To Hall. Blood draw at 7:00. Home and have breakfast. Talk Beth. Work in office - order Zicam, etc. Work on new outline for awhile. Into kitchen an make lunch. Watch TV - Max Evans' The Rounders, with Glen Ford and Henry Fonda while I eat. Down for nap with girls. Up with cramp. Take cramp pill dnd wait. Up and into office. Check e-mail. Outside to get mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Baqck to office and write on neww outline. Take recycle bin out. Beth home then to bank. I makedinner. She home and we eat. After dinner we both into office. She showers; I get ready. Later ~

6/12

Tim Holt and Chito, Gunplay, 1951)

Stop to get Dodge washed on way home from meeting. Gas up for trip at Nader's. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and no chips. Sean here to work on transferring address books to iPad. I to Bank and exchange large bills for smaller ones. Home. Sean has accomplished the transfer. Some didn't come through so he makes notes for Beth telling her how to transfer one-at-a-time. Sean leaves. I into kitchen and make avocado and mayo plus chips and sour cream. Turn on Tim Holt western, Gunplay (1951). Eat lunch while viewing then down for nap with girls. Up in an hour-and-a-half. Check e-mail. Bring in mail from outside; plus a QVC package. Feed girls. Books into car. Take out some trash. Start artichokes boiling then simmering. I open mail for Beth. Start making salad. Beth home and we back Dodge into drveway for loading. She fixes artichokes; I set table and finish salads. We eat and watch Hannity. After ice cream, she washes her hair. I gather up loose ends. Take out trash. Into office and write here some more. She in to shower. Load some stuff into car. Taking off for Albuquerque in morning; WWA convention. I get ready. Later ~

Sleep in day. I up 5:30 - shave. Beth up and she uses bathroom for hair. Ishower and dress. Out and bring in luggage. Make breakfast and eat. Pull some clothes to be packed. Rebekka by to help us make reservations for our October flight to Hawaii. She leaves. Both into kitchen; make lunch and eat. I down for nap with girls. Up in two hours. Take care of the reat of the stuff for POP animal luncheon, dog photos, entry, etc. Beth does my pills while I sit with her. Spend some time in office. She turns on Huckaby while she's cooking. I into kitchen to make salads for us. Special on George HW Bush comes on and we eat while viewing. After ice cream we clean up and both into office. I write here while she works on computer. She showers; I get ready. Later ~

Ashley Judd in Eye of the Beholder

Leave meeting early and shop for groceries at Albertson's. Home and put stuff away - check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Drive to nail place for pedicure - see Beth. Then to Sam's to return motor oil for Beth. Drive home and make lunch. Eat with girls. Beth home and she has lunch - I sit with her. I down for nap with girls. Up at 2:00 p.m. We drive down to the Esmerelda for the Pow Wow - see some friends and Harry calls. Stop at The Old Spagetti Factory on way home for dinner. Home after and we watch a Netflix movie, Eye of the Beholder,with Ashley Judd. A complete mish-mash of a movie. She showers while I get ready. Later ~

John Archer with Randoph Scott in Desision at Sundown

Leave meeting Early and drive to Sam's Club to shop for Hall. Drive on to Tony's garage and have car serviced for trip. Home and Brenda is gone. Make avocado sandwich. Turn on TV and watch Randolph Scott western, Decision at Sundown, and eat while viewing. Down for nap with girls. Up an check e-mail. Out and bring in mail. Feed girls. Into office and work at computer for awhile. Beth calls - Rolls' battery is dead. Work some more on computer, She calls and battery is fixed and she's on way home to get me. She home and changes purse. We off to Don Deigo's to meet Steve and Theresa Grippi for Mexican dinner. After ice cream, we split and go our separate ways. Home and to office. I write here while she works at her desk. She showers. I get ready. Later ~
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Monthly Roundtable

Home after meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Drive back to Palm Desert for haircut by Sherry. Home again and work at computer. Take off at 10:45 and drive to Indio for monthly conservative round table luncheon. Joel not at his store today. Nice meeting; good conversation; good food. I leave at 1:15 when George leaves. Home by 1:45. Feed girls and I have ice cream. Bought in mail so I open it for Beth. Call Beth. Down for nap with girls. Up 3:15 and check computer. Work at computer for a little while. Into kitchen and start shucking corn. Set up BBQ on side patio. Turn on O'Reilly - Laura Ingram sitting in. Beth home and I help her in with her stuff. Make salads for our dinner while she does a few chores. Put corn on BBQ. Set table while she mixes butter. Watch corn. Hannity comes on. Finish barbecuing; bring corn inside. We eat and watch TV. After dessert we clean up. She into office and I pull trash together. Trash out. Into office and write here. Beth showers; I get ready. Later ~

Dean Martin and Alain Delon with Joey Bishop behind them
in Texas Across the River (1966)

Leave meeting a few minutes early and shop at Albertsons for fruit. To Keedys to buy gift certificate but the person in charge of that isn't there - see Jay Grilli. Home and call Tony at Ford - no answer. Into office and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Talk go Jimmy George; then AJ Fenady calls - Fenadys not going to convention. Talk to Beth. Drive back to Keedy's and get gift certificate. Home and make avacado sandwich for lunch. Turn on TV and watch Texas Across the River with Dean Martin, Joey Bishop and Alain Delon. Bring in food and eat while viewing movie. Up in two hours. Check some e-mail. Bring in mail from outside. Feed girls. Clean up side yard. Back to office and work for awhile. Into kitchen to start salads; also get pasta ready to reheat. Turn on O'Reilly. Beth home. Finish cooking while she does some chores. We eat while watching Hannity. After dessert we outside and move something of hers to side yard. Back to office where we both work side-by-side. She showers. I write here. I get ready. Later ~

Fay McKenzie and Gene Autry in Down Mexico Way (1941)

Home after meeting; check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work at computer awhile longer. Talk to Beth. Into living room and turn on TV. Watch Down Mexico Way with Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette. Make an avocado sandwich with chips. Continue watching while I eat lunch. After ice cream I in to bedroom for nap with girls. Up at 2:00 -comb hair and dress. Check e-mail and work at computer. Out to bring in mail. Put recycle bin by garage door. Clean up side yard. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Bring recycle bin into side yard. Back to office and work on computer some more. Call Beth. Into kitchen and start making salads. Turn on O'Reilly. Wait for election returns. Beth home. She starts pot stickers. I set table; she does wash. We finally eat and watch Hannity. Scott Walker declared winner in Wisconson recall. Both into office were we work for awhile. Download her photos. She showers. I write here. I get ready. Later ~

Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Set up Netflex and watch California Firebrand with Monte Hale and Adrian Booth. Make some lunch and eat while viewing. After movie, into living room and catch some of another western before going to bed room and napping with girls. Up at 2:00. Work at computer some more. Out to bring in mail. Got two more Hawaiian Shirts. Scan new issue of Cowboys & Indians magazine. Into office and write here. Work until I into kitchen and start fixing stuff for tacos. Beth home and weeat. After ice cream we into office. Eventually she showers. I take out trash. I get ready. Later ~

Girls keeping cool on a hot summer day

Sleep in day. Up 5:00 with leg cramp and stay up. Check e-mail and news sites while Beth does her hair. I shower and dress. Oatmeal for breakfast. Read Sunday paper. Trim beard. Work in office while she heads over to her place of work. Work until she gets back. We talk and eventually we make lunch and eat. After half an ice cream I down for nap. Up in two hours. Check computer. Feed girls. Back to office and show Beth a Lucy/Ricky movie never released. Both work in office - she makes phone calls. I put some apps on iPad. Continue working on computer. Stay on computer some more; then into kitchen where Beth is cooking dinner. I help by making salads. We eat and talk. After ice cream we back into office. She showers; I get ready. Later ~

Bob Smith and Bill Wilson - A.A. Founders

Leave meeting early to grocery shop at Albertson's. Home and put away groceries. Into office and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Beth home. Help her in with her stuff. We both work in office. I fix a little something for lunch and we eat. After ice cream it's down for nap with girls. Up in an hour and work at computer. Out and bring in mail. Feed girls. Decide to go to Bill W. documentary. Drive to theater - get popcorn - watch movie - very good. Home and both to office and work for awhile. No dinner. Ice cream when we start watching Netflex Lucy MOW from 2003. Enjoyable. She showers; I write here. Later ~

Sterling Holliway and Gene Autry talk to Mexican police officers in
Twiliiiight on the Rio Grande (1947)

Leave meeting early and drive to Sam's to shop for Hall and us. Stop by Credit Union to make a machine deposit and don't have right number. Home and unload my stuff and Brenda's stuff. Into house and office. Beth calls - I screwed up with receipts, etc. Check my e-mail and news sites with girls and popcorn I popped for Brenda and me. Work at computer until Brenda leaves. Then it's into living room and watch Twilight on the Rio Grande, with Gene Autry and Sterling Holliway. Fix some lunch and eat while viewing movie. Down for nap with girls. Up and find computer is out of order. Bring in mail from outside. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Work in office for awhile. Into kitchen and shuck some corn. Make our salads. Beth home and help her in with her stuff. Talk while BBQ is heating up. Put corn on BBQ. Watch O'Reilly then Hannity comes on. Serve dinner and we eat. After dessert she washes her hair. I start getting trash together. Work on blog in office. She showers. I take trash out. I get ready. Later ~