As the dog days of summer wind down, the Howard sisters end up trying their hands at many new things. After a minor auto accident, Louise, accustomed to coaxing beautiful music from the piano and organ, learns to check tire gauges, dipsticks and battery cables. Alice gets roped into helping Aunt Ethel on a new project, and employs hammers, saws and nails to try to keep up with her feisty aunt, and Jane has been commissioned to cater a very special dinner. The finicky hostess makes planning a menu a challenge, but learning to minister to ta special group of guests may just be the trickiest task of all.