Saturday, April 16

Slept soundly and well last night and got up late, around 8:30, on this very chilly morning. Did a treadmill session and resistance exercises after breakfast. Mother came over mid-morning and worked on her jigsaw puzzle.

It was a very lazy day, and aside from preparing a lesson for my Monday night session with a new Literacy Council student, I didn't accomplish much today.

After a veggie soup lunch, Mother went back to her jigsaw puzzle, and Hubbie and I watched the 1953, PG-rated movie, "The Robe," starring Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, and Victor Mature. Marcellus Gallio (Burton), a tribune, is assigned to the crucifixion of Jesus, and then gambles for and wins His robe. Marcellus later attributes his hallucinations and violent outbursts to the robe, and searches for his escaped slave (Mature), now in possession of the robe, in order destroy the garment, which he is convinced is cursed. Of the main cast of characters in this movie, only a couple of the actors still survive.

Later, we had a supper of beef hash, with a choice of Lima beans or butter beans, and sliced tomatoes. Mother went home afterward, and Hubbie and I watched our favorite college football team's annual red/white game...a showcase to give the fans a chance to see the players in action, before the season begins. Hubbie chose the white team, and I went with the red team. Hubbie's team won.

Then we watched the 1996, PG romantic comedy movie, "One Fine Day," starring Michelle Pfeiffer, and George Clooney. A single mother (Pfeiffer) with a little boy, juggles a career with parenthood. A newspaper columnist divorced man (Clooney), who has his young daughter every other weekend shies away from commitment. One day, they deliver their kids to their school for a field trip, but arrive too late. So they agree to share babysitting duties for the day. Everything hilariously goes wrong. This is a movie on DVD that we got free with cereal box tops.