Beautiful Dreamers

Began the day with a quick breakfast while watching the first guest on What's My Line? A coffee expert stumped the panel, who seemed to be expecting him to be an expert on a more nutritious drink like water. After he won, he showed the panel how to make the perfect cup of coffee. Apparently, at least in 1974, a drip coffee maker was preferred to a percolator. The panel sipped four different coffees to see if it was drip, percolator, instant, or decaf.

Work was still a bit crazy. Not because we were busy - we were only steady during the lunch hour - but because we're still in the midst of being reorganized. They use up the carts and are still dumping their trash in our trash cans. Other than emptying the outside trash and sweeping a few times, I spent most of the day outside with the carts. It wasn't a bad day for it. It was cloudy, but the wind vanished overnight. While not as warm as yesterday, it was still not as cold as it should be this time of year, in the 50's.

As soon as I got home, I went straight into writing. Bill the wolf and Charles push their way between Marcia and an overly amorous Ira. Marcia claims Bill belongs to her and Charles is her new assistant at her school. Thwarted in his romantic intentions, Ira shoves a wanted poster into Bill Cullen's arms. He's really there because he followed Robin Hood and his men to Villenveuve. Cullen says their town wouldn't be of interest to a bandit.

Broke for dinner at 6. Ran two episodes of Match Game while eating leftovers for dinner. Lovely Lee Meredith, adorable Joyce Bullifant, and always-rhyming Nipsey Russell joined Brett, Gene, Charles, and Richard for two episodes in 1975. What I really like about this show - other than the stars' antics - is the play-along aspects. I have almost as much fun coming up with my own answer to the questions as the stars and contestants do!

Decided to do something different for dessert. Instead of making muffins, I thought I'd try a dessert bread. One of my 70's-era bread cookbooks had a recipe for something called Honey Pineapple Bread. I didn't have wheat bran and replaced it with oatmeal and used crushed pineapple instead of pineapple juice. Otherwise, I stuck with the recipe. As you can guess from the name, it uses honey instead of sugar as a sweetener. It cooked beautifully and came out perfect, and while it seemed a little bland at first, I ended up enjoying the subtle sweetness.

Finished the night with more Sailor Moon Super S episodes while I worked. Minako "Sailor Venus" Aino is in the spotlight in "Storm of Love: Minako's Grand Two-Timing Plan." Said "two-timing plan" has Minako dating two hot guys at the same time. Those two hot older guys turn out to be Hawk's Eye and Tiger's Eye, and they're not happy about being strung along.

"The Secret Mansion: A Menu of Love For You" has Usagi upset when an older woman won't stand under Mamoru's umbrella. Chibi-Usa and her kitten Diana are more concerned about her living all alone in a huge house. They're right to be worried. The lady is a target of unscrupulous land sharks...and Hawk's Eye of the Dead Moon Circus. But there's someone she's waiting for...

Chibi-Usa is shocked when the girls hear that a Pegasus is attacking cars and trucks in "Believe In Pegasus: The Four Guardians' Super Transformation." She vehemently insists that it's not her new friend, but the girls aren't sure. Pegasus and the girls have a chance to prove themselves when Fish Eye traps Sailor Moon and Sailor Chibi-Moon and Pegasus needs the Guardians' help to free them.