Unsettling Visit

This has been a beautiful, blue skied, sunshiny day. Couldn't ask for anything better. The fall colors are past their peak, but still gorgeous in certain areas.

It's been a very quiet day here at home - a Sunday papers kind of day.

We made our regular Sunday visit to see Mother, and it was most unsatisfactory. This is the letter I sent to Betsy, the Director of Concord Place:

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Dear Betsy,
We visited Mom today (Sunday, Oct. 15) and we wonder if you would check out a couple of things for us.

First of all, her telephone line is so full of static that she can't hear me when I call her. If you just pick up her receiver, you can hear the static along with the dial tone - check it out. We brought in a new phone because we thought maybe her phone was broken, but the static was on the new phone also. There's definitely something wrong with her phone line. I'm in the habit of calling her every day, and it's frustrating that for the past week she hasn't been able to hear me over the static.

Second, we don't know what happened to the pink box that her new Sylvania TV came in. The manual for the TV is in the box, and we'd like to have it.

Also, the box elder bugs are infesting her window again. Somehow, they are able to get inside - today they were on the windowsill and on the heater. While we were there one landed on Mother's hand, and it was quite unsettling. She told me that they have been on her bed as well. I would have thought that the freezing temps we've had would have killed the bugs, but no such luck. What do you think about using a can of Raid on the outside of the window? We'll be glad to pay for the Raid if that's a problem.

Thanks in advance,

Nancy and Dick Steiger
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Let's hope this letter will achieve a positive result!