Dear Mother, Dad, and Mary,
Hi! Nice talking to you on Friday, Mother, and Congratulations to Mary on her singing at the fair.
We went down the river Saturday with another couple who live just down the street from us. That made it convenient and they are alot more reliable than Jeff & Shirley who either don't know what they are doing until the last minute or are several hours late. We bought sandwiches at the Deli and took some soda and chips and had a picnic on the river.
Yesterday Gerry and I worked at the Elks for a few hours. I worked on the bookkeeping and Gerry ran the addressograph machine addressing the monthly bulletins and also a set of envelopes for the letters they are sending out about the 25th anniversary. There are about 840 names on the mailing list. The cooking for Thursday night will be easier this week as they served stew on Saturday night before the hobo dance and had alot left over so we'll be serving stew. I'll probably fix a salad to go with it and have garlic bread or rolls. So that won't be much work at all.
Saturday night we had sort of a party for DeeDee. We had fondue which Wendy thought was really neat. She wanted to have fondue again last night. We also had a cake decorated for DeeDee -- alot of decoration and it said "Deanna". It was angel food (which she had expressed as her favorite kind) with strawberry icing. We did it this weekend as next weekend we have filled up with alot of other stuff like Gerry has to work on Saturday and then has a district Elks meeting on Sunday. DeeDee will leave from Redmond at 3:50 on Monday the 31st. Gerry will take the afternoon off from work but I doubt that I will as that is the day that my new assistant is starting. She has about an hour layover in San Francisco where she changes from Republic to Western and then arrives in San Diego about 8:45.
Yesterday afternoon we went to Oma & Millard Eakin's 50th Wedding Anniversary. They are the couple that lived across from us at the apartments and sort of adopted Wendy. It was held at the church and they had quite a turn out. It was held from 2-5 and their daughter sang at 3:00 and 4:00. She had a nice voice but I couldn't understand a word.
Everything is going fine at the library. I had my first two days without Barbara [my predecessor who retired] on Thursday and Friday and the place held together. It is quit a shock to the patrons to see a new face as Barbara had been there since 1964 I think and Helen (the asst. who also retired) has been there 10 years. The hardest part for me at the beginning is ordering books as I have to get familiar with what is being put out and also familiar with what people here like to read. There is also quite a backlog of gift books and other miscellaneous things that have just been stuck on a shelf in the backroom. I'd like to get them under control.
I will be glad to get Wendy back in Day Care next week. The disciplined and more structured environment will be good for her. Also it should help her disposition. She hasn't been taking a nap this summer at least not with regularity and then she gets cranky and unreasonable. She will be changing into the four-year-old class during September which will be a change for her also.
Well, I better close and see if there is anything else I need to do around here before going to work.
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