Dear Mother and Daddy,
Your letter came Monday. We were glad to here that Daddy is better and home again. It was nice talking to you Friday night too. Were you in bed? I figured that daddy would be after you said he just came home that day. I could hear you so clearly.
Make sure that daddy goes back for his checkup in a couple weeks. I am so glad that his sugar is under control.
Loretta is working at Boeings in Seattle. She works in the deductions office. I don’t know about Bruce though. He didn’t work Friday and yesterday he didn’t bring the baby up so we stopped up there to see if she was sick as she wasn’t feeling well Monday when she was here, and Bruce was home, again. He hasn’t worked since last Thursday and didn’t say if he was taking his vacation or what. I don’t know how much she will pay me. She hasn’t paid me yet.
Diane is such a stinker. Sometimes I think I could gladly wring her neck. The other night when I took Helen Jo home, I left Diane and Cindy here doing the dishes. When I came home they had finished the dishes and were all ready for bed. I decided that they must have hurried with the dishes for a change. The next morning Mark pulled the curtain back to watch Harold drive out, and I noticed that a pane of the window was broken and cracked all to pieces. When they got home from school I asked both Diane and Cindy who did it. Both said that they didn’t know, but Diane looked too innocent as usual. I finally found out that Diane had thrown the yard stick through it while playing Indian. Margie gave me a bib holder she had bought for Karen. I wanted to use it this morning so when I picked it up I noticed that one end of it was all apart. She had broken the thing and pulled the spring out and lost it. Of course she said that she didn’t know anything about it. Then after a [word missing] she says “but I didn’t do it yesterday” as though it made any difference which day she did it.
Last Saturday Dale had to work. It was a pretty week-end and didn’t rain. Sunday I went to Church. Margie and Loretta neither one got up in time. After Church we went out to Margies place that burned down. They had some canned stuff out there in the pump house they said that we could have. They had a nice location out there and the cutest little creek. They sold the creek with the part of the property they sold though. Now they have a rented place in Bellevue until they can get their project house moved which might be sometime as they have to have a building permit, and before the county will issue one they have to pass a drainage test for the septic tank. Last week though they failed the test. Of course the rain didn’t help the water to drain off.
Monday, October 31, 1955
Well, I didn’t get this finished last week. George came over and borrowed the typewriter and said that he would bring it back on Sunday, but he didn’t so last night I went over and got it.
Margie moved Saturday. Of course it rained all day. The other people moved in Sunday. They seem to be nice. I think they are from the South though. By the way, I went to Kent Saturday evening after Dale and Loretta got home from work. Loretta went with me, and I was talking to that Mr. Murray in the dime store. He used to live here you know. He said that there is a pool out in front. Just a little pool. I told Dale that so yesterday he went out and found it. I didn’t let him uncover it though. Maybe next Spring I will. Mr. Murray said that it isn’t very deep. He also told me who owns the lot over here next to Blooms, you know the empty one next to 5h3 garage. It is someone he knows who now lives in Walnut Creek, California. He said that he would look up his address for me. He says that the lot goes clear down to the lake. I certainly hope that we can get hold of it. He said that he had had it up for sale at one time, but didn’t know how much the fellow wanted.
Yesterday I went to Church. We had Cindy’s birthday dinner. She received cards from Lottie and Art, and one from Lottie’s kids last week. dales mother sent her a Punch and Judy pop-up book and a pin, and we got her a skirt without straps and a stripped sweater that matches it. Of course she had to wear that to school today. I will have to get them some hats for Sundays. They had some pretty ones at Murrays. They have either velveteen or angora knit and both are embroidered with pearls. They are 2.98 though. Did I tell you that Elyce goes to Sunday school. I shortened that plaid taffeta dress that I made for Diane about 5 years ago and she is wearing that to Sunday school.
Karen stands alone in the teeter-babe, and jumps up and down. She certainly is active.
How is daddy feeling? Did you go to Simons reception? How was it? What size shirt does daddy wear? Has he mentioned anything that he would like that maybe you don’t think is necessary, but that he would like to have? Does he still want that branch saw? If so let me know and I will send you the money and you can get it for him from us for Christmas. Margie had the Montgomery Christmas catalog and I looked at it. It certainly had some nice things in it. Did you get one?
Well, there isn’t any news, so I guess that I will close. I went to the P.T.A. Meeting last Thursday night with Mrs. Salter. She said Diane is having trouble with her arithmetic, and Cynthia with her spelling. Neither will bring any home to study. They always say that they forget. How are you feeling mother. I’ll bet that the house looks nice all painted. What color are you going to paint the bedroom? Did you have any company over the week-end? Loretta had a letter from Mary, and she said that she guessed that she would come out here againjust so that she could have the trip back home, that was so nice.
Lots of love,
Patricia
