nt to a flower sale that was donating a portion of proceeds to our high school's marching band. I always wait til after Memorial Day to start buying flowers, so this was it! I got five hanging baskets and some of the lil ones (flats?). Then I even go the lil ones planted in two planters I keep on the back deck. I still have room for four more hanging baskets (three in the front garden, and one outside my kitchen window at the back), and I think I'll get at least one big ole planter for the front porch.
What I'm reading this week:
I just started The Ashtrays are Full and the Glasses are Empty by Kristen Mickelwait on my kindle last night. So far, so good. It's based starting in the 1920s or so in the U.S. - a favorite setting for me. In print, I started a book I picked at a previous Battle of the Books as a prize - The Z Word by Lindsay King-Miller. It's almost like a zomedy (zombie/comedy) in writing (okay, maybe a little more gore than a typical zomedy). It's going pretty quick for me.
Three Good Things:
- I ordered the organizational layout of my son's closet! My budget isn't thrilled, but we are! LOL We're working with Closets by Design. The woman who came out was so nice and really helped us zone in on what we wanted to do. Delivery/installation is in a couple weeks.
- Graduation is this week! We are so proud of our daughter, and since she and I enjoy spending time together, I'm familiar with a lot of other seniors as well. I am a little amused that our favorite school board member said she's going to try to be the one who gives Maggie her diploma. We'll see, but regardless of that, high school is about done for this one, and college is coming up fast on the horizon. I have one year of not having a kid in the high school, then we start our son's four years there in the fall of 2026.
- My volunteer term with our local theatre boosters is done (for now). I'd looked at joining one of the women's groups who awarded our daughter with a scholarship, but all the pictures - even on their international site - are of old white women. Which I am, but I don't want to end up in a room full of... well, people I don't want to be in a room full of. While some say it's 'just politics,' I feel we have a fundamental disconnect about human rights. I'll keep checking around to find out more about this group and others. Anyone have a women's group (non-religious) that they would recommend?
Three Goals for this week/month/whatever:
- Does it help that I've been having vivid daydreams about how I want my home office to look? Display some of my LEGO, a comfy chair with good light to do counted cross-stitch or read in peace, a little secretary or desk where I can write, in addition to my computer spot, of course.... I have a few days off coming up where I don't have stuff booked all day. We'll see what can happen.
- I want to start doing my Five Minutes Before Bed journaling again. It's an old goal thing I used to do when I was successful in direct sales. I can't find a good description online anymore, but it was from a group with Dana Wilde.
- Prep our son's closet for the reorganization/install! We need to get everything out of there, uninstall the rods/shelves that are already there, and re-paint. We didn't order backs on our organizational units, so we can pick a great color to show through.
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Some real summer weather (not too hot) would indeed be welcome in SE MI.
Hope you find a good group of diverse members. My book group was disapointing as they didn't really want any new members, being so used to just each other for years and years in the same meetings, and liking only each other's comments, etc. I hope the new librarian was able to open up the group to younger people too.
Good luck with the closet organization and have fun at graduation. Sounds like a great week ahead.
Congratulations to your daughter! My brother-in-law was on school board when both my sons graduated, and it was fun to have him hand them their diplomas.
I hope you can get back to Five Minutes Before Bed journaling. It sounds intriguing.
The new closet organization is exciting! I was 5 years older than my brother and graduated mid year (December) when he was in 7th grade. The Democrats have started a new social group with speakers at a local bar (where we can even bring our dogs) once a month on Monday. It's a diverse group and I'm enjoying it so far. I guess they are doing this in several towns> I got to meet 2 existing town council members and another guy who is running. There were also other elected officials I knew from when I did poll greeting and canvassing this past year. They also have done some things like a food drive or other service type projects around the get togethers.
Anne - Books of My Heart This is my Sunday Post
Enjoy graduation with your daughter!
Have a great week!
I love the feeling of getting everything organized! It sounds like you had a great weekend!
Congrats to your new graduate!
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