Tuesday, March 2

Up at 7:30 this morning and did a treadmill session and weights exercises after breakfast. Mother came over while I was getting ready for the day and continued to work on her jigsaw puzzle.



While she did that, and Hubbie prepared a raised garden and planted onion sets, I went to one of the stores that has a sale every weekend to look for something spring-like to wear tomorrow when Mother and I meet friends for lunch. I'd have been happy to wear what I already have, if I could have found a particular green shell that goes with a long-sleeve shirt I like. I looked everywhere for it and am stumped about where it can be hiding.



After scouring the store, I came home with an inexpensive beige t-shirt that will work okay with the long-sleeved shirt. Shopping today was as frustrating an experience as trying to find the missing shell in my own closet. You'd think it'd be easy to turn up a simple cotton shell, but the necklines on most of them dip too low for a woman my age. Others are printed with various designs on the front. Many of them are too form fitting.



If I could have found a complete outfit that I liked at the store today, at a price I was willing to pay, I would have bought it, but most of what I saw was just plain ugly. So I was amused when, at the checkout counter, a young male clerk watched a woman leaving the store and declared that the top she was wearing "was ugly and not a bit flattering." He was right, it was a hideous top, but I wanted to comment that what I'd seen in the store today wasn't much better.



Back home, I puzzled over what to fix for lunch, and finally decided to scramble egg substitute with sauteed onion and bell pepper, and add a diced baked potato left from last night's supper, and a slice of low-fat American cheese. We had this with slices of whole wheat thin bagels.



Later, Mother cut up yellow and zucchini squashes, onions, and small red potatoes for the steamer. This was all we had for supper, which prompted Hubbie to ask, "Where's the beef?" He was just joking, because he's okay with veggie dinners.



Mother went home after supper, and Hubbie and I watched TV for a while, and then listened to the radio as our favorite college basketball team played to a disappointing loss. Tonight's game was telecast on another cable network. Toward the end of the game, I searched for the website of that network and found that we could have watched it live on my laptop computer. Instead, we saw only the last three minutes of the game.




Note: after lunch today, Hubbie took Shih Tzu to the vet, because he discovered a sore place on her foot while he was bathing her this morning. Sadly, the vet said that it's a carcinoma. He has given her both topical and oral medication for it, but nothing else can be done since she's so old. My heart is heavy for this precious dog.