Wednesday, September 2

I stayed away from the swimming pool again today, and probably won't go back until after Labor Day, to be sure my infection is cleared. I did get on the treadmill, though, and did resistance exercises.

Mother came over mid-morning, and we started a pot of 11-bean soup with ham and Rotel cooking. After that, we got busy working on scrapbooking pages and greeting cards again. We focused on making autumn and Halloween cards today to donate to Caring Hands Hospice, since we probably won't be able to attend the card making meeting on Saturday, September 26. We plan to make a camping trip to the Capitol City for a few days at the end of the month, including that Saturday, when we hope to visit the zoo with other family.

We continued card making after lunch until time to prepare supper. We had a choice of 11-bean soup or corn chowder, along with corn muffins or biscuits. We poured up a Styrofoam container of 11-bean soup and set aside a couple of corn muffins for the freezer, which we'll send to the lady that is caring for her husband who is suffering from Alzheimer's. We don't personally know the lady, but a hospice nurse will deliver the food to her after we take it to the Caring Hands office.

Looks like tomorrow morning we'll need to make another trip to the other town to sign a contract for the sliding door unit we ordered (which will cost more than anticipated, since there appears to be more than one "standard" size unit, and wouldn't you know it, ours is a seven foot standard, instead of a six foot standard). Also, Hubbie has decided he can't use the pressure washer and wants to return it. Nothing is ever easy.

Later this cool evening, we enjoyed time in the yard with Shih Tzu, who laid at our feet for quite a while as we read our novels. When we came indoors, we watched a Lifetime Movie Network film called, "The Deadliest Lesson." A teacher witnesses the murder of a student by drug dealers, who later try to kill her.

The second feature we watched was "Death Sentence," starring Kevin Bacon. This unrated (though it has plenty of language and violence) movie is about a man whose son is murdered by drug dealing gang members while they are at a gas station. The thugs are arrested, but their case is thrown out on a techicality, causing the father to decide to avenge his son's death on his own.