Saturday, Feb. 25

Well, phooey...just learned that Feb. 18 was National Drink Wine Day, and I missed it. Guess I'll just have to raise a glass today.

Up around 8 a.m. this morning, and after breakfast, with a leisurely couple of cups of coffee, I went to Mother's house to help her take a shower, but she was already dressed. She wasn't sure if this was her usual day to shower or not. She's having trouble keeping days and dates straight. So I'll make sure she has a shower tomorrow afternoon.

Back home, I changed clothes and did stair stepping, resistance bands, and weights exercises. By the time I was ready for the day, it was near noon.

Mother came over after lunch, and we spent the afternoon working on scrapbook pages. Today, we finally finished Grandson's wedding pages, and began work on pages for the birth of a great-granddaughter.

While we worked on our scrapbook, Hubbie worked in the yard, including climbing up on the roof to sweep off leaves and gumballs. It always makes me edgy when he climbs up on the roof, especially since he has lately complained of numbness in his right hand. I've noticed that he often has difficulty keeping hold of his dinner fork, because of lack of sensation in the fingers of that hand. If he continues to have problems, he'll of course need to visit his doctor.

Around 3:30, I put potatoes in the oven to bake. Mother and I worked a little while longer on our scrapbook pages, and then we cleared everything away and finished supper preparations. Mother helped by cutting up salad veggies. I boiled ears of corn, and heated the remainder of the chili.

While we enjoyed our supper of the baked potatoes topped with chili, shredded Monterey cheese, and sour cream, along with the salad, and corn-on-the-cob, we watched our favorite college basketball team play to a spectacular win on the road!

During halftime, Hubbie accompanied Mother back to her house. After the game, we continued watching TV, including the 1985 comedy movie, "The Man with One Red Shoe," starring Tom Hanks, Dabney Coleman, and Charles Durning. One of two rival CIA bosses sends the other on a wild goose chase, when he targets a stranger in a crowd as a spy.

The "spy" (Hanks)is targeted because he's wearing one red shoe, making him easy to follow. All sorts of things happen to this guy, but he remains clueless. Meanwhile, the bungling CIA agents fall all over each other and create mayhem trying to discover the spy's secret. They also send in a female agent to seduce him, but the plan backfires when the two fall in love. This movie is no Academy Award winner, but it is funny.