Journal of Mary Phyllis Fisher - Thomas Davies

cover. Perhaps he may stay at Orrin’s. I asked him to come to my house to stay all night but he
didn’t come by 11:30 so I went to bed.
Well the chair cover and the chesterfield cover are finished. The look pretty on the chair and
chesterfield, I think. Sara bought some yarn and started me on it. I have enjoyed crocheting it.
Doran was here for dinner. He is helping Glen on his house. Glen bought Alma Sommerfeldt’s
house and had been building a bedroom on to it. They took out the partition to the rooms and
made a large sitting room. The ones Sommerfeldts had were so small. It will be nice when they
get finished, I’m sure.
Orrin went to the temple this morning. He went to see Glen then he came over here so I went
with him to Emma’s. He is going home in the morning maybe.
1975. July 26 th
Ren brought home his things from the temple this evening. The temple is closed now for two
weeks. It has been a hot day today. Doran came in for a few minutes. He said they were
quitting because it is so hot. They have been working on the roof most of the day. So he went
home early.
Everything is so beautiful and green. I have a very good garden. I haven’t any vegetables left in
my deep freeze. So I hope to get a lot this year put up. Then next year I won’t run out like I did
this year. It’s nice to have plenty of vegetables. I’m just not used to buying them. In fact if we
don’t put them up we just don’t have them during the winter. Ren doesn’t like vegetables that
well. As long as we have potatoes that’s all the vegetables he wants. It is 6 0’clock but still hot.
We are not used to hot weather even if it is the 26 th of July.
I am reading ‘Jesus the Christ’ again. It is such a wonderful book. I am going to read the New
Testament along with it as I go.
1975. July 25 th
I got my pages mixed up again. My book is so full the pages fall out.
This afternoon we went down to Magrath. Barbara, Lore’s wife was asked by her Bishop to get
up a musical number for their Sacrament meeting. So she asked all the girls, our
granddaughters, to sing the song they did at our family party. It was very nice. The girls knew
the words so they had no books and it was just beautiful. The girls were Carol, Kathy, Wendy,
Noel, Barbara, Lorianne, Dana, Connie, Callie, and Sherie. Alma played for them and to me it
was just like angels singing. We came home right after meeting and had supper and now Father
is in bed. I am tired too and so will go to bed. I didn’t go to Sunday school. I couldn’t
remember the time it started. Oh, I am getting so forgetful I don’t know what to do. Must go to
bed! Tomorrow Father and I must finish the garden. We went to Lethbridge Saturday afternoon
and got some tomatoes plants and cabbage plants.
1975. July 27th
This morning I couldn’t find my pills. I keep them in the little drawer in my dresser. They
weren’t there and I couldn’t find them. Ren was cross as usual but finally he found them. For
some reason I had taken them into the kitchen and put them in the little cupboard were I put
tacks and etc. How I came to put them there, goodness knows. I guess I took them into the
kitchen to get water to swallow them with. I am getting so forgetful. I am an awful trouble to
Ren. He has such a good memory. He just can’t understand how a person could take pills from
the bedroom and put them into the kitchen cupboard and not remember. Oh dear, I’m tired.
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