A loud thunderstorm woke us up around 3 a.m. this morning, and we had trouble going back to sleep once it passed. So we didn't get up until after 8 a.m. We tried a new cold cereal with bananas for breakfast, and then I exercised on the treadmill and worked out with weights.
Mother came over while I was getting ready for the day and worked on her jigsaw puzzle. I spent the rest of the morning doing household chores. Hubbie made a trip to pick up the lawn mower from the repair shop, though the yard is way too wet to mow yet.
For lunch, Hubbie and Mother had plates of leftover macaroni and cheese and veggies, and I had egg substitute scrambled with fresh mushrooms, green onions from the garden, and bell pepper. After lunch, Mother resumed her puzzle, and Hubbie baked a recipe of dog biscuits for Shih Tzu, while I organized as yet untried heart-healthy recipes that we've accumulated from the Internet and Weight Watchers.
I was getting tired of sorting through that big stack every time we wanted to try a new dish. Now, the loose recipes are sorted by file folder into the broad categories of main dishes and soups, desserts and muffins, veggie dishes, and Mexican dishes. Once we try recipes and decide we like them, I'll add them to a three-ring binder under specific category tabs.
Nothing much else happened the rest of the afternoon. Supper was an improvised Chinese soup...boiled chicken and broth seasoned with fresh ginger and soy sauce, with shredded cabbage, green onions, sliced lengthwise, and pasta. It was yummy and warming on this rain-cooled evening.
Tonight, Hubbie and I watched "The Great Debaters," a PG-13 movie starring Denzel Washington, and Forest Whitaker. This excellent film, inspired by real events, is about a 1935 debate team from a small African-American college in Texas that goes on to defeat the Harvard debate team.
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