Dec. 1: "Breakfast over 9;15. Usual reading. Preparing mail."
Dec. 2: "Up for bath. Feel very weak. Breakfast over 9:15. Usual reading. Had walks in house, too windy outside. Had ride to the store. Brother Nelson called on us in late afternoon. Supper over before 8:30 PM. Felt ill this morning but much better by noon."
Dec. 3: "Up and going after night’s rest. Breakfast over about 8:45. Usual reading."
Dec. 4: "Up for bath after good night’s rest. Breakfast over 9:15. Usual reading."
Dec. 5: "Breakfast over at 9:15. Usual reading. Didn’t get to church. George and Audrey visited us from 4 to 5:30 PM."
Dec. 6: "Up and going after a miserable night. Breakfast over about 9. Usual reading."
Dec. 7: "Up for bath after sleepless night. So weak can hardly walk. Breakfast over 9:30. Usual reading."
Dec. 8: "Up and going after getting some sleep. Breakfast over about 9. Usual reading. Preparing mail."
Dec. 9: "Prepared mail. Gloria helped me. Had shampoo."
Dec. 10: "Up but very weak. Breakfast over after 9. Usual reading. Preparing mail. After 1 went for a permanent, got home after 4. Julia said was best we have had. Suzanne came for supper and spent the evening, also a 50-year-old man friend of Julia’s from Vista."
Dec. 11: "Up for bath after restless night. Breakfast over after 9. Usual reading. I am so weak I can hardly stand up. Preparing mail. Could never get it done but for Gloria helping me."
Dec. 12: "A nice ride to Vista to take Gloria to a friend. George and Audrey brought Mary Olive here in the afternoon for a little while, then left her at Esther’s to help them."
Dec. 13: "Up and going after a night with some sleep. Breakfast over before 9. Feel a bit stronger than last week. Preparing mail."
Dec. 14: "Up for bath. Breakfast over after 9. Usual reading."
Dec. 18: "Went to beauty shop for hairdo."
Dec. 19: "My 100th birthday. Clear. Up and going on my 100th birthday. Usual reading. Dozens of gifts and cards. I feel unworthy of all this attention. Julia organized a party. 135 people came. An exciting time."
Dec. 20: "Spent most of forenoon registering gifts and cards. Gloria and Ann helped. Now I feel like crying but I need to write."
Dec. 21: "Susie came today and we had two games."
Dec. 22: "Elmer and Ann returned from Pasadena."
Dec. 23: "Up for bath after a good night. Kimberly with us for breakfast."
Dec. 24: "Breakfast over before 9. No sleep after midnight. Usual reading."
Dec. 25: "Christmas Day. Up for bath. Usual reading. Company."
Dec. 26: "Usual reading. Did not go to church. Gloria and Walter left to be gone until Tuesday night. Suzanne here to help me."
Dec. 27: "Bath. Usual reading. Audrey came for day to help. Suzanne took me to Doctor for X-rays and blood sample. Suzanne and I had game."
Dec. 28: "Usual reading. Suzanne and I had games. Audrey came to help today. Mary Olive here for a while. They three left after supper. Gloria and Walter arrived before 10. Pastor Webber called on us."
Dec. 29: "Up and going. Usual reading. so nice to have Gloria and Walter back. I am still weak and coughing."
Dec. 31: "Breakfast over about 9. Usual reading. Still weak and shaky but will try to write a letter. Wrote to Elizabeth Hunt Garcia and Thommases in Woodhull, N.Y. Had a ride with Julia to Save-On to get batteries for my hearing aid."
