Message 800

Yesterday I watched the first half of the pre-season game between to 49ers and the Colts. The 49ers were ahead at halftime, and I later saw on the news that they won the game easily. Of course, pre-season games have limited meaning, but maybe our local team are on their way back to respectability. Vanessa had a swollen face, so she had to go in for an unexpected IV antibiotic treatment so I took Annie to the Redwood City McDonalds with a playground. Julian had taken Beech to a birthday party, and when that was over he brought Beech to join Annie at McDonalds while he went to check on Vanessa. She was OK, so he met me back at my condo and took the kids home. Vanessa was later able to drive herself home. The football game was long since over, so I took a nap for an hour or so.

It was Mimi's birthday, so when she got back from San Jose I took her to Carpachio's for dinner (next door to where Sally used to work).

Message 799

I enjoyed having Annie over yesterday for about two and a half hours. She required my undivided attention for the whole time. She basically plays house. She divides my living room up into areas and designates one parts as her bedroom, where she spreads out her blanket. Every now and then she will go lie down on it and suck her thumb for a few seconds, but she does not want to nap. Another part she calls her dining room and she takes a couple of my placemats and places bowls on them. She clears all the bowls and the candle holder from a table by the window and arranges them on the placemats. She helped me finish off the purple grapes and then started in on the green grapes. She played with my Kindle for a while. She called it her computer. She pushed various buttons, and occasionally pointed out one for me to push. I eventually had to hide it when she was not looking . I was afraid she was going to scratch the screen. When Vanessa came in to pick her up, she thought the place was a disaster, but it was really quite organized. Vanessa insisted on tidying up some, but after they left I had everything back to its original condition.

Message 798

Mimi and I just got back from having coffee at Starbucks with Helen and Jim. Last night we watched a DVD of the movie LA Confidential. Russell Crowe looks so young, it is amazing that it came out only ten years ago. I give it four stars. Vanessa is bringing Annie by for me to watch in a few minutes. Maybe I will take her to the park.

Message 797

I just got back from having coffee at Starbucks with Vanessa and Beech. Vanessa had to take Beech for a speech evaluation at the hospital, so I walked back from Starbucks. Because it is downhill on the way back it is not so hard. I have now read about half of the book that Ethan gave me.

Message 796

I just got back from having breakfast at Heidi's Pies. It was just Reggie and me. Mimi could not come because she had to be at the nursing home early to meet with her mother's doctor. Vanessa is still recovering from her surgery. She can drive now, but because of that she has to forego her pain meds. Maybe next week she can join us.

Yesterday I ordered a book for my Kindle. I tried to order Abraham Lincoln by Ben Thomas. I have been trying to find this for years in used book stores, but with no luck. Unfortunately, Amazon did not have it either. It has been out of print for over fifty years, so it should be available for them. To test my Kindle, I ordered a Wilbur Smith book. I have probably already read it, but I have forgotten it.

Message 795

Yesterday I read some more of the book Ethan gave me. I also read the instructions for the Kindle. I need to decide on a book to order. Mimi and I finished watching Disk 1 of Bliss. I have watched all of True Blood Season 2 except for a couple of commentaries on the last episode.

Message 794

It was such a pleasant cool morning with thick fog that Mimi and I decided to walk up to Starbuck's for a coffee. It is a good thing I took my hat because by the time we walked back the sun was shining. Last night we watched a few more episodes of the series Bliss. It is OK, but I only give it three stars.