Tuesday, March 6

Today is Nephew's birthday. Happy Birthday, Nephew!

Up late, around 8 a.m. After breakfast, I went to Mother's house to help her take a shower, and throw a load of laundry in the washer. Back home, I changed clothes and did a treadmill session and resistance exercises.

By the time I was ready for the day, it was nearly noon. After lunch, I accompanied Mother to our house, where she continued working on her jigsaw puzzle. While she did that, I went to the store that used to have a sale every weekend to return a sports bra that I'd bought for Mother for her birthday. It didn't fit correctly, and she was unable to manage the front zipper. I found another one that hooks in the back. She can try it the next time she takes a shower.

Hubbie worked in the yard this morning. At one point, while he was pulling a small trailer behind the lawn mower, he rode into a mushy spot on the lawn, getting the mower stuck.

So he went to the John Deere place and borrowed a heavy chain to pull it out. He intended to as a neighbor to help him, but as he was putting the chain on the mower, a man on horseback rode up and asked if Hubbie needed help. Hubbie agreed, and the two of them go the mower out. The man, who was on his way to the farrier to get his horse shod, rode off.

Later, Hubbie took the chain back to the John Deere store. Upon hearing the story of the horseman, one of the guys asked, "As he rode off, did you say, 'Who was that masked man?'"

While Mother worked her puzzle, which she finished by suppertime, and Hubbie continued working in the yard, I spent the afternoon catching up on reading newspapers...the Sunday edition, the local daily blab, and the weekly edition.

around 4:30, I prepared a supper of fried chicken, corn-on-the-cob, and leftover potato salad. We really enjoyed this picnic-style meal.

Hubbie accompanied Mother home afterward, and then we turned off the TV and read our novels for an hour.

Back to TV, we watched the 2007 movie, "Anamorph," starring Willem Dafoe. A detective investigates murders in which bodies are displayed as gruesome art. The film is based on anamorphosis, in which images appear distorted unless viewed from a particular angle or with special instruments.

After that, we watched a couple of one-hour shows from DVR before going beddy bye.