Lord of the rings

Having skimmed through The Hobbit movies mostly zipping through the battle scenes, I was more than ready to watch the far superior series, lord of the Rings.  However my DVD player on my laptop would not recognize or accept the discs.  Finally somewhat late in the evening Richard I was able to get my Blu-ray player going and the discs seem to be working.  Meanwhile today my grand daughter had her graduation party on Zoom.  I excused myself to get my chickens in after listening to them play participation game for a while.

More Hobbit

The Hobbit is really quite boring.  Sententious and overdone.  Some of the scenes are effective and the characters sympathetic but too much is resting on a fragile base.  I didn't accomplish anything much today.  I had a strange assortment of food but my digestion is only mildly bothered. 

Hobbit

Today I watched the first of the Jackson 'Hobbit' movies which includes entirely too much monster crushing and improbable survival.  I also vacuumed the rug in the front room which was my most intended project for today.  The bathroom is quite pleasant after a deep cleaning.  I plan to use the rack from the bathroom in my bedroom to hold my silk comforter overnight now that the weather is warmer.  I want to return to the routine of making my bed each morning instead of only straightening the top cover. 

Indulgence

I wanted something full of calories that tempted my finicky appetite.  Today I published the UVAG May Newsletter.  Before taking the mailers out to the Post Office I tried to secure the feeder wall with the hardware I purchased but I realized that I will have to return to finish the job when the feeder is empty.  I was sitting in the coop to do the work so I returned to the house and showered and put on clean clothing.  Then I went out to do the mailing and also deposit the stimulus check.  I stopped at Red Lobster and got coconut shrimp and a lobster pizza along with a raspberry lemonade from curbside pickup.  The raspberry lemonade had no ice in it but I put fresh ice from filtered water in it when I got home.  I had cleaned the bathroom very early in the morning and locked myself out, but I was able to unlock the room this morning.  I also cleaned and dried a load of laundry so all in all it has been a fairly busy day considering my energy deficit.  I also called Eliza on messenger for the art lesson but they hadn't done the lesson.  She was making a meal for another family so didn't talk for long.  My tender new law is coming up. 

Early and Late

I got up early enough to get to Walmart before six AM.  I took a handicapped cart to do my shopping since the mask puts me at risk of fainting.  When I got home and put away the most perishable items I went back to sleep.  Later I went out with a drill and saw and cut the 'planks' for my swing bench to fit the various intrusions from the pipe frame of the bench.  Later still I went out and drove some screws to initially secure the planks so they won't be casually knocked aside.  I need to do more securing, but at least it should be good enough for now.  Tomorrow I should fill the waterer for the hens and put the hardware in place to better secure the feeding wall.  It feels good to take a few steps forward even when it isn't much.  I need to get out a newsletter for the UVAG and deposit my stimulus check tomorrow.

Swing reboot

20 years ago I moved to Provo and prepared for the wedding of my youngest daughter, Eliza.  I designed a structure for the rear of our yard that would hold a swinging bench.  It is still there and looks better than I might have suspected it would do after two decades.  Someone broke a slat and I decided to put on a new seat using vinyl fencing rails recovered from a planter I had the boys dismantle in order to extend the lawn we planted last year.  I cut the rails to near the size that they need to be today with a few adjustments.  I received all my items from Amazon including a pale blue dress that should be suitable for summer wear. 

Motherhood

Being a mother in all it's different aspects has been by far the most significant part of my life.  There is nothing sweeter or more completing than to nurse a tiny child to satisfaction.  It is the great tragedy of the evil conspiracy that robbed my granddaughter Rochelle of her core meaning that it meant the sacrifice of her breasts.  The only evil greater than the denial of real gender and its meaning is abortion.  There is nothing in the scriptures that quite equates to this modern day horror.  I am so sorry for the damage that was done in the name of ideology.  I had a sweet Sunday, visiting with family via video and sharing a sacrament ordinance with my son Richard.  I am truly blessed.