Living Like the Past

We continue our 1943 Diary Readings from two diaries, Lil and Bob and Lena and her son Richard.To read starting January 1st look in the menu Living Like the Past and scroll down to January 1st 2022 and you will find the beginning of this years diary readings.We are starting with Lil and Bob's Diary.Friday October 22, 1943. Fine day - Cleaned our sleeping room bath & hall worked Nuco - Bob had Car Serviced - Mrs. Pettygrew in P.M.Saturday October 23, 1943. Nice day, Baked Cookies & usual Saturday. housework - Bob home at 1-15.Sunday, October 24. Cloudy but no rain Bob up for the Chronicle. Mowed all lawns - the Marshalls all here all P.M.Monday, October 25. ......

We continue the diary readings of Lil and Bob and Lena and her son Richard. To read the diary readings from the beginning look back at the post from January 1, 2022. I type out the diary readings weekly and type them the way they are written, misspelling and all. We start with the diary of Lil and BobFriday, October 15, 1943 Fine day - Done the ironing & mending - Emma had operation at P. Hospital this a.m.Saturday, October 16. Fine day, but cool - Baked apple pies - Bob done the shopping Letter from Ada McKinneSunday, October 17. Light Shower last night - Bob up for Chronicle, got 50 lbs of ice - cut all lawns in P.M.Monday, October 18. Fierce w ......

Charles and I have been on the road quite a bit recently trying to get our Tiny house, Myrtle to where we can sleep over so it is not so hard on us and so much spending on gasoline.I do love the drive to Madge and Myrtle's. It is calming..As we turn on Roaming Horse Road we are going down towards the lake.We turn and twist different roads. This road we are about to turn on is Flying geese road.Flying geese bridge.And then we go up to higher ground above the lake.On Crepe Lane that leads to Myrtle. We have arrived at Myrtle, our little tiny house we are working on and looking out the door to a taunting task that I have this day. I am making steps into the hill so ......

We continue with the weekly diary readings of Lil and Bob and Lena and her son Richard. Friday, October 8, 1943. Clouds & Sunshine- Bob home early - Up Town for bread.Saturday, October 9. Fog in a.m. - Bob home early - Lena & Nancy Armbruster came in afternoon.Sunday, October 10, Fairly nice - Bob & the s. watering very busy in front yard also cut lawns.Monday October 11, Fine - Done the watering this week - Bob M- called - Bob cut & watered Emma's lawn also Clisbus. Tuesday October 12. Columbus Day - Fine- Wayne pruned berry bush - Bob home early - To Town to Shop - Ruby A called to A. to wish Bob goodbye.Wednesday October 13, Fine summer day- Do ......

Our house is over sixty years old and a good solid house but the doors in the house were not good quality. So Charles has been replacing the doors one by one and has been building some of our doors such as this linen closet door. He works on them as he has the time. I really like how he makes them.After I saw this picture that I took, I had second thoughts about posting it because I thought maybe I should organize the inside of the closet first but this is real life here and what this closet looks like at this time. It is actually stuffed because of organizing. I went around and collected all of the linens and put them in this closet so I could go back later ......

We continue to our two diaries. Lil and Bob and Lena and her son Richard.I type the diaries what they write including spelling....To read from the beginning go in the Menu and Click on Living like the past and find January 1, 2022 and that will be the beginning of the 1943 diaries.We start with Lil's diary.Friday, October 1, 1943. Fog till noon - Feeling Funk - Sore throat and cold.Saturday, October 2. Sick, Bob home all day with me- Richard & M- over in afternoon-Sunday, October 3. Fine day feeling some better.Monday, October 4. Fine day - some better but still very weak - Bob Marshall called - Bob cut Emm's lawn She is ill.Tuesday, October 5. Fine and warm - out door ......

First I would like to say that last week's diary readings were a mess and all jumbled up. Over 200 people had already read it that way before I realized there was a problem. We had been to the tiny house to do some work and I took a break and typed up the diary readings on my computer in notepad and saved it since I did not have internet. Well, it seems that when I copied and pasted it from note pad onto my blog admin after I got home, it ran it all together. I had never typed it in notepad and transferred it to the admin before. It was spaced and looked okay in my program but then obviously it was not. So I just learned something new. :)&nb ......

We had a break from posting with the diaries because one of our diary writers, Lena, was in the hospital, now we will be picking up from where we left off with both diaries. To read these diaries from the beginning of the diary, look on my blog in the menu, Living like the Past and search for January 1, 2022 post. I hope someday to get all of my diary posts listed on the sidebar. I do have some of the diaries in there now but I need to work on that quite a bit more. So now we pick up from where we left off with Lil and Bob's 1943 diary.Friday, September 17, 1943. SUnshine but cool - Done the ironing & mending- Bob home early.Saturday, September 18, Fine day - Bob home ......

It is not time to put the quilt on the bed but it will be soon. I have noticed while looking at this picture, that there needs to be a repair. At the top of the photo is a seam issue. I did not know this and now that will be on the front burner for mending day. I don't want anything to happen to my favorite quilt. Just a reminder that there are no diary posts until later in September. The season of summer has not changed here yet but it does seem like a good time to make some changes in preparing for fall. The summer has been too hot to work on the old woodworking shop and now seems like a good time to start working on it again. For those new he ......

Many post back I have spoken about stepping over an imaginary line. It is a powerful thing to do.With all that has gone on in this world and to me it seems to get crazier each day, many people become overwhelmed for many reasons. Some of us are walking around with fatigue, brain fog, disorganized homes, cranky children, cranky adults. Prices are going out of control and for many debt is rising. I am most concerned about the general behavior of people, never seen anything like it. I am happy for the people that are not having problems or discomfort but there just seems that more are than not.It comes down to we all have to deal with our i ......

Where we live here in the United States, it is still very hot during the month of August but by the middle of August there are some notable changes, the summer vegetables are at harvest or have already harvested. There is heavy foliage on the trees, the weeds have taken over because it has been too hot to go out and there is the feeling that a change will be coming.For me it is more in the mind, it is like a battle is ending, the battle of surviving the summer heat. My brain has shifted and given me a dose of energy to plant those late summer and early fall seeds. This time when they get close to harvest the cooling is beginning if not already begun. So plant ......

This weeks readings will be different as I mentioned in my last diary post. In our diary of Lena, she is in the hospital and her diary readings stopped for many weeks. Lil's posts are short so I am going to do all the diary posts up until Lena returns home from the hospital. I will continue here with the Diary of Lil and Bob. I will come back with Lil's diary readings on September 17, 1943.Friday, August 20, 1943. Nice day done some watering. Up to 3rd street store to shop - over to see Emma in eve- some cannery-Saturday, August 21. Fierce Cold wind - Sat cleaning, baked apple & B Pudding- Bob done the shopping - called on Mrs. HanaSunday, Aug 22. Coo ......

I put the lightweight Chenille spread back on the bed because it is still too warm for the blue blanket spread.I have been doing my best to remember my past and what we did when money was tight. With the increasing prices of most everything it is concerning how difficult this could get.I think about how far back we need to go to survive a possible economic crisis? If we live like we did when we first started off keeping house then we will be okay. Today many people do not know what this means. I have told the story about packing up our 1955 Ford with the little we had and driving off to Oklahoma to live near an air base that we were stationed.&nbs ......

We continue this weeks reading of Lil and Bob and Lena and her son Richard. If you missed last weeks readings, I accidentally left it in my draft and did not publish it to my blog. So there are two readings this week, just look back two posts and you will find it there.The diary of Lil and Bob Friday, August 13, 1943. Cool wind - done the 2 weeks washing - Bob home 1:15 kid gang in front yard all day. Saturday, August 14. Somewhat cloudy & a cold wind - Up town to shop & to Sonoma as Bob left his purse thing in overall pocket. Sunday, August 15. Cool day, very busy Pruned Monteray Pine, then to white creamery for dinner then Bob cut lawns.Monday, ......

So many things to do, the fall garden needs to be planted or at least prepare to plant. Just enough time to plant some late summer veggies, maybe.Charles is cleaning out and organizing his small work shop. The house reorganizing is slow and the more I pull out, the more decisions to make. It is the little stuff that is all over the place. Have you ever noticed that when your house is messy, it is not the big stuff, it is the little stuff.I have been painting again, above is a shelf cabinet Charles pulled out of his little shop, he is organizing too and when he decides to discard then he asks me if I want it. Of course I want it!Ground sausage with cabbage and ri ......

I just realized that last weeks diary readings were still sitting in my draft and did not publish. No one mentioned or asked about this and I did not notice. I just sat down to type this weeks reading and here this was sitting in draft. So there will be two readings this week, this one and the one I am getting ready to type. So I better get to work. We continue the 1943 diary reading of Lil and Bob and Lena and her son Richard. To read all the diary readings from the beginning look under Living like the past in my Menu and go back to January 1, 2022 and that will be where the first diary post is located.Now we pick up with this weeks reading of Lil and Bob. ......

Our simple life journey has given us a different perspective on so many things that I do not even know where to start but I do know where it has taken us.A casserole that we made that could be put into a lunch thermos for Charles lunch. I recently watched a British documentary from my computer about loneliness and how it is increasing worldwide. People that live alone, mothers with small children, people that have lost their spouse from death or divorce and young people.Our history studies and simple life has made it to where we can understand some of the problems that we see in our society.I thought about my collection of old diaries and one thing I have learned reading my many d ......

We continue the diary readings of Lil and Bob and Lena and her son Richard in the year of 1943. To read from the beginning look back on my blog under living like the past and go back to January 1st, 2022 to read the 1943 diaries. We continue with the reading of Lil's diary.Friday, July 30, 1943. Nice & cool - Done the ironing - made apple sauce - watered front lawn.Saturday, July 31. Nice cool day - cleaned up house made jello - Bob home early & done the shoppping - (ice)Sunday, Aug 1. Cool wind - Slept till 8 o-clock - Bob up for a Chronicle - cut front lawn. B.M. here in evening.Monday, Aug 2. Hot day 90 degrees 88 degrees watered back lawn all a.m. Nothi ......

We have been having our typical summer thunderstorms and hot and humid days. Even on the days that the temperatures have dropped the humidity makes it difficult to do much of anything that requires exerting. I am dreaming of cool weather and the need for a sweater, warm socks and blankets and snuggly pajamas and night gowns. I don't want to rush time because I am thankful for each day that I am still here but daydreaming of winter brings me happiness during this hot and humid time of year. It seems to me that we have been skipping spring and fall here in this part of the U.S. and have gone to two seasons, winter and summer. I fina ......

We continue with our diary readings of Lil and Bob and Lena and her son Richard. To read all of the diary readings for this year, go back to January 1, 2022 on this blog. This is the diary of Lil and BobFriday, July 23, 1943. Cold wind & Sunshine Baked apple pies - Bob says they are the best ever -Saturday, July 24. Sunshine but cold wind - walked up 3rd st. Stores. Cleaned up house a bit.Sunday, July 25. Fine day - Slept late- Bob up town for Chronicle cut front lawns.Monday, July 26. Warm day 96 degrees out on porch 88 degrees in house - Baked cookies - B.M. called in a.m.Tuesday, July 27. Another warm day 96 degrees & 88 degrees - ......