September 20, 1991

The entrance to Crandall's

Today's a slow day at the library from opening to closing.  During my lunch break, I get measured for a tux and buy the dark-brown crewneck sweater I saw at Land's End yesterday.   JoAnna and I visit Larry and Martha at St. Mary's Hospital.  It's like walking through a maze trying to find their room.  On the way home, we pick up three fish dinners at Crandall's.  I read and watch one inning of the Braves-Dodgers game.

September 19, 1991

The LINK meeting at Sun Prairie leaves us at a fork in the road.  How we proceed will depend upon a budget discussion that the Madison board makes later this month.

On the way back to Middleton, I stop at Land's End and a neighboring men's outlet that has recently opened.  I find a few things I like but spend no money.  After a longer-than-necessary lunch, I return to the library for a scheduled Area Leaders meeting.  Our agenda is mostly scheduling concerns and updates of ongoing projects.

Even though I'm supposed to pick up Andy at daycare, I stay at the library until 5:30  It's just too busy to leave things to two people.  A severely broken sleep pattern during the past two nights leaves me feeling tired all evening.  I have to put down the book I'm reading after a few pages and no recall.

May 11, 1991

JoAnna and Andy go good shopping, then all of us, including Barb, visit the Bruce Company, seemingly a part of everyone's itinerary today.  We buy begonias, petunias, impatiens, and some yellow-flowering perennials for the south side of the house.  I spend the afternoon planting in the flowers in the patio arrangement.  It's an exhausting chore.  We cook out (ribs).  Earlier in the afternoon, I made a trip to KMart, where I find dusty miller to use as a border.  I also do some Mother's Day shopping for JoAnna at Land's End.

February 17, 1991

Sunday is a day of rest, even when I have to get up early to tend to my little Eddie guy.  JoAnna sleeps in until 9.  I'm thinking about an uninterrupted day at home until JoAnna talks about going shopping, all of us.  I suggest we check out the Land's End outlet and what a bonanza.  I pick up three pairs of pants, two shirts, and a turtleneck.  JoAnna scores two skirts, two tops, and a sweater.  This amazing haul totals less than $150.  During our stroll through the mall, we run into Kathy Wiese and her boyfriend..  She now works at Eddie Bauer -- the East Towne store.

We fix tacos and burritos for supper and then settle into an evening to TV.