Sunday, April 29

Slept late, until nearly 8 a.m. Skipped my exercises after breakfast. Hubbie accompanied Mother to our house, where we worked on washing, slicing and sweeetening two quarts of locally grown strawberries. Mother also washed split peas, and diced onions, carrots, celery, and ham for a pot of soup. After I'd seasoned the peas and added chicken broth and water, I set the soup to simmering. I also washed potatoes to be baked later for our lunch. Spent the rest of the morning doing laundry and programming the DVR for the week's movies and shows, as well as watching another SyFy disaster movie.

Daughter slept until around 11 a.m. She was surprised that she snoozed that long, but she needed the rest after the trying time she went through with Granddaughter, who had to be hospitalized Friday, but who is now doing okay physically (if not emotionally), following a miscarriage. A loss like that is difficult to come to terms with, and can only be healed with time. We are all sad for the loss.

At 11:30, Hubbie went to the WDCS to pick up a rotisserie chicken to go with the baked potatoes, corn-on-the-cob, and a side of grape tomatoes with cottage cheese, for lunch. We sat down to lunch around 12:30.

After lunch, I helped Daughter write greetings for three thank you cards she made while Hubbie and I were gone yesterday. Daughter did a great job of creating the cards. Later, she and I watched another disaster movie, while Mother worked on her jigsaw puzzle, and Hubbie went outside to wash the truck.

When Hubbie came back in, we watched a third disaster movie, after which I called a community theater member, who agreed to let me borrow the key to the organization's building, so I could exchange the jabot for something more suitable to the Civil War era.

The community theater member said her father-in-law was in the hospital, awaiting heart surgery, but she would hang the key on a welcome sign at her house, where we could pick it up. Daughter joined us in the jaunt to the building. She enjoyed seeing where the organization stores costumes, builds sets, and rehearses on a small stage. She also enjoyed modeling hats and wigs for the camera. I found a cravat type tie that should work for Hubbie, and we promptly returned the key before coming home.

At home, I modeled the Civil War dress with hoop for Daughter. Then, before she got ready to head home, around 6 p.m., we had a supper of pimento cheese sandwiches. After daughter left, I helped Mother take a shower, and threw a load of laundry in the washer.

Hubbie and I spent the rest of the day watching one-hour shows on TV.

Strange: while watching one of the disaster movies today, one of the characters mentioned that cattle tend to graze or rest facing magnetic north and south. Intrigued, I looked this phenomenon up online, where there are lots of websites, and Google Earth photos, that confirm this. Cattle aren't the only herding animals that do this... some wild deer also do it. This might be common knowledge to some folks, but it sure was news to me.

Note: the honeysuckle wafting on the air in the yard sure smells nice. The daisies, roses, coneflowers, phlox, and clematis add wonderful colors. It was a pretty day to be in the yard.