Fifty Years of Angels

Began the morning with breakfast and Little Bear. While his parents and friends nap on the shore, "Little Bear's Mermaid" swims with him. The others don't believe she exists, but Little Bear knows better. "Father's Flying Flapjacks" will be a surprise for Mother Bear. Little Bear wants to help, if he can catch those flapjacks before Mother Bear sees them! Father Bear tells his son that his "Maracas" from Mexico are his favorite treasures. Little Bear's friends somehow turn them into pirate treasures and are convinced Father Bear defeated a pirate.

Hurried out the door after Little Bear ended. It's supposed to be nice for the rest of the week, so I took the bike. I'm still getting used to riding it again. I was one minute late. 

That was the worst thing that happened all day. In fact, the Acme was quiet almost the entire morning. It didn't pick up until I was just about ready to leave. They even pulled a college boy from stocking to help me later. I had no major problems, and I was in and out.

It was such a nice day, I took the long way home down Nicholson Road. Though it was chilly, in the mid-50's, it was also sunny and relatively warm when you could get out of the wind. It's really spring here now. Flowers and tiny yellow green leaves are sprouting on the trees. Gardens are carpeted with rainbows of tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths. There was only mild traffic near the Wal Mart entrance to Audubon Crossings. Otherwise, it was pretty quiet everywhere.

Had lunch when I got home while watching Paw Patrol. "Pups and the Beanstalk" is Rubble dreaming that Alex is a giant who comes down a huge beanstalk and wrecks havoc on Adventure Bay! The Paw Patrol has to figure out what will get him back up the beanstalk. "Pups Save the Turbots" introduces Cap'n Turbot's French cousin Francois. Skye thinks he's so sophisticated, but he's not much help when his cousin first falls off his boat while trying to take photographs of the elusive Blue-Footed Booby, then needs to take that photo.

Spent the next few hours vacuuming and dusting the rooms. Listened to the soundtrack from Sing 2 while I worked. There's some sensational covers here, including the chorus versions of "Let's Go Crazy" and "Where the Streets Have No Name." Some of the songs that were covers in the film have their original versions here, notably "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and "Could Have Been Me." Other good numbers include Scarlet Johanssen's "Heads Will Roll," Taron Egerton and Tori Kelly enjoying their duet on "There's Nothing Holding Me Back," and Johanssen and Bono's lovely "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For." (Look for the cast singing "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" as a bonus track.)

After the record ended and I wiped the windows and electronics, I went down for a long nap. Fell asleep at 4:30 and didn't get up until almost 7! I've been so tired the last few weeks. I've had a lot going on, from the bad knee to the bad tooth to my trying to get a loan. I'm really wiped out. This week's schedule doesn't help, either. I'll likely be working five days in a row, Saturday 8 1/2 hours.

Watched Match Game '90 when I rolled out of bed. Dolly Martin returned to the show in the first episode, joined by Charles, Fred Travelena, Pam Stone, Sally Struthers, and an overly energetic and noisy Richard Simmmons. Phyllis Diller turned up for the first time in the next episode and happily flirted with Ronn Lucas and Scorch.

Finished the night with the pilot movie for Charlie's Angels in honor of their 50th anniversary this year. The "Angels" are three beautiful private detectives, tough blonde Jill (Farrah Fawcett), sensible Sabrina (Kate Jackson), and sensual Kelly (Jaclyn Smith) who work for wealthy Charlie (voice of John Forsythe), a man they've never met. Their current assignment is to prove that a vineyard owner was murdered by his second wife (Diana Muldur) and his foreman (Bo Hopkins). His daughter is supposed to inherit the estate, but vanished years before. Kelly first poses as her, then infiltrates the gang to find out what they have in mind. Sabrina takes over posing as the daughter, while Jill plays her secretary and a moonshiner's daughter who agrees to sell the seemingly worthless swampland where the millionaire may have met his demise. Look for a very young Tommy Lee Jones as a family friend who catches on that there's more than meets the eye to these ladies.