Sunday, October 10

10-10-10.....a double digit day/month/year that will not occur again for a thousand years. I'll take note of where I am on the 10th minute of the 10th hour of the 10th day of the 10th month of the 10th year tonight.



Slept late, until around 7:30, then did a treadmill session and resistance exercises after breakfast.



After that, it was Sunday as usual...programming the DVR, reading the Sunday newspaper, doing laundry. Also, added information to the family tree.



Mother came over mid-morning and started a recipe of fricassee chicken for lunch. We had that with mashed potatoes, honey glazed carrots, and English peas. Mother went home afterward.



Hubbie went outdoors to work in the yard, and I watched a modernized version of William Shakespeare's "Hamlet." This version takes place during WWII, with the characters dressed in the garb of the 1940s. It stars Patrick Stewart. I really enjoyed it, and I taped it for Mother. It's three hours long.



I was not too far into the movie before Hubbie returned and promptly declared he didn't understand what was going on in the play. I tried to explain, but he soon just drifted off in a snooze. After a while, he decided to go back out into the yard.



Later, around 7:30 p.m., we went to the last in a series of summer outdoor movies, sponsored by the local arts council. We weren't able to attend any of the others. It was a mild evening for seeing, "Wallace and Gromit - The Curse of the Were Rabbit."

There is a series of these British movies, created from stop-motion clay animation. They are all humorous, including this one. It's amazing how the creators got such wonderful facial expressions and fluid body motions with these clay figures that had to be painstakingly moved bit by bit and then photographed to simulate continuous motion. The movies are worth watching if for no other reason than to marvel at these clay figures.

There were only eight of us to see the free movie, but we all enjoyed it. The weather was pleasantly mild when we arrived, but turned cooler as the evening wore on. Mother and I were glad to have jackets with us.

Yesterday, Hubbie had to borrow a wheelchair for Mother to use tonight, because we unwittingly left hers in the camper when we took it to be repaired. Fortunately, we have a neighbor who repairs wheelchairs, and he usually has one available. We worked with this man years ago, before we all retired, and I currently serve with him on a home medical service advisory board, so we felt comfortable in borrowing the wheelchair from him.