Saturday, Feb. 13

Today is Grandson's birthday. Happy Birthday, Grandson!

We were up at 7:30 this morning, and after breakfast, I did a treadmill session and resistance exercises. Once I was ready for the day, I went online to send a birthday e-card to Grandson, and Valentines e-cards to family members. Hubbie ran errands while I was doing this.

Mother came over mid-morning, and we finished gathering materials for making scrapbook pages next week. Then we cut up veggies for a chef's salad lunch.

After lunch, we wasted the afternoon watching animated features..."A Charlie Brown Valentine," and "The Tales of Despereaux." While we were watching these, our favorite basketball team's game was recording on the DVR. When the features were over, Hubbie and I turned to the game, about an hour and half in progress.

We enjoyed hamburgers/turkey burgers on whole wheat buns, and hash brown potatoes prepared in olive oil for supper, while we watched the game. Mother went home shortly after supper, and Hubbie and I continued watching the game, which, unfortunately our team lost. Boo.

As usual, we spent the rest of the evening watching TV, as well. The first movie we watched was "In Bruges,"a 2008 film starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as two Irish hit men, the younger of whom (Colin Farrell) messes up an assassination by accidentally shooting a young boy. The two are sent to historic Bruges in Belgium, where the problem is to be solved. R-rated for language (lots of it), it is billed as a dark comedy. There are some comedic moments, but the plot eventually gets heavy with the younger man's deep guilt at having shot a child.

The second movie, also R-rated for language, is titled, "Lymelife." A 2008 film starring Alec Baldwin, Kieran Culkin, Rory Culkin, Jill Hennesey, and Timothy Hutton, it is a true coming of age drama about a 15-year-old who suffers through the breakdown of relationships, including that of his parents in the 1970s. Where does the title come in? The father of the boy's girlfriend suffers from depression, one of the effects of Lyme disease, caused by a tick bite.