Sunday, May 16

Up around 8 a.m. this morning, then did a treadmill session and weights exercises after breakfast. I'm slowly getting back to my usual exercise level.



Didn't do much beyond routine Sunday activities of programming the DVR and reading the Sunday newspaper for the rest of the morning.



Lunch was barbecue pork sandwiches, with cole slaw, baked sweet potatoes, and corn on the cob. Mother went home afterward to relax for a while. She came back at 3:30, because we intended to go to a program at the museum about beekeeping.

But just as we headed to the van, the sky to the west darkened ominously. So we decided to come back inside and check the TV for storm advisories. Sure enough, our county was under a thunderstorm warning. High winds and hail were possible, so Hubbie rushed out and drove the van and the truck into the garage.

He also brought the newest mama cat and her three kittens from Mother's front porch into the sunroom. After a few minutes, though, the mama cat began moving the kittens under the hot tub. She only got one under there, though, before Hubbie noticed what she was up to. It was a challenge, but he managed to fish the kitten out with a long, plant hook. After that, he brought the cat and kittens into the den until the storm eased, when he took the lot of them back to Mother's porch.

Around 5 p.m., we decided to have dessert before supper, and enjoyed angel food cake with strawberries and ice cream. Mother went home after that, and Hubbie and I watched TV.

We saw the movie, "The Weight of Water," starring Sean Penn, Catherine McCormack and Elizabeth Hurley. This R-rated movie (for some nudity and brief sex), swings back and forth between a true-story 100-year-old murder on an isolated New England island, and the story of a group of four modern travelers to the island, who have come to investigate the murder. The lives of the modern group seem to intertwine with the characters in the 100-year-old story.

This afternoon, we watched the movie, "The Last Winter." The movie, starring Ron Perlman, is unrated, but it does contain some language, brief nudity, and a mild sex scene. A crew goes to Alaska to drill for oil, but strange, supernatural things happen, presumably caused by global warming.