Good and Busy Friday

Started off my morning with breakfast and the 2018 Muppet Babies. "Kermit and Fozzie's Egg-cellent Adventure" has them working together to find eggs during their Easter hunt. Fonzie wants to rush ahead, but he finally learns that it's best to make a plan first when he keeps tripping himself up and missing the eggs. Animal needs to use the bathroom, but he also doesn't want to miss all the fun of finding Ratlantis. It becomes "Animal and the Little Accident" when he keeps trying to hold it.

Switched to Paramount Plus for PAW Patrol. "Pups Save the Easter Egg Hunt" when Mayor Goodway breaks her arm and can't color the eggs. Even after the Pups fill a basket with them, the basket, Rocky, and Chickaletta are stolen by an eagle who isn't too happy that Alex took her egg to color! The others have to get them down and rescue the basket.

Put on The Easter Promise next while doing chores and making the bed. Addie Mills (Lisa Lucas) and her friends are excited when Broadway star Constance Payne (Jean Simmons) comes home to Clear River, Nebraska for Easter 1947. She claims her father James (Jason Robards) once dated her, but in truth, he thinks she's snooty and eccentric. Addie invites Constance to dinner with her family and to give out prizes at her school's style show. James' constant criticism of her life choices at dinner ends with Constance drinking too much wine and turning up at the style show drunk. 

She makes up for it by agreeing to teach acting to Addie and her friends. That goes well at first, but she's plastered again by the second lesson. Addie is ready to give up, but her grandmother (Mildred Natwick) reminds Addie that we should never abandon a friend who needs help, and spring is the perfect time for new beginnings. 

Other than I wish they'd shot on location again instead of on a soundstage, this is my favorite of the four Addie Mills holiday movies. The style show is especially hilarious. I liked Cora Sue's peach "Hollywood" dress the best, but Addie's rickrack dress was cute, too. I get such a kick out of seeing how Addie and her friends celebrate Easter. They remind me so much of my sisters and I when I was 12. (Mr. Mills would be happy to know we dyed boiled eggs, not blown ones.) Lovely Easter viewing, especially if you have girls Addie's age.

Here's my friend Linda Young's website with more information on the films!

Put on the Bluey "Easter" episode while eating lunch fast and getting ready for work. Bluey and Bingo follow clues to find where the Easter Bunny hid their eggs. When the train runs cold, they think the Bunny forgot them...until they see sequined footprints leading to the desk...

It goes without saying on Good Friday we were busy the entire afternoon. I was hard-pressed to sweep and keep up with the carts. I had no help, either. The head bagger ended up in a register the entire time. The lines were just starting to settle down when I finally finished.

At least the weather wasn't bad. It's much warmer than it has been, in the mid-60's. It's also still windy, and though it was sunny earlier, the clouds moved in around 2 and hung around for the rest of the day. 

Got my schedule before work. In good news, I did get Easter and Thursday off, as requested. I knew the only way I'd get those days - or any days - off next week would be to ask for them. I work the entire rest of the week. Seven people went on vacation, including the head bagger. If people aren't on Easter break, they're using the last of their vacation days before our cycle starts over in May. Rather surprisingly, it's all short morning work straight through, no 8 1/2 hour days. 

Needed to do grocery shopping after work. Restocked yogurt, oranges, soda (they have more new probiotic brands on sale), and granola bars (Kind bars were on sale). Got a gift card for my nephew Khai's birthday tomorrow and tulips for a friend who loves flowers for Easter. Had an online coupon for "cream brulee" sandwich cookies, aka soft sugar cookies stuck together with cream like vanilla Oreo Cakesters.

Put everything away, then took a shower. Had dinner while watching Match Game '77. The audience was even more unruly than usual in these episodes, thanks to a group of high schoolers cheering on everything Richard said. Gene had more trouble with the two contestants ending up in a scoreless tie...at least until the much-traveled English gentleman started to catch on. Joyce Bulifant is more excited that she's giving some pretty good answers for a change as Bob Barker and Eva Gabor look on.

Watched Here Comes Peter Cottontail at Tubi next. I went further into this at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog in 2019. 

Here Comes Peter Cottontail and The Easter Bunny Is Coming to Town

Finished the night at YouTube with more of the Wink Martindale Password Plus tribute. Gene Rayburn kicked off this episode by trying take over Tom Kennedy's hosting job...and realizing that Tom wears his microphone and doesn't carry a wand-like one. Wink does better with the Alphabetics round, getting his lady through at the very last second.