"Ann is just about over her cold but Bobby and I are still blowing and snuffing. I have never had such a cold. My nose was completely stopped and I haven't been able to taste a thing in a week. We are just about all right. The Dr. said Ann is all right but her nose still runs once in awhile.
We took the children to the Dr. today for their regular check-up and they were so good. The Dr. gave us some anti-histamine to use for Bobby to help keep from having so many colds. I hope it will for he has had six this winter. The Dr. said Ann's eye would straighten and it wasn't anything you could even call a cross. He said it was noticeable because of the bridge of her nose but that would fill out and the eye is o.k.
Our furniture came at last but the factory substituted and sent lined oak (grey) instead of blond mahogany. We were disappointed at first and didn't have to take the set but I was afraid not to, for fear we wouldn't be able to get any. Actually, I believe the oak is a better set than the mahogany would have been. It is solid and the other was veneer. The grey looks really nice with my grey rug and we like it better all of the time. The design is just like we ordered.
Maybe Beulah has told you all this for I wrote her the same things this week.
Dr. Ball burned off the old scar last Sat. and is going to check me again tomorrow. I don't know how many more times I'll have to go, for I didn't dream he'd want to check so soon. He said he believed it would be fine now. I have lost some weight--124-1/2. I can even wear my plain skirts now.
I ordered some shoes (navy for spring) from Sears but I'm afraid I'll have to send them back. They are cut too low at the instep and bulge out when I walk. My feet are so hard to fit and I hate shoes that don't fit.
I'll try to get the thread for Beulah, soon."
Lots of love,
Bonnie
NOTE: On February 3, 1951, The Chapel of the Four Chaplains was dedicated in Philadelphia, at Temple University. It was built to honor four WWII chaplains, each of a different faith, who in 1943, provided heroic encouragement and assistance to the wounded when the Dorchester, a transport ship, was torpedoed on its way to Greenland. Bonnie explained the story to me when I enrolled at Temple for graduate school. For details:
http://www.fourchaplains.org/Library.html (Click on the fact sheet for an excellent summary.)
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| An ice and snow covered ISNU campus, image in The Index, 1951 |
February 10, 1951
Dear Mother & Daddy,
"We are late this week about writing for we couldn't find a bit of paper last night. We still have real cold weather with ice and lots of snow. I am sick of it and will be so glad when spring comes.
Ann is doing nicely now. She is growing so fast and getting plump since she got over her colds. They took a lot out of her and made her slow about developing. She can't sit up yet but surely would like to. She rolls all over and just won't stay on her back. She is chewing some teeth through. I can see them through the gums but they haven't cut through yet.
We are afraid Bobby is taking another cold. I guess he got it from Tony. She was here the other day and still had some. They have had only one bad session with colds and I won't go near them when we have the sniffles.
I am gradually getting my house ready for my party. I have my curtains all washed and things pretty well in order. The rest of my material came today for my bedspread but isn't the right color so I have to send it back.
I'm so sorry you have colds and hope they don't get too bad. What did the Dr. give you? I do hope Grandma doesn't get it.
It just makes me sick that Beulah has to have the measles. I didn't think she would get them. The shot probably helped her.
I hope you all feel better soon."
Lots of love,
Bonnie
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