Nellie's daughter is pretty sure that all her mom does is sit in a chair eating chocolate and watching television all day. Meanwhile Nellie has an itinerary to follow if she wants to get all of her chores and errands done, but one interruption after the other happens to take her off course. Her nosy old neighbor, Edna, who watches the loony Nellie Richardson from behind her curtain each day, gets dragged in to Nellie's wild adventure and is revitalized. Nellie learns at the end of the day that all of the comical detours she has dreaded have taken her to where she was needed most.