Message 793

Yesterday I finished reading The Economist and read some more of the book Ethan gave me. In the evening Mimi and I watched the first couple of episodes of a new series from Netflix called Bliss.

Message 792

Yesterday I finished watching Disk 4 of True Blood Season 2. In the evening Mimi and I went out to dinner with Larry and Judi and Ron and Marci. Afterward we went back to Ron and Marci's house and watched a DVD of the Japanese movie Depatures. It was the third time I have seen it and Mimi's second time, but it is such a good movie that we all enjoyed it very much. Because it was Marci's 65th birthday, Judi brought a cake from Prolific Oven to celebrate after the movie.

Message 791

I just got back from having coffee at Starbucks with Helen and Jim and Joan and Dave. Mimi could not join us because she had an early appointment with her back doctor in San Jose. Yesterday I started reading The Economist that came in the Friday mail. I also watched two more episodes of True Blood.

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.