Bluey and her friends Snickers and Coco are having fun playing what they call "Shadowlands." They have to follow the shadows and not fall into the non-shadowed "crocodile-infested water," no matter what. Coco keeps wanting to change the rules when she has a hard time, but Bluey won't let her. The fluffy pink poodle finally understands why rules are important when they all make use of fleeting cloud shadows to race to their parents' picnic blanket.
Took my comforter and fuzzy deer print blanket downstairs to be washed, then came back up and spent the next hour re-organizing the larger closet. Move the other air conditioner as best I could to make room for more plastic crates. I put the baskets with the dust cloths and microfiber cloths on top of them, then filled the crates with cleaning and laundry supplies. The bag with my linens now went on top of the old air conditioner.
Put on Buzzr as I worked. Press Your Luck began with two guys and a female Naval officer. Alas, she got hit with Whammies in the second round. One of the guys won a huge trip and money. He promptly lost in the next episode to a perky young woman who picked up a gambling table and a trip to London.
Vacuumed and Swiftered my rooms while Split Second was on. The one man and two ladies were neck and neck most of the episode. After he made it to the Bonus Round, he actually got the car on his first try. Ironically, he admitted he didn't drive, but the lady who was with him sure seemed happy! The next episode wasn't nearly as close. The one guy was ahead the whole round. This time, he missed the car and said he'd come back and try again.
Headed out after I put the blankets in the dryer. I'd been hanging out inside all day and wanted to get some fresh air. Strolled down to Dollar General first. Looked for Propel-type electrolyte drink mix, but they were out. I ended up with lightly salted mixed nuts, a Cherry Coke Zero, and a small box of tissues. I spent the morning sneezing from all the dust I stirred up in the closet and went through most of the remaining box in my bedroom.
Stopped at the Pretzel Shop on the way home for a treat. This time, they did have the stuffed cheese steak pretzel. Asked for two pretzels for later...and the nice gentleman gave me three additional ones.
I'd already seen the Let's Make a Deal episode, so I put on Vega$ instead while eating pretzels and an orange for lunch. It's "Serve, Volley, and Kill" when Dan Tanna is hired to keep an eye on a temperamental tennis star (Robert Mantooth) who keeps insisting he's fine. Turns out he's far from fine. Two gangsters want him to throw the big tournament, and they do everything from tossing a pretty girl (Lynda Day George) at him to kidnapping his little sister (Pamela Ferdyn). Meanwhile, Bitzer insists that con artist Tommy Cirko (Red Buttons) seems to have traded his con artists ways for becoming a minister in a Vegas chapel, but Dan knows that once a con, always a con.
Made my bed and did some bills while watching Give a Girl a Break. I go further into this small-scale MGM dance-a-thon about three talented young women who audition for the part in a Broadway revue after the star quits at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog.
Did some job hunting, then worked on writing for a while. Lord Jerrick more-or-less hits on mousy Kathleen, insinuating that he wants her to be a lot more than a florist for him. She turns him down cold, claiming she'd rather be caught in snow than with a jerk like him.
Broke for dinner at 7 PM. Watched Match Game '76 as I worked. The first week of 1976 featured Isobel Sanford and the only appearance of songwriter Marvin Hamlisch, who is best-known today for A Chorus Line and his work on The Sting and The Way We Were. At one point, Richard got up and actually tucked Gene's shirt in for him. Marvin was more interested in playing the show's think music on a tinkly toy piano.
Finished the night after a shower listening to Sinatra albums while I worked on the Give a Girl a Break review. Apparently, Sinatra Sings...Of Love and Things is a collection of random singles and B-sides from his Capitol years. That would explain two stereo numbers, "Chicago" and "Something Wonderful Happens In Summer," mixed in with the regular songs. Other good ones here include "The Nearness of You" and "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues."
Point of No Return would be his last album of new material for Capitol before he moved to Reprise for more control over his work. That explains some of the darker songs here, like "When the World Was Young" and "I'll Be Seeing You." I'm fonder of the slightly lighter ballads "There Will Never Be Another You" and "These Foolish Things."
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