Author: David Haldeman

Tuesday, December 14, 1971
Rain! Took Kathi & kids to Port Columbus for 12:15 plane to Philadelphia – 9 PM placne for Frankfort W. Germany. Kathi very distraught. Rocky & I to Engels. No delivery girl at shop. Rat race deliverying. Gave Christmas demop at Men’s Garden Club.

Monday, December 13, 1971
Kathi to Bordeaux to supervise movers. I took kids in at 10:00. Funeral work + Christmas orders. Mother, Mary, Rocky & Roger out for Kathi’s last night home. Dizzy [cat] will stay with me. Read Davy Ray’s “Traveller” poem. [i.e. Read Ray Romine’s poem “Traveller” to Davy]

Sunday, December 12, 1971
Kathi took kids to Sunday School. Mother’s for lunch & waiting wives party. I cooked family dinner at 5 with whole family. 35 here for Advent Sing & Davy’s “geburtstag”. Marillee & Family & Bernard’s Family & Eric’s with instruments. David H. on organ.

Saturday, December 11, 1971
Madhouse! 2 big weddings – Block & Budig about $200 each. Eaton forgot to order table decorations so had to get 28 poinsettias from Fairview to go with the 85 corsages. Supper at Mary’s. Kathi worked at Bordeaux till 11. I brought kids home.

Friday, December 10, 1971
Temp 68 but wind 60 mph. Sunny. Eve back from Fla.

Thursday, December 9, 1971
Took Davy shopping for new dress coat – Also got Kristi one but too big. Had lunch at BBF. Brought Davy home with me – K & K out for supper.

Wednesday, December 8, 1971
Shopped – bracelet for Kathy $30. $100 each in bank for Kristi & Davy. Birthday & Christmas. To Mother’s for lunch. Howard on grave blankets. Relaxed at organ – started Christmas cards. Bought hard back “Frontiersmen”

Tuesday, December 7, 1971
To Kathi’s to see Davy on TV3 with Santa. He was great- Santa terrible. Told him he wouldn’t come if he had a black cat or went to Germany!
Back for supper & babysat while Kathi shopped. Gave Kristi bath “Watch me splash”. Home 9:00.

Monday, December 6, 1971
Sis not speaking to Kent cause she couldn’t get hold of him Sunday to see if she should work.
To Kathi’s at 6 for Col. Sanders Chicken. Shopped at Keefors. Bought me brown dress – to see Matrin “Wings to Portugal”.

Sunday, December 5, 1971
Headache. Took Mother & Howard E of LaRue & got growing Christmas tree – had it cut $5.25. Stopped at Clarence Greer’s. Home – to bed at 5:30 with headache.