Sunday, August 28

Up around 7:30, but skipped my exercises. Mother came over around 8:30 and put a pork roast with veggies in the slow cooker. After that, it was Sunday as usual, except today we spent time watching news reports of Hurricane Irene as it tracked through New York.

Around 8 a.m., Hubbie got a call from his daughter. A news item from that town is that a friend of Grandson, only 34 years old, was found dead by the man's wife. He had been shot in the couple's kitchen. It's speculated he was the victim either of a home invasion, or was shot by a disgruntled renter.

Before lunch, I made a tentative schedule for a trip to Branson in the fall. It's not easy to jigsaw the pieces into place, taking into account each person's personal schedule for the dates I have in mind. Once I'm sure of everyone's schedules, Hubbie can make campground reservations, and I can make reservations for the shows we have tickets for.

Our pork roast lunch, with mashed potatoes and gravy, and applesauce, was very good. Afterward, Mother and I sat in the yard for a while to take advantage of this perfect summer day.

After Mother went home, I grabbed my camera and did some snapshots around the yard, including one of a little green frog that has taken up residence in a bromeliad plant.

Spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing, reading the Sunday paper, and playing on my laptop. Hubbie chose to go outside to work in the yard.

Later, after a cereal and toast supper, Hubbie and I watched TV, including a 2007 Lifetime Movie Network feature called, "Tell Me No Lies." In a small town, three teen boys, sons of prominent families, including the police chief, have their way with teen girls. Another young man has an "accident" and is killed when he threatens to turn the three in to authorities. A teen girl witnesses the death, not knowing she has been video taped. She soon begins getting threats from the boys.

A second movie we watched was "Stolen," a 2009 film. A detective dealing with the loss of his own son, who went missing years ago, investigates the death of a mentally challenged boy, buried 50 years before but recently discovered at a construction site.