Sunday, March 20

Happy first day of spring! And wasn't it a lovely one. The temp rose into the high 70s under partly cloudy skies. We even ran the air conditioner today.

Slept until around 8:30 this morning, and then did a treadmill session and weights exercises after breakfast. Mother came over mid-morning and put a pot of chicken on to stew. Hubbie peeled potatoes to boil later, and then shucked corn from the freezer. We'd put the corn from Son's garden into the freezer last summer, wrapped individually, husks and all.

The chicken, served with the potatoes (that I mashed...my only contribution to the meal preparation), gravy made from the broth, Chinese beets, and the delicious corn-on-the-cob, was very satisfying.

After lunch, Mother and I walked down to the shade garden, where Mother enjoyed sitting on the bench and soaking up the warmth. Meanwhile, I toured the yard to take pictures of plants in bloom...vinca, daffodils, tulips, and hellebores. Hubbie spent this time raking leaves and doing other clean-up jobs around the yard.

We spent about an hour and a half outdoors, before Mother was ready to come back inside. I helped her walk to her house...it was quite a hike for her to go to the shade garden and back.

Then I uploaded photos I'd taken this afternoon to my social network page.

Later, Hubbie and I had leftover bagel pizzas from last night with tomatoes topped with cottage cheese, and fruit for dessert. Then we watched one of our state's basketball teams (women) play in the NCAA tournament. Unfortunately, they lost. But they put up a heck of a fight against a team that is pegged to win this tournament.

Then we watched the 2008, R-rated movie, "Birds of Prey," starring Matthew Perry and Hilary Swank. Morrie (Perry) tries to deal with his dysfunctional family. His brother is clinically depressed and very strange. His sister is promiscuous. His wife wants to start a family. Morrie's life is falling apart.