House and Garden Day

Normally this would be Walkabout Friday, but I decided instead to stay home and tend to household matters. Here's a list of what I did today.

- Got breakfast at Sbux and took Hubby to work

- Drove home, ate breakfast, watched a few minutes of Desperately Seeking Susan

- Folded blankets, put them in the couch cubby; found two throw pillows I've been meaning to give to Goodwill; they were filthy so I put them in the tub to soak

- Snuggled babies. Miss C has a fever 

- Put together my new wind spinner, a Mother's Day gift from M and the babies

- Installed the wind spinner outside B's window

- Watered the shrubs and trees in front with M and the babies; vinegared a few sidewalk weeds

- Spoke to our favorite neighbor, Bill, who lives across the street

- Cleaned up garbage and moved just about everything from the south side yard to the backyard. Used my recently-fixed wheelbarrow to move some heavy stuff. Decided to name it Cisco after Kevin Costner's horse

- Rested. Whew.

- Blogged. Heyyyyy 

- Did some pruning...

- Some watering...

- Some nice loud cleaning of the very dirty hammock

- Sat outside in the shade with this guy

....all while either making lots of noise or eavesdropping on the neighbors 😁

(cuz I'm 12)

Sitting out here, I realized what a sweet little shady spot is right here under the apple tree. Maybe we need to lay down some outdoor tiles and create a living space 

- Ate lunch late, unbagged my latest Goodwill yarn bundle, turned on The Truman Show

- Picked up Hubby from work; rested

- More pruning

- Installed my Mother's Day gift from B, this cute hanging birdbath

- Listened to Hubby mow the front lawn

Feeling a lot better about things tonight. Work and productivity always help me. Remind me of that next time, won't you?

Random Movie Review

The best movies are on TV at 4 AM (unless the movie is "G!rls G0ne W!ld" - I hate that stupid Sp!ke network).

This morning I caught Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte on AMC, starring Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland, in a suspenseful story about a couple of Crazy Southern Cousins! YEEEE HAW!! And you know how people clap at the end of movies, even though the actors can't hear them? I clapped at the end of this one. The people in the movie are all dead, and I was clapping for them. It's that good.

For you Waltons fans, Ellen Corby, pre-Grandma Walton, and one of the Baldwin Sisters are seen gossiping in the last scene of the movie; Samantha's mother Endora in "Bewitched," Agnes Moorehead, also plays a pivotal role. Pivotal, I say. She's quite the actress - I didn't recognize her. Bette Davis was her usual wonderful self, and Olivia de Havilland was a huge surprise. Wow.

It's a good "chick power" movie, so next time you feel like watching something freaky, yet chick-friendly (and if you're like me, this is pretty much nightly), this is a good choice.