Relax—it’s Sunday

That about describes the day. It had a leisurely start with me sleeping in until almost 7AM. I got the Sunday Paper and had a simple breakfast. I even watched most of Sunday Morning while I cleared the E-Mail and did some web research.

I did do a few small tasks—cleaned out any loose pieces of thread from Penny’s machine and moved the 2 thread spool racks from our guest room (the room formerly known as Karen’s) to Penny’s sewing room (the room formerly know as Christy’s).

When lunchtime came I grilled a couple of the Omaha steaks that Kathy gave me for my birthday. I cooked the most expensive cut, the beef tenderloin steaks. They were GOOD! They were nice and tender and had great flavor. I also used some of the potatoes au gratin that came with the steaks. That stuff is good too.

Now that a relaxing Sunday mode was firmly established we decided to continue it into the evening. Tonight would be movie night with wine and popcorn and cheese. I went into town and got 3 movies at Blockbuster. The video store we used to rent from, Network Video, went out of business so now we have to drive across town if we want to rent a movie. We don’t watch them consistently so getting them through the mail or paying extra for on-demand service doesn’t make sense. Anyway I got Hancock, WALL-E and Tropic Thunder. We’ve got all week to watch them.

I also got some groceries at the Publix next to Blockbuster. As I approached the store I noticed that the sparrows had built nests in the lettering “FOOD STORE” below the big Publix letters. Nests were only in the letters “O” and “D”, I assume because they had no openings. The nesting sparrows were noisily defending their territory. One of Penny’s favorite fruits, Clemintines, was on sale so I brought home a box of them. I also bought a quarter of a small watermelon that I plan on juicing. I like watermelon—it runs a close second to my favorite food—ice cream, so I wanted to see what the juice tastes like. I’ll use Kathy’s Christmas gift to make the juice.

The most stressful part of the day will be deciding which movie to watch. Life is good!