January 1 - January 6, 1974-1978

1974

Tue – Slept late. Had left over hoagies for lunch. Stan worked at shop. Watched football on TV. Felt lousy.

Wed- Kids back to school. Washed clothes. Mended. Called Marion. Baked cho. chip cookies. Went to store. Drove Dave to bus terminal. Stan helped Bill with truck.

Thu – School. Ice everywhere. Buses 2 hrs. late. Took down Christmas tree & decorations. Stored. Kids moved furniture. Light snow & ice. Watched TV.

Fri – School. Cleaned living room & kitchen. Went to dentist (Dr. Charlton ($8.00) Went to store. Had roast beef. Stan & I played ping-pong. Called Stella.

Sat – Washed clothes. Stan worked at shop. Made pies & made stuffed peppers. Elaine had Heather here to babysit. Watched TV & read.

Sun – Read paper. Elaine washed clothes & gathered stuff. Made beef stroganoff. Took Elaine back. Greg & Harry came too. Light snow. Kids got baths.

1975

Wed – Slept late. Made ice tea & chicken soup. Watched football on TV. Penn State 41 – Baylor 20. USC 18 – Ohio St. 17. Notre Dame 13 – Alabama 11. Cut kids hair. Kids got baths.

Thu – Kids back to school. Washed clothes. Took down tree and all Christmas decorations. Went to store. Tired. Marion called. Stan & Frank went to shop.

Fri – School. Cleaned living room, etc. Took Dave to bus station. Stan went to Hydro-Carbide. Cleaned kitchen & bath. Went to store. Pd K-Mart. Called Priscilla Austin.

Sat – Washed clothes. Ivan got & painted box to keep things. Frank went with Stan to shop (in morn.) Fixed cheese on toast. Rested. In even. Went to Grants for credit on bill & Krogers. Called Carol & Florence Ashton.

Sun – Nice day. Took shower. Read paper. Took hike with Kevin, Julie & Ivan. Went to McKee’s Hill. Very muddy. Kids played football. Made cherry pies. Kids got baths. Stella & Bill stopped late.

Mon – School. Washed clothes. Swept & mopped cellar. Got call from Mr. Kloack about Frank. Elaine & Don came. Elaine washed clothes. Talked . Served cherry pie & coffee.

1976

Thu – Slept late. Harry & Ivan stayed up all night. Watched football on TV. Carol & Jim came. Elaine & Mary called. Arkansas 24 – Georgia 10. UCLA 23 – Ohio St. 10. Oklahoma 14 – Michigan 6.

Fri – Bill picked up Harry to Oakland library. Went to store. Made chicken soup & pies. Elaine & Dottie came for supper & eve. Washed clothes. Got Dave from work.

Sat – Took down all Christmas decorations & X-mas tree. Light snow. Buildt fire. Stan worked on ditch around shop. Started sleeve on Harry’s sweater.

Sun – Cold. Read paper. Watched Steelers beat Oakland 16-10. Dallas beat Los Angeles 37-7. Stan buildt fire. Kids got baths. Tried cooking potato peels.

Mon – School. Washed clothes. Swept & mopped cellar. Called Eleanor & Mary. Mary going to Louisiana. Changed sheets. Dan came. Told about patent returned.

Tue – School. Went to bank. Wouldn’t cash check (NSF). Went to store. Dave took car 1-10. Made stuffed peppers. Ivan home sick. Car over-heated.

1977

Sat – Watched Pitt 27 – Georgia 3 game. Made soup. Eleanor called. Aunt Lavina here. Carolyn & Bill came for heating coil. USC 14 – Michigan 6. Called Dave. Ohio State beat Colorado.

Sun – Slept late. Read paper. Stan got milk & let Harry practice drive on Subaru. Stan, Julie & I went to Eleanor’s to see Aunt Lavina. Had late supper. Played cards. Dave came.

Mon – School. Snow. Washed clothes. Swept & mopped cellar. Changed sheets. Took down X-mas cards. Played cards. Dave stopped for clothes. Took icicles off tree.

Tue – School. Went to store. Took down X-mas tree & decorations. Stan took Ivan to dental clinic & Siegel’s. Kids got report cards – good grades. Called Eleanor. Gave hair cuts.

Wed – School. Cleaned kitchen cupboards. Ground bread crumbs. Ivan brought home golden kitty. Played cards. Made apple cake.

Thu – School. Washed clothes. Went to Clairton. Got milk & shampoo. Washed golden kitty. Marion called. Played cards with kids. Made fudge.

1978

Sun – Slept late. Made hoagies again. Marion called. Denver 20 – Oakland 17. Had pork roast & sauerkraut.

Mon – No school. Washed clothes. Swept. Frank mopped. Changed sheets. Mrs. O. came up – visited. Watched football. Mary called.

Tue – School. Hard to get up. Frank looked for work. Went to store. Made pudding cake, gr. pepper casserole, chick tenders. Buildt fire. Played cards. Took down tree.

Wed – School. Felt terrible – bad cold. Read. Mrs. Z. called. Tried to clean oven – stuff no good. Harry went back to school & Stan back to shop. Played poker.

Thu – School. Drove Greg to work & Frank to McKeesport. Went to bank & store. Cleaned oven. Washed clothes. Kids had basketball game. Stan went back to shop.

Fri – School. Julie home sick. Felt lousy. Frank helped clean. Marion called. Called Carol. Went to store. Dave came. Took Ivan & Frank with him. Julie got sick during night.