Sunday, Feb. 27

Up about 7:30 this morning, and did a treadmill session and resistance exercises after breakfast. Normally, I skip my exercises on Sunday, but since I didn't work out Friday or Saturday, I felt I needed a makeup day.

Once I was ready for the day, I did my usual Sunday things of programming the DVR, reading the Sunday newspaper, doing laundry, etc. I also posted a family group snapshot to my social network page. Usually, I take loads of pictures at family gatherings, but yesterday, I was too occupied with getting lunch ready, and then visiting with various family members after lunch. Hopefully, others managed to get some snaps.

Mother came over mid-morning, and at noon, we had leftover potato soup and barbecue sandwiches for lunch. Mealtime conversation today was, of course, reviewing yesterday's fun time at the family gathering at Son and Daughter-in-Law's house.

We marveled at how tall some of the kids have grown, and how cute the now crawling one-year-old baby boy is. A couple of the younger children were suffering maladies that made them either uncomfortable or whiny. We always wish we could somehow take pain and discomfort away from little ones.

An upcoming wedding, and the addition of a great-grandchild into the family later this year topped our discussion list, of course. But there were other things...like thinking that Sis has lost quite a bit of weight, and noticing that Nephew has grown a beard since we saw him last.

Mother went home after lunch, and Hubbie and I ran a few errands...to the WDCS for a few grocery items for this week's meals, to the gas station to fill the van (Hubbie complains constantly of the ever-rising fuel prices), and to the farm store for bird seed.

Back home, we watched the 2009, R-rated movie, "Edge of Darkness," starring Mel Gibson. A Boston cop's daughter is shot to death as they are leaving his house one evening, and it's thought that the bullet was meant for him (Gipson), but an investigation proves otherwise.

Later, after supper, we watched the 2009, PG-13 movie, "Invictus," starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. Nelson Mandala (played by Freeman) is released from prison after 27 years, and finds hope for national unity on the rugby field, asking the national rugby captain (Damon) and his team to do the impossible and win the World Cup. Clint Eastwood won an Oscar as director of this film, and both Freeman and Damon were Oscar nominees. Excellent movie.