We've had another busy day. We slept late, but I got a treadmill session and weights exercises in, anyway. Mother came over after I was ready for the day, and we planned the menu for the week.
After that, I uploaded photos to the one-hour service, and then answered an email from Granddaughter, who asked for my potato salad recipe. Apparently, Great-Grandson scattered her cookbooks and loose recipes so that she was unable to find the potato salad one.
Great-Grandson, at only one year old, is already proving to be all boy. Recently, Daughter sent me a snapshot of him climbing up dresser drawers...sans diaper. I burst into laughter seeing that baby's bare bottom shining as he climbed.
After lunch (hamburger and salad for Hubbie, and sauteed potatoes using a leftover baked potato from last night's supper cooked in bell pepper and onions, scrambled with egg substitute and a little shredded cheese, served with toasted hamburger buns for Mother and me), Hubbie and I ran a couple of errands and then shopped for groceries at the WDCS. Wow, that's a long sentence, isn't it?
We never know what we'll see at the WDCS. Today, we saw a man with longish gray hair, about 60 years old, wearing a leather jacket decorated with a multitude of buckles and straps. The elbows and middle arms of the jacket featured shiny metal armor. With motorcycle boots and hat, he looked like he'd just stepped out of the Middle Ages. A young man and I passing each other in an aisle shook our heads and raised out eyebrows at the sight.
Back home, Mother had boiled eggs and made egg salad. She also made tuna salad once I'd brought a package of the fish home from the store. We made sandwiches with these, served with macaroni and cheese, for supper.
Before supper, though, I made a quadruple recipe of pancake batter. After supper, Hubbie cooked the pancakes, which we will freeze for use during our upcoming camping trip next week, and for the Michigan trip in August.
By then, we were ready to relax in front of TV. The first movie we watched was "Fatal Desire," rated PG-14, and starring Eric Roberts and Anne Heche. In the story, a married woman with a young daughter, bored with her cosmetics job and her husband, begins an email romance with a divorced man. She tells her lover she is pregnant by him, and then begins telling him that her husband abuses her. The lover gets angry, with disasterous results.
The second movie was "Guilty of Innocence," a fact-based story starring Dorian Harewood as Lenel Geter, an African-American engineer wrongfully convicted of robbery, who is defended by a court appointed lawyer, played by Dabney Coleman.
At the eagle nest: after I'd posted my blog last night, I checked on the eaglet. He was perched on the nearby post and was looking up the trunk of the tree (this tree looks like it has lost its top, so the trunk is dead looking where the nest is built...no limbs grow from this part of the trunk, though the nest itself rests on live limbs). The eaglet has been eyeing the top of that trunk for days, and tonight he suddenly lifted off the post and flew the several feet to the top of the trunk. From that vantage point, I could only see his tail, part of a wing, and occasionally a foot flicker across the upper screen.
Before long, one of the adult eagles brought food to the nest. Now, the eaglet was in a dilemma...how to get back down to the nest? Food is a strong incentive, however, so he began trying to solve his problem. I could see he was flapping his wings and hopping around. Finally, he decided to hop down the trunk. But that didn't work so well, and he ended up scrabbling and clawing at the trunk, and flapping his wings wildly. At last he alighted on a limb near the nest and then immediately hopped/flew to the nest.
All that flapping about in the nest made the adult eagle fly away. I'm thinking the eaglet might be female, because it appeared to be larger than the adult eagle, and from what I've read online, the female bald eagles are larger than the males. The eaglet is about the same size as its mother now. But from the camera angle, it's hard to tell what sex the adults are, especially since I've rarely seen them together.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Photos From Friday's Outing
These are photos of the historic courthouse (shown from the back) and the sternwheel paddleboat at the state park that we visited yesterday while Sis was here. Both the building and the boat can be toured, but we chose not to on this visit.Friday, July 17, 2009
Friday, July 17
Since there was no water aerobics this morning, we slept late, and then I did a treadmill session and resistance exercises. Once I was ready for the day, Hubbie and I spruced the house for a scheduled pest control treatment.
Mid-morning, Mother and Sis came over to visit, and later, Sis and I cut up veggies and fruits for a large chef's salad platter...lettuce, grape tomatoes, Vidalia onions, celery, carrots, apples, yellow and zucchini squashes, strawberries, walnuts, and Craisins. At the table, we added turkey, sliced cheese, and cottage cheese.
Since it was such a gorgeous day today...low temp with low humidity...we decided to go on an outing to a nearby town where there is a state park on the river. Only thing was, the pest control guy was scheduled to be at our house sometime between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. So Hubbie called the service and re-scheduled the treatment for next Tuesday.
Before lunch, Mother scrubbed baking potatoes and put them in the oven to cook before we left for the outing. We planned to have these with hamburgers and salad leftover from lunch. While the potatoes were baking, Hubbie cut up watermelon and put it in an ice cream bucket, and Mother and I gathered Styrofoam plates, forks, napkins, etc., to take with us for a mid-afternoon refreshment at the park.
When the potatoes were done, we headed out to the park, which is less than 30 minutes from our house. We had hoped that summer wildflowers would be in bloom, but the field where they usually grow is grown over with Johnson grass. A park attendant said that the rainy May weather made it impossible to mow the field to allow the flowers to come up.
We enjoyed the afternoon, anyway, strolling and snapping pictures along the brick paths near the historic courthouse, and photographing the old sternwheel paddleboat, permanently moored on an inlet of the river. It was another opportunity for Mother to ride in the transport chair, so she didn't have to walk on the uneven brick paths.
Following our tour, we found a picnic bench overlooking the river, where we enjoyed the watermelon, which, as it happens was grown in the town where the park is. We laughed about buying a watermelon in our town that was grown in the town we were visiting, and then bringing it back to that town eat.
Shih Tzu went along on this trip, and while we ate the watermelon, she enjoyed lying in the grass, with her face pointing into the pleasant breeze.
We were back home around 4 p.m. and put the baked potatoes back into the oven to heat, along with pre-cooked hamburgers (we had grilled them a few weeks ago for a camping trip, but didn't need them, so we put them in the freezer for a time when we wanted a quick meal. Today was that time).
After supper, Sis packed up for her trip home a couple of hours from here. We hated to see her go, but she plans to come back next month around the same dates for another four-day visit. We'll be back from our Michigan trip by that time.
Mid-morning, Mother and Sis came over to visit, and later, Sis and I cut up veggies and fruits for a large chef's salad platter...lettuce, grape tomatoes, Vidalia onions, celery, carrots, apples, yellow and zucchini squashes, strawberries, walnuts, and Craisins. At the table, we added turkey, sliced cheese, and cottage cheese.
Since it was such a gorgeous day today...low temp with low humidity...we decided to go on an outing to a nearby town where there is a state park on the river. Only thing was, the pest control guy was scheduled to be at our house sometime between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. So Hubbie called the service and re-scheduled the treatment for next Tuesday.
Before lunch, Mother scrubbed baking potatoes and put them in the oven to cook before we left for the outing. We planned to have these with hamburgers and salad leftover from lunch. While the potatoes were baking, Hubbie cut up watermelon and put it in an ice cream bucket, and Mother and I gathered Styrofoam plates, forks, napkins, etc., to take with us for a mid-afternoon refreshment at the park.
When the potatoes were done, we headed out to the park, which is less than 30 minutes from our house. We had hoped that summer wildflowers would be in bloom, but the field where they usually grow is grown over with Johnson grass. A park attendant said that the rainy May weather made it impossible to mow the field to allow the flowers to come up.
We enjoyed the afternoon, anyway, strolling and snapping pictures along the brick paths near the historic courthouse, and photographing the old sternwheel paddleboat, permanently moored on an inlet of the river. It was another opportunity for Mother to ride in the transport chair, so she didn't have to walk on the uneven brick paths.
Following our tour, we found a picnic bench overlooking the river, where we enjoyed the watermelon, which, as it happens was grown in the town where the park is. We laughed about buying a watermelon in our town that was grown in the town we were visiting, and then bringing it back to that town eat.
Shih Tzu went along on this trip, and while we ate the watermelon, she enjoyed lying in the grass, with her face pointing into the pleasant breeze.
We were back home around 4 p.m. and put the baked potatoes back into the oven to heat, along with pre-cooked hamburgers (we had grilled them a few weeks ago for a camping trip, but didn't need them, so we put them in the freezer for a time when we wanted a quick meal. Today was that time).
After supper, Sis packed up for her trip home a couple of hours from here. We hated to see her go, but she plans to come back next month around the same dates for another four-day visit. We'll be back from our Michigan trip by that time.
Thursday, July 16
We slept late this morning, and then it thundered for a long time, so I didn't get on the treadmill. I waited until 9:30 before giving up and going upstairs to get ready for the day. Naturally, though, it quit thundering shortly after I was dressed.
Mother and Sis came over and finished the jigsaw puzzle before lunch. And I finished my novel and started the third book in the "Twilight" series. This one is titled "Eclipse."
For lunch, we had turkey breast sandwiches, with cottage cheese and grape tomatoes, followed by fresh fruits for dessert...strawberries, grapes, and cherries. After lunch, Mother, Sis and I went to the Extension Services office for a scrapbook meeting. Mother and Sis made greeting cards at the meeting, while I finished scrapbook pages that we'd started last month.
There were five of us at the meeting, and we thoroughly enjoyed visiting. The new Extension Services agent came in to visit with us for a while, too. She's a very nice young woman, who seems energetic and enthusiastic about her job serving both Extension Homemakers and 4-H clubs.
She called me a couple of days ago, to see if I would be willing to judge art and photography at the fair next week, but we will be out of town at that time, so I had to decline. I also noted to her that the building that houses arts and crafts is broiling hot in summer, and I am not up for suffering the heat to act as a judge anymore. For years, Mother and I both served as superintendents of arts, crafts, canned goods, etc., in that building, and I have judged art and photography, as well as educational booths, but unless the fair board can cool that building, I will not volunteer my time there again.
The meeting ended about 3 p.m. On the way home, we stopped to buy a cantaloupe from a truck vendor. I got a huge one for $2.50. I was tempted to buy a watermelon, too, but resisted. When Hubbie saw the cantaloupe, he laughed, because while we were at the scrapbook meeting, he drove up the road to the vendor and bought three small cantaloupes for a dollar, plus a watermelon. Both Hubbie and I were thinking the same thing...get a cantaloupe for Shih Tzu, who loves them. Of course, Hubbie loves them, too, as do Mother and Sis. It's not my favorite fruit, but the locally grown ones are sweet and juicy enough for me to enjoy.
We were back home around 3:30, where we relaxed for a while and then gathered leftovers from the fridge to heat in the oven for supper. Besides sliced cold turkey, we had a choice of mashed potatoes and steamed new potatoes, stuffing, gravy, steamed yellow and zucchini squashes with carrots and onions added, and cranberry sauce.
After supper, we played several games of Skipbo. Sis and I each won two games, and Mother and Hubbie each won one. While we were playing, I got a call from the president of the community theater board. At a meeting a couple of months ago, it was mentioned that the organization could use a file cabinet for filing lighting gels, and I volunteered the one that has been sitting on our front porch forever (fortunately, tall bushes hid the eyesore from the street).
Anyway, the fellow who called asked if he and his son could come by and pick it up this evening.
They came by shortly afterward in a PT Cruiser. When they arrived, it began to lightening and thunder. For a while, I wasn't sure that the two of them plus Hubbie would be able to get that old, very heavy file cabinet into the back of the car, and I was edgy, too, that they had to handle the metal monstrosity in the lightening. But fortunately they managed it without incident. The file cabinet is ugly in the extreme, but it'll only be seen at the community theater building , which houses sets, costumes, and other theater paraphernalia.
We continued our game after that, stopping later for a snack of slices of pumpkin pie with dollops of whipped topping. Shortly after that, Mother and Sis went to Mother's house, and Hubbie and I watched a one-hour show on TV.
Mother and Sis came over and finished the jigsaw puzzle before lunch. And I finished my novel and started the third book in the "Twilight" series. This one is titled "Eclipse."
For lunch, we had turkey breast sandwiches, with cottage cheese and grape tomatoes, followed by fresh fruits for dessert...strawberries, grapes, and cherries. After lunch, Mother, Sis and I went to the Extension Services office for a scrapbook meeting. Mother and Sis made greeting cards at the meeting, while I finished scrapbook pages that we'd started last month.
There were five of us at the meeting, and we thoroughly enjoyed visiting. The new Extension Services agent came in to visit with us for a while, too. She's a very nice young woman, who seems energetic and enthusiastic about her job serving both Extension Homemakers and 4-H clubs.
She called me a couple of days ago, to see if I would be willing to judge art and photography at the fair next week, but we will be out of town at that time, so I had to decline. I also noted to her that the building that houses arts and crafts is broiling hot in summer, and I am not up for suffering the heat to act as a judge anymore. For years, Mother and I both served as superintendents of arts, crafts, canned goods, etc., in that building, and I have judged art and photography, as well as educational booths, but unless the fair board can cool that building, I will not volunteer my time there again.
The meeting ended about 3 p.m. On the way home, we stopped to buy a cantaloupe from a truck vendor. I got a huge one for $2.50. I was tempted to buy a watermelon, too, but resisted. When Hubbie saw the cantaloupe, he laughed, because while we were at the scrapbook meeting, he drove up the road to the vendor and bought three small cantaloupes for a dollar, plus a watermelon. Both Hubbie and I were thinking the same thing...get a cantaloupe for Shih Tzu, who loves them. Of course, Hubbie loves them, too, as do Mother and Sis. It's not my favorite fruit, but the locally grown ones are sweet and juicy enough for me to enjoy.
We were back home around 3:30, where we relaxed for a while and then gathered leftovers from the fridge to heat in the oven for supper. Besides sliced cold turkey, we had a choice of mashed potatoes and steamed new potatoes, stuffing, gravy, steamed yellow and zucchini squashes with carrots and onions added, and cranberry sauce.
After supper, we played several games of Skipbo. Sis and I each won two games, and Mother and Hubbie each won one. While we were playing, I got a call from the president of the community theater board. At a meeting a couple of months ago, it was mentioned that the organization could use a file cabinet for filing lighting gels, and I volunteered the one that has been sitting on our front porch forever (fortunately, tall bushes hid the eyesore from the street).
Anyway, the fellow who called asked if he and his son could come by and pick it up this evening.
They came by shortly afterward in a PT Cruiser. When they arrived, it began to lightening and thunder. For a while, I wasn't sure that the two of them plus Hubbie would be able to get that old, very heavy file cabinet into the back of the car, and I was edgy, too, that they had to handle the metal monstrosity in the lightening. But fortunately they managed it without incident. The file cabinet is ugly in the extreme, but it'll only be seen at the community theater building , which houses sets, costumes, and other theater paraphernalia.
We continued our game after that, stopping later for a snack of slices of pumpkin pie with dollops of whipped topping. Shortly after that, Mother and Sis went to Mother's house, and Hubbie and I watched a one-hour show on TV.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Wednesday, July 15
I was glad to get back to water aerobics this morning, after missing Monday because of a storm. Several ladies showed up Monday, though, and one commented that soon after everyone was in the pool, they saw a large streak of lightening through the window, followed by crashing thunder, which caused the ladies to immediately scramble out of the water and head home. I have to wonder why they were there in the first place.
Our leader informed us today that the lifeguard will not be available Friday, so there will be no water aerobics that day, drat it. Next week, I'll only be able to attend two days, since we'll be at the grape festival that Friday. And the following week, there will only be two days of aerobics before the college closes for summer break. The good thing is that summer break will extend until after we come back from our trip to Michigan.
Funny story: last Friday, one of the ladies, in her 80s, noticed that after aerobics I peel off my wet swimsuit and throw on shorts and a t-shirt...nothing underneath...because it's nearly impossible to get undies on over damp skin. Besides, I only go from the pool to the parking lot, which is a short distance, and the only people who might see me are students, who ignore me like I'm invisible, anyway.
The lady decided she'd follow my example. Today, though, she noted that some of the ladies invited her out for coffee after aerobics last Friday.
"So what did you do?" I asked.
"I went out for coffee...without my underwear!" she laughed. "And no one even noticed, not even the ladies I was with!"
Back home, after I was ready for the day, Hubbie and I went to a grocery store to buy on-sale fruit. While we were there, we saw lots of plastic crates loaded with half-price packages, boxes and cans of food. These items were due to expire in July, but just because the store couldn't sell them at full price doesn't mean the food isn't good, if it is used soon. Some of it, like cake mixes, packages of cobbler mix, coffee, instant cereal, etc., can be stored in the freezer to give them even longer shelf life. So we picked up quite a bit of stuff at a great savings.
After that, I dropped Hubbie by the repair shop so he could bring the camper and truck back home.
Following a BLT sandwich lunch, Mother, Sis and I shopped at the grocery store with the half-price sale, and Sis loaded up on goods. I bought a few more things too. From there, we went to the new antique and flea market mall downtown. This was our first opportunity to use the transport wheelchair, which Mother enjoyed and appreciated. The chair is pretty lightweight and easy to get in and out of the van.
At the antique mall, though, I got a really bad paper cut beside a fingernail on my right hand as I was trying to return a cookbook to a shelf. The cut bled and bled and bled, thanks to the blood thinner I take. I went immediately to the ladies room and washed the wound with soap and water and then put a Bandaid on it. When I got home, I washed it again and put an antibiotic salve on it before applying a new Bandaid. Tonight, it is throbbing, though. I'll keep careful track of it to make sure it doesn't get infected.
Mother and Sis didn't find anything they wanted at the mall, but I found a novel, titled "Sacajawea," by Anna Lee Waldo. Its copywright dates back to the late 1970s, and it's over 1300 pages long, but it looks interesting, and I don't mind reading long novels. I'm especially fond of historic novels. The back cover of the novel notes that the book was ten years in the writing. If someone can spend ten years writing a novel, I guess I can spend some time reading it.
From the antique mall, we went to a discount fabric store, where again we used the transport chair. This is a large store with all sorts of colorful fabrics and notions, so Sis was hoping to find a particular pattern to cover the cushions on her couch. But she didn't find what she wanted, so we headed home.
Mother put a turkey breast in the slow cooker this morning, along with carrots, onions, celery, and all sorts of herbs and spices, which was delicious for a mid-summer Thanksgiving supper tonight, with mashed potatoes, gravy, leftover stuffing out of the freezer, and fresh cranberry sauce. Later, we enjoyed pumpkin pie from the freezer, and freshly made pumpkin custard (made fat-free for me).
In between activities, Hubbie and I continued reading our novels, while Mother and Sis worked on the jigsaw puzzle. This evening, while Sis napped for a time, I worked on the jigsaw puzzle with Mother. After our pumpkin pie dessert break, Sis resumed the puzzle, and I joined Hubbie in the den to watch a movie, called "Shutter."
The movie is rated PG-13, and as its name implies, it's about photography...except that it suggests that people's spirits can be captured as white blobs in photos. So, of course, lots of spooky stuff happens in the movie.
At the eagle nest: the eaglet bravely flew out to the limb again today. This time, he perched confidently there, instead of teetering like he did on his maiden flight Monday. He stayed there for quite a while, before returning to the nest.
Our leader informed us today that the lifeguard will not be available Friday, so there will be no water aerobics that day, drat it. Next week, I'll only be able to attend two days, since we'll be at the grape festival that Friday. And the following week, there will only be two days of aerobics before the college closes for summer break. The good thing is that summer break will extend until after we come back from our trip to Michigan.
Funny story: last Friday, one of the ladies, in her 80s, noticed that after aerobics I peel off my wet swimsuit and throw on shorts and a t-shirt...nothing underneath...because it's nearly impossible to get undies on over damp skin. Besides, I only go from the pool to the parking lot, which is a short distance, and the only people who might see me are students, who ignore me like I'm invisible, anyway.
The lady decided she'd follow my example. Today, though, she noted that some of the ladies invited her out for coffee after aerobics last Friday.
"So what did you do?" I asked.
"I went out for coffee...without my underwear!" she laughed. "And no one even noticed, not even the ladies I was with!"
Back home, after I was ready for the day, Hubbie and I went to a grocery store to buy on-sale fruit. While we were there, we saw lots of plastic crates loaded with half-price packages, boxes and cans of food. These items were due to expire in July, but just because the store couldn't sell them at full price doesn't mean the food isn't good, if it is used soon. Some of it, like cake mixes, packages of cobbler mix, coffee, instant cereal, etc., can be stored in the freezer to give them even longer shelf life. So we picked up quite a bit of stuff at a great savings.
After that, I dropped Hubbie by the repair shop so he could bring the camper and truck back home.
Following a BLT sandwich lunch, Mother, Sis and I shopped at the grocery store with the half-price sale, and Sis loaded up on goods. I bought a few more things too. From there, we went to the new antique and flea market mall downtown. This was our first opportunity to use the transport wheelchair, which Mother enjoyed and appreciated. The chair is pretty lightweight and easy to get in and out of the van.
At the antique mall, though, I got a really bad paper cut beside a fingernail on my right hand as I was trying to return a cookbook to a shelf. The cut bled and bled and bled, thanks to the blood thinner I take. I went immediately to the ladies room and washed the wound with soap and water and then put a Bandaid on it. When I got home, I washed it again and put an antibiotic salve on it before applying a new Bandaid. Tonight, it is throbbing, though. I'll keep careful track of it to make sure it doesn't get infected.
Mother and Sis didn't find anything they wanted at the mall, but I found a novel, titled "Sacajawea," by Anna Lee Waldo. Its copywright dates back to the late 1970s, and it's over 1300 pages long, but it looks interesting, and I don't mind reading long novels. I'm especially fond of historic novels. The back cover of the novel notes that the book was ten years in the writing. If someone can spend ten years writing a novel, I guess I can spend some time reading it.
From the antique mall, we went to a discount fabric store, where again we used the transport chair. This is a large store with all sorts of colorful fabrics and notions, so Sis was hoping to find a particular pattern to cover the cushions on her couch. But she didn't find what she wanted, so we headed home.
Mother put a turkey breast in the slow cooker this morning, along with carrots, onions, celery, and all sorts of herbs and spices, which was delicious for a mid-summer Thanksgiving supper tonight, with mashed potatoes, gravy, leftover stuffing out of the freezer, and fresh cranberry sauce. Later, we enjoyed pumpkin pie from the freezer, and freshly made pumpkin custard (made fat-free for me).
In between activities, Hubbie and I continued reading our novels, while Mother and Sis worked on the jigsaw puzzle. This evening, while Sis napped for a time, I worked on the jigsaw puzzle with Mother. After our pumpkin pie dessert break, Sis resumed the puzzle, and I joined Hubbie in the den to watch a movie, called "Shutter."
The movie is rated PG-13, and as its name implies, it's about photography...except that it suggests that people's spirits can be captured as white blobs in photos. So, of course, lots of spooky stuff happens in the movie.
At the eagle nest: the eaglet bravely flew out to the limb again today. This time, he perched confidently there, instead of teetering like he did on his maiden flight Monday. He stayed there for quite a while, before returning to the nest.
Tuesday, July 14
We got up late this morning, and it stormed again, so I waited until I could hear no more thunder before I did a treadmill session and weights exercises. It was 9:30 before I was done, so Sis arrived before I finished getting ready for the day. She went directly to Mother's house to visit for the morning.
The medical supply business called to say they would deliver a used transport wheelchair to our house that we can use until a new one comes in. In the meantime, Hubbie and I ran a couple of errands. Mother and Sis came over to our house while we were doing that and set up a jigsaw puzzle. Sis also gathered materials for making a couple of birthday cards at our scrapbook meeting on Thursday.
Later in the afternoon, Hubbie hooked the camper to the truck and we took it to a repair shop to have the wheels checked and put new tires on it. I followed in the van and brought Hubbie home, before I went on to a visual arts committee meeting at 5 p.m. That meeting went on until 6:30.
Back home, we had a supper of steamed new potatoes, and yellow and zucchini squash, plus cornbread and biscuits. Then I went to a community theater meeting at 7:30. The lady who hosts the meetings at her home had two large sacks packed with jigsaw puzzles ready for me to take home. The young woman who borrowed several items from me for the Fairytale Theater performance also brought those items to me at the meeting. So I had a load of stuff to carry into the house when I got home. Hubbie usually rushes out to help me, but he was snoozing in the recliner tonight.
The medical supply business called to say they would deliver a used transport wheelchair to our house that we can use until a new one comes in. In the meantime, Hubbie and I ran a couple of errands. Mother and Sis came over to our house while we were doing that and set up a jigsaw puzzle. Sis also gathered materials for making a couple of birthday cards at our scrapbook meeting on Thursday.
Later in the afternoon, Hubbie hooked the camper to the truck and we took it to a repair shop to have the wheels checked and put new tires on it. I followed in the van and brought Hubbie home, before I went on to a visual arts committee meeting at 5 p.m. That meeting went on until 6:30.
Back home, we had a supper of steamed new potatoes, and yellow and zucchini squash, plus cornbread and biscuits. Then I went to a community theater meeting at 7:30. The lady who hosts the meetings at her home had two large sacks packed with jigsaw puzzles ready for me to take home. The young woman who borrowed several items from me for the Fairytale Theater performance also brought those items to me at the meeting. So I had a load of stuff to carry into the house when I got home. Hubbie usually rushes out to help me, but he was snoozing in the recliner tonight.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Monday, July 13
I got up at 6:30 this morning with the intention of going to water aerobics. But a thunderstorm cropped up, and I don't do swimming pool in a thunderstorm. I don't know how much rain we got, but it was stormy for a few hours.
So after breakfast, I got dressed and did a few household tasks, before sitting down to read my novel. Hubbie and I spent most of the morning reading. For lunch, we had the remainder of the leftover lasagna, with sliced tomatoes and cottage cheese, followed by bowls of fresh fruit.
We continued reading after lunch, until around 3 p.m. Mother came over about that time, and a little later, Hubbie and I went to the WDCS to shop for a few groceries, particularly a rotisserie chicken for supper. Mother and I realized that while we'd planned meals for the rest of the week, while Sis is here, we failed to plan for tonight. So we took the easy way out with a rotisserie chicken, served with the remainder of the brown rice, combined with the steamed veggies from yesterday's lunch, and sliced tomatoes. For dessert, we had slices of Korean melon...this is a small oblong melon with yellow and white stripes. It's white flesh is mildly sweet, somewhat like a honeydew melon. The Master Gardener from whom we bought tomatoes a few days ago gave us the melon to try.
After supper, Hubbie and I spent some time reading our novels before watching TV, including a Lifetime Movie Network film called, "Determination of Death," starring Michele Greene, Veronica Hamel, and Mark Singer. The plot revolves around an abusive husband who cooks up a scheme with his wife to fake his death in order to collect on an insurance policy to satisfy gambling debts. But when the husband's body cannot be found, nobody is sure what actually happened.
The second movie we watched was "How to Rob a Bank," starring Nick Stahl, David Carradine, Leo Fitzpatrick, Erica Christenson, and Terry Crews. The film is not rated, but there is some language. This is a heist film with a twist: a guy wants to withdraw $20 from his account without having to pay a fee. Somehow, he and a female bank employee end up locked in the vault, with a bank robber on opposite side of the vault door, and the police outside the bank, trying to negotiate.
I checked the eagle nest from time-to-time today, where the eaglet practiced flying up and down from the post. Today, too, he picked twigs up in his beak and flapped his wings until he lifted off the ground. I suppose this is practice either for nest building later, or for carrying prey.
Later this evening, he flew up on the post, stayed there for a while, flew back down to the nest, and with a little hop, became airborne again and surprised himself by flying to a nearby limb. He perched precariously there for a minute or two, barely keeping his balance, and looking around, as if to say, "Oh, boy, what do I do now?" Then, he turned around on the limb and flew back to the safety of the nest.
So after breakfast, I got dressed and did a few household tasks, before sitting down to read my novel. Hubbie and I spent most of the morning reading. For lunch, we had the remainder of the leftover lasagna, with sliced tomatoes and cottage cheese, followed by bowls of fresh fruit.
We continued reading after lunch, until around 3 p.m. Mother came over about that time, and a little later, Hubbie and I went to the WDCS to shop for a few groceries, particularly a rotisserie chicken for supper. Mother and I realized that while we'd planned meals for the rest of the week, while Sis is here, we failed to plan for tonight. So we took the easy way out with a rotisserie chicken, served with the remainder of the brown rice, combined with the steamed veggies from yesterday's lunch, and sliced tomatoes. For dessert, we had slices of Korean melon...this is a small oblong melon with yellow and white stripes. It's white flesh is mildly sweet, somewhat like a honeydew melon. The Master Gardener from whom we bought tomatoes a few days ago gave us the melon to try.
After supper, Hubbie and I spent some time reading our novels before watching TV, including a Lifetime Movie Network film called, "Determination of Death," starring Michele Greene, Veronica Hamel, and Mark Singer. The plot revolves around an abusive husband who cooks up a scheme with his wife to fake his death in order to collect on an insurance policy to satisfy gambling debts. But when the husband's body cannot be found, nobody is sure what actually happened.
The second movie we watched was "How to Rob a Bank," starring Nick Stahl, David Carradine, Leo Fitzpatrick, Erica Christenson, and Terry Crews. The film is not rated, but there is some language. This is a heist film with a twist: a guy wants to withdraw $20 from his account without having to pay a fee. Somehow, he and a female bank employee end up locked in the vault, with a bank robber on opposite side of the vault door, and the police outside the bank, trying to negotiate.
I checked the eagle nest from time-to-time today, where the eaglet practiced flying up and down from the post. Today, too, he picked twigs up in his beak and flapped his wings until he lifted off the ground. I suppose this is practice either for nest building later, or for carrying prey.
Later this evening, he flew up on the post, stayed there for a while, flew back down to the nest, and with a little hop, became airborne again and surprised himself by flying to a nearby limb. He perched precariously there for a minute or two, barely keeping his balance, and looking around, as if to say, "Oh, boy, what do I do now?" Then, he turned around on the limb and flew back to the safety of the nest.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Sunday, July 12
An unexpected thunderstorm cropped up about 1 a.m. this morning. Hubbie and I might have slept through it, except the TV meteorologist in our capital city called to warn us of it. It was an automated call that I signed up for, whereby the meteorologist calls if our specific area is threatened with thunderstorms, or if we're under a tornado warning.
Hubbie and I jumped out of bed to dress and go downstairs and watch the weather report on TV. We wanted to be in street clothes if for some reason we needed to leave the house. In my hurry to get downstairs, I pulled on my t-shirt as I rushed down the hall, managing on the way to whack my elbow on a what-not shelf hanging on the wall. My elbow is already starting to bruise and will probably be nice and purple by tomorrow morning when I go to water aerobics.
The storm didn't last very long, and even though the wind blew hard, it left only leaves and a few small limbs in the yard. But it did dump about two inches of badly needed rain, thank goodness. However, when I went back to bed, I was unable to go back to sleep until around 3 a.m. So I was pretty groggy when we got up this morning around 7:30.
Still, after a cold cereal breakfast, I did a treadmill session and resistance exercises. After that, it was business as usual for a Sunday...programming the DVR for the week's shows and movies, and reading the Sunday paper. I also continued planning meals and making lists for the two upcoming trips.
Lunch today was braised pork chops, baked potatoes, a package of Carribean blend frozen veggies steamed in the microwave, and sliced tomatoes. It was all very tasty. Afterwards, Hubbie, Mother, and I went to the camper to sort through drawers and cabinets and take out what was not needed, as well as throw out expired stuff, like OTC meds. Nothing is left in the medicine cabinet now except Bandaids and dental floss.
Then Mother went home, and Hubbie and I read our novels for a while. I finished the first novel in the "Twilight" series, and began the second one, "New Moon." Mid-afternoon, when our eyes got droopy from reading, we decided to watch a murder mystery I'd recorded on DVR.
Later, Hubbie fixed grilled cheese sandwiches for our supper, which we had with bowls of fresh fruit we'd cut up while we were watching the afternoon movie. Following supper, we watched a forgettable movie and a one-hour show.
At the eagle nest: the eaglet is making frequent flights to the top of the post adjacent to the nest. It's a short distance, but he does have to flap his wings and lift off a few feet to get up there. The mother visited the nest a few times, but stayed only briefly before flying off again. If she brought food at any time, I didn't see it. She did bring a fish yesterday and fed it to the eaglet, and she surely must have brought food today while I wasn't looking.
Hubbie and I jumped out of bed to dress and go downstairs and watch the weather report on TV. We wanted to be in street clothes if for some reason we needed to leave the house. In my hurry to get downstairs, I pulled on my t-shirt as I rushed down the hall, managing on the way to whack my elbow on a what-not shelf hanging on the wall. My elbow is already starting to bruise and will probably be nice and purple by tomorrow morning when I go to water aerobics.
The storm didn't last very long, and even though the wind blew hard, it left only leaves and a few small limbs in the yard. But it did dump about two inches of badly needed rain, thank goodness. However, when I went back to bed, I was unable to go back to sleep until around 3 a.m. So I was pretty groggy when we got up this morning around 7:30.
Still, after a cold cereal breakfast, I did a treadmill session and resistance exercises. After that, it was business as usual for a Sunday...programming the DVR for the week's shows and movies, and reading the Sunday paper. I also continued planning meals and making lists for the two upcoming trips.
Lunch today was braised pork chops, baked potatoes, a package of Carribean blend frozen veggies steamed in the microwave, and sliced tomatoes. It was all very tasty. Afterwards, Hubbie, Mother, and I went to the camper to sort through drawers and cabinets and take out what was not needed, as well as throw out expired stuff, like OTC meds. Nothing is left in the medicine cabinet now except Bandaids and dental floss.
Then Mother went home, and Hubbie and I read our novels for a while. I finished the first novel in the "Twilight" series, and began the second one, "New Moon." Mid-afternoon, when our eyes got droopy from reading, we decided to watch a murder mystery I'd recorded on DVR.
Later, Hubbie fixed grilled cheese sandwiches for our supper, which we had with bowls of fresh fruit we'd cut up while we were watching the afternoon movie. Following supper, we watched a forgettable movie and a one-hour show.
At the eagle nest: the eaglet is making frequent flights to the top of the post adjacent to the nest. It's a short distance, but he does have to flap his wings and lift off a few feet to get up there. The mother visited the nest a few times, but stayed only briefly before flying off again. If she brought food at any time, I didn't see it. She did bring a fish yesterday and fed it to the eaglet, and she surely must have brought food today while I wasn't looking.
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