Day 58

Some errands. Some watering the yard. David, AJ, and Papa went for a hike and pond hunting to Fox Run Park (all the photos are here). The kitchen has a new ant farm. Dinner was grilled pork tenderloin and Brussels sprouts. Matt and Jamie spent a couple hours around the old propane fire pit on the new back patio and read scripts for the 1-Acts Contest that First Company Theater is conducting. Then the two watched Dennis Prager's Happiness speech.

She just had to try it on.

There's a skinny, worm-like critter inside the tube near the end.
It was very fast and very energetic, made it back to the water AOK.

A cooking show.

Day 57

The SLORep Intermission Show aired today with Fina dancing in it (May 8th, episode 16)! The ACT Spotlight segment starts at about 7:20. Click here to see her entire routine. Nana and Fina went to the fabric store! Matt cooked lasagna for dinner, and Tracy really, really wanted cauliflower. She got it, but it wasn't the Romanesco version, bummer. Tonight's movie: Ocean's Eleven.

He's lovin' Hunger Games. Assigned reading!

No, no... For Sunday...

The fountain was turned on today!

Day 56

Penultimate school day of the week. Only two more weeks to go, but who's counting?! Sorry, didn't get many pics today, but took a fair amount of video. Maybe you'll see some of it later. Serafina's joining a virtual chorus ("long distance music project") to do a song (TBD) led by Jeannie Robbins (music director for Sister Act that Jamie was in last Spring, among lots of other music/theater credits). Matt and Jamie joined the weekly TimberCreek Security and Safety Team virtual meeting which we we've been doing almost every Thursday at 5pm since this lockdown stuff began. Great group of guys and it sure is nice to stay "in touch" somehow. By my calculations, our little team of two has about 50 hours in and at least 125 hours to go to complete the Give! database cleanup project. PF Chang's for dinner! Tonight's movie: The Italian Job.

Fun with geometric shapes.

Jamie's first rehearsal take for Voices Beyond the Veil (Village Arts).

Parlor Car Chats. Got the go ahead after a test run today with a couple people.
A new program for the San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum.

Day 55

The big deal of the day was a trip to the School in the Woods area to let some of us, who had not been out there previously, see the school and hike around. A highlight was running into Mr. Weurth (from a proper distance, of course). The school is on a piece of pine forest property of about one square mile and located just over six miles due east of our house. The area is known as Black Forest Section 16. All the hike photos are here. Some of us will be returning to visit the pond (AJ's doing a pond study for his Spring Project). The cleaners were back for the first time since the lockdown, so we were very happy to get out of their way. Matt grilled up some tri-tip, chicken, and asparagus for dinner. Movies: The Descendants and I Spy.

Fina was scheduled for a sleep study in a few weeks, but got a call this evening that there had been a cancellation and could she come in right now. So she did. Nighty night.

Tracy (Facebook): Sam turned 18 today. In the midst of a global pandemic at a base in Georgia he turned 18! Fourteen years ago he moved into our lives, 3 years later we had the joy of official adopting him. Together we have had amazing moments, crazy moments, and tough ones. But in this last year he has amazed us the most, earning his GED, joining the Army, and graduating without the joy of being able to have us there, all without being shaken!!! We can’t wait to celebrate graduation and 18yrs when we can all be together again! Love you @sam_regusci!! (Also how in the world is my eldest 18yrs old!!!!!)

Happy Birthday, Sam!

Clutter-free for the cleaners!

We think the yard guys are basically re-installing the sprinkler lines.

The baby had to join e-learning today.

AJ thrived at this school. All the SITW hike photos are here.

Day 54

We learned first thing this morning that Lynn's brother, Lee, passed away overnight. He stopped breathing in his sleep and never awoke. It wasn't expected but wasn't a total surprise either; he had health issues. The family is mostly in California and other points west, but there is one daughter here in Aurora, CO.

Start of another e-learning week. Only 12 more days. Fina jumped on this week's ACT Spotlight challenge because dance and because an old theater friend, Trevyn, was leading it. It's for a M-W-F video show they've been putting out since the lockdowns called The Intermission Show. Each Monday their education group puts out a challenge for students and then pieces together all the submittals into a montage for the Friday show. Click here to see Fina's submitted video. Fina and Papa did many a show at SLORep back in California (see our Theater page). It's Lynn's turn to get her hair done today. The Regusci clan had homemade tacos while the Fosters did curbside pickup at Ted's Montana Grill (bison meatloaf!). Tonight's movie for Nana and Papa: Back to the Future.

Home inside the home. Inside with her she had a drink,
markers, post-its, scotch tape, all the creature comforts.

Jonny joined in the home-inside-a-home game.

The landscape crew is finding all kinds of sprinkler leaks.
Five of the guys moved one of the boulders to replace a crushed line.
And there are more broken lines...

Yes, that's Fina.

Learning the dance for ACT Spotlight.

Rock Cycle - love it!

Lynn's anxious to get the masks done so she can get back to quilting.