Category: Childhood
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Tuesday, September 4, 1990
Well , today was the first day of school for the kids. Don’s a sophomore, Helen’s a freshman. Can’t believe it! Their first day was confusing and exciting, of course Donny’s an old pro at this after all this is his second year! 🙂 We also brought over our T.V. to Grandpa’s. Seemed nice not…
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Wednesday, August 22, 1990
It was a beautiful day today. I did washing and mowed a little lawn as Donny has such a bad cold. Must be change of weather from Mexico. Donny stayed by Steve’s yesterday and brought him back this morning. <isa and I took Debbie out for her 36th birthday. We went to Old Country Buffet.…
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Wednesday, July 25, 1990
The weather has been beautiful. Donny’s been on a canoe trip since last Sat. He went with a group from church. Steve Rebitski is his partner. I’m sure they’re having fun. They’re due back this Sat. morning.Helen stayed overnight by Kim Younkle’s last night. Kim took her to a show and out to lunch. They…
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Catfish Fishing
Today Jimmy and I found a glorious fishing hole out on Point au Sable. We first found it by rafting down Wequiock Creek this spring when the water was high, but it is much easier to get to by the access road by the Green Bay Yacht Club. We had to hop the fence with…
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Tuesday, January 3, 1989
Today I finished taking down the Christmas tree. In on way it was good getting everything put away, but there’s always a little sadness with it too. It symbolizes another year coming to and end. — A lot of good memories. The kids started back to school today. They had a basketball practice after. Cathy…
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Monday, January 2, 1989
Wow! 1989 — impossible! Donny is 14 going to be 15 this year and Helen is going to be a teenager. Where do the years go? Christmas was nice. We went to church Christmas Eve then to Dad’s. He enjoys us coming over. We came home around 9:00 and opened our gifts. Our main gift…
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Wednesday, July 6, 1988
Today was a scorcher. 100° F. We’re in the worse drought since the 1930’s. Today we got more hay along the road. It’s going to be hard to get this year. Helen is doing a lot of babysitting lately. She took care of Greg and Richie Dalaire today. Don just got back from staying with…
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Monday, March 14, 1988
We’ve been having such beautiful weather. But this last weekend it’s been like winter again. Galen got into Fort Howard permanently. He’s happy to have steady work. Last night we went to his house for supper. Debbie and Rick and kids and Teresa and her family were there too. We played Pictionary, it was fun.…
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Saturday, January 23, 1988
Today was a nice winter day — no wind. The Royal Rangers at church had a log cabin building day today. I was helping in the kitchen. Keith was outside and Donny and Helen played most of the day. Tonight we went to see Twice Pardoned, a film series by Harold Morris. It was really…