt by marriage to Rev. Jane. Bertha Eager Archie came also. Vernon called in evening. They are coming Sunday. I sent for vitamin C cream to Botanic Choice

Diary Entry for 4/8/2001

Partly cloudy. Some showers. 48°. I went to have coffee and donuts in morning. I called Jim. Vern had already called him. Jim called at 11 PM to say he and Nancy will meet for lunch with us tomorrow. Sherri N called.

Diary Entry for 4/9/2001

A great day. Sunny and warm. I went to church with Jim and Sherri. Beautiful music and service. Jim Nancy, June, Vern came in PM. We went to Bob Evans for lunch. Dan, Robin and kids are planning to move back to this area this summer. Jolie called in evening. Zack will be getting out of the army in August. Jim called in evening and said he would take me to the doctor’s tomorrow. He is going to bring Joel back until his ankle heals.

Diary Entry for 4/10/2001

Another great day. Jim left for Joel’s in PM 15 hour drive. Dr. LaPoint 1 PM. Jim dropped me off. I took a taxi home. I had blood work done. Entertainment 7:30, J.B.Hughs. I went. It was a sing along. Very nice.

Diary Entry for 4/11/2001

Cooler but sunny. I went to exercise class. Lidia took my prescriptions to store for me. They delivered them in PM. Vern has hernia operation at Oswego 10 AM. Free food give away at 5 PM. Coby Slate called about new tapes. I called Jill. She called me back to say Jim had just called her from hotel in Iowa. Joel has to see the doctor on Friday. Then they will start back home. I called Vern’s and talked with June. Vern’s operation went all okay.

Diary Entry for 4/12/2001

Cloudy day. 55°. Vern called in AM. He’s a little sore but doing fine. Coby Slate brought me two church tapes and picked up the four I had. I played Pedro in evening. We only had two tables. Several folks away.

Diary Entry for 4/13/2001

70° high. Flooding. Thunder storm early morning. Raining all day. Some sun. Exercise class 10 present. Dawn leaves for Myrtle Beach for a week. Sherri called and asked e to go to Maundy Thursday services tonight. It is a passion play and communion. Very nice and quite a few folks out to it.

Diary Entry for 4/14/2001

Cooler. Very windy. Cloudy 53°. The rivers aren’t as high as expected but are over flood stage. Hope Johnston’s birthday. Lidia put balloons round the office door. I wished Hope a Happy Birthday.

Diary Entry for 4/15/2001

A nice sunny day but wind is cold. Flooding not as bad as expected 49° high 27° low. Larry B planted bulbs in large flower box in back yard. Jill called from Jim’s. Jim and Joel got back at 5 AM this morning. Jill and Shane are going to church with me. They will all come here for dinner.

Diary Entry for 4/16/2001

Partly cloudy but nice. Jill and Shane picked me up for church, Nice service. Communion. We had a lily on the altar in Merrill’s memory. Jim, Joel, Jill, and Shane here for dinner. Vern called in PM. Also Jolie.

Diary Entry for 4/17/2001

Partly cloudy day. Bill Rich, and Debby working on lawn and flower gardens. I got a real pretty grandmother’s Easter card from Zack, Jolie, Shawn and Madison. June and Vern leave for Vermont. Will be home Wednesday.

Diary Entry for 4/18/2001

Colder. Snowing in Buffalo. 49° high. 22° low. Exercise class. Five of us there. No leader. Dawn in Virginia Beach this week. Juanita called in evening. She is house sitting for Mike Rings this week while they are in Florida. Doreen and her family are in Washington, DC.

Diary Entry for 4/20/2001

Nice day. Sunny. 45° high and 19° low. Jessie didn’t show up. Exercise class. Six out. Dawn still on vacation. I washed clothes in PM. Jim called at suppertime. He has been helping Nancy paint her dining room at Clayton today. Joel was at Jill’s.

Diary Entry for 4/21/2001

Sunny. First summer-like day. The lawn is getting nice and green out back here despite the cold weather. Alice F called for prayer chains. Joy Schaefer’s mother. We had nice visit. I called Jessie. She was away but called me back later. Jill took me for groceries in evening. She brought me pictures of Madison from computer.

Diary Entry for 4/22/2001

Warmer. Mostly sunny. Rain about 6 PM. I went for coffee and donuts at 10 AM. A large turnout. Jessie here to clean. My eyes not very good today. Lots of action at the summit meeting in Quebec. Jolie and Zack called. Jolie has been talking with Vicki over email.

Diary Entry for 4/23/2001

A great day. Sunny. 69°. I went to church with Nash’s. We had Sunday school. My eyes bad today. It is in this morning’s Times that Allan Rockwood, 83, died yesterday at his home in Dexter. The Quebec Trade summit ends. 400 arrested. 46 police hurt.

Diary Entry for 4/24/2001

The kind of day we have been waiting weeks for. I’ve had al my windows open. 80°. Sunny. Warm breeze. We ate lunch at Club House. Dr. Sanni 1:30. Lyla took me. Everything okay. Pressure 14 in right eye. 18 in left eye. I called Ethel Hanson Dunn. Allan died of cancer on his head by his ear. Margaret K called in evening.

Diary Entry for 4/25/2001

Raining. Windy. Dark day. I went to exercise class. Dawn back from trip. Juanita called in evening. She says Ken has Alzheimer’s. Is in first stage. I didn’t go to Allan Rockwood’s funeral today at 11 AM.

Diary Entry for 4/26/2001

Sunny and cool 55°. I washed clothes. Changed blankets and spreads on my bed. I talked with Lyla. Sherri called to see if I wanted to go with church to Shelby’s Sunday. I loaned her my bird book. I played Pedro in evening. Coby S here with church tape. Rev. Jane’s sister Patty died last week in Missouri.

Diary Entry for 4/27/2001

A nice spring day. Sunny. I went to exercise class. Clark and Vivian Trises stopped in this AM. They got home from Florida last week. It was good to see them. Elgin and Carmi called from Canada. Both are well. I called Jim in evening. Joel still here.

Diary Entry for 4/28/2001

Great day. Arbor day. A small plane crashed near Burrville. Pilot killed. Dr. Garnet Barashire, 43 years old. I received absentee school board ballot in mail. I went for walk in evening. Visited with Cora Carr in trash room. Used reading machine in library.

Diary Entry for 4/29/2001

Nice but cooler. Shirley Davis saw three deer out back here this morning early. Kinney’s delivered my drugs. Got letter from Eye Center for appointment for Laser on my left eye. May 17 at 10 AM.

Diary Entry for 4/30/2001

Sunny spring day. I went to church with Jim and Sherri. 87 there. 10 at Sunday school. We went to Shelby’s with 37 out to lunch/brunch from church. Nice. Jolie called at suppertime. I watched lived TV show “On Golden Pond” with Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. Great. It gets better with age. I called Vern in evening. Things are moving along for Dan and Robin. They have purchase offer on house in Oswego.