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

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Roy Rogers and Trigger - 8mm blowup; shot by me at Iverson's, mid-50s

Beth's employers' UPS boxes (3) stolen off our front porch before we leave for meeting.
After meeting, stop at Ace Hardware to return something for Beth. Get copies made for Beth at Office Max. Pick up some hearing aid batteries at Walgreen's. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work on computer for awhile. Talk to Beth. Into living room and watch pieces of some TV westerns. Make sandwich and eat while viewing. Down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Out to bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Work in office until it starts to get dark. Turn on some lights. Start dinner; make salads; set table. Beth home - help her in with her stuff. Harry calls from San Francisco. Beth into office for a minute; I serve dinner. We eat and talk. After ice cream,she leaves for H&I Meeting at Hall. I putter around then work some more on computer. Check my Facebook. Beth home and get her sock off. She showers. I get ready. Later ~

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Cedar Lake Western Street (Big Bear) - mid-1960s

Stop at Albertson's after meeting; then off to Sherry's for a haircut; she's late - see Mel. It's late so home and wait for Sean, computer guy. He's late, too. Do some chores. Sean herewith Beth's computer. He hooks it up and I pay him. Bye to Sean. Make a small salad for lunch and watch some western while I eat. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Bring in trash bin. Beth picks me up and we to house down the street for a look see. Home and I start making taco dinner. Beth to office to catch up on her work. We eat and talk. Clean up then have our ice cream. She washes her hair. I dowsnload some pictures I took earlier today. Write here. Sheshowers. I get ready. Later ~

Monday, November 28, 2011

Check Your Guns

Home after meeting. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Sean calls and he by to look at Beth's computer. He needs to take it so he sets up her small computer. I work at my computer for awhile. Work on synopsis for Ford's Point. Into living room and watch Check your Guns with Eddie Dean - make lunch and eat while viewing. After ice cream I down for nap with girls. Up before 3:00. Check e-mail. Bring in mail from outside; feed girls; open mail for Beth. Into office and work some more on computer. Work some more on synopsis. Eventually into kitchen and start dinner. Beth home. Help her bring her stuff inside. We eat. After ice cream. we try to watch a program from last night. At first we think it didn't record; but after a check on computer we find both shows weren't on the past two weeks. Beth tries out her little computer while I write here. She showers. I get ready. Later ~

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Filming Camp Runamuck at the Columbia Ranch (1965)

Sleep in day. Beth up and off to Hall to decorate for Christmas. I up 6:00 - shave; shower; dress. Out and bring in Sunday paper. Make breakfast and eat while reading Sunday paper. After, I trim beard and tidy up. To office to check e-mail and news sites. Open some pill packages for Beth. Clean up kitchen; make bed. Beth home and we talk for awhile. She work in office while I work at kitchen table. I fix lunch and we eat. Drive down street to look at a house. Home. I down for nap with girls. Up at 3:00. Feed girls; little one eats everything. Into office and work for awhile. Beth on phone and her computer. Both work some in afternoon. I make dinner and we eat. Into living room to watch various TV shows. She showers. I clean up and write here. Later ~

Saturday, November 26, 2011

The Help

Grocery shopping after meeting. See Harry on way out. Drive home and unload; put stuff away. Do some small chores. Check -mail and news sites. Read some more news sites. Beth home. Help her unload and bring stuff inside. Into office and do some paper work. Beth makes some toasted cheese sandwiches and we eat. After ice cream, she off to hair appointment; I down for nap with girls. Up 1:30; check e-mail. Beth is here reading paper. I bring in mail. Feed girls. She opens mail. Into office and work some more. She doesn't slow down - work, work, work. Turn on Huckabee. I start on salads. She in office connecting to BOA on my computer. She into kitchen and starts cooking pasta. Shed serves and we eat. After cheesecake we talk awhile. She showers and I write here. Into living room to watch The Help. After, she into bed. I get ready then finish up here. Later ~

Friday, November 25, 2011

Bridesmaids

Leave meeting early and drive to Sam's Club to shop for Hall. Home after and put away stuff I bought for us. No Brenda as she's at her mother's for Thanksgiving weekend. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work on computer for awhile - writing synopsis for one of my scripts. Into living room and watch Stagecoach to Mesa City, with Lash LaRue and Al "Fuzzy" St. Johns. Have guacamole and chips for lunch. Down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Into kitchen an find Beth has been home fora little bit. She reads paper while I fed girls. Misty eats but Daisy doesn't. I work in office while she reads at table. We watch recording of DWTS final show. We eat Mexican leftovers and they're good. She washes her hair while I write here. Into living room to watch Bridesmaids. Very funny. She showers. I write here. Later ~

Thursday, November 24, 2011

2011 Thanksgiving - Mexican style




Happy Thanksgiving!
Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Set up table with leaves. Empty dishwasher. Beth home and she starts in on preparation for today's day. I into office every-so-often just to get out of her way. No lunch; no nap. First to arrive are Steve, Kelly and Tara. We have finger food and talk. Then comes Bruce, Sharon and Glen. More talk and snack while Beth and Kelly finish preparing dinner. We eat around 2:30 or 3:00. Mexican dinner: enchiladas; chile reanno; tamales. Cheese cake for desert. Talk awhile after dinner; then they head for home. Beth and I pull leaves from table. Finish cleaning up and both to office. I write here while she works on her computer. She showers; I get ready. Later ~

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Our baby is recovering nicely

Home after meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Into living room and try to watch Hell on Wheels recording from Sunday - no luck. Into office and check HOW on IMDb - find that I can buy a view of each segment for a couple of bucks. Watch two episodes of Hell on Wheels. Now I'm up to date. Have a light lunch; then down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls - big one eats; little one doesn't. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Work in office. Sweep floors. Beth home and help her bring her stuff inside. We talk while I make soup. We eat and talk. After dessert we watch recording of last night's NCIS episode with Robert Wagner. I write here while she showers. I get ready. Later ~

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

With Kenny Rogers on Rio Diablo set

Leave meeting 5-minutes early and drive home. Check e-mail and news sites. Leash up Misty and drive her to vet down the road. Check her in for her dental surgery. Drive on to Cathedral City to pick up tortilla chops for Thursday. Home and work at computer with little girl (Daisy) at my side. Off to Palm Desert at 10:00 and to Tommy Bahama's to get three new shirts for myself. Pick up a Western Bacon Cheeseburger then home. Watch Sunday's recording of Boardwalk Empire. Work in office then down for nap with Daisy. Up and dress. Check e-mail. Out to get mail and bring in inside. Feed Daisy but she won't eat. Open mail for Beth. Got a few DVDs. One comes Fed Ex a few minutes later. Shuck some corn. Work in office. Vet calls. Beth calls. Drive to vet at 4:15. Beth there. Pay bill then into see Misty. She'd tired and woozy. Doc talks to us. Home; start BBQ. Berth to office to work. I start BBQing corn-on-the-cob. We eat and watch GOP debate on CNN. Into office and try to submit a script. To living room and we watch last night's Hawaii Five-0. Clean up; she showers. I to office and write here. Later ~

Monday, November 21, 2011

On the Rio Diablo set - Alamo Village, TX (1992)

Home after meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Sam and Dale over to put up Christmas lights on house. I get clothes ready and I dress for luncheon. Drive over to Berth's place of employment and we drive to Mitch's place on El Paseo. Meet Bill and Sonny in parking lot. Walk to restaurant together. Benefit for The Ranch 9th annual luncheon. We sit with friends. Bill and Sonny sit over near Rick and Sherry. We leave shortly after lunch and back to Beth's work. I drive home. Bring in mail. Feed girls - little one no eat. Get out of dress up clothes and ready for nap. Check e-mail. Down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Open mail for Beth. Into office and work for awhile. Beth home and help her in with her things, I no eat. We talk and Beth has chips and salsa. We have our ice cream. Watch last night's CSI: Miami. She showers while I write here. Later ~

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Filming Rio Diablo at Alamo Village - Bracketville, Texas (1992)

Sleep in day. Beth up early and off to Hall to help Brenda and Joe. I up 6:00. Shower and and shave. Make breakfast and eat with Sunday paper. Trim beard. Beth home and starts working on projects. We over to Whitewater Park for dog adoption get together. See some friends; almost get another dog. Have hot dog lunch. Home. I down for nap with girls while she off to Hall for MDD meeting. I up and feed girls - little one no eat. Work at computer. I start dinner early. Beth home and we eat. Both into office and work. Into living room and we watch recording of last week's Pan Am. Both into office. She to shower; I write here. I get ready and join her in bed. Later ~

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Sonny and Bill White

Grocery shopping after meeting then home to unload and put away stuff. Beth arrives shortly after. I work at computer - check e-mail and news sites. We talk for awhile; then we off to nail place. I get sandwiches to take home after. Drive home. Beth not too far behind. We have our lunch and talk for awhile. I down for nap with girls. She off to run around. I up and she's already brought in mail. I get dressed. We talk and continue to get dressed an ready. Drive to Hall for Annie's memorial. After, we to Outback Steakhouse with Bill and Sonny White. Good food; great company. Home with Beth. We watch Person of Interest from last night. She showers and I get ready. Later ~
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Friday, November 18, 2011

Brother Bobby and me creeping up steps to Pioneertown's Red Dog Saloon (1951)

Leave meeting early and drive to Sam's Club to shop for Hall. Drop chicken to Beth's place of employment; she's out and about. Home and bring in chips. Brenda there cleaning. Jaques calls and we talk for awhile. Beth by to check on a few things; talks with Brenda and me. She's off. I continue at computer while Brenda finishes up. Bye to Brenda. I to TV. Watch a Gene Autry western while I make lunch and eat. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. I get a Fed Ex DVD from WGA. Clean side yard. Work in office for awhile. Beth home and I hep her bring in her stuff. Start dinner. Eat and make some conversation. She to office and she showers. We watch CSI: Miami from last night. Both to bed. Later ~

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Gene Autry, Dorothy Dix, Smiley Burnette in Guns and Guitars (1936)

Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Beth calls. Sam here to get paint out of garage for Jerry; and to paint place on wall in hall exposed by new thermostat. Turn on TV. Watch Guns and Guitars with Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette. Make sandwich and eat while viewing show. Jerry and crew painting backyard wall today - also cleaning up area. Into office and check e-mail. Down for nap with girls. Up and work at computer. Talk to Beth. Bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth (with cookies). Into office and work at computer. Write here. Beth home so I help her in with her stuff. Start dimmer; make salads. She to office and catch up on things. We eat and talk. She to shower. I work on computer. To living room and we watch last night's recording of CSI: Vegas. She continues to get ready as do I. Later ~

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Our new wall in progress


Stop at Vons on way home from meeting to get white corn but the season is over. On home to check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Call Byron Quisenberry and he's already gone back to Houston. We talk for a short time as he's on way to work and is late. Watch a Gunsmoke half-hour show I sent to James Jenkins last night. James calls and we talk about show; plus some other things. Into living room and turn on TV. Watch John Wayne in West of the Great Divide, with George Hayes. Make a sandwich and eat while viewing. Down for nap with girls. Up and surf the et. Bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Snack on cookies. Jerry helps me put up new flags on front pole. Try to get Daisy to eat. Sweep dog hair. Into office to work at computer. Take more wall pics. Write here. Beth home. Help her in with her stuff. She to bank and back. I start dinner; make her a salad. We eat and watch some O'Reilly. BQ calls for Sharon Yorks' info - I tell him I e-mailed it. After dessert both into office. She works on a few projects while I surf around. She in to shower. Then we watch last night's recording of NCIS. Get ready and: Later ~

Tuesday, November 15, 2011


Our 14th Anniversary
Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Beth here to follow me. We take off for groomer Marchelle's house - Beth follows so she knows how to get there. Marchell greets us and helps get babies inside. Beth stays a few minutes then goes to work. I stick around - Daisy goes first. Hates blow dry so half way through she is put in cage with s fan directed at her from outside. Misty comes through with flying colors. Pick up Western Cheese Burger on way home. Watch some TV while I eat. Call and talk to Jimmy George who just got out of the hospital after four days. Byron Q. attempted a call, I'll call him later; then it' down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Work at computer. Bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Into office and call James Jenkins in Florida. We talk for awhile. Try Byron - leave message. Work at computer. Beth home; we do a few things; then out for anniversary dinner at Pappa Dan's. Home and she was hair and shower. We watch last nights recording of Hawaii Five-0. Write here; get ready; then: Later ~

Monday, November 14, 2011

Back Yard Wall Going Up


Installing new electric meter


Stop at CVS after meeting to pick up mouthwash and card, Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Take some pics if guys building wall. Edison guy by to hook up new meter. Window washer Tom by to drop something for Beth. Turn on TV. Try to find Boardwalk Empire and Hell on Wheels new shows I forgot to record,. End up watching 4 for Texas. Make some lunch and eat while viewing. Beth calls. Bring in mail. Down for nap with girls. Up at 2:00. Feed girls. To bank to make deposit for Beth. Home and open mail for Beth. Into office and work at computer for awhile. Clean up side yard. Start collecting trash. Beth home and help her bring in her stuff. We talk for a few minutes. She in to shower while I start writing here. To living room and turn on TV. She in and we watch recording of last night's CSI: Miami. To bedroom and turn on Dancing with the Stars for her. Into office and finish up writing here. Clean up then: Later ~

Sunday, November 13, 2011

The Gym at Xavier where Gratitude Dinner was held

Sleep inday. Woke up at 6:00. Shaved and showered. Dressed and bring in papeer. Make breakfast and eat while reading Sunday paper. Beth in and joins me. I back to office qnd work on computer. Beth joins me and we work for awhile. Into dining room where she does my pill boxes. I work at computer. Fix some flatas for lunch and eat. She off to Chico's again while I down for nap. Beth actually joins me for a nap when she gets back from Chico's. We up at 3:00. Feed girls. Change into long pants and dress shirt. She gets changed. We off to arrive at Xavier Hiigh School for Gratitude Dinner. First time at new school. See a lot of old friends plus new friends, Sit with Dallad, Steve and Theresa Grippi. Good dinner and dessert. Beth and I leave as speaker is beginning. Home and to computer to check e-mail. Write in blog for yesterday and today. Watch Pan Am, recorded last week. Down for bed. Later ~

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Similar to Hanger Where we had Dinner

RAIN and COLD
Grocery shopping after meeting. Home, unload and put away. Check e-mail and news sites with girls. Beth home. We talk. Both work in office. Spaghetti lunch together. I down for my nap with girls. Beth to Chicos and her place of employment. I up and check e-mail. Feed girls; she brought in mail. Clean up side yard. Starts getting dark early now. We change clothes and get ready to go to Sonny White's rescue dog dinner at Coachella Airport. Meet Bill and Sunny there - held in a hangar at the airport. We checked out the silent auction and other things. Hangar was unheated so we wore our coats through dinner. The had a drawing and othr things. Home in the dark. When we get home we get ready for bed and down as soon as possible. Later ~

Friday, November 11, 2011

On Top of Old Smokey (1953)

Leave meeting early and drive to Sam's Club to get supplies for Hall; plus some things for us. Stop by Beth's place of employment to drop off chicken and batteries. I home and inside; start popping popcorn. A Hi to Brenda and share the popcorn with her. Into office and check e-mail and news sites with girls. Work at computer for awhile. Beth by for a few minutes to drop something and talk to Brenda. She leaves. I back to computer. Into living room. Brenda leaves. I watch On Top of Old Smokey with Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Gail Davis. Make a sandwich and eat lunch while viewing. Down for nap in clothes in case Fed Ex guy gets here. Up and check e-mail. Fed Ex here with a WGA DVD: Contagion. Back to office to start write here. Into kitchen to start chips, cheese and salsa. Beth home. Help her unload and into house. I continue preparing dinner; Beth does a few things in office. We eat and talk while watching O'Reilly. Some Hannity with ice cream dessert. Both into office. She to shower. I get ready and turn on TV. When she's ready, we watch last night's recording of Person of Interest. Get ready for bed. Write here while she works at her desk. Both to bed. Later ~

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Marge Hildenberg and Ted Danson on CSI: Vegas

Stop at Staples on way home from meeting to get Manila envelopes for Beth. In to home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. To Beth place of employment and we off to Temecula in van to pick up Jo's dog food. Get the dog food and stop for lunch at Mexican place. Drive back to her work. I get my car and home. Bring in mail. Feed girls, open mail for Beth. Ice cream then check e-mail and down for nap with girls. Up when something is delivered by UPS. AOL won't start up with my pass word. Try many ways to get it to start. Put on hold. Bring packages in. Clean up side yard. Shuck some corn-on-the-cob. Do a on-line discussion and temporally fix password. Start BBQ. Set table while Beth works in office. BBQ corn. We east and watch recording of CSI: Vegas from last night. Both work in office. She shower and I get ready. Later ~

Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Chriaco Summit

Home after meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Guys working in back yard on wall. To storage shack and try to find a publishing program - no luck. Back to my new program and print some good calendar pages for Beth. Beth here and she takes Misty to vet for pre dental shot. I start watching a recording of an old Huell Houser on Chrico Summit. Beth home. I start making lunch as she leaves. Watch some of an old western while I eat. Work at computer; then down for nap with girls. Up from nap at 2:00. Check e-mail. Bring in mail; feed girls; open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Work in office for awhile. Robert trimming trees - front and side yard. I work on steak with tenderizer. Beth home. Help her in with her stuff. Start BBQ. Make salads. Start BBQ my steak while she works on her chicken. Set table. Beth cooks her chicken. We eat while watching GOP Debate from Detroit on CNBC. I into office and start writing here.

Tuesday, November 08, 2011


Stop at Staples on way home from meeting to pick up copying order I dropped off yesterday. Buy a print shop program that was opened before. Home and drop stuff. Hi girls. To sherry's for haircut. See Mel and Sherry's daughter. Home and check e-mail. Try install new program - no luck. Watch The Cowboy and the Senorita, with Roy and Dale. Make lunch and eat while viewing. Down for nap with girls, Up 2:00. Drive back to Staples to return defective software. Peek at software shelf and there is actually another program. I buy it and home. Bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Install new program and try to figure it all out. I work at new program or awhile. Into dining room and start putting dinner together. Beth home and help her in with her stuff. Finish preparing dinner and we eat. O'Reilly is on so we watch show. After dessert I clean up. Join Beth in office. She shower. We watch Hawaii-Five-0 recorded last night. Get ready and we both into bed, Later ~

Monday, November 07, 2011

Anson Mount - Hell on Wheels

START ON BACKYARD WALL
Drop some copying at Staples after meeting to be picked up tomorrow. Home and check e-mail and news siters with girls and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Jerry and his crew are working in back yard ripping out pyrocantha. Take some photos for Beth. Daisy gets poop allover her rear end; I try to clean her up as best I can. Watch Boardwalk Empire recorded last night - eat my other half of a Chipolte buritto for lunch. Ice cream. Down for nap with girls. Up and out to get mail and bring in in. Bye to Jerry and his workers for the day. Inside and Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Read a little from American Cowboy magazine. Watch opening episode of Hell on Wheels recorded Sunday night. Into office and work at computer. Clean up side yard. Back to office. Beth home and I help her in with her stuff. I start dinner; make her salad. We eat, followed by ice cream. She to office. I take out trash. We watch CSI: Miami recorded last night. She showers and I write here. Both get ready. She watches

Sunday, November 06, 2011

Inside Wally's Desert Turtle

Changed clocks - Fall back
Sleep in day. Beth up before me; I up 6:00. Shower and dress. Beth to Hall to get Thanksgiving stuff out. Fix me some breakfast and I eat. Beth home. I check e-mail and news sites with girls. Work at computer. Beth into office. We both change and off to Wally's for Humane Society of the Desert Brunch. We sit alone then joined by some volunteers. Home. Starts to rain. I down for nap with girls. Up and Jerry arrives to go over back yard wall plans with Beth. I up and around; work at computer for awhile. Beth and I to AT&T to get her phone connection fixed. Pick up burritos at Chipolte's. Home and eat. She washes her hair. We watch Pan Am from last week. Both into office - I write here. Later ~

Saturday, November 05, 2011

Stage #3 - CBS Studio Center - Gunsmoke Dodge City Set

Parking lot altercation with old friend. Grocery shopping after meeting. Home and unload and put away. Beth home for a few minutes; then we off for Sam's to buy her a new watch. across street to nail place to get pedicures. She stays for manicure while I pick up sandwiches from store next door and drive home. Work at computer for a few minutes. Beth home and we eat. After ice cream for me I down for nap with girls. She out while I sleep. I up and into office to check e-mail. Into dining room and join her to look at mail and talk. She continues reading mail. I into office and go on with my computer projects. Leave for dinner with Glenna before 5:00. Meet her at Consuelas Cafe for Mexican dinner; talk, etc. Bye Glenna and drive home. Ice cream and Beth to shower. I work at computer - start writing here. Then to living room and watch recording of Thursday's Person of Interest. We talk for awhile moving to office. I finish writing here and we: Later ~

Friday, November 04, 2011

16-year old me with Ray "Crash" Corrigan (1959)

Leave meeting early and drive to Sam's Club to shop for Hall; us; and her employer. By her place of employment and drop batteries and chicken. Home and unload our stuff and put away. Brenda there cleaning. I make popcorn and share. To office and check e-mail and news sites. Try to find program with calendar on it. Try to find program that had all my projects on it. Brenda leaves. I into living room; turn on TV. Switch around and make lunch. Eat while viewing whatever. Into office and check e-mail. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Into office and work at computer for awhile - try again for calendars. Beth home. Help her in with her stuff. Start making cheese, tomatoes and lettuce for tacos. Beth dives in, too. We eat and talk. Some O'Reilly. Both into office and work. She showers and I write here. Both get ready. Later ~

Thursday, November 03, 2011

My Conservative Round Table

Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls. Talk to Beth. Sent Nader a "Where are you?" e-mail. To bank at 9:15 to make a deposit for Beth and guess who I run in to? Nader. We talk for awhile then I home. Work at computer for awhile. Do a few chores. Take off for Indio and my monthly Conservative Round table which starts at noon. Have lunch and discussion. I drive home and arrive at 2:30. Fed girls. Bring in mail. Open mail for Beth. Call Beth. Down for nap with girls. Up 4:30. Check e-mail. To kitchen and start getting my steak ready. Turn on O'Reilly. Beth home early (she was going to shop and be late). Help her in with her stuff. Turn on BBQ. I make our salads. Set table. Prepare steak and Beth's chicken. Steak on BBQ. Beth fixes her chicken. Serve it up and we eat. No TV. After ice cream we watch recording of last night's CSI: Vegas. She showers. Later ~

Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Faye McKenzie, Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette in Sierra Sue (1941)

Home after meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work on computer for awhile. Call Beth with an e-mail for her. Back to computer. Listen some Rush. Into living room and turn on TV. Watch the rest of Sierra Sue with Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette. Make a sandwich and eat while viewing. Into office after movie; then down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail; out to bring in regular mail; feed girls; open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. UPS came for Beth so I call her and let her know. Skim new True West Magazine. Into office and work at computer for awhile. Get corn out of fridge and shuck it. Turn on Fox news. Beth home - she to bank to cash check. Start BBQ. O'Reilly begins just as she returns. Help her bring in her stuff. Put corn on BBQ. Set table and watch some O'Reilly. We eat corn on the cob. After ice cream we clean up. Into living room and we watch recording of last night's NCIS. After she showers; I write here. Later ~

Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Daisy and Misty The Girls

Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Drive to Beth's work pace and follow her to tire place to get tires on one of her employees' cars. Drop her then home. Work a few minutes and she calls back - car is ready. Pick her up and we pick up employers' car. I home and make a small lunch and eat. Get Misty leashed and into car. Beth here to baby sit Daisy. Take Misty to vet for initial exam. She's in good shape. Home and Beth goes. I down for nap with girls. Up 2:30. Bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Little dog won't eat. Work in office for awhile. Put away dishes. Into office and I write here. Beth calls she's on way to see Harry and Annie. I start dinner. Beth calls and she's now on way home. I continue cooking. Beth home and I finish making dinner. Help her in with her things. We eat dinner. After ice cream we both watch recording of last night's Hawaii-5-0. She showers. I finish up here. Both get ready for bed. Later ~