Lily helps Edgar get his brother-in-law to propose to his girl.
Lily arranges for Pete to take riding lessons when his fear of horses jeopardizes his chance to earn a whopping commission by selling insurance to a wealthy horse rancher.
Lily presents son-in-law Matt with a set of power tools for his birthday, but then Ruth begins to feel neglected when Matt becomes absorbed in his new hobby.
In her column, Lily tells a young man not to follow in his father's footsteps. Unfortunately, the father is one of the newspaper's biggest advertisers.

Matt and Pete make a day of fishing with Matt coming home with a prize catch. He plans on having it mounted but unfortunately forgets to tell Lily who fixes it for dinner. Lily then tries to make it up to him.