Category: Trella Diaries

Monday December 6th
Ralph’s painting in new room. Finish coat and wood work. Also bookcase by fireplace. Picked up more tile at Nu-Supply.

Sunday December 5th
Resting day. Jane and I to Randy Winland’s for supper and to see his marvelous collections.

Saturday December 4th
Slept on sofa. David copied some CBB selections on tape for me to give to Elaine Merchant (Palace manager.) Walked around his garden. Clipped holly for me and pulled starts of his small leaved ivy and gave me Minnie Colquit Iris. Home same way in 2 hours and 40 minutes. Stopped at Nicholls to check color of green chair already ordered with sofa. Okay. Paid with MasterCard as I’ll have more money in January than now. Home at 4. Nice email from Kristy. Temperature 60° Sunny spring like.

Friday December 3rd
Ralph painting. Finish coat, Scott and Spike did TV. Computer wire, finished railing on side porch. Reprogram garage door opener, put up hooks to hang Christmas wreath and hung the shutters that were here. I left at 2. Stopped at Nicholls and ordered tapestry covered lazy boy sofa. To Cincinnati via route for 68, 380 and I-71. Stopped at Young’s dairy for sandwich and Sundae. To Emory Hall with Haldemans for Cincinnati Brass Band concert. David’s playing first trombone and intro’d the Disney Suite. Remembering his childhood listening to the tunes he said “This is for you, Mom.” All of us Karen and Dave, Josh, Jed, Susannah and I went to LaRosa’s Pizza on me. $32 plus tip.

Thursday December 2
No entry

Wednesday December 1st
Took stuff to Huber museum for Christmas by candlelight at fairgrounds. To Waldo to look at sofas at grohl’s. More expensive and none I liked. Also looked at highland fieri in old cervix building.

Tuesday November 30th
Scott and new helper finished interior trim.
Ralph not working. Made up baskets of candy and got white elephant stuff for Huber Museum sale.

Monday November 29th
Scott didn’t work. Ralph Hedges to paint interior. Spent day getting 7:30 annual meeting MCHS ready. Got aflue shot at Health Dept at hospital. To Marion to recycle, looked at sofas at Nicholls, ate with Mary at Bob Evans, shopped at Meijer. To Heritage hall for annual meeting all officers and trustees re-elected except Madge Guthrie refused another term. Helen Kaufman’s for her. Not a good slate of trustees. No future presidents. R. Carey didn’t announce renewal of Jane’s contract. Kathi and Bob in La Jolla for evaluation of Bob at Scripps.

Sunday November 28th 42° Sunny
Called Becky Sisson and set up Wednesday night to come see closet for a design. Called Opal Clutter with condolences. Roger had enlarged heart since birth. Called Kathi. Not herself. E-mailed her events of yesterday. Fed birds, had bath, ate. Called Mary and loafed.

Saturday November 27th
Cleaned up kitchen and baked spaghetti. David picked up Vaughn Wiester in Columbus and they came to Marion for Del’s funeral. Out here at 12:15. Had lunch and they stripped living room of all of its personality and stored it in boxes in guest and my bedrooms. David Dug Ostrich Fern and trilliums for his garden. Time too short- left at 3:30. Vaughn still a [illegible]. Printed out digital pix of we three for him.. David fixed computer program so I can use Win-TV. It was freezing the mouse.