Scribblings From the Desert

2012-01-28T10:15:00.000-08:00

Alcatraz main cast

Leave meeting a half-hour early to grocery shop at Albertson's. Home and Brenda helps me bring stuff inside. I put stuff away while she gets back to cleaning. pop some popcorn and split it. I into office and check e-mail and news sites with girls. Beth gets home and she and Brenda talk while Brenda continues cleaning. I work at computer. Brenda leaves and I into kitchen to make us some lunch. We eat and talk. After dessert I into bedroom and down for nap with girls. Debbie here and she and Beth talk in kitchen. I up and dress. Check e-mail. Out out to bring in mail. Feed girls in room while I work on computer. Debbie leaves. We both work in office. She to kitchen. I follow later to make dinner. We eat and talk. Watch some Huckabee. Into living room to watch two hour pilot for Alcatraz. Watch a rerun of Person of Interest. Both get ready for bed; she showers. I write here. Later~

2012-01-27T19:33:00.000-08:00

Leave meeting at 7:30 and drive to Sam's to shop for Hall. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls, salami and chips. Beth calls. I drive over to her place of employment and follow her (in van) to Bermuda Dunes airport. Drop her back at work then I home. Have dessert. Check e-mail; then down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Call Beth. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Work in office for awhile. Drive over to Beth's place of employment and pick her up then we to Bermuda Dunes airport to drop her so she can drive them home after 7;00 landing. We have dinner (hot dog and chicken or her) in my car before I leave. I drive home. Have an ice cream dessert while I write here. Start to get ready for bed. She will be here later and she'll shower then join the rest of us in bede. Later ~

2012-01-26T18:32:00.000-08:00

Yvonne DeCarlo; Rex Reason; Rory Calhoun, in a scene from Raw Edge (1956)

Gas up on way home from meeting. On home and check e-mail and news sites with girls, sausage and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Talk to Beth for a moment. Back to work on computer. Move into living room and watch Raw Edge, with Rory Calhoun and Yvonne DeCarlo. Make a small lunch and eat while viewing movie. Down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Out to bring in mail. Feed girls. Clean up side yard. Over to Beth's place of employment and follow her in the Tracker to Bermuda Dunes airport. Drop her back at work and I drive home. I check e-mail and read some news stories. Into kitchen and get steak ready as well as Beth's chicken. Set up BBQ. Start making salads. Turn on debate. Beth home and I hep bring in her stuff. Both watch debate while I continue making dinner. BBQ steak. She fixes chicken. We eat and watch debate. She cleans up after dinner. Turn on debate in office so she can work; I join her and write on blog. At 7:00, we into living room and watch CSI: Vegas - Marg Hilgenberd's last show. Later ~

2012-01-25T18:40:00.000-08:00

With old Corriganville fight partner, Ed Mohler

To market after meeting and shop for Beth and me. On to key shop and have some keys made for Beth. On to her place of employment and help Beth change batteries in a TV remote. I drive home and check e-mail and news sites with girls. Take some Zicam back to Beth at her work. Down to pick up Western Bacon Cheeseburger to go and home. Watch TV while I eat with girls. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Work in office for awhile. Into kitchen and start making her a quick dinner and salad. Beth home and I hep her in with her stuff. Finish making her dinner; plus two buttered tortillas for me. We eat and talk with Bill O'Reilly. She leaves for Hall and H&I Meeting. I call Ed Mohler and we talk. Into office and start writing here. Turn on living room TV. Beth home and we wach recording of last Sunday's Pan Am. Into office while she showers. Later ~

2012-01-24T20:24:00.000-08:00

Drive to Sam's and meet Luis to get a toy chest for pool. He takes it back in pickup.

2012-01-24T20:22:00.001-08:00

Camp Runamuck set; Columbia Ranch (1965)

To Sam's after meeting to meet Luis to buy toy chest that he carries in pick up back to Beth's work. Stop by Harry's and help him add his new password to his computer. Stop by CVS and get mouthwash. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls, sausage and chips. Spend more time on computer. Into living room and turn on end of Gene Autry movie I've been watching for the past few days. Make some lunch and eat. Down for nap with girls. Up an hour and a half later. Bring in mail from outside. Feed Girls. Open mail for Beth. Work in office. Beth calls. Sean over to connect our computers to her employers' security system. Make a left over dinner. Get ready to watch a movie because Beth is going out to dinner tonight with Brenda and the girls. Beth home. Continue eating in kitchen. Beth leaves for dinner. I finish up while reading a NYT article about Apple computers. Into office and surf around Facebook. Work at computer until Beth gets home from dinner. Clean up kitchen and we talk. She showers while I get ready. I finish up here on blog. Later ~

2012-01-24T20:20:00.001-08:00

2012-01-24T18:49:00.000-08:00

2012-01-23T16:07:00.000-08:00

The Florida debate we didn't see

RAIN LATER
Drop Blue at his house on way home. I continue on way and arrive home to meet girls. Check e-mail and news sites with girls ans chips. UPS drops check for Beth. Call her and she over to pick up check. I back to office and continue working. Into living room to watch end of old Gene Autry western; have a couple tortillas and butter while viewing. After dessert, into bedroom and down for nap with girls. Up in an hour and check mail. Finally, out to bring in mail. Take my pill. Feed girls. Put out recycle bin. Work in office as it starts to sprinkle again. Start making dinner. Beth home and help her in with her stuff. We eat and talk. After dessert and problems finding GOP debate channel, we watch recording of last night's CSI: Miami, a rerun. Then it's work here while she showers. Later ~

2012-01-22T16:15:00.000-08:00

NFC Playoff game

Sleep in day. Beth up 5:15; I follow at 5:30. She out ofbath and I in to shave and shower. Dress. She over to feede Jo. I have a few bites of yesterday's Subway Sandwich. Beth home and both change. Meet Steve and Linda Baker at Heritage Palms clubhouse for Sunday Brunch. Home and Beth does my pill box. I down for nap with girls. I up in an hour and join her in dining room. She off to her place of employment to feed Jo. I turn on playoff game 49ers vs. NYGiants. When she gets back, she makes dinner and we eat watching game in dining room. After dessert we move bak to living room andbig TV. San Fran looses in overtime. We get ready and she showers. Later ~

2012-01-21T20:32:00.000-08:00

Newt wins SC Primary

Leave meeting at 7:30 and to Albertson's for grocery shopping. Home and unload with assistance from Brenda. Home just long enough to brush teeth. Drive to Sam's Club and shop for floor mats with Beth. Across street to get our nails done. I pick up three Subways -one for me; one for Beth; and one for Sean; who she'll be meeting at her work place. I home and eat half my sandwich. Down for nap with girls. U[ and bring in mail; feed girls; open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Spend afternoon in office. Make some dinner and eat while watching GOP South Carolina primary. Into office while she showers. I get ready. Later ~

Friday, January 20, 2012

2012-01-21T20:31:00.000-08:00

Beth, with our niece Kelly

Leave meeting at 7:30 and drive to Sam''s Club to shop for Hall and us. Home and put our stuff away. Work at computer for awhile. Into living room and watch a Gene Autry western on The Western Channel. Make some lunch and eat while viewing. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls.Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Into office and work some more. Into kitchen and start dinner - corn on the cob. Start BBQ. Beth home and I help her inside with her stuff. BBQ corn. We eat and talk. Then we watch GOP debate. She showers; I get ready. Later ~

2012-01-19T20:27:00.000-08:00

Filming The Fugitive TV Series at Corriganville lake (I'm in center of pic).

Home from meeting; check e-mail and news sites with girls and popcorn. Work at computer for awhile. Watch a western online. Into living room and watch another movie. Fix a sandwich and eat lunch. Down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Out and bring in mail. Feed girls. Clean up side yard. Get out steak and chicken to defrost. Open mail for Beth. Back to office and computer. Into kitchen and turn on news. Start getting steak ready. Turn on BBQ. Make salad. Beth home and help her in with her stuff. Put steak on grill. Beth works with chicken and starts cooking. We sit down and eat dinner. Watch second half of GOP debate from South Carolina. Both into office and work. She shower; I get ready. Later ~

2012-01-18T18:44:00.000-08:00

Scene from Joe Dakota with Jock Mahoney (L)

Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work on computer for awhile. Into living room and watch Justified premiere. After that watch Joe Dakota with Jock Mahoney. Make a couple tortillas with butter - ice cream for dessert. Down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail; bring in mail from outside; feed girls; open mail for Beth; clean up side yard. Into office and work through the afternoon. Into kitchen to start dinner; make salads. Beth home and she works in office while I finish making dinner. We eat and talk. After dessert we into office and work. Watch Pan Am, recorded on Sunday. She showers and I get ready. Later ~

2012-01-17T18:56:00.000-08:00

Jimmy George

Home after meeting. Snacks for girls. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Talk to Beth for a few minutes. Talk to Jimmy George in Mississippi for awhile. To bank to make deposits for Beth. Home and have a couple of tortillas and butter; ice cream. Down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Bring in mail from outside. Feed girls. Clean back yard. Open mail for Beth. Work at computer for awhile. Into kitchen to start getting dinner ready. Beth home and I help her in with her stuff. We eat and talk while O'Reilly is on. Dessert. She washes her hair. I into office and write here. She join me for an e-mail or two. Then we watch a TV show (Hawaii Five-O pr CSI Miami). She showers; I get ready. Later ~

2012-01-16T10:28:00.000-08:00

Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Jerry and his gang over to work on wall with jackhammer. Sean here to work on Beth's computer -
connect to security cams at her work. I work at my computer for awhile. Sean leaves around eleven; Jerry and gang follow. I eat lunch and ice cream. Down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail; no mail - holiday; feed girls; clean up side yard. Work at computer fore awhile. Enjoy the afternoon. A UPS box comes for Beth; package for me. Start fixing dinner. Beth home and we eat. Watch GOP debate on Fox. Both get ready. Later ~

2012-01-15T16:32:00.000-08:00

The Descendants

Sleep in day until 5:30 a.m. - both up and I check mail and take my pills until she's done. Then I shave and shower. Dress and bring in paper. Make breakfast and we eat and read paper. She over to her place of employment. I trim beard and work at computer. She home and works, works, works. I lie back on couch with girls. I make us some lunch and we eat. I down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail, Feed girls. Read magazine. Out and clean up side yard. Work at computer. Beth home and works around house. I make salads and heat up pasta. We eat and talk. Into living room and starting at 5:30, we watch The Descendants (first time for her, second time for me). She showers while I get ready. I finish writing here. Later ~

2012-01-14T19:04:00.000-08:00

Richard Springle, left, Aurora Florence and Chris Carsten in My Fair Lady

Grocery Shopping - leave meeting at 7:30 and drive to Albertson's. See Harry on way out and we talk. Home and unload and put away. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Wok at computer for awhile. Beth home and I fix us lunch - left over taco stuff and chips. I rest in living room chair until it's time to change pants. Beth and I to McCallum Theater where we meet Brenda ans see My Fair Lady touring company. After we drive to her place of employment. I out to pick up Panda express. Back to her place of work. I help her fix new phone; see Jo; and we home. We eat Panda Express Orange Chicken. After we clean up, she showers while I write here in office, I clean up. Later ~

2012-01-13T16:40:00.000-08:00

Filming a Scene from a Star Wars Episode

Leave meeting early and drive up to Sam's Club to shop for Hall and us. Home and unload a box of copy paper with Robert's help. Into house and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work until 11:00 then stop. Of to Elephant Bar to meet Harry, John Cook and Bob Feldhake for lunch (on Harry). Home and down for nap with girls. Rest of phone delivery arrives. Call Beth. Drive over to her place of employment and drop off phone. Home and have some cookies. Work at computer until it's too dark. Turn on lights in house. Start dinner; make salad. Beth home and help her in with her things. We eat and talk. After dessert we watch last night's Person of Interest. I write here while she showers. Later ~

2012-01-12T18:58:00.000-08:00

Scene From The Descendants

Home from meeting. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Sam and Dale by to put Beth's jewelry box back together. I work awhile on cmoputer. Then I watch The Descendants DVD on my computer. Made a couple buttered tortillas for lunch with ice cream for dessert. Very good movie. When movie is over I down for nap with girls. Up 2:30. Check e-mail. Out and bring in mail;feed girls; open mail for Beth; clean up side yard. Open Fero Sequils and put in bottle. Work at computer some more. Start making stuff for tacos. Turn on O'Reilly. Beth home and help her in with her stuff. We eat and talk. Dessert together. She washes her hair. I write here while she works beside me. We watch Pan Am from last week. Both get ready. Later ~

2012-01-11T20:16:00.000-08:00

Lou Bartoletti arriving today

Shop for a few items at Albertson's after meeting then home. Take Misty to vet (dentist) to have her teeth looked at - make follow up in a month. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Talk to Beth. Lou Bartoletti calls - he' on his way to Phoenix and wants to stop by. Talk to Beth again. Lou here = take some pics outside and in. We talk for awhile and he leaves at noon. I have two tortillas with butter and an ice cream for a late lunch. Down for nap with girls. Up 3:00 p.m. Bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Into office and work on computer for awhile. Shuck some corn for dinner. Start making salads. Get BBQ going. Beth home - help her in with her stuff. Finish salads. Start BBQ corn. We eat. Ice cream for dessert. Then we watch recording of last night's NCIS. She showers and I get ready. She puts stuff in my sink to unclog the drain. Later ~

2012-01-10T19:46:00.000-08:00

Haircut Day

To Hall to empty trash and shoot shit with the guys. Drive to blood lab and arrive at 7:00 - second one there. To market across street and buy a gift card. Home and make breakfast then eat. To Sherry's shop for my haircut. Mel there. Home and work at computer. Make some buttered tortillas for lunch - ice cream for dessert. Down for nap with girls. Up at 2:30. Check e-mail. Out to get mail. Feed girls. Young boy to door trying to earn points to get into college. We talk. His name is Ron Chesnut and he has some issues. His father is a Marine who is serving his 6th tour. I buy a mag subscription to send to troops; give him all my books to read and send to troops. He takes off. I finish reading mail. Work at computer. Empty dish washer. Beth home and help her in with her stuff. Make dinner and we eat. Both into office. She works on her computer while I write here for both today and yesterday. She in to shower; I continue working here. I get ready. Later ~

2012-01-09T20:15:00.001-08:00

Scene from Speilberg's War Horse

Home after meeting to check girls; then it's to car wash to get Dodge cleaned up. Home an check e-mail and news sites with chips and girls. Watch War Horse DVD on my computer - a WGA disc. I enjoyed the movie; and I had some tears in the right places; it was very good but could have been better - something ws missing but I can't explain. Made a couple of corn tortillas with butter for lunch followed by ice cream for dessert. Down for nap with girls. Up at 2:30 and check e-mail; out to get mail; feed girls; clean up side yard. Work on pulling trash together and put our recycle bin. pull out frozen steak and chicken to defrost. Work in office.Turn on O'Reilly. Beth home. I BBQ steak while she cooks her chicken. We eat and have ice cream. Watch last night's CSI: Miami episode. She showers; I get ready. Later ~

2012-01-08T17:05:00.000-08:00

Beth and Jo

Sleep in day - but I'm up at 5:30 with her. I check e-mail while she does her hair. I shave and shower. Dress and into kitchen. She leaves and heads over to her place of work. I make breakfast and eat while reading Sunday paper. Do some chores around house. Beth back. She does my pill boxes while I work beside her. Put pill boxes away. I make a sandwich for her and I have the left-over half of my tuna sand from yesterday. I have ice cream for dessert. She off to her place of employment once again, while I down for nap with girls. I up 2:30. Check e-mail. She home and we go look at house up street - Norman shows it to us. Home and feed girls. Into office and work at computer. She off to be with Jo the dog at her place of work. I into kitchen and cut potatoes for dinner; grate cheese. She home and dives into cooking dinner; even makes salads. We eat and watch election special on Fox. Clean up and into office and write here. She joins me for awhile. She showers. I get ready. Later ~

2012-01-07T14:33:00.000-08:00

Acqua Pazza at The River

Leave meeting early and hit Albertson's for weekly grocery shopping. Home and unload with help from Brenda, Sam and Dale. Sam and Dale are her to stain the bottom of Beth's jewelry box. Brenda is cleaning. I work at computer while they work at their jobs. I of to nail place where I meet Beth and get my pedicure. After that, pick up sandwiches and home. Beth home a few minutes later and we eat. She calls Brenda then she's off in my car. I finish dessert then down for nap with girls. I up in a couple of hours. Beth is home. I check e-mail and write here. Work at comopuoter until it's time to pout on long pants. We drive to The River and meet Bill and Sunny White for dinner at Acqua Pazza. Home and get ready for bed. Later ~

2012-01-06T19:33:00.000-08:00

Leave meeting at 7:30 and drive to Sam's Club to shop for Hall. Drop her stuff at her employers' on way home - see her. Once home, I give snack to babies then check e-mail and news sites with girls. Work at computer for awhile. To living room and watch
Mexicali Rose with Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette. Make soup for lunch and eat while viewing. Down for nap with girls. Up 2:00 and check e-mail. Out to get mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Into office and work at computer. Into kitchen and start dinner and make salads. Turn on O'Reilly. Beth home. Help her bring here stuff in. We eat and talk. After dessert both into office. I write here. She in and wash her hair. Eventually she showers. I get ready. Later ~

2012-01-05T20:01:00.001-08:00

Joel Peters in front of his old store

Leave meeting before it starts to get to 7:00 dental cleaning. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Spend some time on computer. Talk to Beth. Take off at 10:40 for Indio. Stop and see Joel at his new (smaller) store - across parking lot from old store. Meet his son and his girlfriend. On to Chinese restaurant for monthly Conservative Round Table. Nice lunch and conversation. Home, bring in mail and feed girls - have some ice cream. Open mail for Down for nap with girls. Up 5:00.Open mail for Beth. Start making dinner and salads. She finally home late and we eat. Both into office and we work for a few minutes. She shower. I get ready. Later ~

2012-01-04T20:18:00.001-08:00

Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Watch beginning of a western online; then into living room and watch Roy Rogers and Raymond Hatton in Rough Rider's Round up. Make a couple of tortillas and butter and eat while viewing. After ice cream dessert, I down for nap with girls at 11:30. Up at 1:30; check e-mail with girls. Call Beth. Drive to Bermuda Dunes to meet her where she's left Tracker for pilot tomorrow. I pick her up and drop her off at her place of employment. Home and check email. Work at computer for awhile. Into dining room snd turn on Fox news. Shuck some corn. Turn on BBQ. Make some salads. Beth home and help her in with her stuff. BBQ corn; then we eat. After dessert, we clean up and work in office. Then we watch last night's episode of NCIS. I write here while she showers. I get ready. Later ~

2012-01-03T16:42:00.000-08:00

Beth's 30th AA Birthday

She up and off early as she's leading the 6:00 a.m. meeting so shed's off before me. She also takes a cake at our meeting - I give it to her. I stop and pick up a binder for her; plus I mail a package to Shannon for her, too. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Drive to credit union to make deposit for her. Home and turn on TV - Gene Autry western, Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride. Make some lunch - buttered tortillas - and have dessert. Down for nap with girls. Up 1:00 p.m. Work for awhile in office. Bring in mail from outside; feed girls; open mail for Beth. Into office and work some more on computer. Find out Jane Burnett Smith died in November. Turn on news in dining room. Start making salads and cook dinner for five minutes. No O'Reilly - Iowa Caucus coverage. Beth home and help her in with stuff. She tired and sits. Serve dinner and we eat. After dessert we both to office. She showers. Watch last night's Hawaii Five-O episode. Get ready - Later ~

2012-01-02T19:10:00.000-08:00

New Years Day Celebrated today because yesterday was Sunday
Left meeting early so I can get home and have Rose Parade going on TV before she gets home. I found out yesterday that KTLA would be shown on a Time-Warner channel - well, it was there, but not in HD. Beth home and decides she wants to watch the KTLA version even though it is not HD. I was going to watch parade in bedroom on a network as I feel seeing it in HD is better than listening to Bob and Stephanie with no HD. Finally I find the HD version on KTLA's web site - small pic but in great HD. We watch parade in office and every body's happy. She off to work and I off to Sam's to pick up some things for her employers. Drop them and home. Bought a hot dog and had it for lunch while watching Call of the Canyon with Gene Autry, Ruth Terry and Smiley Burnette. After dessert I down for nap with girls. Up in two hours and check e-mail again. Feed girls and turn on Rose Bowl Game - Wisconsin vs. Oregon Ducks. Oregon wins, 45 to 38. Highest soring game in RB history. Beth home from work and I start dinner. We talk; then we eat. After dessert and clean up, I into office and write here. She joins me for awhile. Eventually she showers. I get ready. Later ~

2012-01-01T09:16:00.000-08:00

Spending New Years Day Together (no parade or games)

Happy New Year's Day!
No Parade; no football game. The new year has fallen on a Sunday once again and every thing's postponed until tomorrow.
Beth up early; gets ready and off to Hall to help Brenda clean. I up 5:30. Shower and dress; check e-mail and news sites; plus work at computer for awhile. Bring in Sunday Paper. Fix breakfast and eat while reading paper. Trim beard. Into office and work at computer.Beth home from Hall. We talk. She has chores to do. We both into office to work. I into kitchen and fix us lunch. We eat. I have dessert; then I'm down for a nap with girls. Beth goes by her place of employment for awhile. I up and work at computer. She is here ironing on service porch. I get food and feed girls. Back into office and work some more. Beth joins me again. I into kitchen and start salads. Beth gets Alfredo going. Set table and eventually eat. After dessert we clean up. I into office to order Zicam. She showers. I get ready. Later ~

2011-12-31T10:11:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-12-30T16:19:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-12-29T16:20:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-12-28T19:51:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-12-27T17:09:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-12-26T18:37:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-12-25T16:22:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-12-24T18:55:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-12-23T20:16:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-12-22T09:26:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-12-21T20:08:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-12-20T14:52:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-12-19T18:51:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-12-18T16:41:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-12-17T19:00:00.000-08:00

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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2011-12-16T15:47:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-12-15T19:11:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-12-14T20:22:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-12-13T18:54:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-12-12T15:55:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-12-11T18:14:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-12-10T15:10:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-12-09T22:04:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-12-08T18:48:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-12-07T15:46:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-12-06T19:00:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-12-05T18:43:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-12-04T16:27:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-12-03T16:29:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-12-02T16:26:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-12-01T19:47:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-11-30T18:22:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-11-29T18:54:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-11-28T19:09:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-11-27T20:23:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-11-26T13:55:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-11-25T17:39:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-11-24T18:36:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-11-23T19:50:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-11-22T20:28:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-11-21T20:08:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-11-20T18:11:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-11-19T19:17:00.000-08:00

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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2011-11-18T20:45:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-11-17T16:21:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-11-16T15:58:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-11-15T19:02:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-11-14T18:56:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-11-13T18:55:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-11-12T22:07:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-11-11T14:53:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-11-10T20:27:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-11-09T18:32:00.000-08:00

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.

2011-11-08T18:58:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-11-07T18:45:00.000-08:00

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

2011-11-06T20:04:00.000-08:00

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 ~

2011-11-05T19:10:00.000-07:00

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 ~

2011-11-04T19:34:00.000-07:00

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 ~

2011-11-03T19:07:00.000-07:00

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 ~

2011-11-02T20:04:00.000-07:00

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 ~

2011-11-01T16:44:00.000-07:00

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 ~

2011-10-31T20:14:00.000-07:00

Beth and I on San Diego's Shelter Island

Leave meeting 10-minutes early then home to check on girls and pick up maps, etc. Drive to Beth's employers' home and meet Beth. We to San Diego in van. Arrive in a little over two hours. Unload van and move stuff to boat. The captain helps. Follow him to storage place and load freezer into van. Bye to them and Beth and I stop at Mexican place on Rosecrans for late lunch. Drive home and arrive by 3:45. She stays behind for a few minutes and I drive home. Hi to girls. Bring our stuff inside. Bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. She home. I check e-mail. We do some chores. No eat as we ate late. Have some ice cream. Turn on TV and watch last night's recording of CSI: Miami. She showers after 8:00. I write here. Later ~

2011-10-30T20:01:00.000-07:00

Beth's Pasadena High School 50th Reunion

Up around 5:45 in hotel (Weston Pasadena). Get ready and packed then check out. She gives me a tour of her old neighborhood; then we to Pasadena High School for a reunion brunch. Not as many people but still fun for Beth and he others. Sit with John and Sue Watts. Drive home and arrive at 2:30. Unpack and put away stuff. Beth over to see Harry and check on Annie. She was up yesterday in wheel chair. I down for nap with girls. Up 5:00. Beth is back. I download our pictures and start on blog. I make dinner and we eat: spinach souffle. Into living room and watch recording of last week's Pan Am. She showers and I write here. Get ready. Later ~

Saturday, October 29, 2011

2011-10-30T18:36:00.000-07:00

Beth's Pasadena High School 50th Reunion

Grocery shopping after meeting; then home and unload and put away. Call Brth then drive over to pick her up and we to Bermuda Dunes airport to pick up GEO Tracker and she takes it back to her employers' place. I back home and start fixing our lunch. Beth home and we eat early. Pack up for our overnight in Pasadena; then take off around 1:30. Arrive after three o'clock. Check in and get our stuff into room. Rest up some then start getting ready and head off to reunion just before six. Beth is in great spirits. Besides seeing all her close friends from the group that gets together once or twice a year, she was able to see tons of others she went to Pasadena High School with. Nice banquet dinner where we meet more old friends and have class photos taken. To room after and come down after all the excitement. Later ~

2011-10-28T18:49:00.000-07:00

Gene Autry and Lois Wile in The Singing Cowboy (1936)

Leave meeting at 7:30 and drive to Sam's Club to shop for Hall. Home after and unload ours and Beth's employer's stuff. Put ours away inside. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and cookies. I work at computer for awhile. Call Jimmy George in Mississippi and we talk. Call Sam about caring for girls this weekend. Turn on TV and watch The Singing Cowboy (1936), with Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette. Down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Bring in mail from outside. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Fill dog food cans; fill dog cookie cans. Into office and work on computer for awhile. Into dining room and turn on news. Beth calls. Start dinner; make salads/O'Reilly starts. Beth home. Help her unload. Finish making dinner and we eat. After ice cream, we watch recording of Person of Interest. I write here; she showers. Both get ready. Later ~

2011-10-27T18:46:00.000-07:00

Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls. Beth's employers in town today. I work at computer for awhile. Read some more SOE to check. Into living room and turn on TV. Watch The Old West with Gene Autry, Pat Buttram, Gail Davis. and Dick Jones. Make some lunch and eat while viewing. Down for nap with girls. Up and check mail. Bring in mail from outside. Big package delivered for Beth - rolling laundry basket. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Back to office and do some more work on computer. Move into dining room. Beth calls; she's on way to see Annie and Harry. Grate some cheese and put it on chips. Set table. Beth home. O'Reilly starts.Help her in with her stuff. Microwave cheese and chips; plus beans on side. We eat and watch O'Reilly. After ice cream she washes her hair. I write some here. Into living room and watch recording of a rerun of
CSI: Vegas. I finish writing here. She showers. I look up I Love Lucy stage show. Later ~

2011-10-26T18:56:00.000-07:00

NCIS

Stop at Office Max to pick up desk calendar for Beth. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Off to meet Beth at airport where she has dropped GEO Tracker for pilot. Back to her place of employment to drop her off. I home and turn on TV. Watch Gene and Smiley in an old Republic western. Make sandwich and eat. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Into office and work at computer. After awhile into kitchen. Call Beth to tell her what's for dinner. Clean BBQ. Prepare steak. Start on salads. Beth calls and she's on her way home. Finish salads and set table. Beth home and help her in with some of her stuff. Put steak on BBQ while she into office to catch up on things. Watch some O'Reilly. Turn steak and call Beth in to work on her chicken. We finally eat. After ice cream she's off to Hall for H&I meeting. I spend hour on computer. Beth home and does a few things before we watch recording of last night's NCIS. Both to office and I write here. She showers and we both get ready. Later ~

2011-10-25T18:52:00.000-07:00

John Wayne, Mary Kornman, and Eddie Chandler in The Desert Trail (1935)

Home after meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. Work at computer for awhile. Read an e-mail to Beth over the phone from her employer. Back to computer and keep working. Move into living room. Turn on TV and watch recording of Desert Trail, a Lone Star John Wayne western from 1935. Make a sandwich and eat while viewing. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Take ravioli out of refrigerator. Clean up side yard. Work at computer some more. Beth home and help her in with her stuff. Start on making salads. She makes ravioli. Watch O'Reilly while eating into Hannity. Into office for both of us. Work for a few minutes. Into living room and we watch last night's recording of Hawaii Five-0.Into office and write here. She shower. Both get ready. Later ~

2011-10-24T18:41:00.000-07:00

John Wayne

Stop at PDPO to buy stamps for Beth. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and chips. To Beth's place of employment to follow her to tire shop to get tires on one of her employer's cars. Home and make some lunch. FALL in kitchen and hit head - no pass out but some blood. Rest of body in good shape. Call Beth and tell her about fall. Into living room and eat while watching TV western channel old John Wayne Lone Star. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Feed girls. Open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard. Get some trash ready and put recycle bin on front porch. Inside and work at computer. Into dining room and turn on news which becomes O'Reilly. Get dinner out of freezer. Beth home and I help her in with her stuff. Start dinner and she makes her salad. We eat with O'Reilly and Hannity. Put out trash. She works on her computer. Into living room and watch recording of last night's CSI: Miami. Finish trash. She showers. Later ~