Work Type: Trella Romine Diaries

Tuesday July 12th 1977

Signed contract with Conte for $4,211 for green textured aluminum siding including soffit, gutters, downspouts and shutters.

Monday, July 11, 1977
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Sunday, July 10, 1977
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Saturday, July 9, 1977
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Friday, July 8, 1977
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Thursday July 7th 1977 Sarah’s Birthday age 2 – 95 degrees 110 degrees on deck in sun.
Indigo Buntings hatched and female feeding them worms. Scolds when Al and Mark come close to getting house ready for paint by scraping. Helped Howard cut euonymus. In to get caulking a.m. and fixed sandwiches for a Al & Mark. Too hot to accomplish anything.
In to shop at 4. Called Pat O’Hara about inventory discrepancy, but he thinks it will work out- $8,000??!
To Green wedding at Grace Baptist and Laura had made round bouquets instead of cascades. Paid no attention to price. Bought 10 gallons of paint for house $112.

Wednesday July 6th 1977 99° on bank thermometer
Dental appointment at 10- no cavities. Wedding appointment at 11 Melody Zinn- no interest in flowers but her mother wants a big wedding. Picked up Mary & Rocky and mother at 12:30 to go to Forest for Dick Baker’s funeral at 1:30. Lunch at Dick’s house- cleaned to Perfection. Back to shop for 4:30 appointments. Called Doris, Don and Jill and came up with August 21st for the Hemmerly reunion.
Home at 8 and too hot to relax.

Tuesday, July 5, 1977
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Monday July 4th 1977
David tuned piano. Pancakes and sausage breakfast. In to parade about 12:30. David and Hink [Bob Hinklin] riding on an antique fire wagon with Dixieland band. Sarah enjoyed it all. She’s putting three and four words together.
Gave her birthday gifts yesterday. I’ll put $50 in savings account as usual. They left for Cincinnati right after parade. I came home and had nap and at 6:30 picked up funeral piece at shop and got mother and Mary & Rocky and went to Forest to call for Dick Baker. He died Sunday a.m.- been sick about six weeks- was almost 95 years old.

Sunday July 3rd 1977
in to do wedding and home at 2:30. Got food ready for picnic. David, Karen, Kids and Hink [Bob Hinklin] arrived about 4:15 along with Mother, Mary & Rocky. David brought $24 ham that we got right into the oven. Bernard, Mary & Carl, Paris and Helen, Margaret Ann and Garrison and Darren. Had three bowls of scalloped corn! Mary brought home made ice cream. Tried to eat on patio- no mosquitoes but black bugs drove us inside.
David brought Laurel and Hardy and Abbott and Costello movies. Erickson’s out to see them. I had planned to show Philippines slides, but didn’t have a chance!