Message 790

Yesterday I finished reading both The Economist and Science from last week. I am now ready to start on the new ones that I expect will arrive in the mail today. I even started on the book that Ethan gave me while we were in Tahoe. We have been having nice cool nights with early morning fog for the last several weeks. I love it and think of it as perfect weather, even though it is cooler than usual. I prefer cool to hot.

Message 789

I just got back from having breakfast at Heidi's Pies with Mimi and Reggie. Vanessa is still not recovered enough from her surgery to join uns. I hope she will be able to start up again next week. Yesterday I picked Annie up at home and took her to her pre-school at noon. I then drove Vanessa to her hair appointment to have her hair dyed. She still is not able to drive because of the pain pills she is taking. Maureen picked her up from her hair appointment, and a college-girl neighbor picked up Beech and Annie and brought them home. I now have the washing machine going with more laundry. Yesterday I finished reading The Economist from two weeks ago, so today I can start on the one from last week. I will try to get it finished before the new one comes tomorrow.

Message 787

This morning Chris and Linda left about 7:30 AM to pick up Charlie and Kat at her aunt's house and drive to the airport. We had a nice visit and ate at a different restaurant every night. Yesterday it was the Japanese restaurant Gombei. Last night we all watched the three-hour finale of The Bachelorette on ABC to keep Linda company because she is a great fan. I had never heard of the show and will avoid watching any more like it. Today I am running the dishwasher and the washing machine.

Message 786

Yesterday Chris and Linda came with me to watch Annie in Nealon Park while Julian to Beech with him to do the grocery shopping. Chris and Linda and Mimi and I went to Celia's, where the old Fontanna's used to be, for a Mexican-food dinner. Julian was supposed to bring Annie to my place on the way to the hospital fro Beech's surgery (to put new tubes in his ears) this morning, but at about 6:40 AM, while I was getting dressed to go down to the parking lot to get her while he was on his way to the hospitel, he called and said Vanessa felt well enough to watch her, so the let her sleep and I went back to beb.

Message 788

Yesterday after Chris and Linda left I washed and changed their sheets and pillow cases, and got the guest room ready for whoever comes to visit next. I have tabulated all of the people who joined us at the Tahoe reunion. It is shown below:

RPB family : 19 total, including 6 for Jason, 5 for Liz (with Vlad but not Nicole), 3 for Ethan, 3 for Julian, 2 for Jose & me
Cleavers : 14 total, including 5 for Jeanne, 3 for Marty, 2 for Rob & Carson, and 2 for Bill & Lisa and 2 for A & Joe
Davidsons : 14 total, including 5 for Carrie, 4 for Jamie, 3 for Jessie, and 2 for Ginny & Jim
Dahlgrens : 8 total, including 4 for Sarah Jane and 3 for Kirsten, and 1 for Mary
Chris : 4 total, including 2 for Chris and Linda, and 2 for Charlie and Kat
Umbachs : 2 total, for Linda and Walt
Mullens : 2 total for Marilyn and Jay

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Overall : 63 people

Message 785

Yesterday I drove back from our great reunion at Tahoe and dropped Kirsten and her two girls off at the Sacramento airport. I finally got home about 1 PM. I went to PAMF and got the materials to start making my antibiotic solution myself. They do not want to mix it themselves anymore, but they are willing to sell me the supplies to make it myself. In the afternoon I did laundry and grocery shopping. Chris and Linda arrived about 4 PM and Mimi returned from San Jose about 6 PM. We all went to dinner at Sultana and Chris picked up the bill. We all had the salmon except Linda who had the lamb. They were all very good. In the evening we watched a DVD of the French movie Horseman on the Roof. Chris can't see well enough to read subtitles, so he slept through some of it.

Message 784

Yesterday I packed my suitcase for Tahoe. This will be my last message until I return from Tahoe in a week. I have arranged to meet Kirsten and her kids at the Sacramento airport tomorrow morning. This afternoon I will pick Charlie and Kat up at Jason's house about 5 PM and bring them to Menlo Park to spend the night. We should all leave tomorrow morning by 8:30 Am to get to Sacramento by 11 AM.