Saturday, April 7

Up at 7:30 this cool morning. TV weather map showed our county to be the coolest in the state.

Shortly after breakfast, Hubbie accompanied Mother to our house, where she worked on her jigsaw puzzle, while I did a stair stepping, resistance, and weights exercises.

Mother finished the puzzle by the time I was ready for the day. So after Hubbie shredded carrots, she made a recipe of carrot salad for tomorrow. I spent the rest of the morning doing household chores. For lunch, I made noodle soup, using the remainder of the broth leftover from the boiled chicken dinner of a few days ago.

After lunch, Mother and I watched the movie musical, "The Music Man," starring Matthew Broderick, while Hubbie ran errands, including picking up yeast rolls from a local restaurant for Easter dinner.

Speaking of "The Music Man," there's Trouble right here in River City, with a capital "T," and that rhymes with "P," and that spells Pool, because on a trip downtown a couple of days ago, we noticed that a pool hall is being installed in a vacated corner jewelry store. Oh, my!

What's the difference, by the way, between the gentleman's game of billiards and pool? One website declares the difference is gambling. "The name "pool" (a pool of money bet on the game) became attached to billiards simply because of the betting, and it has nothing to do with actually playing the game. When people say something like "Hey, want to play some pool" we all know that they are referring to billiards, but technically they are asking you if you want to play a bet."

Be assured, there will be no overt betting at the downtown pool hall, because if there is, it'll be discovered, and the place will immediately be shut down.

During the movie, I boiled eggs for making deviled eggs in the morning. Mother peeled them later, while I got potatoes and ham ready to put in the oven for supper. We had the ham and potatoes with a choice of Lima beans or butter beans, some of the carrot salad, and hot rolls.

After supper, I accompanied Mother to her house, where I helped her take a shower, and then throw a load of laundry in the washer.

Back home, Hubbie had sliced and refrigerated the ham, and had gone into the yard, cut some beautiful pink azalea branches, and put them in a vase. Problem is, the male cat kept sniffing them, so I had to put them up on the mantel for the night. Azaleas are poisonous to cats, so we can only display them on the dining room table while we are in the room to be sure they don't jump up there and start nibbling.

Hubbie and I spent the rest of the evening watching TV, as usual.