Wed., Oct. 23, 1991
No matter how hard I try, I don't think I'll ever get caught up with anything again, especially my writing. Even when Elizabeth takes a longer nap there are so many things I need to get done that I don't know where to start or I get sidetracked from one thing to another and don't get much of anything accomplished. Seems like I just keep doing the same things over & over all the time. Like trying to just straighten up the dining & coffee tables. No matter how little or often I do it, it's no time before they're all cluttered again.
Luana Carter asked me if I wanted to trade baby-sitting with her. It would be nice except we live so far apart. She said she'd probably save her time up to use when John gets back from sea; that for every tow times she'd keep Elizabeth I'd keep John, Jr. & Alina. I don't know how I'd like that. I was supposed to call her about keeping Elizabeth one aft. this week & intended to call her today about tomorrow. But we had a rough day today.
We had Ez's 6-mo. checkup yesterday. She's been fussier with these shots than the first two sets. She woke up overnight & I had to give her some Tylenol in formula. It took about 30 min. to get her back to sleep. She was fussy awhile after Guy left this morning but then she slept til after 9:00 AM. I took her temperature around 11:00 & it was 99.2 underarm. I gave her some Tylenol & it was down to 99 a couple of hours later. When it was time for another does I checked again & it was 98.8. I went ahead & gave her more Tylenol. She acted like she felt better but not 100 %. Then after her bath tonight she was acting like she had a little fever again. Guy said her temp. probably wouldn't be accurate just after her bath & went ahead & put Tylenol in her formula. It took her awhile to go to sleep. She just kept getting more & more fussy & Guy finally took her downstairs and walked her. Hopefully she'll sleep better tonight. She slept in my lap for about 2-2&1/2 hours today while I was watching the Dynasty movie I'd taped. Her left leg, the DPT, was sore this morning. She hollered whenever I moved her leg or touched it there. It was better by this aft.
Otherwise her checkup went good. She's 17 lbs. 12 oz. - still not big enough to turn forward in her car seat, 28 1/2" long. No wonder she's outgrown most of her sleepers. Dr. Karp said we could start her on baby food. She said we could use real food done in the blender but we went to Farm Fresh this aft. & got a few things. We gave her some squash after her bottle after supper & she ate 1/2 t. We're supposed to try each new food for 2 days before introducing a new one to check for any reactions. Her next checkup is at 9 mo. Dr. Karp was pleased with her progress so far. There were a few things I forgot to ask her that I need to call & ask about sometime, nothing urgent.
She's doing better in her walker. She can push herself backwards some. I'm not sure it's deliberate yet. She does get upset if she's backed up against something and can't go any further though.
Meanwhile, we went to have pictures made of the three of us Sat. We went to Sears first for their package deal. We tried to get there when they first opened but we were about 15 min. late & it took an hour to get to us. She was getting tired but the photographer was really good & I think she got some good shots. We went to Olan Mills that afternoon. Even though we had an appointment we had to wait over 30 min. and she was really tired by then so we weren't sure how those pictures would come out. Olan Mills called today to say that we wouldn't be able to get those pictures. They send their film by Federal Express and the box they dropped all of Sat.'s work in was broken into. The film was found along the interstate and none of it was printable any more. So we made another appt. for the 31st, Guy's next aft. off. We weren't using the club plan for this but the coupon we had for a free 8x10 of anyone (& family) in military uniform. Ez. was wearing the dress Guy's uncle in Utah had sent that had Navy Girl embroidered on the front. The photographer had said that wouldn't show though. The one at Sears didn't say it wouldn't so I hope it does. I may put a different dress on her next time. I don't know. Hopefully they won't have any problems next time.
October 19, 1991
October 19, 1991
We may be getting a new vehicle tomorrow. We went out looking over a month ago and test drove a Jeep Cherokee, Isuzu Trooper, & a Dodge Grand Caravan. We even talked numbers with the Caravan but it was $335 a mo. for 6 years! I think it had way too many extras on it. We talked to someone at the credit union about a loan and they said payments for a $20,000 loan would be over $400! But there's a big "tent" sale at Met Park tomorrow thru Sat. I called the cr. union today & got some info on it then when Guy got home we went & applied for a $15,000 loan. They're supposed to call tomorrow & let us know if it's approved & if it's for more or less than that. If it's ok we plan to go out to Met Park & see if we can find something. The lady at the cr. union copied the info for the 1991 Troopers & Caravans. I haven't had a chance to look at them. The only reason I'm still up is to wait for the lottery numbers. I used to like staying up late but I just can't handle it any more.
I forgot to mention that the car kind of broke down Mon. When we got home something was leaking out really bad. Guy had worked on some things before and finally decided we had a slow leak in the radiator. It turned out to be the water pump. He called Holland Rd. Auto & they said it's be $180. He called Steve Lowell to see if he'd be able to install a new one & he said he could come over after supper. Guy got the pump at Twin Bee. He paid Steve $20 for doing it. They dickered a little bit first. Steve said so many people from church ask him for help & never even offer to pay him so he really appreciated the money. Well, we didn't win.
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