Monday, May 28

Today is Memorial Day. Hope everyone has had a safe holiday. We observed the day by hanging our flag on the well house, and Mother's on her porch.

We were up around 7:30, and I did a treadmill session and resistance exercises after breakfast. Hubbie accompanied Mother to our house, where we watched a Memorial Day concert on PBS, hosted by Joe Montegna and Gary Sinise. Unfortunately, the concert was cut short by a thunderstorm.

We spent a leisurely morning doing this and that. Mother worked on her jigsaw puzzle, and I threw a load in the washing machine, and then made a peach cobbler to go with our holiday meal, while Hubbie ran errands.

After lunch, Hubbie and I rented a couple of movies that we've been wanting to see..."The Iron Lady," (PG-13) starring Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher; and "War Horse," (PG-13) a WWI war epic, based on a 1982 children's novel by British author Michael Morpurgo, and directed by Steven Spielberg. We also tried to rent "Albert Nobb," starring Glenn Close, but the machine shot out "New Years Eve" instead.

Before we came back home, we stopped at a fast food restaurant to get a couple of free fruity-frosty drinks, which were very tasty.

At home, we watched two of the movies, beginning with "The Iron Lady."

Around 3:30, I started supper cooking...country ribs cooked in a bag in the oven, with new potatoes, and California mix, cooked in the steamer. We enjoyed the meal, served with slices of sourdough bread, while we watched "War Horse."

Both of the movies are excellent, and I recommend them.

After supper, I accompanied Mother to her house, where I helped her take a shower, and then threw a load of laundry in the washer. Back home, Hubbie and I watched the 2011, PG-13, romantic comedy movie, "New Years Eve," starring Michelle Phiffer, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Biel, Ashton Kutcher, Halle Berry, and Robert De Nero. On New Years Eve in New York, the lives of couples and singles intertwine.

An odd movie to watch on Memorial Day, but oh well.

A pleasant day, if not terribly exciting.