CONTACTS 

SUBJECTS
Ron & Kim
Steve & Lilly

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0605 - Summary/Objective
0606 -
060601 - Follow up ref SDS 17 0000, ref SDS 14 0000.
060602 - ..
060603 - Everybody showed up today to help Millie with her new bed.
060604 -
060605 - Millie fixed prime rib for dinner.
060606 -
060607 -       Amy wanted to play solitaire again.
060608 -
060609 -       Amanda wants to type.
060610 -
060611 -       Mathew wants to play a game.
060612 -
060613 - What to do???
060614 -
060615 - We discussed the best approach for giving everybody a shot at fussing
060616 - around on the computer.  Decided Amy would start by playing solitaire,
060617 - and when she finishes, Amanda will write up the visit today; then
060618 - Mathew will try a game.
060619 -
060620 - Amy started playing solitaire, but decided to play chess instead.  She
060621 - is quite good in recognizing the objective of the game and how the
060622 - various pieces move.  Amanda got impatient, so we all helped Amy move
060623 - the King into check mate.
060624 -
060625 - Amanda then got a chance to use the computer and she wrote a short
060626 - note about how she, Mathew, and her folks all visited Granmda Millie
060627 - in Concord today today to swap beds, with the result that Amanda will
060628 - have a bed all to herself.  What follows, is Amanda's story with some
060629 - help from Mathew on inspiration and Rod on keys.
060630 -
060631 - Steve stopped first in San Francisco to help Rod move a double bed
060632 - from upstairs to Steve and Lilly's Suburban van. We drove to Grandma
060633 - Millie's in Concord to deliver the bed and have dinner.  On the way,
060634 - Emily initially entertained everyone by relating her concerns about
060635 - being required to sit up front in her special car seat, instead of
060636 - traveling in the back with her brother and sister. Mathew added to the
060637 - entertainment by reciting the ABCs.  Rod explained he is still
060638 - learning how to arrange the ABCs to improve communication. Amanda sang
060639 - a song about ABCs in which each letter is applied in an entire
060640 - sentence.
060641 -
060642 - At Grandma Millie's Steve and Rod unloaded the double bed.  Millie had
060643 - purchased it earlier in the week based on an ad in the laundry room at
060644 - the Golden Gateway.  We disassembled the single bed Millie purchased
060645 - from her friend, Becky, a month earlier, and had set up in the second
060646 - bedroom upstairs, and carried it downstairs.  We carried the double
060647 - bed upstairs and set it up using the frame that came with the Queen
060648 - size bed Millie purchased a year ago when she moved to Concord.  That
060649 - frame was left over because Millie bought a decorative frame with the
060650 - bed, but a standard frame comes with the bed as well.
060651 -
060652 - By this time Ron and Kim arrived with Stephanie and Amy.
060653 -
060654 - After the double bed was setup upstairs, the single bed was put in the
060655 - truck for Steve and Lilly to take home for Amanda.  Steve suggested
060656 - getting some padding for the end of the frame on Millie's bed to avoid
060657 - causing damage if the bed is jammed against the wall. Steve and Ron
060658 - played catch out front for awhile with Mathew's football.  Steve, Ron
060659 - and Rod drove to Ace Hardware to purchase the padding for the bed
060660 - frame. Steve stopped at Wells Fargo and got some money.  We stopped at
060661 - Safeway and bought some more beer for the family visit.
060662 -
060663 - When we got back, Pam had come over from her house two doors away.
060664 - Nolan was still taking a nap, so Emily had to play by herself for a
060665 - little while longer.  Later Bill arrived with Nolan.
060666 -
060667 - Everybody watched the end of the Dallas/Carolina football game, which
060668 - Carolina won.
060669 -
060670 - Ron and Kim had a vollyball event to attend at 1600.  Stephanie went
060671 - with them, Amy stayed to visit with Amanda and Mathew, and to have
060672 - dinner with the family.  Pam and Bill left for a concert event.  They
060673 - used a baby-sitter so Millie would not have to stay up late waiting
060674 - for them to return from the concert oa 2300.
060675 -
060676 - Everybody then had dinner.  Millie prepared prime rib, mashed potatoes
060677 - and creamed spinich with onions.  The kids actually ate more than we
060678 - expected.  Emily wanted help putting a battery into a mechanical ball
060679 - so it would roll on its own.
060680 -
060681 - After dinner Mathew wanted to play chess on the computer.  First he
060682 - played catch with Rod using the football.
060683 -
060684 - Mathew played Rod in a chess match and soon had Rod reeling wondering
060685 - how to avoid check mate.  He was a little unfamiliar with using the
060686 - mouse to move the chess pieces, but very soon became an expert.
060687 -
060688 - Ron, Kim and Stephanie returned from their event about two hours after
060689 - leaving.  In about 30 minutes or so we all left for home.
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