Hairballs, Dustups and Victorian Movies

LuLu

LuLu, our cat, is trying to cope with the hot weather. For some reason, she is throwing a lot of hairballs this week, even thought she had a hair cut last week.

Taking Care of Yourself

We got my husband, Alan, a GPS system for Fathers Day. We are hoping that the system will make life easier for both of us. There will be less ‘dustups’ over maps, directions etc. Besides he enjoys figuring out gadgets.

 Exploring

Our Netflicks movie this week was Vanity Fair directed by Mira Nair starring Reese Weatherspoon, and based on a famous Victorian novel by William Makepeace Thackeray. We enjoyed the sets and costuming of the movie

Born into the lower class, Rebecca "Becky" Sharp , one of literature's greatest female characters, can rely only on her wit, guile, and sexuality as she makes her way up through London society circa 1820

. Excerpted from the moviebox.net

My daughter and I went to Sex and the City with her friend Sara. Neither my daughter nor I were faithful watchers of the HBO Series (she does not have cable and that is another column). However, we loved the movie. The sets, fashion and time were great.

I finished a great Detective book Christine Falls by Benjamin Black. A dark read about Ireland and the Catholic Church.

"We all have our own kinds of sin." With the same care that he devotes to his "serious" fiction, Booker Prize-winning author John Banville, under the pen name of "Benjamin Black," plumbs Dublin's Roman Catholic heritage in a mystery which examines the question of sin. Excerpted from a review by Mary Whipple at Amazon.com

 

 Giving Back

We had a very successful Michigan Women Hall of Fame Picnic-it was the 28^th. Our support base is getting older. There are a lot of canes, some walkers and hearing aids in our group. We need to get the younger women involved. Although the older women built and support the MWHC/HF, we need the influx of new blood, new ideas, etc. to keep it current and to keep it viable.

Products we like

I really enjoy baking. We are watching our intake of white flour and sugar so we are increasing our intake of whole grains. We have found that the Hodgson Mill baking mixes and flours are great to cook with. They are high in whole grains, low in fat and sugar and moderate in sodium. The other product that we like are the Zatarian’s New Orleans Reduced Sodium mixes. We have tried the Red Beans and Rice and the Dirty Rice mixes and which were tasty,