Dianna’s shower Friday went beautifully. A houseful of women laughed, ate, laughed some more, watched Dianna open presents she loved (she got the coolest bathtub I’ve ever seen!) and laughed some more. I don’t know which I laughed at harder – Leia’s description of nursemaid’s elbow and how to fix it yourself or Kaye’s tales of Boss the rooster. If only I’d had the foresight to tape them both!
We essentially celebrated Mother’s Day all weekend since I got beautiful pearl earrings from Aaron and Catherine early and wore them to the shower Friday (this having a daughter thing has even more perks than I expected!) and Michael and John couldn’t wait to give me flowers and the new Stephen King book, The Wind Through the Keyhole: A Dark Tower Novel
As many of you know, I’ve been on the hunt for summer reading for John, and have gotten some great suggestions. I decided before I went shopping, though, I’d read one of his latest favorites and see exactly what he likes in a book. I read the first book in the Leviathan trilogy by Scott Westerfeld (Leviathan
My pallet beds are growing like crazy. Here are pictures of the first two:
I didn’t plant many annuals this year, and the ones I did plant were all different colors of million bells. I couldn’t find my favorite, tequila sunrise, but this is dreamsicle, which comes pretty close.
Anyone know what this is? To me it’s the one true sign that school’s almost out. Ripe mulberries. My grandmother had a big mulberry tree and I’d go eat my fill from the lower branches when they got ripe, knowing school would be out in just a few days 
I’ve been totally slacking off on my writing, mainly because I’ve had a bad attitude and didn’t want that to come across in my WIP. But Wednesday night I had a dream that I was having brunch at Cracker Barrel with Stephen King. If that isn’t a sign from God that I should be writing I just don’t know what is. Steve had biscuits and gravy, by the way.
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Ok, I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Dresden files. I’ve read ‘em all. Also, I had no idea one should maintain a good attitude while writing. Clearly, I’m doing it wrong. But Stephen King and I are both glad you’re back at it!
Wow, your pallet garden and your flowers look great! I can’t even think about putting anything into the ground for another 2 weeks : (
Glad to see you had such a great week! I haven’t read any of the Dark Tower novels, but it sounds like something I need to check out. My own reading and writing have totally fallen by the wayside too…
So mulberries are the harbingers of summer vacation? I never knew. Save some for me!
Evan