December 2018

December 2018 

Saturday 01- I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, hit at the heavybag for a short spell, and jogged a 1.5 miles with Cassie.

FedEx delivered what was supposed to be an old Lenovo X131E Chromebook, but instead the package contained an iPad Mini. I emailed the ebay merchant to send me what I ordered.

Sunday 02- I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, hit at the heavybag for a short spell, and jogged 1.5 miles with Cassie.
I went to a book release: Lots of good folks showed up for Space Cowboy's first science fiction paperback anthology "Simultaneous Times" featuring stories by: Jakes Bayley, Jon Christopher, Robert Deloyd, Jean-Paul L. Garnier, Gabriel Hart, Brent A. Harris, and Zara Kand.

Monday 03- I did my stretches, yoga, and took Cassie for a 1.5 mile jog.

I went to the post office in Twentynine Palms to pick up my TRS 80 Model 100. I bought this broken one because I needed the keyboard for another Model 100 I had since the ‘80s. A surprise was the Microsoft MultiPlan chip inside that I popped into my Model 102 to find out what it contained; a spreadsheet program.
Kjtel and Bodie came over and we went for a nice walk.

I went to Monday Night Football at the community center.

I installed the the keyboard from the broken model 100 I just bought into my old model 100; now it works fine.

Tuesday 04- I did my stretches and went for a mile jog with Cassie.

After getting no response from the ebay merchant I called and they said they’d send it out with a return label for the iPad Mini and should arrive this Friday.

I went to my 3:30 Doctor’s appointment in Yucca Valley. I dropped friend Kelly off at WalMart so she could do her shopping and picked her up when I was done with my appointment. 

Wednesday 05- Rain most of the day

I did my stretches. 

Thursday 06- Rain all day.

I did my stretches, yoga, and when there was a break in the rain went for a mile jog with Cassie.

I went to Thursday Game Night 

Friday 07- I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, hit at the heavybag for a short spell, and jogged 1.5 miles with Cassie.
Cassie and I went over to Kjtel and Bodie’s house for dinner and a movie. Watched two episodes of “The Kominsky Method” starring Michael Douglas, Alan Arkin, and Susan Sullivan... very funny show. We will only watch an episode when we’re together.

Saturday 08- I did my stretches, jogged a mile with Cassie, and yoga.

Sunday 09- I did my stretches and jogged a mile with Cassie.

I went to Space Cowboy Books poetry reading and read a poem of mine.

Monday 10- I did my stretches, exercised with the 10 & 20 pound dumbbells, and jogged 1.5 miles with Cassie.
I went to the post office to pick up another TRS 10 Model 100.

Monday Night football 

Tuesday 11- I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, hit at the heavybag for a short spell, and jogged 1.5 miles with Cassie.

Wednesday 12- I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, hit at the heavybag for a short spell, and jogged 1.5 miles with Cassie.

I took Cassie out for an evening mile run.

Thursday 13- I did my stretches, core trainer, worked out with the 10 & 20 pound dumbbells, and jogged 1.5 miles with Cassie.

I went to the post office to pick up a package.

I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, hit at the heavybag for a short spell, and took Cassie for a 1.5 mile jog.

I went to Thursday Family Game Night at our community center.

Friday 14- I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, hit at the heavybag for a short spell, and jogged 1.5 miles with Cassie.

I went to the post office to pick up and a non working TRS 80 Model 100 I bought for cheap I’m using for parts.

Saturday 15- I did my stretches, core trainer, worked out with the 10 & 20 pound dumbbells, and jogged 1.5 miles with Cassie.

I worked on another TRS 80 Model 100 and got it working with parts salvaged from another I bought and received last Friday.

Sunday 16- I was sick all night with stomach pains and didn’t get to sleep until 8am and slept till 3pm.

I did my stretches, core trainer, punched the heavybag, and jogged a mile with Cassie.
I worked on putting together the composter but the night fell upon me and I had to call it quits.

I just got back inside after finding the Comet Wirtanen as it passed by the Earth in the skies near Taurus...it's very diffused and hard to see. It was easier to spot if I took off my glasses. In my SkyMaster 20X80 binoculars it still appeared as a smudge but I did see a bit of color; mostly gray. So first try looking for the comet without your glasses if you are nearsighted, and if you are farsighted try blurring your vision... it's about the size of the Moon :)

Gave notice on FaceBook: “I'll be taking some time off to work on a book I need to get publish. I have a whole bunch of titles for short stories submitted by you my FaceBook friends to write... I've completed 15 short stories so far and 1 poem :)
I be checking in on you here from time to time... Love you all... best wishes for a safe and happy holiday season <3 bob="" deloyd="" span="">

Monday 17- I did my stretches, yoga, core trainer, hit the heavybag, jogged a mile with Cassie, and worked out on the weight bench.

I worked on putting together the composter and I finally had it all together. I had to take the top off again because I didn’t follow the dang instructions, so I got pretty good at fitting the parts back and screwing them down. 

I took Cassie for her evening mile jog.

I went to our CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) Christmas Party at the Sizzler tonight and had a lot of fun with some dedicated folks. We had members of the new board sworn in by Battalion Chief Scott Tuttle. We had a gift exchange. Somehow towards the end when everyone was leaving it was announced I was the new webmaster of the CERT website; I didn't volunteer, they just made it so.

I stopped off at WalMart to pick up some doggie treats because I was running low on them and Cassie would have a fit...

I did my nightly stretches (I just started these), practiced my guitar and went to bed.

Tuesday 18- I did my stretches, yoga, core trainer, punched the heavybag, and went on a 1.5 mile jog with Cassie.

I filled the tires on the Truck and the Mini Cooper.

I went on poop patrol.

I took Cassie for an evening mile jog.

I went to Burger King with my trailer guest for dinner.

I did my nightly stretches, practiced my guitar and went to bed.

Wednesday 19- I did my stretches, core trainer, exercised with the 10 and 20 pound dumbbells, punched the heavybag, and went on a 1.5 mile jog with Cassie.

I worked on the 2 cycle generator and got it running, but the idle drifts like it has an air leak. Not really sure what the first problem was, but at least it started. 

I put air in my Chevy Spark tires, now the computer will stop hounding me to do it.

I took Cassie on an evening mile jog.

I did my studies.

I did my nightly stretches, practiced my guitar and went to bed.

Thursday 20- I did my stretches, core trainer, exercised with the weight bench, punched the heavybag, and went on a a mile jog with Cassie.

I did my studies.

I went to our Thursday Family Game Night. I was asked to make up a flyer for the events for January. I had it done as soon as I got home and sent it to them for review.

I did my nightly stretches, practiced my guitar and went to bed.

Friday 21- I did my stretches and then drove down the hill to Palm Desert for a doctor’s appointment. Left at 12:45 got there at 2:30 and left there at 4PM Got home at around 6PM. I’ll just call it a day.

Saturday 22- I did my stretches, yoga, jogged with Cassie 1.5 miles.

Worked in the yard, did some composting and watering of plants.

Took Cassie for an evening jog of a mile.

I wrote a short story for Lizzy Lang's title "The Sand Timer" While it might not be what you may have thought I'd write... it also needs lots of editing 526 words long.  

I did my nightly stretches, practiced my guitar and went to bed.

Sunday 23- I did my stretches, core trainer, exercised with the weight bench, punched the heavybag, and went on a a mile jog with Cassie.

I went to visit my neighbor Kjtel and her dog Bodie for a short spell and brought her a Christmas present.

I did my studies.

I did my nightly stretches, practiced my guitar and went to bed.

Monday 24- I did my stretches, exercised with the 10&20 pound dumbbells, core trainer, punched the heavybag, and took Cassie for a 1.5 mile jog.

Scattered compost I had curing for almost a year all over the yard.

At 4:30 Cassie and I went over to Kjtel’s for Christmas Eve dinner with Charles Lang and Jeff my neighbor down the road. Kjtel made stuffed cheese chillies and mashed potatoes.

Tuesday and Wednesday stayed home and did nothing :)

Thursday 27- I did my stretches, core trainer, exercised with the weight bench, punched the heavybag, and went on a 1.5 mile jog with Cassie.

I worked in the yard. I started all my vehicles. The Harley was the hardest to start because it’s been sitting so long, my bad.

I went for an evening mile jog with Cassie.

I did my studies.

I wrote Linda Hudson-Vandenburgh's title "Just a short walk" While it might not be what you may have thought I'd write... it also needs lots of editing 409 words long.

Friday 28- I did my stretches, yoga, core trainer, punched the heavybag, and took Cassie on a 1.5 mile jog.

I found my cement pond had iced up meaning it’s the official start of winter here in the high desert.

I did my studies.

I remembered to do my nightly stretches, practiced my guitar and went to bed.

Saturday 29- I did my stretches, exercised with the 10&20 pound dumbbells, jogged 1.5 miles with Cassie, and punched the heavybag for a spell.

I cooked up some rice and headed down to our community potluck. With Christmas music in the air, tree all decked out with blinking lights, and the new year just around the corner we were in a very festive mood. We started with a New Year’s toast to each other and then pigged out on Dyan Carroll’s ham and cheese rollups, sweet potato casserole, a trifle, and cookies. Mack Dodd warmed our inners with his hot soup. Elizabeth West stuffed us with her chicken spinach Alfredo and peach dump cake. Chris VanNortrick stewed us a chili veg casserole and a side of onion rice. Bruce delivered a chocolate cake. Kip Fjeld brought his famous guacamole and chips. Jeff Dongvillo simmered us a chicken and veg casserole. Kjtel Byers tempted us with her candy nut spinach salad. And lastly Yvonne Francis enticed us with her cabbage stew and cakes she brought. We came, we saw, we devoured it all and were a mighty happy bunch with all hugs at the end. Happy New Year!

Sunday 30- Very windy, cold, damp and dreary outside. I did my stretches, core trainer, exercised with the weight bench, punched the heavybag, and went on a 1.5 mile jog with Cassie.

I worked in the yard for a spell.

I took Cassie for an evening jog of a mile.

I did my studies.

I remembered to do my nightly stretches, practiced my guitar and went to bed.

Monday 31- Another windy day as I did the core trainer, hit on the heavybag, and went for a 1.5 mile jog with Cassie.

I spent over an hour on the phone with Sandy Ball talking about the website for CERT I am taking over from her.

******************** December 2018 Poems *****************

What makes life worth living is having good friends, good books to read, and a friendly dog by your side :)
~RD

We never run out of stories... just out of time to write them all down...
~RD

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