12-16-70 Dear Derek the Diary, Today, very early in the morning, William and Harold set off. It was different without them and I had to do more chores, for example, milk the cow, bring the water in, gather the eggs, well I had help with that one but to be honest Prim isn't the best egg gatherer, and each time she walked,the basket bumped against her leg and it spilled all over the place! The hens didn’t lay very much eggs because it was December. For breakfast, we had potatoes and beans.They were the most delicious potatoes I've ever had!When dad got home from work, he said an apology to mother. I knew William took fathers Brown Bess and Harold borrowed our neighbors shotgun.William is as stubborn as a mules butt. I sometimes wish that life would be a lot easier for us but like my mother said, “This is our life now.”