Harts of the Morning

Began the morning with breakfast and Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. Daniel says "Thank You, Grandpere!" when his grandfather plays with him during a visit to his family's home. He's disappointed when Grandpa can't stay, but there's a surprise waiting for him and his parents at the Enchanted Garden when they arrive! It's "Neighborhood Thank You Day," where everyone puts a card in the Thank-You Tree to tell someone theyy're thankful for them. Daniel doesn't know who he'll mention in a card, until they all blow away and Mr. Mcfeely brings them back.

Moved on to Hart to Hart while doing job research. It's a "Homemade Murder" when one of Jonathan's employees is killed while delivering the clue to a murder and bank robbery to his home. The thieves, including a strange albino man, first hold Jonathan and Jennifer hostage until they reveal where the clue is, then Max when they escape. They have to get to a Canadian Mountie who is also looking for the thieves and convince him that those people in the house aren't them.

Headed off to work after the episode ended. Work was surprisingly quiet for the start of the weekend. It picked up a little bit near the end of the day, but never really got that busy. Most people will probably save their food shopping for next week, closer to Thanksgiving. It being a gorgeous, chilly day in the upper 50's probably helped, too. I spent the day gathering carts and sweeping with no trouble whatsoever.

I got my schedule at home, then confirmed it at work. I have slightly more hours and a far more normal Monday-Tuesday and Thursday-Friday off. Great! I've waited 20 years for Wicked to finally hit the big screen, and now I can see it on opening day. 

Had dinner and watched Match Game Syndicated, then returned to it after a shower. Judy Landers and Lou Grant reporter Robert Walden joined in this week to see a gentleman in a plaid shirt and tie straight out of vaudeville, Gene telling Charles he's indispensable (and he was right), and Charles calling Brett "Arlene Francis." Later in the week, Marcia Wallace complains about her hot flashes, and a contestant shows off the Buddha statue she brought for good luck.

I wanted to watch something at Kanopy, but it went down twice. Moved to YouTube instead for the 1979 Mikhail Barisnicov version of The Nutcracker. He's the Nutcracker Prince here, with wafish Gerry Kirkland as his Clara. This is a pretty traditional version of the story, other than Clara and the Prince replace the Sugar Plum Fairy and her cavalier in their dances. It's also relatively short and features some narration that makes it fairly easy to follow. Might be a nice starter Nutcracker for younger kids and ballet fans who aren't up to sitting through longer versions, if for no other reason than giving them their first look at a ballet legend.