Sunday, Oct. 20

We were up around 7:30 to get ready to go to another town to shop for shelving for a storage shed. We were dressed and ready around 9 a.m. I accompanied Mother to our house to wait until it was time to leave.

We left home around 10:15. We had traveled for about 30 minutes when Hubbie realized he'd forgotten to bring along gift cards that he meant to use in purchasing the shelving. But we didn't to turn around, so we arrived at the other town just before 11:30.

I had alerted Daughter that we planned to be in the town, so she, along with a great-granddaughter and and great-grandson, met us at a favorite restaurant.

We enjoyed lunch and visiting, and afterward, we went to a home improvement store to choose shelving. It didn't take long to find what we wanted. While Hubbie paid for them and then took them to the van, the rest of us browsed the holiday section of the store, where Daughter spied inexpensive cardboard glasses, something like 3-D glasses, that when worn make Christmas lights appear to be shaped like stars, Santas, or snowmen. Since they were only $1.98, I bought a pair to use as a novelty as Christmastime.

After a fun visit, we were ready to head home around 1:30. Got back mid-afternoon, and watched a movie a TV called "Touchback." This PG-13 film was about a high school football player who was no longer able to play after a severe fracture to his leg.

His life becomes so frustrating as an adult that he attempt suicide. But instead of succeeding, he is transported back in time to relive his football career. This time, he has to make the choice during the state championship game to not play, to play, but take no chances, or to make the same play he did as a teen. Of course, after a sort of "It's a Wonderful Life" experience, he decides to make the same play he did in high school, with the same result. Except this time, he knows he wants to live and go back to his family.

After the movie, Hubbie accompanied Mother to her house, and then Hubbie and I watched a couple of episodes of a new continuing series from PBS channel, called "The Paradise." The series revolves around the lives and loves of  the people who work at and shop in a Victorian-era department store in England.