Saturday, May 23

I didn't feel as awful today as I did yesterday, but I coughed more and began developing laryngitis, so I still wasn't ready to get on the treadmill this morning. Hubbie is feeling much better though, and despite a lingering cough, he spent most of his day in the yard.



The first thing we did after breakfast was start a pot of chicken stewing for a chicken noodle soup lunch. Then I ironed clothes for our trip next week, while Mother made a batch of chocolate no-bake cookies as our contribution to the chocolate bake sale that the hospice program is holding on Tuesday. The money raised will be used to sponsor hospice volunteers who will be running in the Relay for Life event next weekend.



The afternoon was pretty quiet, until we got a phone call advising that Hubbie's daughter was involved in a minor accident, where she gently tapped the rear end of a vehicle in front of her that then bumped the vehicle in front of it. Fortunately, she was uninjured, and the patrolman who investigated the accident chose not to issue a ticket, because none of the vehicles sustained much damage beyond scratches to fenders. But two people in the vehicle she bumped, a mother and young son, were taken by ambulance to the hospital, though they appeared uninjured. The whole thing has thoroughly upset Daughter and ruined her family's Memorial Day weekend, which they had planned to spend at their lake house. Heavy rain is predicted for this weekend, anyway, so Daughter's family would probably not have been able to get out on the lake, anyway.

For supper, we had leftover beef hash topped with eggs fried in a blend of low fat margarine and olive oil, and toast and jelly.

Later, Hubbie and I watched the movie, "Georgia Rule," rate "R" for language and sexual content. It stars Jane Fonda and Linsay Lohan as grandmother and granddaughter. The granddaughter, who flaunts her sexuality, is sent to live with her grandmother for the summer because her mother has not been able to control her. Here, the reason for the granddaughter's bad behavior is finally revealed.