October
1980
2
- Mandy started on meats
4
- Buy Goldfleck hunting permit
7
- Temple class
8
- Homemaking
I
am cleaning Loosli's home on Thursdays
10
- Amanda's doctor's appt. 14 pounds 12
ounces 25 inches long
11
- taco party
14
Deanne & Malan Johnson get married
17 - visiting teaching
18
- deer hunting
28
Relief Society Work night
October
1, 1980
Boy
I can't believe it's October already.
Time sure goes by fast. I can't
remember if I told you this, but Roger and I made a deal about 2 weeks
ago. We got on the scales and I weighed
about 141 pounds, and he weighed 135 pounds.
Well I just felt terrible, and so we got talking about it and we decided
that if I could lose down to 125 pounds, that Roger would quit smoking cold
turkey! Well you can imagine how excited I was, and from that day on I have
kept to a very strict diet, and I've been exercising also. Guess what!?
I'm down to 130 pounds. I'm so
excited for the day when I'll weigh 125
pounds and Roger will then quit smoking!
Hurrah!! He is still at work now,
and it's 10:52 p.m. He should be home
anytime now. All last night he suffered
and had a toothache. Finally at 3 a.m.,
he took a Percodan and it zonked him out.
This morning I called and made him a dentist appointment. Roger went over and Dr. Crowther did a root
canal ($75.00), we don't have insurance,
but Rog just can't suffer all the time. The Ensign came in the mail
yesterday. I just love reading all the
stories and articles. I'm helping to
make a Quiet Book for the Election Dinner and Bazaar on the 4th of November. Debi Rees is in charge, and she's getting
different women to help her. She is so
nice. Her little new baby is just a
month old today. They named her
Allison. She sure is cute. She reminds
me of Amanda! In Relief Society, they
gave us empty garment boxes, and we're suppose to decorate them any way we
want, and there will be a prize given for the best one. I'm really excited about doing mine, and I
hope that maybe it might take 1st. (it didn't)
Roger's Aunt Shanna can take ordinary snap shots and transfer them onto
material. So I'm getting a picture of
the temple and putting it on the lid, and then I'll write "Families are
Forever" across it. Then I'm
putting pictures of Roger's family, my family, & Ambure and Amanda and me and Rog's wedding picture
around the sides. I hope it'll look
nice. I'm also starting to let my
fingernails grow long again. Heck it's
been almost a year!! Mandy's got a
doctor's appointment on the 10th for her 6 month checkup. She's doing really well, but she doesn't
nurse all that much anymore, so I'll have to ask Dr. Gardner about her
feedings. I suppose I'll be starting her
on meats pretty soon also. She is
growing so fast . I bet she's almost 15
pounds and 25 inches now. Maybe not? I've got Tacos in the warmer for Roger when
he gets home. I wish he'd hurry! Mark came over tonight and watched TV with
Manda and me. Mom and Dad went to the
temple. Erika and Tonya were down at Whimpeys.
Well, maybe I'll plug in a Paul Dunn tape and try to go to sleep.
October
3, 1980
Boy
it's 12:28 a.m. and I'm dead tired! I
was hoping Roger would get home before now, but I'm too tired to wait up any
longer. Tonight I worked on my Quiet
Book, and it's coming along really good.
I went over to mom's for supper, and then I came home and did 3 loads of
wash and fixed Roger some hamburger soup.
It's in the crock pot now. Mandy
is such a sweetheart. I love her so
much! She's getting bigger and more
grown up everyday. I've really been
keeping up my exercises good! My
fingernails are getting long also.
Looslis got home yesterday from Portland. They had a fun time, and on
November 7th they're taking off for Mexico.
I've been invited to join the Morgan Valley Chapter of the Utah
Homemakers Association. Linda McClellan
is president, and I'm pretty excited.
I'd like to write more but I'm beat.
October
13, 1980
I
haven't been writing lately because I've usually waited up for Roger and then I
forget. This past week I've been working
on my Quiet Book for the ward Bazaar. I got it all done and it's pretty cute. Normally I'd want to keep it, but I repaired
2 books that mom had, and that will do.
Well I've been on my diet for almost a month and I've lost 11
pounds. I'm down to 130 pounds. Only 5 more to go until Roger will quit
smoking!! HURRAH!! I've done my
exercises faithfully for 2 1/2 weeks. I
can't remember when I ate my last dessert, it's been so long. Mandy has been
acting very strange these past 2 weeks.
She's been waking up 2 or 3 times a night, and has about 10 bowel
movements a day. I switched her off
meats, and her mixed cereal, and I'm making sure she eats 3 good meals a day.
She slept pretty good last night. I hope
tonight is as good. If she doesn't
improve in a week, then I'm putting her on the bottle, because I'm afraid that
my dieting has ruined the quality of my milk.
I took Mandy to the doctor Friday and she got her 3rd and last shot for
awhile. Amanda weighed 14 pounds, 12
ounces, and was 25 inches long. Since
she's been born she has gained an average of 2 pounds and 1 inch a month or
every 2 months. Here is a record:
Birth
6lbs 8oz.
1
mo 8lbs 10 oz
2
mo 10lbs 4 oz
4mo 12lbs 14oz
6mo 14lbs 12oz
She
is such a good-natured baby we love her so much!! Lynette and Randy had Sommer blessed
yesterday. I went down and watched, then
we went to the Sizzler and ate after.
Roger went to work. It's 10:30
and he isn't home yet. I hope he's
alright. It's suppose to snow at the
5000 foot level tonight
October
15, 1980
Well,
I'm pretty proud of myself. For the past
3 nights, I've read the Book of Mormon faithfully. If I keep in mind that I'm only reading 2
pages a night, I usually end up reading more, but at least the thought of it
isn't so bad. I'm beat. It's 10:35 p.m. and Rog isn't home yet. It's rained and snowed on and off all day
long.
October
16, 1980
It's
10:00 p.m. and I'm not too tired, and I thought I'd sit down and write. Roger is still at work, and for the last 4
hours I've been making Hamwiches. It is
Janie Whimpey's recipe. They look like
crescent rolls with pressed ham inside.
The dough is seasoned. They're
for Roger to take deer hunting. He's
going up tomorrow night, and will stay Saturday night also. He'll be coming home Sunday for work. I'm kinda nervous to stay alone, but I guess
I will anyway. Today I found out that
I've been accepted to work at I.R.S. I'm
happy, but I don't want to leave Mandy.
I'm sticking to my weight of 130 pounds, but I can't seem to get any
lower. It's getting kind of depressing.
I guess I better end and do my exercises.
I've been very faithful with them.
Everynight for 3 weeks.
October
24, 1980
Roger
still isn't home from work yet, and it's
10:40 p.m. and tomorrow he's going hunting again with Bruce and Linda up Sheep
Canyon. Roger got a deer last weekend (a
spike). He tagged it with my tag. So he's using his tag this time. Amanda has been sick again. these last few
days. She threw up really bad Tuesday
night, (I figured out later, that it was honey that made her sick. You
aren't supposed to give honey to a baby under 2-years old) and she's
getting over it slow but sure. I really think
I'm losing my milk for sure this time.
Mandy's sleeping really rotten at nights, and I wish I could tell
whether she's spoiled or hungry. I'm
going pray about it tonight and see if that will help. Well I'm down to 126 pounds. I'm really excited. I just hope Roger sticks to his end of the
bargain. I'd really love to get down to
115 maybe by Christmas. I'm doing my
exercises very regular every night and it only takes about 10 min. I'm watching the news and I'm just reminded
that the American hostages that have been held in Iran for almost a year, are
finally suppose to be released this Sunday and Monday. This is partially due to the war between Iraq
and Iran. Vivian Mellott and I went
visiting teaching today. We caught Suzanne Carrigan, Evelyn Palmer, and Chris
Carrigan home. Well the elections are
coming up on November 4th. I'm still not
sure who I want for President of the United States. Ronald Reagan, or Jimmy Carter. Amanda is such a little sweetheart, I love
her so much!! I sure wish she wasn't
sick. I hate to see her so onry. She is usually so good.
