10/3/1983: Only 8 people showed up for Stephen’s softball game tonight but they actually won. The other team didn’t have their regular pitcher and gave up about 30 walks!
10/4/1983: Today was the first Epicurean meeting of the year. We made pasta. We had regular noodles, spinach noodles & tortellini & 3 kinds of sauces. I stuffed myself. Instead of eating for 2, I ate for about 6!
10/5/1983: Michael has been sick today. While we were taking Stephen to work, Michael lost his breakfast. I had hoped that it was just too much bacon but later he got rid of the little bit of lunch he had. I hope it’s not the flu.
Tonight at church we voted to sell the property.
10/8/1983: We tried to potty train Peter today. He was upset when Stephen took Michael & left him here but soon calmed down when he realized he would get treats. We didn’t have a lot of success. The only thing that happened was that he got sick from too much juice!
10/9/1983: We had Beulah Heaton over for lunch today. She is very interesting to talk to.
We had some success with Peter today. This evening he had a BM in the toilet and later went on his own to urinate.
10/11/1983: Joel Schroeder came over this evening to tell Stephen that he had been chosen for the all-star softball team. Stephen can hardly contain his excitement. He is like a little kid.
10/14/1983: We are spending the weekend at Grandma and Grandpa Barr’s hours. We didn’t leave home until 4:45 so didn’t arrive until 9:00. We are tired but the boys are all wound up.
10/16/1983: We have had trouble with the car. When we got to Pass Roble, it was making a horrible sound so we decided to return to my folks house. About 20 miles later the noise stopped but by then it was too late to turn back around & go home.
10/17/1983: We got up at 5:00 this morning so we could back in time for Stephen’s 11:00 class.
Stephen’s all star game was tonight. He was given the wrong starting time so showed up late. He did fairly well but the team still lost.
10/18/1983: The boys like to pretend they are singing with a microphone. I asked Michael if he had a microphone and he said yes. But when I asked Peter he said “no,” he had a “Peterphone.”
10/19/1983: I got an allergy shot today & it was the worst I’ve had in a long time. My arm is swollen & hot from my elbow to ¾ the way to my shoulder. I hope this doesn’t start a regular thing again.
10/20/1983: They finally came to spray for ants today. I sure hope it works!
Stephen took the boys to the office tonight and then to “Donald Duck’s” to spend their Halloween dollar.
The washing machine has gone on the fritz.
10/21/1983: I went to the OB today. Apart from slightly low blood pressure everything seems to be just fine. The boys had to go with me because Stephen had a meeting. Michael got to listen to the heartbeat & was fascinated but Peter didn’t want to listen.
10/28/1983: Stephen finally went to the doctor about his dizziness. It turns out that he has walking pneumonia and an inner ear infection. When I found that out, I went to the doctor & I have the same thing though not so severe.
