It's raining again. I like the sound of it. It's not very cold in here, because Ray built up a fire last night.

He slept until I woke him in time to go to Pilates class. We enjoyed it very much. On our way home, we stopped at Kroger and EarthFare for him to get grocery certificates for the Fellowship, so I did a little shopping both places. In the afternoon, we played cards. I lost by quite a bit. The Captain keeps talking about Avatar, which they saw Friday, so Ray and I nearly went. The times are awkward, though. If we go to a 4:00 show, it will be too late to make supper when we get home. 8:00 is too late for me to start a 3-hour movie, usually. Maybe we'll go today.

Had a pleasant dinner. My Dad said why didn't we just have plain food; I was working too hard. I assured him I prefer to cook (and eat) more interesting things. Actually tonight's menu was not very hard or time-consuming. Ray and my Mom helped. Rachel Ray recipes are supposed to be 30 minutes, but usually take me much longer. I think when it calls for the zest and juice of one orange, they don't count that time in the 30 minutes. Assuming you have someone to prepare it for you, or you keep already zested and juiced oranges in your fridge...

I was falling asleep watching TV and got up to take a bath. then watch a little more TV and really fall asleep. In bed by 10.