Wednesday, January 29, 1947
Daddy over this afternoon & we sent for peat – I also ordered 100 cacti from Hummels.
After everybody’s baths Walt & kids stopped at his mother’s while I shopped at Albers. Soap & toilet tissue is back on the shelves & I got the first lima beans I’ve seen for two years – 45 cents for 2 lbs! Soap chips are 33 cents a box – canned milk is down to 2 for 25 cents & butter was 66 cents – down from a hight of 96 cents. Things are definitely more plentiful than even 2 mo. ago but Crisco is scarce – syrup – jello – sugar is the only thing still rationed.
Then out to Romine’s. Seldom we take the kids – Kathy would be OK but David is not content with any one thing. Ray was in a very uncompromising mood & made me feel very unwelcome. Wally got part of the explanation from Florence – and quite uncomplimentary to me. Tied up with the conversation Ray & I had Sunday but I can’t figure out this reaction. My first impulse was to throw them over once & for all but of course I reconsider – and I’m beginning to see what Ray means when he says he’s hard to live with.