On Wednesday and Thursday mornings, I left at 7:30 am (just after sunrise!) and rode 4 miles to Westlake Charter School to help Deanna and Gina with the first day of blacktop drills.
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After-school coaching on Wednesday. Only about 4 out of 15 need to come back for next week’s after-school coaching.
The only time we could have a special breakfast together was dinner on Monday night at Jim and Lucy’s. I made the special sauce (which took a couple of days) and tomato relish. Everyone else brought the condiments, tortillas, and Jimmy’s donuts. Archie and Sandy, Collie and Cindy, Jerry and Lupita, Jerry and Laura, Trish, Jim and Nicki.
There were two more tables to the side with a camp stove to cook on and a place with the food. After frying the corn and flour tortillas, Lucy and I made either scrambled eggs or over-easy. Jim was the bartender for the cooks – thank you!
Update on the kitchen remodel: it’s finished as of today!
Cindy didn’t feel well, so Elaine came to the play Jump at B Street Theater with Terri and I. We went to brunch first at Paragary’s – a table on the patio.
The welcome before the play starts:
This morning, I rode toward Agueda’s house, then we rode to Jackrabbit Trail, and finally Bella Bru where we met Brenda, Paul, and Laurie for breakfast. This place is great for bicycle parking because the bikes can be parked nearby, no locking up needed.
During the month of October, if you ride a bike to a restaurant in the Jibe service area and spend $10, you will receive a $15 gift card to Raley’s/BelAir – both major grocery stores in N Natomas.
Lucky me. The person Maria planned to go this concert with had to cancel. I was the lucky person who got to take her place. Not being a gambler in any sense of the word, this was my first time inside Thunder Valley Casino. LOTS of machines, table, and people. We had to walk across the casino, first to get to Red Lantern to have dinner, then to the doors and the entrance to where the concert was located. Leaving the casino area:
Turn around and you see the entrance the The Venue:
Richard Marx opened the show:
Thank goodness for the gigantic screens. Kenny Loggins:
So much fun!! Thank you Maria for inviting me.
at St Ignatius. Stop #1, the cafeteria where all the classes came to be picked up by attending grandparents or special friends.
Then everyone walked to attend Mass.
Three sets of brothers conspired to all sit together at Mass. L-R: Max, Grayson, Avery, Carson, Zane, Hudson, and Margaret. Max and Zane are brothers, their grandparents Lupe and Joe sat at the other end of our pew. Grayson and Hudson are brothers, Margaret is their “Oma.”
After mass, we visited the 2nd and 6th grade classrooms and signed the boys out for the day.
We all went to lunch at Leatherby’s .. which has a game room.
Today’s game was at Christian Brothers.
with Terri and Elaine at Ella Dining Room & Bar.
Parmesan risotto, salmon, squash relish – excellent of course.
Malted vanilla ice cream sundae: vanilla ice cream with chocolate mousse, cherries peanut brittle, cooke crumble, fudge sauce – beyond excellent.
Thank you friends for a wonderful birthday celebration.
On Saturday and Sunday morning, I drove to a parking structure at UCD Med Center and up to the 4th floor where barriers had been set up. Beyond the barriers, our teaching area. Becky Garrow asked if I would help with the on-bike portion of her class. We had six participants. The parking garage turned out to be perfect. There were various areas with different slopes.
Six participants learned to ride.
First step: learn to glide and balance. There are no pedals on the bike yet.
Becky and Sarah who organized this event.
**More pictures to come.
Tuesday October 3. Kathy and Dani:
Brenda and Agueda:
Brenda rode later in the day with Lori and Laurie:
Thursday October 5. Kathy:
Friday October 6. Terri’s bike:
Dani and Kathy:
Saturday October 7. Stacey, Kathy, Dani:
Sunday October 8. Brenda and husband went for a ride while on vacation in Park City UT.
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