We awoke to a rainy morning, with hundreds of blackbirds loudly chattering in the tree tops. After a cold cereal and banana breakfast, I got on the treadmill. Afterward, I answered a long e-mail from my high school friend in Texas, who tried to convince us to stay at hers and her husband's ranch when we travel there. But Shih Tzu, who will be fifteen years old April 1, and is nearly blind and deaf, would simply not be comfortable staying in a strange place. So for this trip, we are forced to take the RV and stay at a campground.
Once I was ready for the day, Hubbie and I dropped books off at the college library for their upcoming sale, and then went to the everything's a dollar store to pick up kiddie birthday cards for great-grandchildren.
For lunch, Hubbie and I had the rest of the leftover beef and cabbage stew, with bran muffins, and bowls of fresh fruit topped with semi-sweet chocolate chips, walnuts, and fat-free whipped topping
Mother came over after lunch, and I took her to the WDCS to do some personal shopping and pick up caladium bulbs and packets of veggie seeds for the garden. At first, we thought the store had quit carrying these garden items, since we didn't readily locate them. But a clerk pointed out that they were on one small aisle.
In past years, there were large displays of all sorts of bulbs, and flower and veggie seed packets. It's a sign of the times, I guess, that this year there is such a limited choice. I'd think, though, that since victory gardens are being encouraged, even by First Lady Michelle Obama, that stores would be promoting gardening supplies instead of limiting them.
The only thing I bought was a package of matte digital photo paper to use in hand tinting photos. I bought tinting pens with a gift card Son and Daughter-in-Law gave me for my birthday, and now I'm anxious to try this craft.
After we got back home, we relaxed for a little while, and then Hubbie and I went to the WDCS to get groceries for next few day's meals.
Then I put together wheat bagel pizzas for supper. We had these with cottage cheese, and a salad made from fresh lettuce from the garden, spinach leaves, canned mandarin orange slices, fresh mushrooms, grape tomatoes, green onions, Craisins, and walnuts, topped with raspberry spritzer.
The lettuce from the garden sprouted from some that had been planted last fall, and there was only enough for one batch. So when Mother commented that this was the first of the garden crop for this season, Hubbie responded that it was also the last.
However, Mother and Hubbie planted green onion sets yesterday. And she'll plant a new batch of lettuce after we return from our trip this weekend. So this season's veggie gardening is underway.
Hubbie and I spent our quiet hour from 6 to 7 p.m. in different pursuits...he read his novel, and I researched attractions at the various places we'll stop in Texas. Then we watched favorite one-hour shows on TV that I'd recorded on DVR.
Although predictions were for a mild day with a temp in the 60s, it never got out of the 50s in our part of the state. We're hoping for a warmer day tomorrow.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
First Day of Spring!
Yay! The first day of spring!! I love it. Even if there is still a bit of chill in the air, the promise of warmer days is here.
We got up early...6:30 a.m., so I could get ready to go to water aerobics. It was only 36 degrees outside this morning, so I wore a lined corduroy jacket. The sun was bright, though, the grass green, and the trees blossoming. All was right in our corner of the world.
Twenty-one of us showed up for aerobics. As the days get warmer, more and more ladies get in the mood to enjoy the pool. It was a bit cooler today, though, because water had been added. But it was still tolerable.
Our leader had donned a headband, decorated with pink felt flower petals, in recognition of the first day of spring. She has headdresses and hats for every occasion. Most of them she has received as gifts from water aerobics members.
Back home, I began making plans for a possible trip to Texas sometime in April, and continued plans for an upcoming trip to a casino, where Son and his band will entertain. I also gathered books from my personal library to donate to the college library tomorrow for their upcoming book sale.
After a lunch of leftover lasagna and cottage cheese, Mother and I went for a walk at the college lake. It was nippy enough at around 60 degrees for us to wear turtleneck shirts and jackets. But a young man fishing from the bank wore only a t-shirt and shorts. I asked him if he was cold. He laughed and said, "No, actually, it feels pretty good out here."
When we got back home, Mother put a large head and a half of cabbage (that Hubbie had cut up) into the steamer to partially cook for the freezer, while I e-mailed a couple of friends to see when they might be available for a visit when we go to Texas (they both live in that state), and checked online maps for route information.
We did this and that for the rest of the afternoon, and then had a supper of baked salmon, baked sweet potatoes, and boiled cabbage. After supper, I spent my quiet hour from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. writing a press release and public service announcement for the Master Gardener annual plant sale, scheduled for the end of April. Hubbie is the publicity chairman for the group, but he engages me to do the writing. Then he delivers copies of the releases to the local newspapers, radio stations, TV community calendar, and bank marquees.
Hubbie relaxed and read a novel during that hour, after having spent most of the day working in the yard.
Then we watched TV, as usual. After the news and Wheel of Fortune, we saw "When Nietzsche Wept," a PG-13 movie, starring Armand Assante and Ben Cross, about a Viennese doctor who meets with Nietzsche to attempt to cure him of despair.
We got up early...6:30 a.m., so I could get ready to go to water aerobics. It was only 36 degrees outside this morning, so I wore a lined corduroy jacket. The sun was bright, though, the grass green, and the trees blossoming. All was right in our corner of the world.
Twenty-one of us showed up for aerobics. As the days get warmer, more and more ladies get in the mood to enjoy the pool. It was a bit cooler today, though, because water had been added. But it was still tolerable.
Our leader had donned a headband, decorated with pink felt flower petals, in recognition of the first day of spring. She has headdresses and hats for every occasion. Most of them she has received as gifts from water aerobics members.
Back home, I began making plans for a possible trip to Texas sometime in April, and continued plans for an upcoming trip to a casino, where Son and his band will entertain. I also gathered books from my personal library to donate to the college library tomorrow for their upcoming book sale.
After a lunch of leftover lasagna and cottage cheese, Mother and I went for a walk at the college lake. It was nippy enough at around 60 degrees for us to wear turtleneck shirts and jackets. But a young man fishing from the bank wore only a t-shirt and shorts. I asked him if he was cold. He laughed and said, "No, actually, it feels pretty good out here."
When we got back home, Mother put a large head and a half of cabbage (that Hubbie had cut up) into the steamer to partially cook for the freezer, while I e-mailed a couple of friends to see when they might be available for a visit when we go to Texas (they both live in that state), and checked online maps for route information.
We did this and that for the rest of the afternoon, and then had a supper of baked salmon, baked sweet potatoes, and boiled cabbage. After supper, I spent my quiet hour from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. writing a press release and public service announcement for the Master Gardener annual plant sale, scheduled for the end of April. Hubbie is the publicity chairman for the group, but he engages me to do the writing. Then he delivers copies of the releases to the local newspapers, radio stations, TV community calendar, and bank marquees.
Hubbie relaxed and read a novel during that hour, after having spent most of the day working in the yard.
Then we watched TV, as usual. After the news and Wheel of Fortune, we saw "When Nietzsche Wept," a PG-13 movie, starring Armand Assante and Ben Cross, about a Viennese doctor who meets with Nietzsche to attempt to cure him of despair.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Thursday, March 19
We got up late on this sharply cooler morning...around 8 a.m. After a hot cereal breakfast, with toast and an orange, I got on the treadmill. I ate a little more for breakfast this morning, because I wanted to eat only a very light lunch, since this evening was weigh-in at Weight Watchers.
After I was ready for the day, Hubbie and I ran a few errands. First we went to the greeting card shop to find a birthday card for my friend, who lives in our capital city. She and I worked together at the same agency years ago.
From there, we went to the tool and appliance store, where Hubbie checked to see if a new blade for one of his tools had come in. He learned it is on back order. Then we went to the WDCS for a few grocery items, particularly low-sodium beef broth to add to the leftover beef stew for supper tonight.
Back home, I had a banana and milk for lunch. Then Mother came over, and we waited for one of the members of the scrapbook club to arrive and ride with us to the 1 p.m. meeting at the Extension Services office. She arrived about twenty minutes before one.
When we got to the meeting, another member was already there and hard at work. There were only the four of us at the meeting, but we had a great time together.
After we got back home, I made a batch of bran muffins to have with our beef and cabbage stew supper. A little after 4:30, Mother and I went to Weight Watchers. Happily, Mother lost a pound, but I gained one. I figured I'd gain this month, since I ate no-no foods during the week of Mother's birthday. It usually takes two weeks for me to show a weight gain after eating the wrong foods. Hopefully, I'll shed that pound by next month.
After supper tonight, Hubbie and I spent our one-hour quiet time going to a furniture store, in response to an invitation we received to take advantage of a three-hour sale. We found a small recliner chair that Hubbie said was comfortable, and that I thought he should get to replace the one he has that is too large and uncomfortable. But he wasn't willing to pay even the sale price, and since there was nothing else we were interested in, we stopped by a grocery store to pick up on-sale strawberries, and then came back home.
We cut up fresh fruit to have later this evening or tomorrow, and then we settled in to watch the news and Wheel of Fortune that I'd recorded on DVR. Then we watched "The Net," a PG-13 cyberthriller movie starring Sandra Bullock, about a computer expert who gets caught up in a web of intrigue.
After I was ready for the day, Hubbie and I ran a few errands. First we went to the greeting card shop to find a birthday card for my friend, who lives in our capital city. She and I worked together at the same agency years ago.
From there, we went to the tool and appliance store, where Hubbie checked to see if a new blade for one of his tools had come in. He learned it is on back order. Then we went to the WDCS for a few grocery items, particularly low-sodium beef broth to add to the leftover beef stew for supper tonight.
Back home, I had a banana and milk for lunch. Then Mother came over, and we waited for one of the members of the scrapbook club to arrive and ride with us to the 1 p.m. meeting at the Extension Services office. She arrived about twenty minutes before one.
When we got to the meeting, another member was already there and hard at work. There were only the four of us at the meeting, but we had a great time together.
After we got back home, I made a batch of bran muffins to have with our beef and cabbage stew supper. A little after 4:30, Mother and I went to Weight Watchers. Happily, Mother lost a pound, but I gained one. I figured I'd gain this month, since I ate no-no foods during the week of Mother's birthday. It usually takes two weeks for me to show a weight gain after eating the wrong foods. Hopefully, I'll shed that pound by next month.
After supper tonight, Hubbie and I spent our one-hour quiet time going to a furniture store, in response to an invitation we received to take advantage of a three-hour sale. We found a small recliner chair that Hubbie said was comfortable, and that I thought he should get to replace the one he has that is too large and uncomfortable. But he wasn't willing to pay even the sale price, and since there was nothing else we were interested in, we stopped by a grocery store to pick up on-sale strawberries, and then came back home.
We cut up fresh fruit to have later this evening or tomorrow, and then we settled in to watch the news and Wheel of Fortune that I'd recorded on DVR. Then we watched "The Net," a PG-13 cyberthriller movie starring Sandra Bullock, about a computer expert who gets caught up in a web of intrigue.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Wednesday, March 18
Since this was water aerobics day, we got up at 6:30 a.m. I like water aerobics, but we are not fond of getting up at this early hour, when it is still dark outside.
By the time I left for the pool, though, the sun was just above the horizon, glaring into my eyes as I tried to exit the driveway onto the highway. It was a beautiful morning. Ribbons of fog weaved through the trees on the hill leading up to the college campus, and a large powder-puff of fog lay on the meadow at the foot of the hill.
The pool was nice and warm today, too, making the workout a real pleasure. Usually, though, when the pool is warm one day, we can expect it to be quite a bit cooler the next time, so I sort of dread Friday.
After I got home and ready for the day, Mother came over, and we cleared away the mess we'd made getting scrapbook pages ready to work on tomorrow at the club meeting. I also called the club members to remind them of the meeting.
For lunch, we all had something different. Mother finished the tuna salad, I had leftover chicken soup and a chicken sandwich dressed with coleslaw, and Hubbie had leftover mashed potatoes and chicken gravy, with slices of chicken, and coleslaw.
After lunch, Mother and I went for a walk at the college lake. When we arrived, a couple in late middle-age, were holding hands as they strolled (still in love after many years of marriage, or in a second-time-around relationship, I wondered?).
A couple of college girls, probably taking a break between classes, sat on a large flat rock that juts into the lake, busily text-messaging on their cell phones.
Groundskeepers motored by in carts pulling flat-bed trailers, stopping from time-to-time to pick up limbs that had broken off trees in the February ice storm. Grounds keeping staff are very busy right now sprucing the campus for the hundreds who will visit on Scottish Festival weekend.
Ducks, floating in shallow water near the bank, napped in groups of two or three, heads tucked into their wings. A couple of squirrels made a mad dash off the path and up into trees as we approached. A turtle, head stretched toward the sun, warmed himself on a tree stump in the lake. Crows...lots of them...raucously caw-caw-cawed as they flew overhead or perched in the tree tops.
After we got back home, Mother napped in the rocking chair, as Hubbie, who'd been working in the yard while we were gone, came in to rest and read our town's daily newspaper, and I played on my laptop computer.
Supper was leftover lasagna and coleslaw. After supper, I toured the yard with Mother to look at the tulips that are just beginning to bloom, and the veggie garden, where lettuce is coming up.
After that, Hubbie and I spent our quiet hour researching information for a possible trip to Texas in a few weeks...hopefully while the bluebonnets are in bloom. Then we watched TV, as usual..a Hallmark Movie Channel offering, and a couple of one-hour shows.
By the time I left for the pool, though, the sun was just above the horizon, glaring into my eyes as I tried to exit the driveway onto the highway. It was a beautiful morning. Ribbons of fog weaved through the trees on the hill leading up to the college campus, and a large powder-puff of fog lay on the meadow at the foot of the hill.
The pool was nice and warm today, too, making the workout a real pleasure. Usually, though, when the pool is warm one day, we can expect it to be quite a bit cooler the next time, so I sort of dread Friday.
After I got home and ready for the day, Mother came over, and we cleared away the mess we'd made getting scrapbook pages ready to work on tomorrow at the club meeting. I also called the club members to remind them of the meeting.
For lunch, we all had something different. Mother finished the tuna salad, I had leftover chicken soup and a chicken sandwich dressed with coleslaw, and Hubbie had leftover mashed potatoes and chicken gravy, with slices of chicken, and coleslaw.
After lunch, Mother and I went for a walk at the college lake. When we arrived, a couple in late middle-age, were holding hands as they strolled (still in love after many years of marriage, or in a second-time-around relationship, I wondered?).
A couple of college girls, probably taking a break between classes, sat on a large flat rock that juts into the lake, busily text-messaging on their cell phones.
Groundskeepers motored by in carts pulling flat-bed trailers, stopping from time-to-time to pick up limbs that had broken off trees in the February ice storm. Grounds keeping staff are very busy right now sprucing the campus for the hundreds who will visit on Scottish Festival weekend.
Ducks, floating in shallow water near the bank, napped in groups of two or three, heads tucked into their wings. A couple of squirrels made a mad dash off the path and up into trees as we approached. A turtle, head stretched toward the sun, warmed himself on a tree stump in the lake. Crows...lots of them...raucously caw-caw-cawed as they flew overhead or perched in the tree tops.
After we got back home, Mother napped in the rocking chair, as Hubbie, who'd been working in the yard while we were gone, came in to rest and read our town's daily newspaper, and I played on my laptop computer.
Supper was leftover lasagna and coleslaw. After supper, I toured the yard with Mother to look at the tulips that are just beginning to bloom, and the veggie garden, where lettuce is coming up.
After that, Hubbie and I spent our quiet hour researching information for a possible trip to Texas in a few weeks...hopefully while the bluebonnets are in bloom. Then we watched TV, as usual..a Hallmark Movie Channel offering, and a couple of one-hour shows.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
St. Patrick's Day
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
We awoke to a foggy morning, but it soon burned off in the warm sunshine. Before I got up, I did a little exercise that is supposed to help a wacky back...drawing my knees to my chest, and then swinging my legs to the right and left. It seemed to help, though I still had a little twinge in my lower spine that worked itself out as I walked on the treadmill.
Because temps were predicted to rise into the 70s, I dressed in a lightweight green turtleneck shirt, with a chambray shirt and blue jeans today, in recognition of St. Patrick's Day. To the shirt I attached a green bowler hat pin.
Later in the morning, Hubbie and I went to the WDCS to pick up a few grocery items, particularly beef to use in making stew...I'd forgotten to pick up the beef when we shopped on Saturday. The stew will include cabbage, carrots, onions, and potatoes, and will stand in for corned beef and cabbage as our St. Patrick's Day supper. For a dining room table centerpiece, I brought in a large pot of Shamrocks from the sun room.
There was a lot of "wearin' 'o the Green" at the store. I don't know how many of those folks have Irish heritage, but of course, on St. Patrick's Day, everyone is Irish. My own heritage includes Irish blood on my father's side.
For lunch, I fixed a mixture of sauteed potatoes with green onions and mushrooms, into which I scrambled egg substitute. Hubbie and I had this with toast, and Mother fixed herself a tuna salad sandwich.
Mother and I went for a walk after lunch at the college lake. The only other folks at the lake were a young family that included a mom, a dad, an infant child, and a toddler girl. They were seated on a concrete bench, happily watching the ducks that approached them in hopes of a handout of bread crumbs. Four white ducks were snoozing along the bank, and when we got near them, they chattered at us, as if complaining that we were disturbing their nap.
While we were gone, Hubbie worked in the yard. Around 3 p.m., he and I took the computer to a nearby town to have a recommended anti-virus installed. It needed to be done before our old anti-virus program expires in a few days. It took the tech just a short time to install the program, so we were back in town by about 4 p.m. We stopped by the pharmacy to pick up a prescription, before coming home.
Around 2 p.m., I set the VCR to record a movie off the DVR for Mother..."There Will be Blood"...which Hubbie and I saw Sunday night. It is an R-rated movie, for violence, and since I was unsure if Mother would want to see it, I didn't tape it as we were watching it. But she said yes, she'd like to try it. The movie, which is two hours and 45 minutes long, was just ending as we got back from the computer shop. Daniel Day-Lewis won an Oscar for his performance in this 2007 film, and it was nominated for eight others.
From 6 to 7 p.m., we spent our quiet hour reading. After that, we watched a couple of one-hour shows, including another episode of "Dancing with the Stars."
We awoke to a foggy morning, but it soon burned off in the warm sunshine. Before I got up, I did a little exercise that is supposed to help a wacky back...drawing my knees to my chest, and then swinging my legs to the right and left. It seemed to help, though I still had a little twinge in my lower spine that worked itself out as I walked on the treadmill.
Because temps were predicted to rise into the 70s, I dressed in a lightweight green turtleneck shirt, with a chambray shirt and blue jeans today, in recognition of St. Patrick's Day. To the shirt I attached a green bowler hat pin.
Later in the morning, Hubbie and I went to the WDCS to pick up a few grocery items, particularly beef to use in making stew...I'd forgotten to pick up the beef when we shopped on Saturday. The stew will include cabbage, carrots, onions, and potatoes, and will stand in for corned beef and cabbage as our St. Patrick's Day supper. For a dining room table centerpiece, I brought in a large pot of Shamrocks from the sun room.
There was a lot of "wearin' 'o the Green" at the store. I don't know how many of those folks have Irish heritage, but of course, on St. Patrick's Day, everyone is Irish. My own heritage includes Irish blood on my father's side.
For lunch, I fixed a mixture of sauteed potatoes with green onions and mushrooms, into which I scrambled egg substitute. Hubbie and I had this with toast, and Mother fixed herself a tuna salad sandwich.
Mother and I went for a walk after lunch at the college lake. The only other folks at the lake were a young family that included a mom, a dad, an infant child, and a toddler girl. They were seated on a concrete bench, happily watching the ducks that approached them in hopes of a handout of bread crumbs. Four white ducks were snoozing along the bank, and when we got near them, they chattered at us, as if complaining that we were disturbing their nap.
While we were gone, Hubbie worked in the yard. Around 3 p.m., he and I took the computer to a nearby town to have a recommended anti-virus installed. It needed to be done before our old anti-virus program expires in a few days. It took the tech just a short time to install the program, so we were back in town by about 4 p.m. We stopped by the pharmacy to pick up a prescription, before coming home.
Around 2 p.m., I set the VCR to record a movie off the DVR for Mother..."There Will be Blood"...which Hubbie and I saw Sunday night. It is an R-rated movie, for violence, and since I was unsure if Mother would want to see it, I didn't tape it as we were watching it. But she said yes, she'd like to try it. The movie, which is two hours and 45 minutes long, was just ending as we got back from the computer shop. Daniel Day-Lewis won an Oscar for his performance in this 2007 film, and it was nominated for eight others.
From 6 to 7 p.m., we spent our quiet hour reading. After that, we watched a couple of one-hour shows, including another episode of "Dancing with the Stars."
Monday, March 16, 2009
Monday, March 16
After sleeping late each morning last week, it was hard to drag out of bed at 6:30 this morning. At least the weather was moderate, requiring only my fleece outfit and a jacket for going to water aerobics. The pool was reasonably warm, thank goodness. We all feared it would be chilly today, since the college was out on spring break last week.
Our leader, donning a green plastic St. Patrick's Day bowler hat, toned down the exercises a little today to help ease us back into the routine. Most of the ladies hadn't exercised at all last week, but I did walk on my treadmill every day except the one when my wacky back was at its worst.
I noticed, after I got back home, that Hubbie had given Shih Tzu a bath while I was gone. She really needed it, because, after a week and a half, she was beginning to smell un-good.
Once I was ready for the day, Mother came over, and we played with our scrapbook pages some more. I also cut up lettuce for a chef's salad lunch, and then Hubbie took over, slicing mushrooms, green onions, carrots, apples, and grape tomatoes. Later, he added Craisins, walnuts, sliced leftover fried chicken, provolone cheese, and cottage cheese to the salad. Mother opted for a chicken sandwich, with lettuce leaves, and cottage cheese on the side.
After lunch, Mother and I went for a walk at the college lake. Only a couple of other folks were walking there today. We noticed the ducks have been busy laying (and abandoning) eggs along the bank. The bank is sloped, so the eggs tend to roll into the lake. Those that don't are pilfered by animals or predator birds. As far as we know, there have never been ducklings hatched by these haphazard birds that seem to be completely clueless about proper nesting methods.
We didn't accomplish much during the afternoon. I researched some stuff for Mother for her scrapbook pages, and typed some journaling for her. While I was doing that, she put together a delicious lasagna, filling it with a layer of zucchini squash, onions, and mushrooms, and spreading it with shredded Parmesan cheese and cottage cheese, as well as low sodium jar spaghetti sauce, tweaked with more herbs and spices.
Meanwhile, Hubbie ran errands, taking Shih Tzu with him. When he came back, he handed me a small jewelry box that contained a beautiful pair of 14k gold teardrop earrings...an early Mother's Day gift, he said.
After supper, Hubbie and I turned the TV off for an hour...he read his novel, and I continued researching on my laptop. I'm looking for information on workers rolling film at Eastman Kodak in Rochester, N.Y., but I'm not having much luck. The reason I'm interested in the topic is because Mother worked rolling film at the Eastman plant around 1945, and we'd like to do a scrapbook page about it.
Later, we watched "Dancing with the Stars," and other favorite programs.
Our leader, donning a green plastic St. Patrick's Day bowler hat, toned down the exercises a little today to help ease us back into the routine. Most of the ladies hadn't exercised at all last week, but I did walk on my treadmill every day except the one when my wacky back was at its worst.
I noticed, after I got back home, that Hubbie had given Shih Tzu a bath while I was gone. She really needed it, because, after a week and a half, she was beginning to smell un-good.
Once I was ready for the day, Mother came over, and we played with our scrapbook pages some more. I also cut up lettuce for a chef's salad lunch, and then Hubbie took over, slicing mushrooms, green onions, carrots, apples, and grape tomatoes. Later, he added Craisins, walnuts, sliced leftover fried chicken, provolone cheese, and cottage cheese to the salad. Mother opted for a chicken sandwich, with lettuce leaves, and cottage cheese on the side.
After lunch, Mother and I went for a walk at the college lake. Only a couple of other folks were walking there today. We noticed the ducks have been busy laying (and abandoning) eggs along the bank. The bank is sloped, so the eggs tend to roll into the lake. Those that don't are pilfered by animals or predator birds. As far as we know, there have never been ducklings hatched by these haphazard birds that seem to be completely clueless about proper nesting methods.
We didn't accomplish much during the afternoon. I researched some stuff for Mother for her scrapbook pages, and typed some journaling for her. While I was doing that, she put together a delicious lasagna, filling it with a layer of zucchini squash, onions, and mushrooms, and spreading it with shredded Parmesan cheese and cottage cheese, as well as low sodium jar spaghetti sauce, tweaked with more herbs and spices.
Meanwhile, Hubbie ran errands, taking Shih Tzu with him. When he came back, he handed me a small jewelry box that contained a beautiful pair of 14k gold teardrop earrings...an early Mother's Day gift, he said.
After supper, Hubbie and I turned the TV off for an hour...he read his novel, and I continued researching on my laptop. I'm looking for information on workers rolling film at Eastman Kodak in Rochester, N.Y., but I'm not having much luck. The reason I'm interested in the topic is because Mother worked rolling film at the Eastman plant around 1945, and we'd like to do a scrapbook page about it.
Later, we watched "Dancing with the Stars," and other favorite programs.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Sunday, March 15
My back is much better today, so I was able to walk on the treadmill at nearly my normal rate of speed. I should be fine going to water aerobics tomorrow morning, though I'll ease into the routine for a couple of days.
Otherwise, we did our usual Sunday routine...reading the paper, programming the DVR for this week's shows, etc. I threw a couple of loads of clothes in the washer. Then we all helped fix lunch. Mother "fried" chicken (using only a little olive oil and cooking spray), Hubbie chopped cabbage in the food processor to make coleslaw, and peeled potatoes, which I mashed after they cooked. It was all very good served with gravy made from chicken broth thickened with corn starch, and leftover corn on the cob and steamed squashes.
For music accompaniment, we chose "Celtic Woman" on CD.
After lunch, Mother and I went for a stroll at the college lake. It was nippy enough to wear coats today, but the trees around the lake are ready to burst into bloom. Since predictions are for 60 and 70 degree days this week, the trees will probably flower pretty quickly.
Not many folks were at the lake today. One young man (probably an early arrival on campus after spring break) was playing disc golf. Three women and a toddler were just leaving as we arrived, and one other Hispanic young woman was walking for exercise around the lake.
Hubbie was watching SEC basketball when we got back home. Once the game was over, he turned the TV off and resumed his novel, while I played on my laptop computer. It was a lazy afternoon.
On Sunday evenings, Hubbie and I work together to fix supper. He likes breakfast meals on this day, so tonight he made French toast (using wheat bread), scrambled eggs (egg substitute for me), and microwaveable turkey bacon, while I heated dinner plates, sugar-free pancake syrup, and water for hot tea, peeled fresh oranges, and set the couch pull-down table in the den.
Later, we watched the movie "There will be Blood," starring Daniel Day-Lewis. It's an R-rated (for violence) film about a turn-of-the-century California frontier silver miner who becomes an oil tycoom while raising a son. He is persuaded to go to a small town where oil is said to be oozing from the ground, and where he is finds he must deal with a charismatic preacher of a holy roller church. Naturally, conflicts result and lives are changed, not always for the better.
Otherwise, we did our usual Sunday routine...reading the paper, programming the DVR for this week's shows, etc. I threw a couple of loads of clothes in the washer. Then we all helped fix lunch. Mother "fried" chicken (using only a little olive oil and cooking spray), Hubbie chopped cabbage in the food processor to make coleslaw, and peeled potatoes, which I mashed after they cooked. It was all very good served with gravy made from chicken broth thickened with corn starch, and leftover corn on the cob and steamed squashes.
For music accompaniment, we chose "Celtic Woman" on CD.
After lunch, Mother and I went for a stroll at the college lake. It was nippy enough to wear coats today, but the trees around the lake are ready to burst into bloom. Since predictions are for 60 and 70 degree days this week, the trees will probably flower pretty quickly.
Not many folks were at the lake today. One young man (probably an early arrival on campus after spring break) was playing disc golf. Three women and a toddler were just leaving as we arrived, and one other Hispanic young woman was walking for exercise around the lake.
Hubbie was watching SEC basketball when we got back home. Once the game was over, he turned the TV off and resumed his novel, while I played on my laptop computer. It was a lazy afternoon.
On Sunday evenings, Hubbie and I work together to fix supper. He likes breakfast meals on this day, so tonight he made French toast (using wheat bread), scrambled eggs (egg substitute for me), and microwaveable turkey bacon, while I heated dinner plates, sugar-free pancake syrup, and water for hot tea, peeled fresh oranges, and set the couch pull-down table in the den.
Later, we watched the movie "There will be Blood," starring Daniel Day-Lewis. It's an R-rated (for violence) film about a turn-of-the-century California frontier silver miner who becomes an oil tycoom while raising a son. He is persuaded to go to a small town where oil is said to be oozing from the ground, and where he is finds he must deal with a charismatic preacher of a holy roller church. Naturally, conflicts result and lives are changed, not always for the better.
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