Robert writes home #79 3 Nov. 1996
3 Nov. 1996
Dear Mother,
How is everything going?
Last week I did a lot of traveling. We went to Stanford on Monday for a doctor's appointment. I dislike that freeway congestion enough to keep me away from the bay area traffic for long periods of time, but last week I got caught up.
Then on Friday, we went to Oakland to the temple. After the temple we went to Sacramento to see Carrie and the BYU Ballroom Dance Company perform at the Civic Center. It was a spectacular show. We talked to Carrie awhile before and after. Then we drove back to DP. Janet actually drove most of the way back while I slept in the camper shell.
Carrie and her group were to go on to Oakland for another performance on Saturday night. We could have gone to that and saved the trip to Sacramento, but we didn't want to get back late on Saturday night then have to get up and go to church duties. The dance team was going back to Provo Saturday night after the show, so it was just a weekender for them. Carrie really likes that performance stuff.
Megan's fella called me and asked if he could marry her Saturday. I guess they are officially engaged now. They plan to get married in February. We all really feel good about her marrying him. He is from Turlock. He was on a mission in New York City. His name is Travis Liston.
We are having a little fog now. Winter came really fast. It seems like it was close to a hundred and then, all at once, the temp dropped low enough for fog. We also had a good rain. The weatherman said that we are 250% of normal rainfall for this year because of that storm. The rain came before all of the cotton got picked. It gets graded down if it getw rained on before they pick it. Our neighbor got his all picked at midnight, just before it started to rain.
This weekend is conference (stake). I was assigned to speak in the Saturday afternoon priesthood session. So I've been getting ready.
Dos Palos has a new drug store owner. The old one, Will George, sold his business and is working for Payless in Los Banos now. The Georges had an open house to meet the new folds today. Janet and I went and met them.
We're all glad to have a drug store again. The Georges had closed down and transferred to Payless in Los Banos for the past two months.
The Mariposa branch genealogy library is planning an open house for Nov 30. They are publicizing it and getting ready now.
My efforts on the name extraction program are starting to pay off and we are getting some work done there also. I'm pretty happy about all this since that is my high council assignment.
Charlie's football team beat Kerman 61 to 17 on Friday. He got to play most of the game, so he was pretty happy about it.
Sam and Charlie went "trick or treating" with some of the church kids in Los Banos on Halloween. I'm glad they went to LB. I would have been embarrassed to have them go in DP where people would have known them. They are too big to go "trick or treating." They got a lot of candy. I took it all away the next morning. We have a long standing rule that you eat all you want on Halloween, but after that night I get it. I am trying to keep the tooth decay controlled.
When we first moved here we had a neighbor lady who was in her late sixties. She was really perky and fun. She asked my kids to let her go trick or treating with them.She was only about 4'10". She dressed up in a clown costume and then went around to her well to do friends and trick or treated them.
She thought that was a great joke. None of them recognized her. They just thought she was another kids.
I've messed up my tab set some way and it's indenting every line that I don't press "enter" on. That's why my margins look like they do.
Keep up the good work. I'm proud of you. The gospel's true.
Love,
Millers
Dear Mother,
How is everything going?
Last week I did a lot of traveling. We went to Stanford on Monday for a doctor's appointment. I dislike that freeway congestion enough to keep me away from the bay area traffic for long periods of time, but last week I got caught up.
Then on Friday, we went to Oakland to the temple. After the temple we went to Sacramento to see Carrie and the BYU Ballroom Dance Company perform at the Civic Center. It was a spectacular show. We talked to Carrie awhile before and after. Then we drove back to DP. Janet actually drove most of the way back while I slept in the camper shell.
Carrie and her group were to go on to Oakland for another performance on Saturday night. We could have gone to that and saved the trip to Sacramento, but we didn't want to get back late on Saturday night then have to get up and go to church duties. The dance team was going back to Provo Saturday night after the show, so it was just a weekender for them. Carrie really likes that performance stuff.
Megan's fella called me and asked if he could marry her Saturday. I guess they are officially engaged now. They plan to get married in February. We all really feel good about her marrying him. He is from Turlock. He was on a mission in New York City. His name is Travis Liston.
We are having a little fog now. Winter came really fast. It seems like it was close to a hundred and then, all at once, the temp dropped low enough for fog. We also had a good rain. The weatherman said that we are 250% of normal rainfall for this year because of that storm. The rain came before all of the cotton got picked. It gets graded down if it getw rained on before they pick it. Our neighbor got his all picked at midnight, just before it started to rain.
This weekend is conference (stake). I was assigned to speak in the Saturday afternoon priesthood session. So I've been getting ready.
Dos Palos has a new drug store owner. The old one, Will George, sold his business and is working for Payless in Los Banos now. The Georges had an open house to meet the new folds today. Janet and I went and met them.
We're all glad to have a drug store again. The Georges had closed down and transferred to Payless in Los Banos for the past two months.
The Mariposa branch genealogy library is planning an open house for Nov 30. They are publicizing it and getting ready now.
My efforts on the name extraction program are starting to pay off and we are getting some work done there also. I'm pretty happy about all this since that is my high council assignment.
Charlie's football team beat Kerman 61 to 17 on Friday. He got to play most of the game, so he was pretty happy about it.
Sam and Charlie went "trick or treating" with some of the church kids in Los Banos on Halloween. I'm glad they went to LB. I would have been embarrassed to have them go in DP where people would have known them. They are too big to go "trick or treating." They got a lot of candy. I took it all away the next morning. We have a long standing rule that you eat all you want on Halloween, but after that night I get it. I am trying to keep the tooth decay controlled.
When we first moved here we had a neighbor lady who was in her late sixties. She was really perky and fun. She asked my kids to let her go trick or treating with them.She was only about 4'10". She dressed up in a clown costume and then went around to her well to do friends and trick or treated them.
She thought that was a great joke. None of them recognized her. They just thought she was another kids.
I've messed up my tab set some way and it's indenting every line that I don't press "enter" on. That's why my margins look like they do.
Keep up the good work. I'm proud of you. The gospel's true.
Love,
Millers
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