Sunday, February 1

We awoke to another promise-of-spring morning on this first day of February. Since it's Sunday, I skipped my exercises. Mother came over while I was getting ready for the day and put a beef roast in the slow cooker with onions and carrots.

For the rest of the morning, we did this and that. Hubbie discovered that the paper deliverer tossed our newspaper in a ditch full of water, so he drove up to the nearest convenience store and got another one.

Hubbie and Mother read the paper, while I programmed the DVR for this week's favorite shows and movies.

At lunch, the beef roast was particularly tender, succulent, and flavorful, seasoned with a variety of herbs, spices, and garlic, and served with the carrots and onions that were cooked with it, along with mashed potatoes and beef broth gravy.

Mother went home after lunch, and Hubbie and I watched a couple of episodes of "Lost," and then a suspense movie. For supper, we had cold beef roast sandwiches, salad, and fruit.

Then we joined the rest of nation in watching the Super Bowl game. We are not die-hard fans of professional football, so we decided to side with the underdog Cardinals, who played admirably, but lost anyway. We also watched the game to see the much-touted commercials, and halftime show.