Blog Sabbatical Ends
I've been busy. Add that "busyness" to my penchant for long, gabby posts and you get absolutely nothing for six months. Sorry.
Lots of copy-writing jobs and freelance writing in the pipeline now. Kathy J and I are writing something together. It will either be a play or a script for a TV movie, probably Lifetime. It's about two women caring for their elderly mothers. Duh. The first few times we met to write, all we did was laugh hysterically about the stories we can tell.
Speaking of mothers, mine is doing fine. So is Jack. Mom had to have a pacemaker replaced last month and there were some complications so she had to spend the night in the hospital. Thankfully, after a few scary hours, she came out ALIVE and TICKING! Hooray. Jack and Mom were healthy enough to attend the big annual charity hoe-down at the Garner Ranch on June 23rd. They brought along 15 friends from their assisted living community to join the rest of our 150-plus guests for a big BBQ and cowboy action in the corrals. Kathy J is now our official Garner Ranch historian and has completed a wonderful filmography and history of the ranch. She and my sister, Meg, gave great tours of the houses, barns and grinding rocks. Jack sat on the front porch of Meg's house and told ranch stories to anyone who would listen whenever the country-western band took a break.
We had a great July 4th celebration at home with family. It was a hot, muggy evening, but Mom and Jack still had to be bundled up in blankets on the front porch to watch fireworks on the street. "Legal" fireworks are ok in our town.
Summer weekends are mostly lazy, with lots of outdoor kitchen activity, family and friends gathering for conversation and cocktails, and little grandson Keegan splashing in his plastic pool in the backyard. We have been letting the cats (Poudre and Molly) out in the patio some days, and that's very entertaining!
Del Mar Thoroughbred Club opening day is tomorrow and we'll be there with Meg, Ted and Hannah. It's always fun to watch the girls in their hats (and not much else, which makes Gary and Ted smile)and the posers from La Costa hanging out around the bar at the Turf Club.
Gary is still commuting to Beverly Hills every day, overseeing the stucco division of Glaeser Builders, Inc. He has lots of celebrity clients now, which is good because they have BIG houses that need LOTS of stucco. I love to hear the stories about the goings-on, paparazzi, etc., most of which I can't print.
Life is good.
I'll do better keeping up the blog from now on.
Lots of copy-writing jobs and freelance writing in the pipeline now. Kathy J and I are writing something together. It will either be a play or a script for a TV movie, probably Lifetime. It's about two women caring for their elderly mothers. Duh. The first few times we met to write, all we did was laugh hysterically about the stories we can tell.
Speaking of mothers, mine is doing fine. So is Jack. Mom had to have a pacemaker replaced last month and there were some complications so she had to spend the night in the hospital. Thankfully, after a few scary hours, she came out ALIVE and TICKING! Hooray. Jack and Mom were healthy enough to attend the big annual charity hoe-down at the Garner Ranch on June 23rd. They brought along 15 friends from their assisted living community to join the rest of our 150-plus guests for a big BBQ and cowboy action in the corrals. Kathy J is now our official Garner Ranch historian and has completed a wonderful filmography and history of the ranch. She and my sister, Meg, gave great tours of the houses, barns and grinding rocks. Jack sat on the front porch of Meg's house and told ranch stories to anyone who would listen whenever the country-western band took a break.
We had a great July 4th celebration at home with family. It was a hot, muggy evening, but Mom and Jack still had to be bundled up in blankets on the front porch to watch fireworks on the street. "Legal" fireworks are ok in our town.
Summer weekends are mostly lazy, with lots of outdoor kitchen activity, family and friends gathering for conversation and cocktails, and little grandson Keegan splashing in his plastic pool in the backyard. We have been letting the cats (Poudre and Molly) out in the patio some days, and that's very entertaining!
Del Mar Thoroughbred Club opening day is tomorrow and we'll be there with Meg, Ted and Hannah. It's always fun to watch the girls in their hats (and not much else, which makes Gary and Ted smile)and the posers from La Costa hanging out around the bar at the Turf Club.
Gary is still commuting to Beverly Hills every day, overseeing the stucco division of Glaeser Builders, Inc. He has lots of celebrity clients now, which is good because they have BIG houses that need LOTS of stucco. I love to hear the stories about the goings-on, paparazzi, etc., most of which I can't print.
Life is good.
I'll do better keeping up the blog from now on.
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