1926 February 8th Monday
A strong N.W. wind, clouds, sleet and snow later part of day and quite cold all day. Mr. and Mrs. D. Schmidt went to O’Kreek and home in evening with our mail. Will and I went to Hidden Timber to get some groceries and that meat we bought off Mr. Totton, and approach to Tom’s bridge washed out, so we broke our buggy right, that is the tongue, and all in all Will got peeved. Louise to school and William helped her cross night and morning. A man from Ainsworth came to buy horses, he came from Tom’s.
1936 February 8th Saturday
Another cold day. Snow moved from N.W. but none fell. Sun shone in p.m. for awhile. I got meals, baked bread and cinnamon rolls for I made butter last eve. The men chored, gave cattle cane and alfalfa, they then cleaned wash-room cupboard and the shelf on dish-cupboard. We played rummy in eve.
1946 February 8th Friday
Cloudy and looked stormy at times but no snow here. I got meals, laid down in p.m., played solitaire, listened to radio. Van Epps and Will fed cattle hay and after dinner Will fixed a gate that light colored bull broke down this noon and he and Van Epps got bull back after Will went to Store, got mail, and Van Epps went with Carl Gehlsen for he walked down from Van Epps at noon and Elsie helped me get dinner for she and Billie came with W. Daniel this forenoon. Carl left his truck at Van Epps and got a roan milk cow from Van Epps to milk. Elsie swept front-room and washed dishes and mopped kitchen, then they went home. W. D. took Marjorie to school and she walked home in eve.
1956 February 8th Wednesday
Bright day. Men fed cattle, worked at feed bunks, and Will and I went to Stanley’s, no one home. From Stanley’s to bunks to feed calves & bulls. Stanley and Pearl home, but Stanley came in from Thomas’s where Dick, Carmen Harp, Thomas, Dick Chauncey, Chas. McCormick vaccinated for Bang’s Disease or Brucellosis the last yr. calves. We brought Dave and Jimmie home, also Darryl, Ted, Della, Jean Marie and 2 small sons of Ted’s went to see their mother at Rosebud.