Sunday, June 8

Up around 8 a.m., but skipped my exercises as usual on Sunday. After breakfast, Hubbie accompanied Mother to our house. She wasn't in the mood for her jigsaw puzzle today, so she just relaxed in her rocking chair.

Meanwhile, Hubbie and I began doing things around the house to get ready for company next weekend. He helped me put away totes of card making supplies, and then he straightened up the sunroom, while I organized the office.

Later, Mother and I prepared lunch...today, it was leftover stuffed peppers, with a recipe of macaroni and cheese. Mother sliced the peppers in half and put them in a baking dish, and cubed cheese for making sauce. I cooked the macaroni and made the cheese sauce, then put both dishes in the oven for a while.

There was still a half a stuffed pepper, and some macaroni and cheese left after the meal, so I put those in a freezer container and Hubbie took them to Mother's house and put them in her refrigerator freezer. Mother will microwave these next Friday for her supper, while we attend the arts council Summer Celebration.

Then we watched a movie borrowed from the library..."Snow Falling on Cedars." This 1999 film is about a Japanese-American fisherman who is accused of killing his neighbor in the 1950s, after the man is found dead by another fisherman. This was a few years after Japanese-Americans were wrongfully rounded up and transported to camps, and racial tension still ran high.

After the movie, I decided to make a coffee cake. While it baked, I started another movie...this one on DVR. It's titled, "Margin Call." An investment bank downsizes. One of men who is let go warns the others to "be careful." Then one of the younger employees promptly discovers that a financial crisis is imminent, if the big guys don't find a way out. They spend the next 24 hours desperately seeking a solution.

Mother was ready to go home afterward, so Hubbie accompanied her. I went to her house later and put drops in her eyes.

Then Hubbie and I continued our movie marathon by watching a Lifetime film called, "The Family That Preys." A wealthy family's and working family's lives interconnect with unexpected results.