Filming Five Steps to Danger - 1957, with Sterling Hayden (fishing from dock)

Stop at Von's on way home to shop for Beth. Home and check e-mail with girls and chips. Beth by and I chance her bandage; she goes back to work. I look at some photos she wanted me to see. Then I watch some TV - Black Hills of Dakota with Eddie Dean and Roscoe Ates. Eat while viewing. Down for nap with girls. Up. Check e-mail. Shuck four ears of corn for tonight's dinner. Bring in mail. Clean up side yard. Work in office until Beth gets home. Help her in with her stuff. She starts cooking corn; gets my steak and her chicken ready to grill. We talk. I into office for minute. Back and wait for dinner to cook. Finally we eat. Good meal - steak and corn-on-the-cob. Clean up kitchen. Put out trash - two bags. She into shower. I get ready. Re-bandage her ankle. Later ~

Dolly shot for Branded, on western street set - Uncle George walking on right, keeping script

Home from meeting. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Beth home and we talk. Have a snack together. We out shopping for photo albums. She wants to clean up all our boxes and boxes of photos taken over the years. I make us some lunch and we eat. I down for nap with girls - she over to visit Ann Singerman in rest home. I up and she's gotten into the photo boxes. I feed girls and take my pills. Into office to work on blog from Saturday I missed; and to start this one. Continue working in office. Feed girls. Beth continues with photos while I finish up in office. We drive to Consuelas Cafe to meet Steve and Theresa Grippi for dinner. Enjoy talk and a good meal. home. Get ready for bed while she showers. Re-do her bandage. Later ~

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Filming an Indian attack - The Gatling Gun (1973)

Sorry I missed writing this two days ago.
Grocery shopping after meeting. Home and unload and put away. Beth home and we talk. Check e-mail for both. Then it's off to nail place for pedicures and her hails. I home and fix lunches. I eat mine; she home later and eats hers. I down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. She's working at table in kitchen. She makes dinner: steak for me, salmon for her, and white corn-on-the-cob. After dinner we watch Field of Dreams with Kevin Costner. An oldie but goodie. Later ~

Original Star Trek stand-ins

Sleep in day. Beth up and off to Hall to meet Brenda. She had a no sleep night because of her wound. I up 5:30 - shower and dress. Make breakfast and eat while reading Sunday paper. Work in office for awhile. Beth home and she's tired - helped Brenda at Sherry's shop today. We talk. We drive up to Dollar store on Washington and Hovely. After that we eat chili-dogs at Weinerschnitsel; with Oreo shakes at Jack-in-the-box after. Home and we both down for nap. She finally gets sleep. Up by 3:00. Feed girls. She reads paper. I work in office. We to The River to meet sister Sharon and Bill for dinner on the water. Bye to them. Home and get ready for bed. Later ~

Remington Steele cast and crew - Uncle George second row standing - 2nd from left

Leave Hall before meeting starts and drive to Sam's Club to shop for Hall. Drive home with supplies and car into garage. Brenda is here. I inside; to office and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Talk with Brenda. Beth's gardeners, Luis and Tony here with new BBQ. They leave. Beth shows up a few minutes later. She talks with Brenda then I re-do her bandage, She leaves and with8in a few minutes Brenda is done and leaves. Start making lunch and turn on TV. Watch The Stagecoach Kid with Tim Holt, Richard Martin, and Jeff Donnall. Make sketch of Backstage Bar interior and send to Jimmy George. Down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Bring in mail from outside. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up sie yard. Work at computer. In to watch some news and the start of O'Reilly. Start salads for dinner. Beth home; help; he bring her stuff inside. She catches up with computer in office. I continue making salads. Call her and we eat and talk. After dessert I into office; she work in other room. She into office then she showers. Change her bandage. Later ~

Original Star Trek camera crew and reflector bank on the Vasquez Rocks shooting set

Stop by to see Nader on way home from meeting. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. At 9:30, drive over to Beth's place of work to pick her up and take her to doctor appointment. Easy parking. Wait in office short time before she in to see Shultz. Another week of bandage changing; but she can now shower without covering the wound. We to Goodies for lunch; run into Florie Meyer (we both volunteered at Pegasus Riding Academy for the handicapped with her) and her husband Roger. They are joined by their daughter. We talk about old and new times. Drop Beth at her work; and I home to have some ice cream then down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Bring in mail from outside. Feed girls. Read some magazines. Into office to catch up on things. Out and clean up side yard. Beth home and picks me up - we to rest home to see Ann Singerman (she broke her hip a month ago). Talk for awhile then home. I start dinner and Beth works on her computer. We eat and talk. Clean up and I into office. She washes her hair and showers. I take out trash. In and re-bandage her wound. Both into office and order more wrapping tape. She of to bedroom. Later ~

DeForest Kelly and guest star on original Star Trek set

Beth better - she goes to meeting and work.
Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Beth here and I change her bandages. She off to work, I continue working at computer until around 10:30; then it's into living room and watch some TV. Jump around to different recordings and finally stay with Western Channel programing. Make lunch and eat while viewing TV. After dessert I check e-mail and down for nap with girls. Sleep until 1:30. Up and check e-mail. Out to get mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth and read several magazines. Beth home early - 3:30. We talk at table. I into office and work on computer. Beth in to join me and we talk. I to kitchen and start making dinner. She in and we eat. She gets ready and off to Hall for H&I Meeting. I into office to work at computer. She back and we get her foot wrapped for shower. After we bandage her stitches again. She continues to get ready for bed. I finish up here; then we watch recording of last night's final DWTS show. Later ~

William Shatner with some guests on the original Star Trek set

Beth didn't sleep all night so she stays home from meeting; I take her car. I home from meeting. Beth's up; we talk. I change her bandage. Into office and check e-mail and news sites with chips and girls. She takes off for work. I grab bank deposits and follow. Stop at bank and deposit some loot. Get cash for some coin. ToBeth's place of employment; she has a delivery ready. To cleaners and pick up stuff for her - drop package at desert runners. Back and drop off cleaning, then home. Make some lunch and watch Lawman. In and check e-mail. Down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Start unloading dish washer. Beth home - help her in with her things. She to bedroom and I bring her ice pack for her ankle, I bring in mail and open it. Take it to her. Unload rest of dish washer. Into office and download pics she took of submarine delivery. Write some e-mails. Into kitchen and start dinner. Call her and we eat. Change Beth's bandage. We watch TV show The Pickers, about two guys who buy junk then re-sell it. Kelly calls with DWTS winner. I get ready for bed. Later ~

Uncle George keeping script on original Star Trek set

Beth and I to meeting together. After I drop her at her place of employment; then home. Check e-mail and news sites with chips and girls. Back to Beth's work and pick her up. Take her to Eisenhower Medical Center for same day surgery. Check her in. I wait in waiting room. Talk to doctor. She rests after surgery; then we home. I fix us something to eat - also feed the girls. Bring in mail for her. Both of us down for nap. She deals with getting some things done for work while I sleep. I up and check e-mail (many messages). Daisy plays on floor beside me with plastic bottle. Clean up side yard. Take out trash for tomorrow. She up and to kitchen. I make some dinner and we talk. Then it's get ready for bed and she watched DWTS while I sleep. Later ~

David Janssen in a scene from The Fugitive TV Show

Filming that scene at Upper Iverson's Ranch

Sleep in day. Beth up early and off to Hall to meet Brenda. I up 5:15. Shower and dress. Make breakfast and eat. Trim beard. Check e-mail and news sites. Work at computer for awhile. Beth home and unload her stuff. We talk for a spell; then I make lunch for us and we eat. I down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail - answer some location questions about The Fugitive for Chris. Feed girls. Beth is cooking artichokes I brought home yesterday; plus she is getting strawberries ready for shortcake. I into office and continue my work at computer. In for dinner; and it' good. After, she washes her hair; I into office. She joins me at her computer. Time for bed. Later ~

Kanab, Utah Fort set - while my uncle George was shooting Fort Bowie

Grocery shopping after I leave meeting half-way through. Home and unload; put away. Check some e-mail. Beth here with van; we drive doghouses out to Orphan Pet Oasis. Drive home the back roads; then we eat some left overs from last night. I down for nap with girls. Beth does my pill boxes while I sleep. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail or Beth. We watch the Preakness horse race. She goes trough old jewelry boxes while I work in office. Into kitchen and prepare dinner. We eat and talk. She back to jewelry, I work at computer. She showers. Then we watch Annie, the musical (1982). Later ~

Uncle George on right - Branded set (1960s)

Leave meeting at half hour mark and drive to Sam's Club. Do the Hall shopping; then home and unload her boss's stuff. I bring in chips. Brenda has already let bug guy inside and he's at work. Open garage door for him. He's gone. Brenda continues working while I check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work awhile on computer; and start blog. Into living room and watch a western while eating. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail; feed girls; open mail for Beth. Work on computer through the afternoon. Have some cookies. Clean up side yard. Start O'Reilly. Beth home. She's brought dinner. We eat and talk. She into office; I clean up then follow her into office. Bed time. Later ~

Randolph Scott

Leave before meeting begins and drive to blood draw. Shop at Beth's Albertson's; then home. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work on computer awhile. Into living room to watch a Randolph Scott western. Beth's packages arrive by UPS. Call her and she over to pick them up in van. She leaves. I eat and watch some more TV. Down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Out to get mail and a dog house has arrived. Bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Give floors a quick dusting. Turn on O'Reilly. Beth home - help her unload stuff. She starts on pasta; I do salads. We eat and talk. She washes her hair. I spend some time with Misty. Into office. She joins me and we both work until time for bed. Get ready while she showers. Later ~

Leonard Nimoy conversing on Star Trek set at Vasquez Rocks

Home after meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls, chips, and Cheez-Its. Work in office for awhile. Beth here at 10:30 - Jerry follows shortly after. Jerry starts on office wire covers; then they to back yard to discuss wall Jerry's going to build for us. I make lunch for me and eat while watching an Eddie Dean western on Western Channel. Beth leaves; then Jerry leaves. I check e-mail; then down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. REAL WINDY. Clean up side yard. Watch some TV. Work at computer for awhile. Beth home. Help her in with her stuff. Make dinner and we eat and talk. After we watch last night's recording of NCIS. - Later ~

Buster Crabbe and Al "Fuzzy" St. John

To Albertson's market for Cool Whip; then on to Sherry's for haircut - see Mel; over to hearing aid place to get my left one fixed - Jerry calls from our house; he'll wait for me - Jason comes out and takes my right one to clean. Home and Jerry's fixing south-east side gate. He finishes and inside to do wiring cover for fans in both bedrooms and office. I check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Jerry leaves. Into living room. Watch old Buster Crabbe, Fuzzy Jones western on the Western Channel while eating lunch. Down for nap with girls. Up after 3:00. Check e-mail' bring in mail. feed girls; open mail for Beth; clean up side yard. Open pill holders and transfer pills to bottle for Beth. Into office for awhile. Watch some O'Reilly. Start making dinner. Beth home; we talk. We eat and talk. Both into office and work. Then we watch recording of last night's Hawaii 5-0 seasin finale. Later ~

Eddie Dean and Emmitt Lynn

Stop by Nader's station to gas up and say "hi" to Nader; then it's home and check e-mail and news sites with chips. Cheez-Its, and girls. Jimmy George from Mississippi calls and we talk. Work at computer. To bank and make some deposits for Beth. Home and fix some lunch. Watch Romance of the West, with Eddie Dean and Emmit Lynn - one of the three cine-color PRC westerns Dean made. Eat while viewing. Down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Work in office. Watch some O'Reilly. Beth home and I start dinner. We talk. Eat dinner. She washes her hair. I into office. She joins me and we order dog houses for OPO. She showers. I write here. Check a few more things online. Later ~

Beth and I with our new baby; old baby lower right

Sleep in day for me. Beth up and off to Hall to meet Brenda. I up 5:15. Shower, shave, dress. Read paper while eating breakfast. Make bed and trim beard. Beth home and we talk. Around 10:30 AM we leave house headed for San Berardino and Friday's for lunch with Kelly and Steve; Bruce and Sharon; Glen's daughter and her boyfriend, Jose. Sunny here when we leave with thermometer heading for a warm day. We his rain on way there and temp drops to 57 degrees. Beth dons sweater - put on sweat shirt. We eat and have fun. Home by 3:00 - feed girls. I down for nap. I up 4:30. Check e-mail and news sites. Beth and I talk. I fix dinner - chips & chicken. After, I start watching Nat. Geo. channel - Shark Men. Beth joins me. Later ~

Beth and me with Mickey and Wanda Guinn

Leave meeting early to shop at Albertson's. Lotta' layoffs there - some of my friends are leaving. Home and unload groceries; put away inside. Call from Mickey - he'll call when they leave. Check e-mail and news sites with no snack. Beth home and we talk for awhile. Then it's off to nail place for our appointments; Mickey calls, they're on the way. I get pedicure while Beth gets full treatment. I drive home and wait until Mickey and his wife, her sister and husband get here. Haven't seen Mickey since 1979. We eat at Mimi's. Home and they meet Beth. I show Spiders behind the scenes film. Beth makes them Strawberry short cake. Take some pics and they leave. I feed girls; bring in mail, and down for nap. Up and join Beth in kitchen. We talk. Fix salads for dinner and we eat. Look for movie to watch and finally settle for Morning Glory. starring Harrison Ford and Rachel McAdams. Good little movie. After, she showers and I get ready - write here. Later ~

Pic of Davy Sharp from one of his starring roles (Charles King playing the baddie)

Leave meeting early and drive to Sam's Club to shop for Hall. Home where I'm met by the girls and Brenda - who is there cleaning. I into office and check e-mail. On from Mickey Guinn who is down here from No. Cal on vacation. Call and leave phone numbers. Work in office while Brenda cleans. She leaves and I into living room. Turn on TV and end up watching Colorado Serenade, with Eddie Dean and Davie Sharp. Eat while viewing. Down for nap with my girls. Up and check phone messages; check e-mail. Out to get mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Call Beth with message about phone message. Bring in recycle bin. Into office and work at computer. Call Mickey Guinn and make sketchy plans for lunch tomorrow. Continue working at computer. Into dining room and turn on O'Reilly. Beth home and I start dinner. We eat. She washes her hair; then we watch recording of last night's CSI: Vegas (The Season Finale). Both get ready. Later ~

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Uncle George runs lines with Mamie Van Doren - College Confidential (1960)

Follow Beth over to Cat City to drop her car to get sunroof fixed. Drop he at work then home. Check e-mail and news sites with chips and girls. Into living room to watch conclusion of McClintock; plus a Lawman episode. Eat while viewing. Down for nap with girls. Up and check mail. Feed girls. Beth calls. Open mail for Beth. Pick her up and we home for awhile. Then we drive to Cat City to get her car. Home and we eat - Tacos. Watch absolutely nothing - nothing to watch. Both work in office. Later ~

Filming a scene for Five Steps to Danger with Sterling Hayden (on dock with fishing pole)

Rode to meeting with Beth - stopped at her employers' on way home to drop her and her stuff; then I by post office then Nader's for gas. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Into Living room. Start to watch McClintock with John Wayne. Beth here with van - she brings her jewelry box and we get it into guest bedroom. She leaves. I have some fruit; then it's down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail; bring in mail. Feed girls; open mail for Beth. Car is ready. Get Beth at her place of work and we go pick up Dodge. I home; she back to work. Open more mail for Beth. Read some of the magazines. Clean up side yard. No time for O'Reilly as Beth drives in. Help her unload her stuff. Fix dinner and we eat. She washes her hair. We watch recording of last night's NCIS TV Series. Later ~

Lassie and her (his) owner-trainer, Rudd Weatherwax

Rode to meeting with Beth - stopped at her employers' on way home to drop her and her stuff; then I by post office then Nader's for gas. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Pretty much my same routine until I pick her up at 5:00 pm and we drive to Cat City to get my car. Home and start making dinner. Eat and talk. We watch last night's recording of NCIS. Later ~

Blowing something up for The Gatling Gun- 1973

Car will not start after meeting. Blue and Ricky help me with a jump from Blue's car. Home - leave engine running. Both girls on leashes and into car. Drive to Marchelle's home north of Ramon to get them both washed. I leave car running and watch the procedure - take some photos. Home after and let girls in the house. Talk to Beth. Check e-mail. Talk to brother Bob. Make some lunch and eat. Down for nap. Up and check e-mail. Bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Beth calls - I drive Dodge to Crystal Chrysler to have mandatory work done; plus they'll check battery and put in nee one on warranty if needed. She meets me there, picks me up and by Sav-On to get my medications. Home and she goes through mail while I work at computer. I into kitchen and make a couple of salads. We eat with bread sticks. After, into office. Watch recording of last night's Hawaii 5-0. Later ~

Setting the camera for a shot atop Hoover Dam for the Remington Steele TV series

Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work a little at computer. Call Jimmy George and leave message. Joel here with helper and move old queen-size mattress and springs to pickup and take it ???. Spend some time in living room watching TV. Make lunch and eat. Beth here and cleans behind bed-frame, etc. She leaves. Finish eating. Jimmy George calls back - he took a fall this last weekend and is pretty messed up. I down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail; feed girls; open mail for Beth. New mattress and springs delivered - no fit frame - Jerry will fix. They leave. Jerry here. He fixes bed frame and mattress works. He also checks fan cords; fixes book shelves in office; checks back gate to behind garage; measures for back wall; and some other things. He leaves. Turn on news; but Beth pulls in so shut off TV and help her bring her stuff inside. Fix dinner and we eat. She washes her hair. Starts to make new bed. I write here. Into living room to watch recording of yesterday's CSI: Miami finale. (bad). She into our bedroom to watch DWTS, showering between dances. I get ready. Later ~

Johnny Mack Brown and Noel Neill between setups on the Iverson Western Street shooting Whispering Hills ( 1951)

Sleep in day. Beth up and she to Hall to meet Brenda. I up 5:30. Check e-mail; shower and dress. Bring in paper. Fix breakfast and eat while reading Sunday paper. Trim beard. Beth home. I put out pill boxes for her and she does my weekly pills. I help put away. Both into office and work. Call the Fenady's and figure out WWA convention things. I into kitchen and fix lunch - she in and we eat. After dessert, I down for nap. Up and check e-mail. Feed girls. She takes bedding off guest bed. I sit with girls; have some cookies. Join her in office - we both work on our separate projects.
Into dining room with map and calendar - figure out our trip. She starts dinner. We eat and have dessert. Into living room and watch a rerun of NCIS from last night. Both into office. Later ~

William Shatner (white hair) on Original Star Trek set shooting the bull with crew member

Grocery shopping - leave early to get a start on it. Home and unload. Take into house and put away. Into office where I check e-mail and news sites with chips and girls. Beth home; we off to place that fixes sunroofs but they busy today - will make appointment next week. Lunch at Goodies near PS airport. Home and I down for nap with girls. She heads to Indio to see Joel and shop for new bed. I up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Beth home and into office. I look for movie for tonight and can't find one; so we'll watch COPS type shows. Make chips and cheese for dinner; strawberries for desert. Clean up side yard. Clean up Daisy. Both into office where we work until it's time for her shower; and I get ready. Later ~

Uncle George running lines with David Janssen - Warning Shot (1967)


Don't stay for meeting; off to Sam's Club to shop for Hall. Pick up MD card at CVS. Gas up on way home and talk to Nader. Home and check e-mail and news sites with chips and girls. Brenda starts cleaning on Friday today. We drop her car at Ramona Tires. Home and she starts in cleaning. I work at computer; then into living room to watch: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon for the umpteenth time. No lunch. Drop Brenda at Ramona Tire to pick up her car and home. I down for nap with girls. up and check e-mail. Bring in mail. Feed girls. Read a magazine I got in mail. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Work at computer for awhile. Into watch O'Reilly. Beth home - help her in with her stuff. Talk together. I start dinner and we eat. Watch recording of last night's CSI: Vegas: 2-parter, continued next week. Later ~

Michael Landon studies script with script supervisor trainee on Bonanza set

Stop by Nader's station on way home to talk with Nader. On home to check e-mail and news sites with cinnamon roll and girls. Work at computer for awhile. To living room and watch final season episode of Justified. Followed by Wagon Train (1940) with Tim Holt. Stop to check computer and get a call from Beth. Off to Indio's China Bistro for monthly Conservative Round Table. Our guest today is Larry Greenfield: Clairmount Institute. Lunch and discussion. Home and feed girls. Talk Beth. Down for nap with girls. up and bring in mail. Clean up side yard. Put out bin. Work at computer. Turn on O'Reilly. Beth home - help her in with stuff. Start dinner. We eat and talk. She into office and I follow later. Both work in office. Later ~

Filming the original Star Trek TV Series at Vasquez Rocks

Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and snack. Work at computer for awhile. To hearing aid place to meet with Jason while he fixes my hearing aids. Home. After working at computer for awhile, I move to living room to watch Target, with Tim Holt and Richard Martin. Make lunch and eat while viewing. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Clean up side yard. Open mail for Beth. Scan a magazine. Sweep inside tiles. Start watching O'Reilly. Beth home; I start dinner and we eat. We do a few things then watch last night's recording of NCIS. Later ~

Stephanie Zimblast with my Uncle George on Remington Steele set, Las Vegas, Nevada (early 80s)

Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with Cheez-Its and girls. Continue working at computer for awhile. Read some interview stories. To vet with Daisy - Beth meets me there. Have Daisy micro-chipped. I drop Daisy at home then meet Beth at Garage. Drop Dodge and she takes me home. Fix lunch then watch today's Lawman recording. Ice cream; then down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Girls out back; clean up side yard. Bring in mail through garage. Feed girls. Into office and work at computer. Facebook conversation with nephew Greg. Beth home and gets me; we pick up my car at garage. Home. She goes through mail. She cooks pasta and makes salad. We eat. I into office. She into office. Both into living room to watch last night's recording of Hawaii 5-0. Scan Facebook. Later ~

The Garner Ranch in Garner Valley - used as set in today's Tim Holt Western; plus many others

Stop to talk to Nadar on way home from meeting. On home to check e-mail and news site with Cheez-Its and girls. Work at computer for awhile. Talk to Jimmy George in Mississippi. Into living room to watch TV. Watch recording of Riders of the Range, with Tim Holt and Richard Martin - filmed at the Garner Ranch. After that today's recorded episode of Lawman. Eat lunch while viewing. Down for nap with girls. Up and down to bank to make deposit for Beth. On to hearing aid place to renew warranty; also make appointment for Wednesday morning. Home and work on computer. In to watch O'Reilly for a few minutes. Beth home. Help; her in with stuff. Start dinner then we eat. Both into office. Then we to living room to watch CSI: Miami - which wasn't recorded due to Obama's bin Laden speech; so we watch a Huell Howser recording on growing graass for California's sports stadiums. I get ready and to bed; she watches DWTS. Later ~

Some of the original Star Trek cast between shots

Sleep in day. Beth up earlier and off to Hall to meet Brenda. I up 5:30 - check e-mail; shave and shower. Dress and to kitchen; make breakfast and eat while reading Sunday paper. Trim beard. Work at computer for awhile. Beth home. We snack and talk. I to office while she reads paper. In and fix lunch - we eat. Into office to write here. She to her computer. I down for nap with girls. Up and help Beth order things for Maad Dog Daze through Sam's Club on line. I make up tickets for MDD. Feed Girls. Back to office to check e-mail. Snack. Share with Beth. Clean up side yard. Spend a leisurely afternoon. She makes tacos and we eat. No TV. Bed early. Later ~