Tuesday morning
March 7, 1978
Dear Mom, Dad, and Mary Virginia,Hi! How does it feel for all of you to be back in New Vienna? I guess you left Arizona just before the floods. It has been raining here but not as much as in southern California and Arizona. The only thing we noticed that is flooded here is the road which goes past the Christmas Hill Park. It was closed on Sunday – the road, not the park but the only way into the park was to go around by the college and in from the westerly side.
We went to San Jose on Saturday and got Wendy a high chair at Gemco. It is a Peterson "tri-chair" as it converts to a youth chair and then sort of a kitchen stool if you take the arms off. She really likes to sit in it and eat or play. It has a large plastic tray with a rim around it so she can roll her ball around on the tray without it rolling out of her reach. It is a teddy bear pattern with blue pink and brown teddy bears on it. We priced some items in the grocery section and they were a few cents cheaper than in Gilroy but still more expensive than San Diego.
After Gemco we went to Eastridge Mall and wow was it crowded. It reminded me of Christmas shopping. We had lunch (at 3:00 P.M.) at the Worlds Fare and we had to stand in line at the Chinese place and then practically fight to get a table. We bought Wendy two new outfits at Macy's but that was all we bought there. We got her one yellow and white sleep & play suit for everyday and a pants suit with yellow flowers on a smock top for more dressy occasions. I'm going to have to get her more everyday type clothes plus some new sleepwear and t-shirts as she has almost reached the limit with the ones she has.
Then we went to a catalog store called "Best Products" which Cindy (the former Daytonian) had recommended. We picked up a catalog and bought a basketball. There are basketball courts in the school playground between 8th and 9th Streets. We went over last evening after Gerry got home from work and played for about 45 minutes. Wendy sat in her stroller and played with her keys very contentedly. It will be nice when daylight savings time starts and we will have even more time in the evenings.
There is a new ring in the dryer behind the other building now. It still falls out but at least it is in one piece and goes back in a little easier. The trouble now is that the dryer door does not want to close. This morning I had to slam it about 10 times before I finally got it to catch.
I took Wendy out for a walk in her other stroller yesterday so we could return the empty milk bottles and pick up some more milk. And her big stroller has the basket on the back to hold the bottles. But we got there and they were all out of the bottled milk. The lady said the truck was due in 45 minutes but I figured that was a little long to wait. Wendy doesn't ride in that stroller quite as comfortably. She bumped her head on the tray in front of her and then she got kind of fussy. She will probably be better in it when she can hold herself up a little better. Last week she sat up in the grocery cart while I did the shopping. At Safeway she sat up real well but when we got to Albertson's she was getting tired and she kept slumping over so we didn't stay too long.
I was going to call you this morning, Mother, but I didn't think of it until it was past 8:00. I'll try and think of it sooner tomorrow morning.
I've got to go and get the clothes out of the dryer now so I will finish this off. Hope to hear from you soon!
Love,
Catherine, Gerry
& Wendy
P.S. I'll mail you pictures soon.
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