Category: Trella Diaries

Thursday December 16th
Royce cleaning. I filled entertainment center drawers with videos and cassette tapes. Gradually moving things back into living room. Copied Uncle Will’s bicycle trip in 1896 for Dave.

Wednesday December 15th
Nicholls furniture delivered sofa, loveseat, recliner and lamp table at 11 a.m. it looks so different! To Marion shopped at Aldi’s, Office Depot cashed $200 check and $30 dividend check at Marion Bank. Unloaded Goodwill stuff and got home just as Scott and Spike arrived to put on last set of shutters and fix leak in the closet. Then Alan and Matt Sisson came with entertainment center just as Kathi called. 6 doctors met with Bob from 9:30 to 5:30 Tuesday. Another appointment tomorrow. Alan and Matt assembled unit and it is gorgeous. Moved chair from bedroom back to TV room. Chatted until 6:30! I filled one drawer with cassettes and decorated new Christmas tree with lights already on it with Mary’s discarded jewelry. Bed at 9:30.

Tuesday December 14th
Carpet layers back at 9:30 a.m. and finished by 2:30. Moved furniture back into living room. Don Keil brought canned and frozen tomatoes- loaded stuff into station wagon full for Goodwill and swept the garage. Put longer pull chain on ceiling lamp in TV room and helped put books around table in living room. (See end papers for contents of diary the continuance of diary) Bill Hutchman to garden club and the garden club Christmas party at Pete and [illegible] Millers.

Monday December 12th 13th
To Korans on Clareton[sic] Street to pick up wallet. Wouldn’t take reward but I left a basket of candy. Carpet layer’s arrived at 10:30. Underlayment down by noon. After lunch “Boss” sick so they left furniture is on deck covered with plastic and rain predicted. Sorted two boxes of stuff from floor of photo closet. Tired. Ordered Venetian roll blinds at Lowe’s $500.

Sunday December 12th
Move more furniture out of living room and vacuumed TV room. To Marion and ordered Mark I Levolor blinds $500. Grocery shop and left my wallet in shopping cart. So couldn’t shop for block steaks. To Mary’s and we shared a TV dinner. Call from Robert Koran. He found my wallet.

Saturday December 11th
Ralph Hedges finished by painting deacon’s bench from front porch and papering around former kitchen doorway. Managed to put in 4 hours doing it at $17 an hour! Total bill $1,050. To Heritage Hall. Took inventory of books in resource center and in rats nest above the gift shop. Filled with empty boxes!. But also 700 courthouse books and lots of [illegible] only 57 1979 histories left. Keith Koehler and Richard Carey helped me move boxes around to make count. Stopped at Lynn Lovells to choose frame for Blennerhassett print. Really exhausted. Copied 40 pages of Uncle Will Sheneman’s bicycle trip for Dave Decker.

Friday December 10th
Up at 5:30- Bath. David called at 6 and gave me directions to St John’s arena. I arrived there at 8:20 through fog and rain. 350th commencement of last class of the 20th century to quote Dr. Kirwan the president he should know the 20th century doesn’t end until December 31st 2000.
Josh’s B.A. degree is in industrial design. The only one of 1,200 graduates with that degree because the rest of his class graduated in June. Sun shining as we came out at 12. To High Street apartment where Josh and Jed have lived for the last three years during school. There to Florentine restaurant in Eastland Mall to meet up with Vaughn Wiester for lunch. Josh finally caught up with us about 1:15! Stopped at Sisson’s woodworking shop north of Waldo on way home and they have my cabinet together ready to finish. Daddy’s walnut table stripped and ready for satin finish. Nice clean workshop. Home by 5. Sorted papers. Lots of memories of 1980s.

Thursday December 9th
Scott and Spike here. Laying outside tile- installed fan light in living room and smoke detector. With Don Keil they moved pergola over White Oak stump. Don planted Minnie Colquit Iris David gave me. Put up a railing by northwest corner of house using scrap, vacuum the leaves. Paid him $100 and a box of candy for last four times he was here. Paid Scott. Total $27,017 including $1,372 for extras. I gave him $250 bonus and box of Campbell’s candy. Palace man picked up sofa and loveseat.

Wednesday December 8th
Royce here from 9:15 to 2. I dusted books and she replaced them on fireplace bookshelves. She cleaned all wood furniture. I did three loads of laundry and lots of sorting.

Tuesday December 7th
Ralph still painting when I left for Exec committee meeting. Made plans to poll board by mail on accepting elevator bid. Jane, Richard ate at Perkins with Mary and me. Saw Elaine Merchant there and Palace can use my sofa and loveseat. Jane anxious about meeting with “resolve differences” meeting at 7. To Office Depot and bought Mary a personal copier. Canon 400 $200