Sunday July 17. Brenda, Paul, Jim:
No bike in sight, but a great picture of Cindy and Olive on the Oregon coast:
Monday July 18. Kathy and Cheryl:
Thursday July 21. Leo took this picture of Kathy and Cheryl:
Saturday July 23. Dani, me, Kathy:
Huge thanks to Ray who loaned me his recumbent trike to ride while I rehab.
Another week in the over-elbow cast, sigh. Another book finished, another jigsaw puzzle nearly complete.
Carson and Avery came over. We visited Swainson’s Hawk Park and went “Grandma shopping” – their term for going to Target for something special when Sophia is away at camp.
And a surprise. Ray loaned me his recumbent trike. I am back on a bike!
An old favorite, Crostini with fennel sausage by Merrilyn. Me: purchased artichoke jalapeño dip and crackers.
Sunday July 10. Brenda, Paul, and Jim:
Yvette and Lennore:
Monday July 11. Dani, Cheryl, Kathy:
Tuesday July 12. Dani, Cheryl, Kathy:
Wednesday July 13. A great turnout by Arlete’s BIG for Jibe’s meet and greet at Track 7. Becky, Jim, me, Jane, Brenda, Cheryl, Paul:
Thursday July 14. Brenda and Lennore:
Saturday July 16. Jim, Brenda, Tracey:
On Tuesday I got an over-the-elbow cast which included 2 minutes of bone realignment when the orthopedist squeezed my wrist with both hands (excruciating pain). Beyond that, learning to live using only my left non-dominant hand has been interesting and acrobatic. Besides riding a bike, I enjoy cooking and sewing, neither of which are possible now. I discovered DoorDash – a steak salad from Jack’s Urban Eats on my doorstep 15 minutes after placing my order! I can drive – nothing was going to keep me from getting a much-needed hair cut. On Thursday, left-handed, I did pretty good throwing a small football into the basket. Carson and I played many 5-point games, the basket migrated to many locations including halfway under the bench.
Adrienne gave me the first two books in a series by CJ Box. She can’t put them down. Sophia suggested doing one of the many jigsaw puzzles I have in a cabinet.
Five weeks to go.
Saturday July 2. Brenda and Tracey:
Rich and Mary shared the “perfect” mileage to start the 4th of July weekend:
Sunday July 3. Leo, Cheryl, and Jane:
Monday July 4. Dani, who rode a non-pedaling bike, met the group at their Teal Bend rest stop and took this picture of Terri, Rich, Cheryl, and Jane:
Paul and Jim:
Tuesday July 5. Cindy and Terri:
Wednesday July 6. Terri, Cindy holding Olive, me:
Thursday July 7. I rode with Jim, Lennore, and Paul:
Terri and I left at 8am and rode to the zoo in Land Park,
then Sutterville Rd back to the trail along the river. As I made a right turn from Broadway onto the trail, Terri bumped my back tire, we both went down. Terri got a skinned knee, I broke my wrist. Technically a non-displaced distal radial fracture. Terri took me for the x-ray
and later brought me a brace for my wrist. A cast will go on next Tuesday. Special thanks to Terri for all her help and also Cindy who drove out to pick us both up, plus our bikes. I love my bike friends and neighbors! Terri and Cindy are both.
A couple of weeks ago, Jibe asked if I could sew their logo patch onto some picnic blankets. Sure.
I finished 10 of them and thought all along the way how to make the process faster, more efficient.
Grandchildren to the rescue for the final 20 blankets. Big thanks to Dad who made the suggestion. Everyone unboxed, unwrapped, and opened up the blankets. Sophia laid out one blanket at a time on the ironing board and pinned back the inside label, set up the ruler, patch, and pins.
I pinned and sewed on the patch.
Avery unpinned, refolded, rezipped.
Carson packed up the finished product:
What would have taken me 5 hours took just 2! One happy grandma by noontime!
At Morse Park in Elk Grove. Avery had games on Sunday and Monday.
Sunday. Avery’s River Park team beat the team from Galt. Avery bunted a fair ball just inside the line and made it to first:
Monday. River Park v Laguna. A hit to the outfield:
Avery scored the only run River Park got.
Sadly River Park lost.
Justin and I met at Thais and Lenin’s house for dinner.
Despite the nearby overhead lines, the parachutist made a perfect landing:
All the usual rodeo events including barrel racing:
And, of course, fireworks at the end:
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