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

Saturday, December 31, 2011


Grocery shopping after I leave meeting early. No Zicam chewies, so stop at drugstore on way home and they're out too. Buy some orange flavored Zicam. Home and unload car; Brenda helps. I put stuff away. Into office and check e-mail and news sites with girls (no chips). Brenda starts taking Christmas stuff down; I help when I can. when she finishes she cleans floor again and leaves. I make corn tortilla and butter lunch, After dessert I down for nap with girls. I up at 2:30. Check e-mail and hers. Sh hre and has brought in mail. We jump into car and look at house on Gardess. Home and I feed girls. Into office and work for awhile. She joins me. We work and talk. I into kitchen and start grating cheese,tomatoes and lettuce. Microwave beans and tortillas. We have dinner - tacos. After dessert we clean up. Decide to goto bed early and no movie. I into ofic and finish writing here. Beth showers. I get ready. Later ~

Friday, December 30, 2011


Leave meeting early and drive to Sam's Club to shop for the Hall and us. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Drive down to bank to get some money for Beth. Home and work on computer some more. Turn on TV. Continue watching Montana Belle , with Jane Russell, from the other day. Make some lunch and eat while viewing the movie. After ice cream, I down for nap with girls. Up in an hour and re-check e-mail. Bring in mail (not much) from outside. Take pills. Feed girls. Fill dog food pail. Back to office and work on another WIP for awhile. Beth calls - she's bringing pizza home for dinner. Into office and work some more. Into kitchen and turn on TV. Watch some O'Reilly. Beth home with pizza. We eat and talk - watch some Hannity. I into office and work at computer. Beth joins me. She showers. I get ready. Bed early. Later ~

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Rush Limbaugh on Greta tonight

Stop at Albertson's on way home for pickles. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Into living room and watch the rest of Across the Wide Missouri. Make a sandwich then more TV while I eat. Down for nap with girls. Up 1:30. Work at computer. Out to get mail; plus a box that came while I was sleeping. Bring mail inside. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Have some cookies. Clean up side yard. Into office and work on WIP for awhile. Into dining room to watch some news and to make my dinner. Beth is going to get some color after work before she comes home. Finish making my dinner and she drives in. Had to drop something off; then she's off to Sherry's. I eat and watch Fox; Rush is on Greta. Get Beth' dinner ready. She home in time to see a half hour of the show. Now it's 8:00. I in to finish writing here. She works in office. I get ready and into bed. she has to shower, etc. When she's ready it's into bed for her. Later ~

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Alan Napier and Clark Gable in Across the Wide Missouri

Home from meeting and stop at Von's to shop; on home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work on computer. Beth calls and and she sends me to the market for Ace bandage and tape; also to pick up prescription. Home and back to computer for awhile. Into living room and turn on TV. Make some lunch and eat while watching Across the Wide Missouri. with Clark Gable. Into bedroom to take my nap with girls. Up later and check e-mail. Bring in mail. Feed girls. O[en mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Into office and work on WIP for awhile. Into kitchen and start dinner. Beth home and no sooner that she's inside, the phone rings - her employer saying that the gate doesn't work. After several phone calls she gets hold of the gate guy and shes off to meet him at her employers' house. I eat and watch some TV. She's back and has her dinner. Both have ice cream. Both into office where I write here and she works on something. I get ready. She in to shower. We both into bed. Later ~

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Bobby Diamond (Joey) on Beaut (Fury) - 8mm blowup

Home after meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Beth calls and has me order something for her. I do it. Try to work some more but she calls back. Finally work on computer again. Into living room and watch an old Gene Autry western. Make some lunch then continue to view. After dessert I down for nap with girls. Up in an hour and check for mail out front. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Work on computer for awhile. Try to copy Fury tape for James; no luck - machine is not changing gears. Into kitchen and make her a salad. Start dinner. In here to write the beginning of blog. beth home. Start microwave. Set table and we eat. Mike Sulzinger calls - I call him back after dinner and we talk awhile. Beth washes her hair and showers while I surf web. I finally get ready. Later ~

Monday, December 26, 2011

Bath day


Left meeting 15-mins early and drive home. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Leash the girls up and into car. Drive girls to Marchelle's for grooming. Shoot the shit with Marchelle while she bathes the girls and dries them and combs them out. Leave 10:30 and pick up burger on way home. Eat and TV when I get home. A Gene Autry Columbia western. Down for nap with girls. Up in 2-hours. No mail today. Feed girls. Clean up side yard. Missed a call from Lou Bartoletti - he was in the area. Put out recycle bin. Work in office for awhile. I into kitchen and start dinner. Turn on news. Make the salads. Beth home and help her carry in some of her stuff. Finish up making dinner. We eat and talk. After dessert, she showers, I write here. Watch rerun of CSI: Miami. Get ready for bed. Later ~

Sunday, December 25, 2011


MERRY CHRISTMAS 2011
Sleep in day. Beth up and gets ready, then off to Hall - Paul will help her clean. I up 6:30 - shower and shave then dress. Into kitchen and make breakfast. Bing in Sunday paper and eat while reading. Beth home and we talk. I into and check mail and Facebook. Sit on couch with girls. She does my pill boxes while I talk and look on. She in to iron while I sit on couch with girls and slumber. She makes some phone calls. I listen. Both putz around - I call Harry. We both change clothes then off to Pacifica for afternoon Christmas dinner. See Mich. Home and change clothes again. She looks up tickets for South Pacific at McCallum. Into living room at 5:00 and watch J. Edgar. She showers. I write here the get ready. Later ~

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Merry Christmas Eve 2011 - Beth, Steve, Daisy and Misty

Leave meeting early to grocery shop for us. Home and bring stuff in and put it away. Check e-mail and news sites wih girls and chips. Drive up to nail place. Meet Beth and I get pedicure (she gets pedi and mani. I pick up a tuna sand next door and home. Eat lunch while watching a show on TV. Down for nap with girls. Up an hour and a half later. Comb hair and freshen up. Check e-mail. Beth home; help her in with her things. I bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail with Beth. Change my pants and we both get ready; then we drive to Southwest Community Church for Christmas Eve Program. Pick up Orange Chicken on way home. We eat as soon as we arrive home. Talk around table while girls watch from couch. Clean up. Open presents from her boss. She got leather case for iPhone. I got WiFi speaker. Both into office. she works for a few minutes until her computer craps out. She showers while I fix her computer. I write here. She back to her computer. I get ready. Later ~

Friday, December 23, 2011

Johnny Mack Brown (back to camera) films a scene for Monogram's Whistling Hills at Iverson Ranch Western Street (1951)

Leave 7:30 and drive to Sam's Club to shop for Hall (and us). Home and unload stuff for us. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Watch some videos. Eventually purchase and watch December 18th's episode of Hell on Wheels (great show). Make some lunch and eat while watching a little but of some other western on western channel. Into bedroom and down for nap with girls. Up in 2-hours. Work in office. Out to get mail and bring it in. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean upside yard. Read some of the new Western Clippings. Into office and work some. To kitchen and start microwaving dinner. Start salads. Beth drives in. Help her in with her stuff. Finish salads. She into office for a few minutes; then it's time to eat. We eat and discuss the day. After dessert I into office to check e-mail. she washes her hair. I play some YouTube Christmas music. She to her computer and listens to music with me while she works. She showers; I get ready. Later ~

Thursday, December 22, 2011

With Brad Johnson (Lofty) and Gail Davis (Annie) on Annie Oakley set - Melody Ranch: 1954

Stop at Von's on way home from meeting to get some Ranch Dressing for Beth. On home and check e-mail and news sites while eating chips with girls. Work at computer for awhile. Start to watch a B-Western online but it fails. Into living room and watch Barbed Wire with Gene Autry. Make some lunch and eat while viewing. Down for nap with girls. Up and work at computer. Out to bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Back to office and work on computer the rest of the afternoon. Get some trash together. Beth calls - she'll be late. Turn on O'Reilly. Watch for awhile. Beth finally home. She makes potatoes, cheese, onions and ranch dressing. We eat and talk. After dessert I clean up - put out trash. Beth works on her computer. I start writing here. She showers. I get ready. Later ~

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Jeff Chandler and Henry Brandon in War Arrow

Home after meeting and check email and news sites with girls and chips. Spend some time on computer working on a project; correcting first (and only) chapter. Watch a Buster Crabbe and Fuzzy St John PRC western online. Make some lunch and eat in living room watching the end of a Jeff Chandler western, War Arrow. Down for nap with girls. Up in an hour. Check e-mail. Out to get our mail. Feed girls (both eat). Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Shuck some corn. Into office and work on computer for the rest of the afternoon. Turn on some inside lights; plus the Christmas lights out front. Turn on O'Reilly. Beth calls, she'll be late. Watch a little O'Reilly; Start BBQ. Beth finally home; help her bring her stuff inside. Start cooking on BBQ. Make salads. We talk then finally eat. After dessert: she irons while I write here. Beth showers. I get ready. Later ~

Tuesday, December 20, 2011


Stop at Albertson's after meting to pick up some cookies;on to Jensen's to get some A&W root beer for Beth's employers'. To Sherry's for my haircut. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work in office for awhile. Try to watch old western on Internet but have bad luck. Make some lunch and move to living room. Watch Eddie Dean in PRC's Prairie Outlaws, with Al LaRue and Roscoe Ates. Mail delivery before nap. Down for nap with girls. Up and work in office for an hour. Into dining area and get mail set up. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Take red tub out to shed. Clean up side yard. Work at computer for awhile - watch soldiers returning home videos. Into kitchen an turn on TV. Watch some news. Beth calls - she has one more pick up, then home. I start dinner: soup and salads. Beth home and I help her in with her stuff. Finish making dinner and we eat. After dessert, we both into office. She showers, then decides to do washing. I show her a video. I get ready. Later ~

Monday, December 19, 2011

Dave O'Brien

Home after meeting - check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Try calling Jimmy George. Work at computer for awhile; write some. Work in the kitchen and living room. Back to office and work. Jimmy George from Mississippi calls and we talk for awhile. Watch an old Dave O'Brien western on the computer. Have some cereal for lunch and an ice cream for dessert. Down for nap with girls. Up an an hour and check e-mail. Work at computer. Bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Work in office for rest of afternoon. Turn on news. O'Reilly begins. Beth home and we eat tamales she brought home. I show her Mark's Jib-Jab Christmas card on computer. She showers. We watch last week's Person of Interest. I write here while finishes getting ready. Later ~

Sunday, December 18, 2011

With Jesse Wayne doing fight for The Wrangler TV Pilot

Sleep in day. Beth up 5:30 and gets herself in gear. I continue sleeping until nearly 7:00. She off to airport to drop van and pick up GEO Tracker. I shower and dress - bring in paper and have breakfast while reading. Beth home and she goes right to work on some project. I work on computer for awhile. She reads some paper and I sit with her. Several phone calls. We have lunch - James Jenkins from Florida calls. We then drive over to look at an open house in our neighborhood. Home and I down for nap with girls. Up in an hour and a half. SPRINKLES ALL DAY. Work in computer with photos - transfer Christmas at her employers pics to CD for her. Clean up side yard. She meets Damon at house. I write here for a few minutes. Turn on Christmas lights and also interior lights. Beth back. She's been cooking chicken soup all afternoon so we have chicken soup and a small salad for dinner. After dessert we clean up. I work in office for a few minutes while she showers. Set up TV and Blue Ray. We watch the Behind the Scenes portion of The Kennedys mini-series. She into bed. I get ready - write here. Later ~

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Beth & Brenda's Christmas Party


Grocery shopping at 7:30 - left meeting early. Home and Brenda helps me bring stuff in and I put it away. Brenda is setting up kitchen for today's Christmas Party. Beth home and continues Preparations. I into office and check e-mail and news sites. Work at computer for awhile. When most things are set, Brenda leaves. Spend more time at computer. Brenda back. Beth feeds me before they all arrive. I watch an old Bob Steele PRC Billy the Kid western with Al "Fuzzy" St. John while I eat. All arrive and by the sounds I hear it is a great party. All Leave - I talk with Beth and Brenda; open mail for Beth - then I down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Feed girls. Talk with Berth. Turn on Huckabee for awhile. We make some cheese, chips and salsa for dinner. Shge showers; I get ready. Then we watch the final two episodes of The Kennedys. Continue getting ready; Beth into bed. I write here. Later ~
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Friday, December 16, 2011

Christmas in the Columbia Pictures Mail room 1963)
(L to R) Butch, Norman, Steve, Frank, Carl, and boss, Vi (front)

Leave meeting early and head to Sam's to shop for Hall and Beth's Christmas Party to be held tomorrow. Drop cheese cakes off at her place of employment. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Paul the bug guy here to spray. He leaves. I drive to Indio to pick up chicken, salsa and chips for the party. Drop chicken to Beth then home. She gave me a couple of tamales which I took home and had for lunch with some chips. Watched Rim of the Canyon with Gene Autry (no sidekick). Down for nap with girls. Up in an hour and check computer. Fed Ex delivers a package. Bring in our mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Kiva Hoy calls and we talk for awhile. I work in office rest of afternoon. Start to make salads. Beth home; help her in with her stuff. She has tamales. I heat tamales. We eat and talk. After dessert we watch last night's Person of Interest. She showers; I get ready. Finish writing here. Later ~

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Filming Rio Diablo (1992)

Home after meeting; check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Tom and the window washers are here to do windows and solar panels. I work on computer for awhile. Into living room and turn on TV. Make lunch and eat while watching Gene Autry and Smiley in Red River Valley (1936). Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Put Christmas balls into glass bowl. Put some more stuff in shed. Into office and catch up on mail and things. Shuck some corn. Turn on BBQ in back. Start O'Reilly. Beth home and help her bring her stuff inside. I start corn. We eventually eat. It RAINS while we have dinner. After dessert and cleanup, we watch last night's CSI: Vegas. She showers while I write here. Get ready then: Later ~

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

With Sean Garrison (L) and Sir John Mills (R) - Dundee and the Culhane (1967)

Stop at Ace Hardware to get a wreath hanger in way home from meeting. Hang the old front door wreath on back door when I get home. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Watch a Bob Steele Billy the Kid on the computer then into living room. Make a sandwich and watch the season finale of Boardwalk Empire while eating. Down for nap still dressed because of UPS possibilities. Up and check e-mail. Bring in mail. Feed girls - both eat. Open mail for Beth. Work in office some more. UPS here with a delivery. Into dining room and set table. Beth home and help her in with her stuff. Start preparing for tacos. I do cheese and veggies and she does meat and tortillas. We eat. After desert and cleanup we watch last night's NCIS. I write here while she showers. I get ready. Later ~

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Anson Mount - Hell on Wheels

To Beth's work place after meeting to get D battery for new wreath. Bye to Beth then home. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Put batteries in wreath - Gardeners here to pick up UPS delivery from last night; they leave. I get glove to help me put light covers on lights for the wreath. Check it out - it works. Into office. Watch last Sunday's episode of Hell on Wheels. Then it's into living room for an old Buster Crabbe, Al "Fuzzy" St. John PRC western. Make a sandwich and eat while viewing. Down for nap still dressed in case of UPS delivery. Up 1:30 - into office and catch up on e-mail, etc. Bring in mail, Feed girls while I open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Bring in recycle bin. To office and work on computer for rest of afternoon. In to kitchen to start dinner for tonight. Turn on new wreath and hang it. Turn on rest of Christmas lights. Beth home ans I help her unload. She into house and after a few chores, we eat. After dessert we into office where she calls bank. I work here writing blog while she answers door for more UPS. When she's finished writing an e-mail we o living room to watch yesterday's episode of Hawaii Five-O. She showers; I get ready. Write here. Later ~

Monday, December 12, 2011


Home after meeting. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Put Christmas decoration boxes back in shed. Into office and work some. To living room and watch Audie Murphy in Hell Bent for Leather (1960). Make a sandwich and eat while viewing. 10 big boxes delivered by UPS. Call Beth. Don for nap with girls. It's RAINING when I wake up. Out to get mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Into office to change an address then stay to work some more. Into kitchen to start dinner. Beth drives in. Out to help her bring her stuff into house. She to office to make phone call. I finish making diner and salads. She joins me and we eat. After dessert we watch recording of last night's CSI: Miami. Both into office. I get ready; back into office to finish up here. She showers. Later ~

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Filming The Wild Bill Hickok TV Show at Cedar Lake (1951)

Sleep in day. I up 6:30; she's already up. Shave and shower - dress. Breakfast with Sunday paper. She joins me and we talk. She starts working around house immediately. I do something here and there and still put my back out. We off to Sam's where she shops while I get Photo Christmas cards made. To Yellow Basket for lunch; then it's by her place of employment - then home. I down for nap with girls. She off to meet new girl she's helping. She back and does my pill boxes. Feed girls. I read paper some more. We over to her employees' place where she runs Jo, while I up to get gas for her car and orange chicken. Home and we eat. After dessert we watch recording of Pan Am. Then we watch another episode of The Kennedys. Both into bed. Lzter ~

Saturday, December 10, 2011

A Christmas Card Preview

Grocery shopping - leave meeting at 7:30 and to Albertson's. Home and unload with Brenda's help; I put it away. Brenda's cleaning. I check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Brenda brings in decorations. Beth here and immediately begins decorating on front porch. Brenda and I assemble trees and I start decorating small tree for Christmas photo. Brenda shoots pics of us for Christmas card. I into office to download pics and choose one. Beth continues to decorate and Brenda takes off. I make sandwiches for us for lunch. We eat. After dessert I down for nap with girls. Up at 2:15. She has brought in mail. I feeds girls - both of them eat. Into office and correct several addresses. Put empty boxes out back. Into office and work at computer; Beth joins me to talk. At 4:30 she runs over to her employers' to feed Jo. I get ready; change to long pants. She back at 5:15 and we drive to The River and park. To Acqua Pazza and meet Steve and Theresa Grippi for dinner. Home after and we watch two more episodes of The Kennedy's mini-series. She showers and I get ready for bed. Later ~

Friday, December 09, 2011

At Cedar Lake Movie set (mid-60s)

Leave meeting early and drive to Sam's to shop for Hall. Home and unload our stuff. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Call Jimmy George in Mississippi. Work at computer for awhile. Make some lunch and watch beginning of a western on The Western Channel. Jacques calls and we talk for a short time. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls - both eat. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Work in office for rest of afternoon. Beth home. Make dinner and we eat. After dessert we change and drive to Southwest Community Church where we meet Sally and go to Christmas Concert. Over 9:30; home and in bed by 10:30. Later ~

Thursday, December 08, 2011


On way home from meeting I stop to pick up address software then by Von's to get some produce. Home and check e-mail with girls and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Install new software and try to get it to work. Eventually download a new program from same company I bought it from before and it now works. Add and take away names on Christmas list. Make some lunch then eat while watching end of a movie on Western Channel. Down for nap with girls. Up in an hour. Check e-mail. Out to bring in mail. Feed girls - both eat. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Into office and work some more. Into dining room and turn on TV (Fox news). Shuck some corn. Prepare BBQ. Set table, etc. Beth home and help her in with her stuff. Put corn on BBQ while she works some in office. O'Reilly is now on. I serve corn-on-the-cob and we eat. After ice cream and clean up, we both into living room and watch last nights episode of CSI: Vegas. She showers. I write here.I get ready. Later ~

Wednesday, December 07, 2011


Leave meeting 5-mins early and drive to Desert Imaging for bi-annual sonar of new kidney. Takes about a half an hour. On to Jason my ear (hearing aid) guy who cleans them up for me and checks them out. Stop at bank to make a deposit for Beth. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Try to call Jimmy George. Into living room and watch last Sunday's episode of Boardwalk Empire. Make some lunch and eat while viewing show. Down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Out to bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Dan the plumber here to replace a part in kitchen spigot. He leaves. I have some cookies -share some with girls. Into office and talk to Beth on phone. Write here. Spend rest of afternoon on computer. I start dinner and salads. Beth home; help her in with her stuff. Finish cooking. we eat and talk. After dessert, we watch first two episodes of The Kennedys TV Mini-series BlueRay. She showers. I get ready. Later ~

Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Gene Autry and Champion

Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Drive over to Beth's employers' placed and follow her as she takes Geo to Bermuda Dunes aiport. Drive her back to work then I home. Work at computer. Into living room and watch Stardust on the Sage with Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette. Make lunch and eat while viewing movie. Down for nap with girls. Up in an hour. Bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Work in office for the rest of the afternoon. Turn on news in dining room. Beth home. help her in with her stuff. She starts making potato cheese dish; I make salads. Set table then we eat. After ice cream and clean up, we watch last night's Hawaii Five-0. She shower; I get ready. Both work in office. Later ~

Monday, December 05, 2011

Davie Sharp and Eddie Dean duke it out in Colorado Serenade(1946)

Home after meeting; check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work on computer for awhile. Call Beth with e-mail. Spend some more time on computer. Into living room and watch Eddie Dean and Davie Sharp in Colorado Serenade. Make some lunch and eat while viewing. Down for nap with girls for an hour, Up and bring in mmail. Open mail for Beth. Back to computer and work for awhile. Clean up side yard. Put out recycle bin. UPS delivers some packages. Feed girls - both eat. Have some new cookies. Turn on news. Beth home and help her in with her things. I start dinner; make salads. We eat while watching O'Reilly. Brenda by to pick up her UPS delivery.She leaves. Finish up dinner; then into living room and watch last night's recording of CSI: Miami. She showers. I finish writing here. I get ready. Later ~

Sunday, December 04, 2011

16-year-old me working at Corriganville (1959)

Sleep in day. Beth up and gets ready for morning of shopping for the mission with Jolene. I up 6:30 - shave, shower and dress. Make breakfast and eat while reading Sunday paper. Do some chores. make bed, etc. Trim my beard. Beth home and we talk. I fix hot dogs and chili for lunch and we eat. After ice cream, I down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Feed girls - Misty eats; Daisy does not for now. Join Beth in office and she orders a timer lighted wreath. She works at her computer while I work at mine. Stop to make dinner; I make salads. We eat dinner while watching interviews with 6 remaining GOP candidates on Huckabee. She washes her hair. I into office and work at computer. She joins me for awhile; then she showers. I write here, then get ready. Later ~

Saturday, December 03, 2011


Grocery shopping at 7:30 so I Cut meeting short. Home and unload and put away stuff. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Drive up to nail salon for pedicure. Meet Beth there; she's having manicure and pedicure. I home and make hot dog. Eat with girls and TV. Down for nap with girls. Up 1:30. Beth here. We talk for a few; then we drive to her place of employment to pick up van and take it to airport. After that, drive down to Indio to return furniture pads to Joel. He shows Beth around store and we talk. We drive home. Bring in mail and open it. Share some cookies. I into office to check e-mail and write here. She joins me. We take off to meet Bill Gerber at The River. Eat inside where we talk and have some good food. Home. She showers. Try to find a good TV show - no luck. She to bed with QVC. I write here. Get ready. Later ~

Friday, December 02, 2011


Leave meeting early and on to Sam's Club to shop for Hall. Home and unload our stuff. Into office and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work on computer for awhile. Talk to Berth a couple of times. Call from MRI place and make sonogram appointment for next Wednesday. Into living room and watch The Hard Man, with Guy Madison - not very well written. Make some lunch and eat while viewing. Take out steak and chicken for tonight. Down for nap with girls for an hour. Up and check e-mail; play on computer. Out and bring in mail. Feed girls - only Misty eats. Open mail for Beth. Have some cookies. Into office and spend rest of afternoon on computer. Clean up side yard. Tenderize my steak and set table. Start BBQ. Make some salads. Beth home and help her in with her stuff. Start BBQ. She into office to write a couple e-mails. Watch some O'Reilly while steak BBQs. She cooks her chicken. We eat and talk. After ice cream we into office and work - I write here. Into living room and watch recording of last nights Country Music Awards. She showers; I get ready. Later ~

Thursday, December 01, 2011

Roy's Sidekick, Pat Brady, hams it up for my camera

Cold and Windy
Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Sam here to work - he finishes putting up Christmas lights; looks at bottom of Beth's jewelery case that he will stain next week; takes down speakers on patio; an one other thing. He leaves. Work at computer some more. Talk to Beth. Call Glenda to make appointment for scan of my kidney. Drive to Indio - stop to talk to Joel who's at old Leather Plus building. He has his foreign furniture stored there. He gives me a tour then sends two pots home with me for Beth. He's grown his hair back and is working on a way to sell his furniture. On to Chinese place for monthly Conservative Round Table. We lunch and chat. I leave 1:45 and drive home. Get out smaller pot. Have an ice cream and feed girls. Call Beth. Down for nap on couch. Up 4:00 and shuck some corn. Check e-mail. Do a few chores. Work at computer. Flowers delivered from Beth's employers. Beth home and help her bring in her stuff. Start BBQ in side yard. Set table and make her a salad. BBQ the corn. Turn on O'Reilly. We eat and watch TV. Watch Hannity after with Newt. Outside and take larger pot from my car to side yard. She to office and work. I get trash ready for tomorrow. Into office and write here. She showers; I get ready. Later ~