November 26, 1981 Aunt Estelle wrote

Thurs.   1981  Fair  most of day.

I washed & dried outside.  I went to town to get  fish for Thanksgiving dinner and everything was closed.  We talked to all the kids & Lucille today.  We took a ride over Big Hill & up to Harold Shulers.,  Jennings was in.


Footnote: 

Harold Shuler is her cousin by marriage to Virginia Slemp Shuler.   Jennings is her brother, 

November 25, 1981 Aunt Estelle wrote

Wed.  Fair  cold. 

We have Wendi.  Went to prayer meeting tonite.  Darrell Blair did so well as speaker.


Footnote:  Wendi is her granddaughter - probably out of school for Thanksgiving week.   Darrell Blair grew up in the neighborhood and her church.  He has since become a preacher, I think. 

November 24, 1981 Aunt Estelle wrote

Tues.  1981  Cloudy  rainy dark.

We watched TV a lot.  I went to grocery store in afternoon.


Footnote:  Not much going on today 

November 23, 1981 Aunt Estelle wrote

Monday  1981  Sunshiny - dark, damp.


I washed some.  Bro Zion come in a minute.  We took a walk in the afternoon.  Walter was here.


Footnote:  Bro Zion is the preacher at her church. Walter is a neighbor. 

November 22, 1981 Aunt Estelle wrote

Sunday  1981  Fair  very cold.

We stayed in because of my cold and Millards shortness of breath.   Jennings, Janice & Wendi ate lunch with us.  Ruth, Smith & Reba came in to visit. 


Footnote:  Millard is her husband.  Jennings is her brother and Janice and Wendi are her daughter and granddaughter.  Ruth is her sister-in-law, married to Estelle's youngest brother, Everette.  Smith is Ruth and Everette's youngest son.   Reba is her sister-in-law.  They all live nearby.  

November 21, 1981 Aunt Estelle wrote

Sat.  1981  First Snow  29 degrees  Small amount

We stayed in all day.  No one came.  We talked to all the kids. 


Footnote:   Well the weather in 1981  is about the same as it is today.   It got above freezing here today and some of the snow began to melt.    The post I made yesterday, Nov. 20 was #1000.  Can you believe that.   I will keep on as long as anyone is interested.  Some days there are over 30 readings of the blog.  Most days it is about 15.   So you guys keep reading and I will keep posting. 

November 20, 1981 Aunt Estelle wrote

Friday  1981  Cloudy  windy & cold.

I went to the grocery store and the drug store to get some antibiotics for my cold.  Jennings & Roy was in a minute.  


Footnote:    Jennings is her brother and Roy is her brother-in-law.  These two men were the best of friends and they loved farming together.  

November 19, 1981 Aunt Estelle wrote

Thurs.  1981  Rainy dark   50 degrees

I washed.  Sewed on my quilt pieces some.  Jennings was in.  


Footnote:  Another  quiet day.  Jennings is her brother.  I wish I had been able to sew on a quilt with her. 

My note:  It is 20 degrees here right now.  That is as warm as it got all day.  It was 7 this morning and the wind chill made it minus something.  Thankful I didn't have to go out.  My car still has 6 inches of snow on it as it was so cold that the sun didn't help melt it at all.  I have to go out tomorrow so I will have to push that snow off the car and pray I can get the door open and that it starts.     I made some small quilted wall hangings today - 3 African chickens, a dog, a cat, a pig and another chicken.  They are about 10" so tomorrow I have to get a dowel rod and paint it as I will use that to hang the pieces for the show.     

November 18, 1981 Aunt Estelle wrote

Wed.  1981  Fair  cold.

I cooked & took Jennings lunch.  We went to the bank and out to Janice house.  Missed her.
To prayer meeting. 

Footnote:  Jennings is her brother.  Janice is her daughter.  


My Note:  Just want you all to know it is 17 degrees here right now and there is at least 6" of snow on my deck and car.  Seems like I just had the air conditioning on in my car - what happened.  My neighbor was mowing his lawn Sunday.  I am glad that is over for a while, I hate the sound of lawnmowers  and I live between two men who want to fire theirs up every other day.    Supposed to warm up by Friday and be about 45 on Saturday - good for the show.    Hope you are all warm. 

November 17, 1981 Aunt Estelle wrote

Tues.  1981  Cloudy  wet  cold.

We had a Doctor appointment this evening.  also took care of some business in Pennington.   Radious, Walter & Reba come in later. 


Footnote:    Radious & Walter are neighbors and Reba is her sister-in-law. 

November 16, 1981 Aunt Estelle wrote

Monday  1981  Fair  to rain

I washed & hung out clothes but had to bring them in to dry.   Jennings fixed the trap to our shower shall this morning.  It seemed such a long dreary day.  


Footnote:  Jennings is her brother who lives nearby and seems to be very handy.  She does so much for him though that he should help her when he can. 



My Note:   We are in the deep freeze the last couple of days and this morning there is that white stuff on the roof tops.  Didn't stick to the ground and roads but we are expecting 2" tonight.   Seems too early but it is usually cold by the time we have our show - it is always the Saturday before Thanksgiving.  We are indoors for this show and the cold seems to make people want to buy more.  Puts them in the mood I guess.  Anyway, I am busy working toward Saturday.  We have to set up Friday so I only have 5 days to finish up some little things.   We all make two or three different snacks so I have to do that Friday night after we set up.  I'll be making fudge with and without Walnuts.   And something salty like oyster crackers or salami roll ups or cheese roll - not sure yet. 
This building that we rent - there are 12 of us all women - has a dining room and that is where we put all the food.   Rachel is hired to help keep the tables organized and clean.   Hope helped last year and she will probably help this year too.   She likes to help me sell better that she likes to help Rachel. 

November 15, 1981 Aunt Estelle wrote

Sunday  1981  Fair  coolish

Janice, Wendi and Jennings ate lunch with us.  We went to Ida White's funeral.  Later we went to Magic Mart. 


Footnote:  Janice and Wendi are her daughter and granddaughter and Jennings is her brother.  They sure spent a lot of Sundays together.  Ida White was her friend and I don't know if she lived in the neighborhood or not.  

November 14, 1981 Aunt Estelle wrote

Sat.  1981  Fair,  cool. 

I baked a cake, run the sweeper and sewed on my suit.,  Talked to Rosemary.  We decided after lunch to go to Kingsport for medicine.  Millard is awful short of breath.  We come by Janice Gails a minute. 


Footnote:  Rosemary is her daughter who got married to a really nice guy, Carey Drew, and moved to New Mexico where he was raised and they have lived there ever since.     Kingsport is a nice size town just over the Tennessee border - about 45 miles away.  Millard is her husband.  Did he have heart problems?  I can't remember.  Janice Gail is her younger daughter and she lives in Big Stone Gap - a town you have to go thru to get to Kingsport.  

November 13, 1981 Aunt Estelle wrote

Friday  1981   Fair  cool but nice.


I sewed some.  The boy came & fixed the washer.  I cracked some nuts. 


Footnote:   A quiet day for her. 

November 12, 1981 Aunt Estelle wrote

Thurs  1981  Fair  cold.

I went down to Mr. White's a minute, back home & cooked their dinner.  This evening I went to Pennington and got a permanent.  Jennings was in .  


Footnote:  I don't know who the Whites are.   That was so good of her to cook for them.  Pennington is a town about 8 miles West of her house.  Jennings is her brother who lives nearby. 


My note:   For those of you who read this on a regular basis, this is the 992 day that I have posted the information from Aunt Estelle's book.  Doesn't seem that long ago and a lot has happened to her and to all of us in that time period.    I hope you all are enjoying the posts when you have time to read them.  I enjoy posting each day - can't stick to a diet, but I seem to be able to post on a daily basis. 

November 11, 1981 Aunt Estelle wrote

Wed.  1981  Fair  cool

I washed.  The men put in a new shower stall.  I went to see Pearl a while.   Jennings was in.  To prayer meeting.  Ida White died. 


Footnote:  Pearl Reasor Barkley is a friend and cousin of hers.  Jennings is her brother.  I remember the name Ida White but don't know who she was other than a friend of hers.   

November 10, 1981 Aunt Estelle wrote

Tues.  1981  Fair  warm in evening.

I cooked beans and made pumpkin pies this morning.  Took Jennings some.  We went and mailed Rosemary's Christmas and visited Mrs. Parsons at the hospital, got groceries and got a man to come fix the washer. 


Footnote:   Jennings is her brother and she made sure he ate well.  Rosemary is her daughter who lives in New Mexico.  I don't know who Mrs. Parsons was, a friend and neighbor probably.   She sure took time to check on other people.  It seems I am  too busy with my own life to check on my neighbors.   I do manage to run out in the street when I see the EMS/Fire Department drive up next door.  Guess I am just a nosey neighbor and don't bother when things are running smoothly.   I need to do better.  Maybe next year. 

November 9, 1981 Aunt Estelle wrote

Monday  1981  Cloudy to Fair & warm.

I washed.  Walked up to Jennings a minute.  Cracked some walnuts.   Jennings was in.


Footnote:   Jennings is her older brother who lives just up and around the back road.   Love to have some of those walnuts - I would make some fudge. 

November 8, 1981 Aunt Estelle wrote

Sunday  1981  Fair  cool   Beautiful day

Janice, Wendi & Jennings ate with us.  We went back to the church at 2 for Judy Durhams baby shower.  Janice & I went to Magic  Mart.  Ruth & Sandra stopped a minute.


Footnote:   Janice and Wendi are her daughter and granddaughter.  Jennings is her brother.  I  don't remember Judy Durham.  Ruth is her sister-in-law and Sandra is her niece, Ruth's daughter.  

November 7, 1981 Aunt Estelle wrote

Saturday  1981   Fair  Cool.

I cleaned house.  Janice called and we went to Kingsport at noon & got back at night. 


Footnote:  Janice is her daughter.  Kingsport is a nice town about 45 miles southeast in Northeast Tennessee.     Janice still likes to go to Kingsport on Saturday.     Thanks to Janice for taking my mother out for the day on Saturday when she goes to Kingsport.  She also takes her to the grocery for which I am so grateful and so is Mother.    Doug and I say that Janice is Mother's favorite child.   She is very good to Mother and I thank you so much for that, Janice.  

November 6, 1981 Aunt Estelle wrote

Friday  1981   Fair  windy nice

I washed some.  Walked up to Jennings a minute.  Late we had to go to the store so went up by Uncle Ray Baker's a minute. 


Footnote:   Jennings is her brother who lives on the back road, just across the highway from her.  Ray Baker is her mother, Lula Baker Reasor's, half-brother.    Someday, Stephen, when I am down there, I want to get a list of all of Mamie Reasor's half-brothers and half-sisters.  I don't know how many there were.   I think I heard that all her real brothers and sisters died from flu or flux or something like that.  Somebody, according to my Mother, took Mamie away and kept her when they were all sick and that is why she survived.  Did Mamie's mother die too?  I think that is right and then her daddy married again and that is where all the half-brothers and sisters are from.  I will get all that info from Stephen and post it on here - don't know if anyone else is interested but I am.  So you will have to hear it too.   

November 5, 1981 Aunt Estelle wrote

Thurs.  Cloudy to showers by nite.

We had to go stay with Wendi by 2 o'clock.   We visited Mrs. Masters first.


Footnote:  Wendi is her granddaughter.   Not sure who Mrs. Masters is. 

November 4, 1981 Aunt Estelle wrote

Wed.  cloudy warm. 

I went to the hospital to visit this eve.  Saw Mrs. Parsons, Ida White and Mr. Bledsoe. 
To prayer meeting tonite. 


Footnote:   I don't know who any of these people are.  I'm sure they are friends or neighbors. 

November 3, 1981 Aunt Estelle wrote

Tues.  1981  Fair  warm.

We have Wendi.  Went to vote and took her home.   Was by Edith's awhile.  To Missionary Society tonite. 


Footnote:  Wendi is her granddaughter - probably out of school for election day.   Edith is her sister and she and Wendi live in Big Stone Gap - about 9 miles away. 


My Note:   Happy Birthday to Sandra Reasor Hunt - yesterday, Nov. 2    and Happy Birthday to Leah Statzer Kordenbrock today, Nov. 3.     Hope you both have had a great day!!! 

November 2, 1981 Aunt Estelle wrote

Monday 1981 

I washed.  We went to Dryden for Worley Roller's funeral and over to Curt &  Martha's awhile.  Martha has a bad breaking out sickness. 


Footnote:   Dryden is a small town about 6 miles West.  I don't know Worley Roller but I am guessing he was a friend and neighbor.  Curt and Martha are her relatives on Millards side.  Don't know how long I would have visited with a "bad breaking out sickness". 



My note:  I know I missed a day - I went to Leah's and spent the night.  I am back home now and will catch up. 

November 1, 1981 Aunt Estelle wrote

Sunday  1981  Fair  Warm

Janice & Wendi were home.  We went to Pennington to the new Dollar Store and out to the funeral home where Worley Roller lay corpse. 


Footnote:  Janice and Wendi are her daughter and granddaughter.  Pennington is a town about 7 miles West of her home.  I remember the name Worley Roller (isn't that a great name) but don't remember much about him.   


My Note:   Well November arrived here with a cold wind.    I hung my sheets outside Wednesday for the last time this year. I threw the weather worn clothspins away.    Max and Hope had a good time trick or treating despite the cold and rain. 

Here are the special dates for November:

November 2, 1954  Sandra Kay Reasor Hunt born to Everette and Ruth Reasor.

November 3, 1968  Leah Ann Statzer Kordenbrock born to Patricia Shuler and Ronald Statzer

November 11, 1949  Everette Reasor and Ruth Smith were married.

November 26, 1962  Daniel Sheffey Reasor was born to Kenneth and Jeaneene Reasor

November 30, 1984  Laura Somers was born to Norma Zubke and Doug Somers