"...a new resolution: to write every day. We'll see how long it lasts."

Thursday, Jan. 23, 1992

     A new notebook! And a new resolution: to write every day. We'll see how long it lasts.

     This afternoon we went to Leigh Memorial Hosp. to see Mark Pugh. He had surgery yesterday to extend his lower jaw. His mouth will be wired shut about 2-3 weeks & he'll be on a liquid diet & unable to talk all that time. I took him some old copies of Texas Highways magazines that were still laying around. Some I haven't even read yet, even though they were 2-3 years old. But I figured if I haven't read them by now I never would.

     I don't have the time to read like I used to. I've read more while Guy's been home but I'm so far behind in y magazines I don't know when I'll be able to catch up. I'm going to let my subscription to McCall's expire this time. 

     I finally made some cookies tonight. Guy's been wanting me to make some since xmas. He ended up helping with them - he was so anxious to get some. I don't know how many he ate. I had two.

     Ez. is finally starting to try chewing on things. But instead of swallowing what she bites off she spits it out. And she still spits out any baby food that has any chunks in it. We've also tried feeding her real slices of carrots & bananas. She just likes to smush them up. She's also into swinging her arms around, banging on the table, and swiping things off the table. We give her a spoon sometimes just so she can get used to it. It usually ends up on the floor though. We bought a vinyl tablecloth to put under her chair. It goes from the wall to about halfway under the table and about a foot out from each side of it. I thought it would be easy to clean up til we discovered the Dust Buster doesn't work any more. Now I have to get down & wipe everything up.

     We finally got the xmas decorations down yesterday. The living room looks spacier now. I put away all the bunnies that were sitting on the top of the bookcase then put my plants up there. They should get enough sunlight there & they'll be out of Ez.'s way. I'll have to keep the watering can under the kitchen sink. That's something else we'll have to do soon - put latches on all the cabinets. She's still not crawling but when she's in her walker she tries to open the ones that have handles on them. A couple of times this week she's taken a step or two forward in her walker. She still goes mostly backwards & sideways though. She may turn out to be one of those babies that never crawl & just start pulling up & walking.

     I should write about the Pugh's going-away party. It was at the Cuthrell's last Friday. We made lasagna & since ours was one of the last ones put out, we had lots left. After eating, they had a roast. I made up a list - "12 Things I Never Saw a Preacher Do...Until I met Mark Pugh." Some things were funnier than others. I'll copy it down later. After that I was going to do a Razorback yell. I'd put on my Razorback sweatshirt. I tried to talk Guy into it beforehand but he said maybe so I figured he was going to give me a hard time til then and then do it. But when I was ready to do that part he just sat there. I said "you're going to make me do this by myself aren't you?" & he said yes. Then other people started saying oh, come on Guy & everyone started yelling for him to & his face turned red but he finally got up there & did it with me. Everyone got a big kick out of that. A few people said something about it at church Sun. about they never would've expected such a thing of me cause I'm so quiet. I was so embarrassed when we were doing it but after it was over I was glad we did. I didn't admit that to anyone but Guy.

     Kathy Dotson came over & stayed with Elizabeth. Philip came with her. She wouldn't let us pay her though. We'd told her we'd be back by 10:30 & we were a little late. I don't know what time it ended cause they were still going when we left. We'd asked Barb if she could keep her but she didn't want to come over here. I thought Ez. would probably do better if she could go to sleep in her own bed instead of at someone else's house & I guess it worked cause Kathy said she didn't have any trouble at all. I do wish we had a regular babysitter. I sure do miss Deanna.