TERRY
Terry had a restless night but she has read the paper and is awake watching TV. I do not know BUT if I were a betting person I would say she may nap this afternoon. She did use the walker yesterday to get to the living room and back to her bed so there is progress I would say. Six weeks ago I felt she would be walking with a cane by now but that darn fall did not help matters so now my goal is for her to be walking with a cane by the time I turn 74 in late January!
Here was my breakfast this morning. I woke about 7:00. I got the paper and took the sports section out to read and placed the rest on the bed for Terry. I then made myself this sandwich and put the hot water on for my FP. I had checked the tennis schedule and saw that I played at 9:00. As I finished my sandwich it was 7:45 and the phone rang. John said they were waiting for me!!! Well I got to the courts at about 7:55 (I drove the car) and informed the guys that we were scheduled for 9! Why they all showed up at 7:30 I have no idea! Being we were really scheduled for 9:00 we were able to play into that time slot so we did get a full 90 minutes of tennis in. Julius and I ended up winning 6-1 and 6-1. It was one of those days when our shot landed just inside the line and theirs ended up just outside the line. It did take me a while to get over a full stomach!!!
December 24, 1954
Dave and I scrambled out of bed in the dark as it was Christmas Eve Day and we were excited. We had helped Mom make lefse yesterday so we knew we were in for treats. Mom said, as we dressed and started for the farm that she would have pancakes with chokecherry jam on when we finished milking. It was a quick milking time this morning. Most of the time we would kind of dilly dally with the cats etc but this morning we were in a hurry. It seemed just a short time that we were finished and into the entry way where the separator was. Mom assured us that we did have cream from the day before so we would not have to use warm cream on the pancakes. As we finished eating we kind of eyed the top of the cupboards as that was where the presents were. We knew there was no use in asking if we could open then early as that had been tried in years past and it just did not work. So Dave and I sat in the living room and planned out the day. There could be sleding down the hill behind the out house as the snow was well packed and the ride down to the dam was FAST. There was also the card games, board games and more to do. Dad had said that we could open presents kind of late afternoon as we were going to Grandma and Grandpa Lee's for Christmas dinner. We kept ourselves busy all morning and into the afternoon but we kept going back into the kitchen looking at the presents above the cupboards. Finally about 4:00 Mom said the presents could come down and we could open them one by one. As we opened them there were more puzzles, more games and some socks as well. We were excited as the games were always fun. After opening the gifts we piled into the car and headed to Grandma and Grandpas as Halvors were be there as well. There we would have lutefisk, lefse and there would be one present for each of the kids. AND we could count on several different kinds of cookies that Grandma made and it seemed like at Christmas there was NO limit as to the number we could eat. After we ate and opened the one gift it was games outside. There would be hide and seek in the buildings and even into the pasture to the south. There was also a hill that we could slide down. After an hour or two outside it was inside again where Mom, Elta and Grandma would have hot coco for all. THEN, as the evening got long we would often get tired and want to go home but as one could guess Dad, Halvor, Grandpa and Elta were well into a card game so it was play more games until they were finished or curl up on Grandpa and Grandma big bed and fall asleep until the adults were finished. As we gathered in the cold car to head home Christmas seemed like kind of the best time of the year!
Here it is 11:00 and time to sign off but I do have that FP that was left on the counter when I hurried to tennis and that will be heated up and enjoyed for the rest of the morning.
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