Life: It Goes On - April 26

Happy Sunday! It's a cool, grey day here in Omaha, with rain in the forecast. But that's not going to stop me from getting outside and starting to plant all of the things I've picked up this week. When I tell you that I loaded up a big cart at the nursery yesterday without paying any attention to what I was spending, I want you to understand that I may need to take on a part-time job over the summer to make up for it! But the minute I started putting tomatoes and herbs onto my cart, my mood lifted. Then I headed in to start getting the pretties and I spent an hour pulling together a color scheme. I can't wait to see it all come together and then to be able to read on the patio surrounded by beautiful plants. 

Somewhere in there, I need to crank out some book reviews. I am so far behind and finishing two books almost every week. Think the next few weeks' reviews will be not much more than bullet points, but I want to get them written before I forget my feelings about the books. 

Last Week I: 

Listened To: I finished Jess Walter's So Far Gone and started Allen Levi's Theo of Golden. 

Watched: College baseball, softball and spring volleyball. Also, we've been watching Masterpiece PBS's The Count of Monte Cristo, starring Sam Claflin. It's so good and has me wondering if I should devote my summer reading to finally tackling that beast of a book. Have you ever read it? 

Read: Elyse Myer's That's A Great Question, I'd Love to Tell You and I started Amanda Peters' The Berry Pickers. 

Made: Not a whole lot this week. Between leftovers we ate on Monday, dinner out, and catch-as-catch-can meals worked around events, it wasn't a week for cooking. 

Enjoyed: Lunch with friends last Sunday afternoon, getting my hair done Wednesday, and the quarterly siblings dinner with the Big Guy's family on Friday night. 

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This Week I’m:  

Planning: On lots of planting. 

Thinking About: Politics. 

Feeling: Lighter. The astrology folks tell me that Scorpios are coming out of seven rough years and this weekend is the turning point. I've never been a believer but I know that past seven years have been extremely difficult. So if life starts to really pick up now, I'm going to have to rethink that position. 

Looking forward to: Getting my hands in the dirt. Can you tell I'm a bit obsessed with this gardening business? 

Question of the week: I finished that latest season of Bridgerton the other night and need something to watch on the evenings when BG is out. For some reason, I tend to watch lighter stuff on those nights, things I would never pick up in book form. Got any recommendations?