Today is Grandson's 17th birthday. Happy Birthday, Grandson!
Up at 7 a.m. this morning, but skipped my exercises so I could get ready to go with Hubbie to another town about 30 minutes away to attend the graveside services for Grandson's father.
Before we left around 8:45, we made sure Mother had Ramen noodle soup on hand to heat in the microwave for her lunch.
It was a beautiful day for an outing, though the purpose of the trip was sad. The sun was shining, and the temperature continued to rise. Snow/ice was still very much in evidence in fields, and around homes. But we are hoping most of it will be gone as temps rise in the 50s and 60s this weekend.
We arrived at the cemetery about 9:30 for the 10 a.m. service. Soon other family and friends arrived, and folks visited before the service began. Today, Grandson's three-year-old daughter was in attendance. She is a very energetic child, who ran and played in the cemetery throughout the service. Before the service started. she managed to run up to the casket and push a button that lowered the casket slightly, whereupon someone scrambled to remove her from the tent. She wasn't always quiet during the service, either, but everyone was tolerant. The service was fairly short, and after visiting for a while afterward, we headed home.
We noticed as we passed by the lake at the city park that a flock of small birds seemed to be either walking on water, or on a thin layer of ice on the lake. I'm curious about what species of bird they are, but I'd need to take a close-up photo of them to do research.
On the road, driving past icy fields near the coal-fired power plant, hundreds of snow geese flew overhead, looking for a place to roost in overnight, I suppose. I'd like to go back to the fields to photograph them.
I didn't have a lunch plan for home, so we decided to go to the local Italian restaurant, where we had spinach quiche, and fruit salad, along with bread sticks and marinara sauce.
At home, Hubbie accompanied Mother to our house, where she worked on her jigsaw puzzle, while Hubbie and I ran errands.
Went first to the library to return movies and borrow three more; to the newspaper office to drop off this week's word search puzzle contest; to a grocery store to pick up a few food items; and to a department store, where Hubbie took advantage of a 20% off offer to buy me a pair of heart earrings for Valentine's Day. I'll wear the earrings, along with a couple of heart pendants, to the luncheon event tomorrow at the college down the road.
Back home again, we were ready to relax for a while. Later, I heated leftover chicken and dumplings, and mashed potatoes, to which I added a dish of English peas, for supper.
Mother was ready to go home immediately afterward, so Hubbie accompanied her. Then we watched the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. We followed that with trying to watch our favorite college basketball team, but the cable kept cutting out. When it finally did return and stay on, I discovered that unbeknownst to me the game had been switched from ESPN2 to ESPN. So it wasn't recorded on the DVR after all. Rats.
So we decided to watch one of the DVDs we borrowed from the library...the first season of "Saturday Night Lights." Hubbie wanted to try this series to see if we'd like it. It revolves around a small Texas town and its high school football team.
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Wednesday, Feb. 12
Up at 6 a.m. this morning, so I could get ready to go to water aerobics. Br-r-r...chilly morning for the walk to the gym, but the water in the pool was deliciously warm. Fifteen of us showed up today. The pool was equally warm on Monday, but only six showed up that day. Guess others were like me...couldn't face getting out in the cold and then facing a possibly cold pool.
Something strange happened during aerobics...one of the foot square blocks that decorate the walls suddenly fell within inches of the lifeguard. Startled the heck out us ladies, though the lifeguard didn't even flinch, maybe because he was wearing ear buds.
One of the ladies, who seems to be afraid of absolutely everything, has decided to never again leave her swim bag on the bench below those concrete blocks, but will move to a bench with no wall of blocks. She couldn't get over how that block dropped, and talked about it endlessly during aerobics.
This is a lady who professes to be strong in her religious faith, but I don't see how that squares with unreasonable fear. Despite this quirk of her personality, I like the lady, and we enjoy visiting during pool time. And we keep each other posted about aerobics when one of us has to be away.
Back home after aerobics, I warmed up with a cup of coffee, and then headed to the shower. I like to loll around for a while before I get ready for the day, but today I needed to hem a pair of black jeans I bought recently.
It takes longer to accomplish a hemming job when there is no one available to pin up the hem. Mother used to do that, but she's no longer able to. The last time I needed help, Sis was here. But today, I was on my own.
I started by measuring the inseam of a pair of jeans that were already hemmed, then used that measurement as a starting point in turning up the hems of the new pair. I thought I'd need to trim a lot more off the jeans legs, but after washing them, and letting them hang to dry and shrink, there was only about three inches to deal with. I measured, tried on, then measured and tried on again, and finally arrived at the correct length. In about an hour, the jeans were hemmed.
It was near noon by now, so Hubbie heated Ramen noodle soup and took it to Mother, then made grilled cheese sandwiches for our lunch.
We relaxed for the afternoon, read novels on our e-readers, and caught up on reading newspapers. Around 4:30, I went to visit with Mother for a few minutes, and then Hubbie and I headed to another town about an hour and half away to attend a visitation for Hubbie's ex-son-in-law.
It was cold today, though the sun was out. So snow melting has begun. Along the route to the other town, the fields are still frozen. The sun positively glared off some of them. Other fields, plowed into rows, looked strange with snow topping only the row ridges. Along the ditches, large dollops of snow looked like meringue. Toward dusk, glazed fields seemed to meld seamlessly with a horizon of blue/gray sky.
At the church, about 50 people attended the visitation, mostly from Hubbie's side of the family. The deceased had very little family...only a wife, two children, and a couple of stepchildren. A few of his friends, as well as folks from the church, attended. Grandson is taking his father's death very hard, naturally, and my heart goes out to him.
The visitation included a meal in the fellowship hall. Ladies from the church provided a buffet of barbecue on buns, assorted chips, baked beans, coleslaw, potato salad, and cheesy potato dish, as well as desserts...two kinds of cake ...lemon and orange....brownies, chocolate chip cookies, and a wonderful, hot, peach cobbler. Coffee, soft drinks, and water were the available beverages.
We stayed at the visitation for a couple of hours. After we viewed the slide show in the chapel, we were ready to head back home. This had been an opportunity for Hubbie to visit with family, even though it was a sad occasion. Tomorrow, we will attend graveside services, which will occur in a town about 30 miles away.
On the way home, I called Mother to make sure she was okay. She was fine, and remarked that she'd enjoyed her supper of chicken and dumplings, mashed potatoes, and veggies, which she heated in the microwave.
We spent the rest of the evening watching a couple of one-hour shows on TV, then headed to bed.
Something strange happened during aerobics...one of the foot square blocks that decorate the walls suddenly fell within inches of the lifeguard. Startled the heck out us ladies, though the lifeguard didn't even flinch, maybe because he was wearing ear buds.
One of the ladies, who seems to be afraid of absolutely everything, has decided to never again leave her swim bag on the bench below those concrete blocks, but will move to a bench with no wall of blocks. She couldn't get over how that block dropped, and talked about it endlessly during aerobics.
This is a lady who professes to be strong in her religious faith, but I don't see how that squares with unreasonable fear. Despite this quirk of her personality, I like the lady, and we enjoy visiting during pool time. And we keep each other posted about aerobics when one of us has to be away.
Back home after aerobics, I warmed up with a cup of coffee, and then headed to the shower. I like to loll around for a while before I get ready for the day, but today I needed to hem a pair of black jeans I bought recently.
It takes longer to accomplish a hemming job when there is no one available to pin up the hem. Mother used to do that, but she's no longer able to. The last time I needed help, Sis was here. But today, I was on my own.
I started by measuring the inseam of a pair of jeans that were already hemmed, then used that measurement as a starting point in turning up the hems of the new pair. I thought I'd need to trim a lot more off the jeans legs, but after washing them, and letting them hang to dry and shrink, there was only about three inches to deal with. I measured, tried on, then measured and tried on again, and finally arrived at the correct length. In about an hour, the jeans were hemmed.
It was near noon by now, so Hubbie heated Ramen noodle soup and took it to Mother, then made grilled cheese sandwiches for our lunch.
We relaxed for the afternoon, read novels on our e-readers, and caught up on reading newspapers. Around 4:30, I went to visit with Mother for a few minutes, and then Hubbie and I headed to another town about an hour and half away to attend a visitation for Hubbie's ex-son-in-law.
It was cold today, though the sun was out. So snow melting has begun. Along the route to the other town, the fields are still frozen. The sun positively glared off some of them. Other fields, plowed into rows, looked strange with snow topping only the row ridges. Along the ditches, large dollops of snow looked like meringue. Toward dusk, glazed fields seemed to meld seamlessly with a horizon of blue/gray sky.
At the church, about 50 people attended the visitation, mostly from Hubbie's side of the family. The deceased had very little family...only a wife, two children, and a couple of stepchildren. A few of his friends, as well as folks from the church, attended. Grandson is taking his father's death very hard, naturally, and my heart goes out to him.
The visitation included a meal in the fellowship hall. Ladies from the church provided a buffet of barbecue on buns, assorted chips, baked beans, coleslaw, potato salad, and cheesy potato dish, as well as desserts...two kinds of cake ...lemon and orange....brownies, chocolate chip cookies, and a wonderful, hot, peach cobbler. Coffee, soft drinks, and water were the available beverages.
We stayed at the visitation for a couple of hours. After we viewed the slide show in the chapel, we were ready to head back home. This had been an opportunity for Hubbie to visit with family, even though it was a sad occasion. Tomorrow, we will attend graveside services, which will occur in a town about 30 miles away.
On the way home, I called Mother to make sure she was okay. She was fine, and remarked that she'd enjoyed her supper of chicken and dumplings, mashed potatoes, and veggies, which she heated in the microwave.
We spent the rest of the evening watching a couple of one-hour shows on TV, then headed to bed.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Tuesday, Feb. 11
Up at 7:30, and did stair stepping, resistance band, and weights exercises after breakfast. Once I was ready for the day, I didn't accomplish much before noon, except washing the two new pairs of jeans I bought recently. I want to make sure they shrink all they are going to before I hem them. They're several inches too long. I would have bought the jeans in short, but naturally the store here didn't have any.
Hubbie checked on Mother about 9:30. She opted not to come over today, since the path between our houses is a combination of snow/ice and mud.
The snow/ice began melting today, when the sun finally came out, but it still has a long way to go. I decided to take a few snapshots of the snow to upload to my social network page, since the counties south of us, where family live, seem to be clear of snow now.
Weather predictions last night were for a band of snow across the central counties this morning, but it did not materialize. Adults in the family were pleased, but the kids were very unhappy, since they thought they would have another day out of school.
We saw that Mother had lunch...the remainder of the salmon chowder. Hubbie and I had the rest of the leftover spaghetti. Afterward, he diced veggies...carrots, celery, and onions....that I added to chicken broth, along with the leftover rotisserie chicken.
Later, I made a double batch of dumplings that I cooked in the broth. Hubbie peeled potatoes, and I cooked and mashed those. When the meal was done, we took it over to Mother's house. We had the chicken and dumplings and mashed potatoes with black eyed peas and whole kernel corn that Hubbie had taken over to Mother's house earlier and put in the oven to heat.
After supper, I left helpings of the meal in Mother's refrigerator, which she can heat in the microwave while we are gone to a visitation for Hubbie's former son-in-law, who died a few days ago. We have arranged for a neighbor to check on her if for some reason we can't reach her by phone while we're gone.
This evening, we watched the romantic comedy, "Crazy, Stupid, Love," starring Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, and Julianne Moore. We borrowed this PG-13 movie from the library. It's a so-so bit of movie romance fluff, with some laugh-out-loud parts.
Hubbie checked on Mother about 9:30. She opted not to come over today, since the path between our houses is a combination of snow/ice and mud.
The snow/ice began melting today, when the sun finally came out, but it still has a long way to go. I decided to take a few snapshots of the snow to upload to my social network page, since the counties south of us, where family live, seem to be clear of snow now.
Weather predictions last night were for a band of snow across the central counties this morning, but it did not materialize. Adults in the family were pleased, but the kids were very unhappy, since they thought they would have another day out of school.
We saw that Mother had lunch...the remainder of the salmon chowder. Hubbie and I had the rest of the leftover spaghetti. Afterward, he diced veggies...carrots, celery, and onions....that I added to chicken broth, along with the leftover rotisserie chicken.
Later, I made a double batch of dumplings that I cooked in the broth. Hubbie peeled potatoes, and I cooked and mashed those. When the meal was done, we took it over to Mother's house. We had the chicken and dumplings and mashed potatoes with black eyed peas and whole kernel corn that Hubbie had taken over to Mother's house earlier and put in the oven to heat.
After supper, I left helpings of the meal in Mother's refrigerator, which she can heat in the microwave while we are gone to a visitation for Hubbie's former son-in-law, who died a few days ago. We have arranged for a neighbor to check on her if for some reason we can't reach her by phone while we're gone.
This evening, we watched the romantic comedy, "Crazy, Stupid, Love," starring Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, and Julianne Moore. We borrowed this PG-13 movie from the library. It's a so-so bit of movie romance fluff, with some laugh-out-loud parts.
Monday, February 10, 2014
Monday, Feb. 10
Today is Great-Grandson's fourth birthday. Happy Birthday, Great-Grandson!
Also, today, Daughter-in-Law underwent a liver biopsy, and came through it just fine. We are anxious to learn the results in a few days.
We were up at 6 a.m. this morning, so I could get ready to go to water aerobics. But around the time I needed to leave the house, I decided I didn't want to go after all. The ground is still covered in snow, the temperature has not moderated, and I dreaded that the pool would be cold. Couldn't face it, so I stayed home and did stair stepping, resistance bands, and weights exercises after breakfast.
Hubbie checked on Mother, and I was surprised when he returned and Mother was with him. I guess she was determined to come over and work on her jigsaw puzzle.
Once I was ready for the day, I did this and that around the house, while Hubbie ran errands. For lunch, we ate most of the rest of the salmon chowder...there's enough left for Mother's lunch tomorrow.
After lunch, Mother returned to her puzzle, and I made a couple of birthday cards. You'd think I could make two cards in a short time, but it took the better part of the afternoon to dream up designs, gather the necessary supplies, and then make the cards. I didn't have anything important planned for today, anyway, and the project was fun.
When I finished the cards, I cleared away all the stuff for scrapbooking and card making, which has been scattered in the living room for a couple of weeks. It sure would be nice to have a special space for this hobby, so I wouldn't have to drag everything out for projects, and then have put it all away afterward.
Later for supper, we had leftover spaghetti, black eyed peas, cottage cheese, and individual salads. Mother was ready to go home afterward, so Hubbie accompanied her.
We spent the rest of the evening watching TV, including the DVD movie, "The Impossible," borrowed from the library. This tense film is about the 2004 tsunami in Thailand. It follows the true story of a family of five on vacation, who become separated when an enormous wave washes over the resort where they are staying, and their search to find one another in the aftermath.
We followed that with an episode of "Downton Abbey." News and bed after that. Fortunate for us in this part of the state, it looks like predictions for snow are for the central and south counties this time, though there might be a smattering up here.
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Bad news: Hubbie got a call from his daughter tonight reporting that his grandson's father (ex-husband of his other daughter) was found dead today. We don't know any other details right now, but our hearts are with Grandson.
Also, today, Daughter-in-Law underwent a liver biopsy, and came through it just fine. We are anxious to learn the results in a few days.
We were up at 6 a.m. this morning, so I could get ready to go to water aerobics. But around the time I needed to leave the house, I decided I didn't want to go after all. The ground is still covered in snow, the temperature has not moderated, and I dreaded that the pool would be cold. Couldn't face it, so I stayed home and did stair stepping, resistance bands, and weights exercises after breakfast.
Hubbie checked on Mother, and I was surprised when he returned and Mother was with him. I guess she was determined to come over and work on her jigsaw puzzle.
Once I was ready for the day, I did this and that around the house, while Hubbie ran errands. For lunch, we ate most of the rest of the salmon chowder...there's enough left for Mother's lunch tomorrow.
After lunch, Mother returned to her puzzle, and I made a couple of birthday cards. You'd think I could make two cards in a short time, but it took the better part of the afternoon to dream up designs, gather the necessary supplies, and then make the cards. I didn't have anything important planned for today, anyway, and the project was fun.
When I finished the cards, I cleared away all the stuff for scrapbooking and card making, which has been scattered in the living room for a couple of weeks. It sure would be nice to have a special space for this hobby, so I wouldn't have to drag everything out for projects, and then have put it all away afterward.
Later for supper, we had leftover spaghetti, black eyed peas, cottage cheese, and individual salads. Mother was ready to go home afterward, so Hubbie accompanied her.
We spent the rest of the evening watching TV, including the DVD movie, "The Impossible," borrowed from the library. This tense film is about the 2004 tsunami in Thailand. It follows the true story of a family of five on vacation, who become separated when an enormous wave washes over the resort where they are staying, and their search to find one another in the aftermath.
We followed that with an episode of "Downton Abbey." News and bed after that. Fortunate for us in this part of the state, it looks like predictions for snow are for the central and south counties this time, though there might be a smattering up here.
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Bad news: Hubbie got a call from his daughter tonight reporting that his grandson's father (ex-husband of his other daughter) was found dead today. We don't know any other details right now, but our hearts are with Grandson.
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Sunday, Feb. 9
Up at 7:30, but skipped my exercises, as usual on Sunday. Still cold this morning, but temps rose as the day went on, so melting has begun...probably just in time for another round of wintry weather.
After breakfast, Hubbie checked on Mother, and she opted to come over to our house for the day. We didn't do anything special...watched TV mostly, including the last episode of "The Wind at my Back," on a DVD borrowed from the library, followed by another episode of "When Calls the Heart," from the Hallmark Channel. Finished by watching last night's episode of the Winter Olympics, featuring snowboarding, and figure skating.
In between watching TV, we had a lunch of rotisserie chicken that Hubbie fetched from the WDCS, with baked potatoes, black eyed peas, and Sis's homemade bread. The potatoes baked, and the black eyed peas simmered while we watched the movie from the library. We watched the other shows after lunch.
While we lazed in front of TV, I threw a couple of loads of laundry in the machine, and Mother clipped coupons for Granddaughter.
Around 4 p.m., Mother was ready to head back to her house, so Hubbie accompanied her. It'll depend on how soon predicted wintry weather arrives tomorrow whether she will be able to come over again tomorrow or not.
If the roads remain clear in the morning, I might venture out to water aerobics.
After breakfast, Hubbie checked on Mother, and she opted to come over to our house for the day. We didn't do anything special...watched TV mostly, including the last episode of "The Wind at my Back," on a DVD borrowed from the library, followed by another episode of "When Calls the Heart," from the Hallmark Channel. Finished by watching last night's episode of the Winter Olympics, featuring snowboarding, and figure skating.
In between watching TV, we had a lunch of rotisserie chicken that Hubbie fetched from the WDCS, with baked potatoes, black eyed peas, and Sis's homemade bread. The potatoes baked, and the black eyed peas simmered while we watched the movie from the library. We watched the other shows after lunch.
While we lazed in front of TV, I threw a couple of loads of laundry in the machine, and Mother clipped coupons for Granddaughter.
Around 4 p.m., Mother was ready to head back to her house, so Hubbie accompanied her. It'll depend on how soon predicted wintry weather arrives tomorrow whether she will be able to come over again tomorrow or not.
If the roads remain clear in the morning, I might venture out to water aerobics.
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Saturday, Feb. 8
Up at 7:30 on this snowy day. Another inch of snow fell during the night, which covered the snow pack already on the ground. We are very winter-weary, but more snow is predicted for next week.
I dressed to do exercises, but got absorbed in watching the Winter Olympics opening ceremonies that I'd recorded on DVR, so it was after lunch before I got around to doing stair stepping, resistance bands, and weights exercises.
At noon, Hubbie went to Mother's house to heat leftover chicken noodle soup for her, while I got ready for the day. Against my better judgement, Hubbie was determined to attend a basketball game at the college at 4 p.m.
I was afraid there would be ice or snow on the sidewalks and the parking lots at the college, but after Hubbie had seen to Mother's lunch, he drove over to the college and reported that everything was fine there, so there was nothing preventing us from going to the game.
During the afternoon before game time, I enjoyed chatting with Son, and later with Niece from New York. When Niece and I had finished our conversation, Hubbie and I headed to the college. It was a cold walk from the distant parking lot to the gym.
Unfortunately, our team lost, after coming within three points of the opposition, who are number two in the league. Our team has come a long way under the leadership of the new couch (Hubbie's nephew-in-law).
There was a mishap at the game, when a boy of about twelve went running and sobbing past us with his forehead gushing blood. The attending medic, a man, hastened to bandage the boy's head, but it was an injury that seemed to need stitches. I'm sure his dad took him to the emergency room. Meanwhile, the medic retraced the boy's steps and cleaned the spots of blood off the floor.
Back home after the game, we gathered salmon chowder, cracker and cheese, and grapes, and went to Mother's house to have supper with her. It was near 6:30 before the chowder was heated, so we were all more than ready to sit down and eat, since our normal supper hour is 5 p.m.
At home again, Hubbie and I watched our favorite state college basketball team, as they played to a nail-biter win. I'd recorded the game on DVR.
Finished the evening episodes of "Jeeves and Wooster."
I dressed to do exercises, but got absorbed in watching the Winter Olympics opening ceremonies that I'd recorded on DVR, so it was after lunch before I got around to doing stair stepping, resistance bands, and weights exercises.
At noon, Hubbie went to Mother's house to heat leftover chicken noodle soup for her, while I got ready for the day. Against my better judgement, Hubbie was determined to attend a basketball game at the college at 4 p.m.
I was afraid there would be ice or snow on the sidewalks and the parking lots at the college, but after Hubbie had seen to Mother's lunch, he drove over to the college and reported that everything was fine there, so there was nothing preventing us from going to the game.
During the afternoon before game time, I enjoyed chatting with Son, and later with Niece from New York. When Niece and I had finished our conversation, Hubbie and I headed to the college. It was a cold walk from the distant parking lot to the gym.
Unfortunately, our team lost, after coming within three points of the opposition, who are number two in the league. Our team has come a long way under the leadership of the new couch (Hubbie's nephew-in-law).
There was a mishap at the game, when a boy of about twelve went running and sobbing past us with his forehead gushing blood. The attending medic, a man, hastened to bandage the boy's head, but it was an injury that seemed to need stitches. I'm sure his dad took him to the emergency room. Meanwhile, the medic retraced the boy's steps and cleaned the spots of blood off the floor.
Back home after the game, we gathered salmon chowder, cracker and cheese, and grapes, and went to Mother's house to have supper with her. It was near 6:30 before the chowder was heated, so we were all more than ready to sit down and eat, since our normal supper hour is 5 p.m.
At home again, Hubbie and I watched our favorite state college basketball team, as they played to a nail-biter win. I'd recorded the game on DVR.
Finished the evening episodes of "Jeeves and Wooster."
Friday, February 7, 2014
Friday, Feb. 7
Today is Son's birthday. Happy Birthday, Son!
Up at 7:30. I delayed exercising after breakfast, and instead gathered materials for working on scrapbook pages, and a birthday card, as well as ingredients for making salmon chowder later. For the scrapbook pages, I went to the office computer to type and print journaling information. This was for pages featuring two new great-grandchildren, as girl and a boy. I think I went up and downstairs six times gathering bits of info...dates of birth, full names of the babies, etc.
Once I'd gathered everything, I finally got around to doing stair stepping exercises. Since it was so late in the morning by this time, I skipped the resistance bands and weights exercises.
Hubbie saw to Mother's lunch, while I got ready for the day, and then after he and I had lunch, we took all the stuff I'd gathered over to her house. I spent the afternoon with her, and we worked until 4 p.m. finishing four scrapbook pages, making a birthday card for a great-grandson, and putting together a double batch of salmon chowder, some of which we had for supper.
Back home after supper, Hubbie and I watched TV, including episodes of "Jeeves and Wooster," a 1990-1993 British comedy series, based on stories by P.G. Wodehouse, and starring Hugh Laurie (of "House"), and Stephen Fry. Borrowed this from the library.
Predictions are for more snow tonight. It has already arrived in the southern counties and is creating traffic havoc. But as of 10 p.m., nothing had arrived here, yet. Hubbie is keeping his fingers crossed it doesn't arrive, and that the temperature will rise sufficiently to melt some of the ice, so we can attend a 4 p.m. basketball game at the college tomorrow.
Up at 7:30. I delayed exercising after breakfast, and instead gathered materials for working on scrapbook pages, and a birthday card, as well as ingredients for making salmon chowder later. For the scrapbook pages, I went to the office computer to type and print journaling information. This was for pages featuring two new great-grandchildren, as girl and a boy. I think I went up and downstairs six times gathering bits of info...dates of birth, full names of the babies, etc.
Once I'd gathered everything, I finally got around to doing stair stepping exercises. Since it was so late in the morning by this time, I skipped the resistance bands and weights exercises.
Hubbie saw to Mother's lunch, while I got ready for the day, and then after he and I had lunch, we took all the stuff I'd gathered over to her house. I spent the afternoon with her, and we worked until 4 p.m. finishing four scrapbook pages, making a birthday card for a great-grandson, and putting together a double batch of salmon chowder, some of which we had for supper.
Back home after supper, Hubbie and I watched TV, including episodes of "Jeeves and Wooster," a 1990-1993 British comedy series, based on stories by P.G. Wodehouse, and starring Hugh Laurie (of "House"), and Stephen Fry. Borrowed this from the library.
Predictions are for more snow tonight. It has already arrived in the southern counties and is creating traffic havoc. But as of 10 p.m., nothing had arrived here, yet. Hubbie is keeping his fingers crossed it doesn't arrive, and that the temperature will rise sufficiently to melt some of the ice, so we can attend a 4 p.m. basketball game at the college tomorrow.
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