April
1986
Sally
was tending Zac now, and Jennifer George was watching Amanda (her daughter Kendra was Manda's friend)
1
- Went and looked at Sue & Stan Rees home
2
- Keysto was born
6
- General conf.
7
- Broke ground for our new house
8
- roller skating for Amanda's birthday
11
- Roger Auction
11
- poured footing for our new house
21
- poured foundation for house
23
- rough plumbing, backfill foundation
24
- layed b-board & some coils
27
- finished laying coils
28
- fixed road & backfilled
April
2, 1986 (This is a note Veloy wrote to Frank and Flora Tonks, her parents)
Dear
Mom and Dad, just a note to let you know that we are all fine. I caught a bug last week and was off work for
two day (Tuesday and Wednesday) but took it easy, kept myself doctored up good,
and am feeling fine now. I felt a sore
throat and stuffy head coming on Monday while I was at work and by Tuesday
morning I was out of it. I thought for
sure I was going to end up with that darn cough, but it was gone by
Friday. We enjoyed having Mark and Wayne
with us, but was sorry when they cut their visit short. Like Mark said, all they really came for was
the motorcycle and since they were both running short of money decided to go
home early. They also discovered that
thing were quite crowded down here with the schools out for Easter vacation. Erika and her friend Laurie Clay seemed to
have a good time. They went up to
Hollywood Friday and then stopped at Universal Studios. We had planned to got o Sea World Saturday,
but Erika had an upset stomach and so we visited the Swap Meet and then Erika,
Laurie and Tonya went to the Movieland Wax Museum While they were gone I took a nice long nap
(it really helped). After supper we went
down to Redondo Pier so Laurie could get some souvenirs. Sunday we attended church and after dinner
went to the beach where the girls waded in the ocean. After another nap for all of us and supper,
they left for Utah about 6:15 p.m.
Erika surely hated to leave and can hardly wait until this summer. Tonya will be leaving today (Wednesday) before
we get home from work with the Mutual for General conference in Utah. She hopes to come up to Morgan either Friday
or Saturday, but doesn't know what her plans are from there. After attending conference on Sunday morning
they will leave for California. Erika
brought Amanda's birthday present back with her. We sure hate missing all of the family get
togethers. Lee and I both like it out
here but are finding that we are getting anxious for the end of August to get
here Gwen told us that they have
cleaned and tilled the garden, and of course Lee wishes he was back in Morgan
for the planting season. Mark should be
well into college at Weber by now. Hope
thing works out for him. We received a
letter from El Camino college congratulating him on his fine work there and
acknowledging him as an Honor Student.
We were really pleased and hope he will do as well at Weber. He can do it if he will just keep up with his
studies. We haven't talked to Dixie and
Paul since they got back from seeing the new baby. I suppose if there had been any trouble with
the earthquake and the volcano we would have heard about it. I guess we won't be seeing you until the end
of August as we have no leave accumulated until about then. Take good care of yourselves and tell
everyone HELLO! We love both of you very
much and miss you alot. Love, Lee,
Veloy and Tonya
(Approximately
April 1986 - Lee Dickson sent a note to Gwen and Rog, telling them how to plant
different things in the garden - He drew pictures and everything)
Potatoes
- Make ditch with tiller, and furrower attachment. After potatoes are up high enough so you do
not bury them.
Corn
- Space rows about 30 inches apart.
furrow made with hoe (space about 3-4 inches. Thin to 6-8 inches after growing well. Make the Furrow and drop seeds. Water furrow
if ground is dry (before you put sees in)
Make a second furrow next to the first.
This will cover the seeds. I have
had trouble with root weevil. In the
storage shed on a shelf above the work bench is a plastic gallon jug with the
insecticide in it. There is also a pint bottle with holes punches in the lid. The
whole corn patch should not take over a cup (or less) Use the pint bottle to sprinkle into 2nd furrow. It must not be directly on seeds.
(Be careful. Do not breath dust. It is very poisonous Then fill furrow with rake. When corn is up,
make shallow watering row by pulling dirt toward corn from either side with a
rake. You could wait till corn is up
before applying the insecticide. What
ever suits you best. Keep the kids away
when you use the insecticide.
Peas
- No more than 1 inch deep - spaced about 1 inch
Carrots
- Barely covered - Keep damp till up.
Rows 24 inches apart
Good
luck, Love, Dad
April 23, 1986
April 29, 1986
Well,
it rained all last week and we won't be able to get the basement poured before
the house gets framed. Neil Boyce back
filled the front and sides today and also fixed the road a bit, and the
culvert. Hope this nice weather
stays. I made chicken noodle soup
tonight and strawberry shortcake last night.
I was supposed to go to Inservice tonight, but Rog didn't get home in
time. I didn't really feel like going
anyway. I feel out of place with all the
ladies. They are not like me. None of them work, and they all have husbands
who are active in the church. I don't
really have any close girl friends outside of work. Sometimes it's lonely. But then I'm not really an outgoing
person. I'm hard to get close to. I'm really insecure. I shouldn't be, but that's just me. I will try harder. I'll go on always, and hope and pray I can do
my best. I need to if I want to be happy forever. Sometimes I feel so awful, so inadequate, not
good enough. But it's okay, I'll go on
for as long as it takes.
