Scribblings From the Desert

I am a published author and produced screenwriter living in Rancho Mirage, California with my wife, Beth, and two dogs, Crystal and Misty. I have spent most of my life in and around the Hollywood Motion Picture Business.

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Location: Rancho Mirage, California, United States

Friday, September 30, 2011

Michael Emerson and James Caviezel of Person of Interest

57th Anniversary of James Dean's death.
After meeting I drive home. Brenda here cleaning. Make some popcorn and eat at computer with girls begging. Check e-mail and news sites. Work on a few things. Brenda leaves; and I to TV. Watch a western that's streaming on The Western Channel. Beth calls. Have a light lunch. I take off to meet Beth at nail shop. She there getting a manicure. I get pedicure. Bye to Beth and drive home. Check e-mail. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Work in office the rest of the afternoon. Beth home and help her in with her stuff. Start making dinner and salads. We eat while watching O'Reilly and some Hannity. Turn on TV and watch Person of Interest with Michael Emerson and James Caviezel. Both into office and work - I write here. Both get ready for bed with her showering. Later ~

Thursday, September 29, 2011


Leave meeting early and drive to Sam's to shop for Hall. Home after and check e-maiol and news sites with girls and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Talk to Beth for a few minutes. Into living room to watch TV: Hour of the Gun, with James Garner and Jason Robards (Steve Ihnat had a nice part). Make a sandwich and eat lunch while viewing. Into office then down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Into office and search for files. Girls at my side. Clean up side yard. Check shows for tonight on TV. Beth home. Help her in with her stuff. She starts cooking; I turn on O'Reilly. About halfway through she serves dinner and we eat. Ice cream for dessert. She has some chores to do and I write here to get it going. Then we watch recording of Pan Am premiere. Write here some more while she gets ready. Later ~

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Bird cage in Lowe's Hotel on Coronado Island

SOE e-book contract sent to Caleb. Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls. Call Jimmy George in Mississippi and talk for awhile. Beth calls so I transfer to her and we talk for awhile. Work at computer for an hour. Into living room and turn on TV. Watch The Taming of the West with "Wild" Bill Elliott and Dub Taylor. Make a sandwich and eat while viewing. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Work at computer most of the afternoon. Beth home and I cook fast. We eat with O'Reilly; then she's off to H&I Meeting. I work at computer. She home and we watch NCIS. Get ready and - Later ~

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Ya' can't get away from those damn bikers

After meeting to Albertson's - then on to Sherry's for my haircut. See Mel, Sharon. Lauren. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Out to shop at Macy's for a couple of shirts; and on to Albertson's for catch up grocery shopping. Home and call Beth. Make simple lunch and some TV: Four for Texas. Contract from Caleb. Find a paragraph concerning movie rights and e-mail him. Down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean side yard. Shuck corn for dinner. Work in office for rest of afternoon. Beth home and hep her in with stuff. We talk for awhile. She scrubs BBQ grill. I grill corn-on-the-cob. She works in office. We eat; hen clean up. She washes her hair while I write here in office. Both get ready. Later ~

Monday, September 26, 2011

The USS Ronald Reagan was in port

Left meeting early and went home. Checked e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Get the girls leashed up and into car and off to Marchelle the groomer's for a bath. Misty, as usual, is wonderful; Daisy shook all over - in the cage, in the tub, and really went wild on the blow drying table. We had to leave her ears wet. Home and make sandwich. Call Beth. Eat and watch TV Western Channel. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Work in office foe awhile. Clean up side yard. Get trash pulled together. Into office and work at computer. Beth home and help her in with her stuff. She starts dinner. I work in office. We eat while watching O'Reilly. Clean up dishes. Beth works in office. Then we watch recording of last night's CSI: Miami. Both get ready. Later ~

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Sunday, September 25, 2011




Met Linda Baker and her husband Steve for breakfast in our hotel at 9:00. Packed it up and took off; stopping at The Del Coronado Hotel to sight see and take pictures. Drive home in a little over two hours. Unload and unpack. Download pictures and eat some tacos made by Beth. Watch recording of premiere episode of Hawaii 5-0. Write here, help Beth get ready - I get ready then: Later ~

Saturday, September 24, 2011






We ferried across the bay to spend a few hours on The Midway aircraft carrier and museum - lunched at 2:00 on the fantail; then took a tour around the San Diego Harbor. Ferried back then ate a small dinner at our hotel. Bed around 9:30 ~

Friday, September 23, 2011

Arriving on Coronado Island for the weekend

After meeting get car washed. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Start packing and making sure I have everything. Talk to Beth. Fix and eat lunch. Snooze in front of TV. Beth home and we get everything ready and loadeed. Take off for San Diego and Coronado Island at 2:00. RAINS along way. Map Quest gave us long way around. Arrive Lowe's hotel 5:00. Check in and to local Mexican place, Miguel's. Eat an enjoyable dinner then home. Watch some TV in room whilew getting ready for bed. Later ~

Thursday, September 22, 2011

B.B. Hudspeth and his wife Brooke having lunch in Pappy and Harriet's

Beth leaves meeting early for doctor's appointment - her final at wound center. I home after and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. BB Hudspeth and his wife Brooke arrive 9:30 and after they meet girls we off to Pioneertown. Arrive 10:30and we park and tour bowling alley end of the street taking pictures and talking. Move on down to Red Dog Saloon taking more photos and enjoying the day. We walk back up the street and they shop in gift shop as a bus of tourists arrive from a Palm Springs Tour Guide Service. We all arrive at Pappy and Harriet's for lunch at the same time. Enjoy our lunch and talk. More pics inside and out then we drive back to Rancho Mirage. They drive back to LA. I feed girls then down for nap. Called Beth. Up 4:30. Bring in mail. Feed girls. Shuck corn for dinner tonight. Work in office. Download some pictures I rtook today; plus one from my iPhone. Beth home. I help her in with her stuff. Start BBQ. She into office to make phone call. I start corn on BBQ. We eat and enjoy ourselves while watching O'Reilly. GOP debate begins. I into office agfter 45 minutes. Work at computer. Write here. Beth into shower;

Wednesday, September 21, 2011


I leave meeting at 7:30 then drive Sam's where I shop for Hall. Home and unload our stuff. Into office and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work on a chapter of novel I'm into right now. Into living room and turn on TV. Riders of the Northwest Mounted, with Russell Hayden and Dub Taylor. Make a sandwich and eat while I view movie. Into office; then down for nap in bedroom with girls. Up at 2:00. Being in mail from outside. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Into office and work on novel some more -another chapter cleaned up. Putz around on computer. Have no luck with QVC recording copying device so put it back into box for return. Beth home so I hep her in with her stuff. She does a few chores. I start BBQ and make some salads. Start barbecuing and she fixes her chicken. We eat and talk. After clean up, we watch recording of last night's NCIS. Both into office. I write here; she gets box ready for returning. Get ready for bed. Later ~

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Beth about to have her ankle wrap removed

Leave a little early with Beth; to her place of work and we off to doctor in my car. She gets ankle wrap off today and now will wear a support stocking. After doctor, we to medical supply to get support stockings. By Sav-On for pu RX. Drop her at work and I drive home. Make sandwich and side dishes. Watch TV westerns while I eat. Ice cream; check e-mail; down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Into office and work on a chapter of the novel I'm working on. I set up new wifi blue ray DVD player. Empty dish washer. Spend some time on another chapter of WIP. Clean up a little. Beth home. Help her in with some of her stuff. We talk then turn on O'Reilly. She makes salads while I cook macaroni. We eat with Hannity. Both into office where I write here. We get ready for bed. Later ~

Monday, September 19, 2011

Wrecking a pickup for The Fugitive TV series - that's me dead center watching my wet costume on the wet stuntman at bottom of frame.


Home after meetingand check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work on computer for awhile - going through a chapter of novel I'm working on now. b.b. (Brian) Hudspeth calls and we plan Thursday. Take off at 9:30 to do bank deposit for Beth; then on to Carl's, Jr. for a take-out Bacon Western Cheese Burger. Home and eat while watching several clips of westerns I'd saved from the Western Channel. After ice cream dessert, I down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail; bring in outside mail; feed girls; open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Into office and work at computer - go through another chapter of novel I'm working on. Work more at comupter. Take some things to shed for Beth. Back to office. Send some e-mails. Beth home so I go out and helop her bring her stuff inside. Start making dinner - chicken tacos. I do cheese, etc. We eat and talk while watching O'Reilly. I take out trash. Back to office and write here. Beth takes some phone calls. We get ready and: Later ~

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Margo Martindale wins Best Supporting Actress Emmy for Justified

Sleep in day. I up with cramp and work it out with quinine pill. Back to sleep. Up again at 6:00. Shower and dress. Beth up and gets ready for the day. Bring in Sunday paper. Make breakfast and we eat while reading Sunday paper. I work in office and I'm joined by Beth for awhile. Watch some QVC with her. She makes lunch and we eat. Have some dessert together. I down for nap with girls. She off to Maad Dog Daze prep meeting for next year. I up and work at computer. Beth home and we talk. Spend afternoon working on a novel. She makes dinner and we eat. Turn on Emmys. Move to living room to continue Emmys. I into office to write here. She to take shower and I help. Both get ready for bed. Later ~

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Glenna with her lobster at Don Diego's

Grocery shopping after I left meeting at 7:30. Home and unload stuff - take inside - and put away. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Beth home. She talks quick and changes to o to Hildegaard's service. Off she goes and I continue working at computer. I to Best Buy to get a six-foot HDMI connector. Home - fix lunch and eat while watching end of No Name on the Bullet. Down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Out for mail - no mail. Feed girls. Beth does my pill boxes. I into office and work at computer. Into dining room and put pill boxes away. Both of us get ready and drive to Don Diego's to meet Glenna for dinner - she has lobster - we have tacos. Talk for awhile in restaurant. Drive home and have ice cream. I into office and write here. She read paper in dining room. Both get ready for bed. Later ~

Friday, September 16, 2011

Outlaws force George Montgomery to help them rob the bank Gun Dual in Durango (1957)

Leave meeting at 7:30 and drive to Sam's to shop for Hall. Home and put awa the stuff I bought for us. Brenda there - she's already cleaned office. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Share some chips with Brenda. Paul the bug man her to spray inside and out. Eventually Sean gets here and starts to work on my blog which is having publishing problems. Jimmy George calls and I'll call him back this afternoon. Henry Park calls - he's reviewing And Action! for his web site and he interviews me for some time. Hang up and pay Sean for his work. Sean leaves. Call Henry back and he says he can get rest of info from my web site. Into living room and turn on TV. Gun Duel in Durango (1957) with George Montgomery is on The Western Channel so I watch it while eating a frozen dinner for lunch. Down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Out and bring in UPS and mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Into office and work with new computer. Call Jimmy George and we talk for awhile. Get stuff out for dinner. Beth home and help her unload her stuff. Start dinner while she checks her computer. We eat while watching O'Reilly and Haniity. Clean up and she outside to water. Into office to work here. More time spent on computer. She gets ready for bed with a shower. I get ready. Later ~

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Audie Murphy - No Name on the Bullet

Home after meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work on computer for awhile. Exchange Linked-in messages with Joanne Roth. Into living room and turn on TV. Watch No Name on the Bullet, with Audie Murphy. Make sandwich and eat while viewing the movie. Down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Bring in UPS package and mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Into office and work on computer; learning more with every visit. Get BBQ set up. Shuck some corn for dinner. Turn on Fox news. O'Reilly on. Call Sean and leave messaged - he calls back and we set new time for 9:30 tomorrow morning. Beth home and help her bring in her stuff. Start BBQ. She in and we talk. Start corn. Set table. Watch O'Reilly and Hannity. Bring in corn and we eat. Clean up after. Take trash out and put in garage for tomorrow morning. Change outside light bulb. Into office and work at computer writing here. Beth gets ready; I get ready. Later ~

Wednesday, September 14, 2011


Home after meeting and check e-mail and news siteswith girls and chips. Work on new compouter for awhile learning some new things. Talk to Beth. Drive to Best Buy and get a blue ray WiFi player. To Carl's Jr. and get a western ceseburger. Home and eat while watching Taggart with Tony Young and Dan Duryea. Down for nqp with girls. Up with cramp then back to slep. Up 3:00. Bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Into office and read e-mail. Work at computer for awhile. Beth home and help her in with her stuff. Start dinner. Sean calls - he's not going to be coming over. BBQ steak while she cooks chicken. We eat and watch Hannity. Clean up and into office to write here. Beth joins me. We get ready for bed. Later ~

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Bob Steele

Thunder. lightening, and RAIN.
Follow Beth to her place of employment and stay there while she goes over to hospital to see Dr. Peterson. I wait for bug man and let him in. He finishes his job and I to hospital but Beth is gone. I call her then pick her up and take her to Michael's and Staples. Take her back to work then stop for gas and home. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and nothing to eat. Fix half a sandwich for lunch and turn on TV. Navajo Kid with Bob Steele and Syd Saylor. Watch TV while eating. RAIN. Down for nap with girls. Up 1:45 - Randy Suit calling; we talk for awhile. Work at computer. Bring in UPS and mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth and add her e-mails to pile. Back to computer until Beth home. Help her in with her stuff. Sean here with new computer. He installs it while we watch and talk. He's off in more RAIN. Cook and we eat while watching Hannity. Into office and both work on computers. Both get ready, then: Later ~

Monday, September 12, 2011

Wild Bill Elliott

Stop at Von's on way home to pick up pineapple fo Beth. Once home I check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work at computer. Sam over to get tickets down for Beth. Sean calls; he's on way over. I turn on TV and watch Wild Bill Elliott movie. Make a sandwich and before I have it half eaten, Sean over to pick up new computer and old tower for info transfer. I finish eating; have ice cream dessert. Down for nap with girls. Up 2:00 and check e-mail and news sites. Out to bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Into office to work on blog. Work at computer for the next few hours. Put out recycle bin then into dining room and turn on Fox news. Beth home and help her bring in her stuff. We talk as the 3rd Rupublican Debate begins on CNN. I make dinner - tacos. We eat and watch debate. I clean up then into office to check e-mail and write here. Beth eventually showers and gets ready for bed. I follow her close behind. Later ~

Sunday, September 11, 2011

10-Years After ~

10th Anniversary of the Muslim Sneak Attacks
Sleep in day. Beth sleeps in beside me. Up at 5:30 - shower and dress.
E-mail from Caleb that he will e-publish Shadows of Eagles. I send him some info he requested. Work some at computer. Make breakfast and eat with Sunday paper and Beth watching Fox News show about 9/11 on TV. Into office and work on computer in A.M. - Beth makes lunch and we eat and talk in kitchen with Fox 9/11 continuing. I down for nap with girls. Up 2:00 - Beth has gone to mission to take bicycles. She home shortly. I continue working in office. She joins me. James Jenkins calls from Florida and we talk for nearly an hour. Shannon called to talk to Beth and me. Work some more in office. She into kitchen to get dinner started. Into dining room and eat while watching more 9/11 coverage. Clean up. Trash out. Into office and work for awhile. Beth gets ready and i get ready. Later ~

Saturday, September 10, 2011

My second novel's cover

Grocery shopping after meeting (left a half-hour early). Home and bring in stuff and put away. Beth home. I into office and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Then we're off to pick up something for her at Sam's (motor oil for the gardeners); then on to nail shop. I get pedicure; she gets manicure only. We across the street to Yellow Basket for a fish taco lunch. She stops on way home while I head home directly. When she arrives we have ice cream dessert. I down for nap with girls. I up and work for awhile in office. Bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Skim a magazine. Back to office and send three chapters of all my books to Caleb. Work at computer. Beth in to start dinner. I in to help her and she needs no help. Turn on Huckabee and we watch while eating dinner. After we clean up she washes here hair. She showers and gets ready. I get ready. Then we watch a rental movie on TV: Flypaper, with Patrick Dempsy and Ashley Judd. Beth falls asleep. She to bed after and I work at computer and write here. Later ~

Friday, September 09, 2011

Another UPS delivery today

Leave meeting at 20-after seven and drive to Sam's to shop for Hall. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Brenda got chips, too. Beth by for a minute or two to Give Brenda some old paperwork of hers. Try to call Sean about new computer but have to leave message. I finish up in office. Into living room to watch Mountain Rhythm with Gene Autry, June Story and Smiley Burnette. Made some lunch and ate it while watching show. Into bed for a nap with girls. Up and out to bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Into office and work some more and for awhile. Try Sean again. UPS delivery for Beth. Beth home and we talk. Drive to Don Diego's to meet Steve and Theresa Grippi for dinner. Sean calls about new computer and we set it up for Monday. Home and work in office - both of us, Get ready and: Later ~

Thursday, September 08, 2011

Barbara Britton and Sonny Tufts behind the scenes on The Untamed Breed set

Message on Linkedin from Caleb Pirtle III regarding his new job in e-publishing. Write him beck using e-mail. To meeting with Beth. Appointment with Jason to adjust my hearing aides after meeting. Drop some photos at CVS for prints. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work in office for awhile - finish Beth's story. Do a few more things then into living room to watch The Untaimed Breed with Sonny Tufts but tune to Western Channel fare and see the end of Reprisal with Guy Madison again. Made a sandwich and ate lunch while viewing. Down to nap with girls keeping clothes on as UPS may deliver. Up and into office checking e-mail. UPS delivers new computer and frozen steaks. Bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Into office. Jimmy George calls. Jerry called and they talked for a long time. We talk for awhile. I shuck some corn for tonight's dinner. Work at computer some more. Beth home and help her in with her stuff. I have president's job speech on but mute. Start BBQ. Watch some speech. Put corn on as O'Reilly begins. Serve dinner at 5:30 and we eat. Hannity begins and we have ice creqm. I into office and work at computer. Beth joins me after a while. Both work in office. We get ready. Later ~

Wednesday, September 07, 2011

GOP Debate centers on Romney and Perry

Home after meeting; check e-mail and news sites with girls and popcorn. Beth calls and I'll meet her at her place of work at 10:00. Work a little on computer then drive over to Beth's workplace to baby sit the phone while she goes to her appointment with Dr. Stone. Find a book and read while rush plays in background. Beth back in an hour. I drive home and make simple lunch then watch end of Face of a Fugitive with Fred MacMurray. Down for nap with girls with clothes on in case UPS delivers. Up and check e-mail. Bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Into office to work on Beth's project. Jimmy George calls and we talk for a while. Beth calls. She home in less than 15-minutes. Help her in with her stuff. Talk for awhile. She into office while I start making dinner. We eat while watching GOP debate. After we eat I clean up some and move to office. Continue debate and work at computer. Beth either takes a shower or not then gets ready for bed. I get ready. Later ~

Tuesday, September 06, 2011

Dan Duryea and Tony Young in He Rides Tall

To Albertson's after meeting; then to Sherry's for haircut. Sherry there early and see Mel. Home after and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work on Beth's story for awhile. Talk to Brenda and call Beth - she did doctor today all alone. I into living room and watch He Rides Tall, with Tony Young and Dan Duryea. Made lunch and ate while I watched the show. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Scan new Western Clippings newsletter. Back to office and continue working on computer. Beth home and help her in with her stuff. We talk at dining room table. She starts dinner. We eat while watching O'Reilly with Laura Ingrahm as guest host. Clean up and into office. We both work on our projects. She washes her hair. Both get ready for bed. Later ~

Monday, September 05, 2011

Early Evening Rain on Pool


RAIN early then later in the day
Home after meeting while Beth to employer's place to check on pumps. I check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Beth home and we talk. She reads paper and I into office to catch up on a few things. She joins me in office. I continue working on a few things. Into kitchen to prepare lunch then we eat in dining room. After ice cream, I into bedroom for nap with girls. Up and check computer. Feed girls. Watch recording of Entourage_ second to the last show. Clean up side yard. Back to office. Starts to rain some. I make us salads for dinner and we eat. In to TV: We watch recording of Bush interview regarding 9/11 - first half; we didn't record second half. Both into office and work. She gets ready for a shower and showers, I get ready. Later ~ Thunder, lightening and heavy rain a few hours later. Big dog scared shitless; little dog handles it OK.

Sunday, September 04, 2011

RKO Encino Ranch (1953)

Sleep in day for me. Beth up and off to Hall to help Brenda since Joe went to convention in San Diego. I up 5:30. Shower and dress; fix breakfast and eat while reading Sunday paper. Trim my beard. Beth home and i join her at dining room table to talk. I into office to download wedding photos. Beth off to pick up Brenda and they to Costco and Mission. I to living room and watch Border Treasure with Tim Holt and Richard Martin. Followed by Return of the Lash with Al "Lash" LaRue and Al "Fuzzy" St. John. Down for nap with girls. Up 2:00. Beth is home. I check e-mail and news sites on computer. Bring in mail and open it for Beth. Beth joins me in office. We both work. Shannon calls from Texas. We down to Appleby's for dinner. Home and turn on MDA Telethon without Jerry Lewis. Get ready and both to bed. Watch telethon from bed. Later ~

Saturday, September 03, 2011

Dylan (The Bride) with Beth

Grocery shopping after meeting. Home and unload and put stuff away. Into office to check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Beth home - help her in then we have chips at table while we talk. I into office again and back to messages and news sites. In to kitchen and start making sandwiches for an early lunch. Beth and I eat and talk. She starts in on my pills. I down for quick nap. She wakes me at 12:15. Get ready for wedding.Beth gets ready too. We drive to Hope Lutheran beside the Hall for Dylan's and Jeff's wedding. Sit with Bill, Sonny, Brenda, Ralph and Linda. After, we take Brenda and drive to la Quinta for reception at new hotel. Wait for wedding party who are taking photos. When they arrive we go through the usual wedding procedure. Leave after cake and after dropping Brenda at her car at Hall, we home. Juggle the cars and inside. Both of us get out of our clothes. I write here. Later ~

Friday, September 02, 2011

Gene Autry and Duncan Renaldo in Gaucho Serenade

Leave meeting at 7:30 and drive to Sam's to shop for Hall. Home and Brenda is there. Make some popcorn and we share. I into office and check e-mail and news sites with girls. Beth here and orders something for Brenda from QVC. Then she's gone. I to bank to drop bond; then it's off to Macy's where I buy a shirt to wear to Dylan's wedding tomorrow. Stop at Carl's, Jr. for a take home burger. Home and Brenda's leaving. I eat burger while watching Gaucho Serenade, with Gene Autry, June Storey and Smiley Burnette. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Beth calls;her car is ready. Feed girls and open mail for Beth. To pick up Beth and take her to garage where her car has ben fixed. I home and park it for the night. Work at computer and other things until Beth comes home. We talk then I into office. She starts dinner while I set table. Cook on new George Forman grill inside. We eat and have dessert. She washes her hair then joins me in office. She showers then gets ready for bed. I get ready. Later ~

Thursday, September 01, 2011

Pre-op - Beth awaits her skin graft

I home after meeting to check on girls; then to Beth's place of employment to pick her up and drive to Eisenhower for her second apligraft (skin graft) on her ankle. Job done in about an hour so drop her back at work and I on home. Check some e-mail and several other things then off to Indio for my monthly Conservative Round Table Luncheon. Stop by Leather Plus and talk to Joel for the first time in several months. He says he's finally going to close it down. Who knows. On to China Bistro for Round Table - George, Lauren, Lee, Darlene, Sandy, Richard and Harvey there. Harvey talks about his trip to Israel and the Glen Beck gathering. Home at 2:30. Feed girls an open mail for Beth; then down for nap with girls. Up 4:30. Beth is home. I do a few chores and end up in office working at computer; Beth joins me. Into kitchen and make dinner. We eat and talk while watching Hannity interview Dick Cheny. Both work in office, Do trash. Get ready and: Later ~