Just in time for summer! I have books I want to read this Summer, and I just received another book to add to my list. I decided to bring Café Book back to life, and keep that as the place to review my summer reads, as well as many others. You can read more about what I'll be reading there.

Only 8 days left for until we leave for vacation, and I still haven't packed. I have much to do these upcoming days, and I particularly don't want to leave before spending a day with my friend Deb and the girls. June has just begun and somehow I feel the month is already gone. We spent a fantastic day together on the 18th, took the kids out for some ice cream, and stopped at the bookstore to grab a few good reads. Her reading choices were fantastic. I had already ordered several books via Amazon.com, so I only purchased one. Yes, only one... what a miracle. ;)

Kids are now home for the Summer, and boy is that a change of pace! My son graduated from 5th grade, and celebrated by going to a roller skating rink. He had so much fun! He enjoyed it so much we went again this past Saturday. Did I skate? No, I was paralysed by fear. Fear of falling and breaking my tailbone again. However, I am going to do it again. I'll be brave and face my fears, and have fun with my kids. We're making rollerskating a weekly event. We get there every Saturday morning at 8:30 AM and leave at 10 AM or Noon, depending on how tired or hungry we get.

My daugher passed first grade with flying colors, too, and she's excited to begin second grade already. She had quite a nice party in her classroom, yet broke down in tears after saying goodbye to everyone. It was so sad to see her cry like that, I even got teary-eyed. She won't be seeing many of them next year due to kids being rezoned to a new school. It was a tough year for my baby girl, falling in love (yes, you read that correctly) and having her first love move out of state mid-semester. But she made it, she's OK, and even though she thinks about this boy every single day, she's learning to be cheerful when she thinks about him. This boy and my girl... they were two of a kind.

What else is new? My son and I stopped at BJ's for a model car I promised him, asked to speak with the manager regarding to shrivel-and-dried-up Bonsai trees I'd seen at the end of an isle, told him I wanted to try and save them, but I wouldn't purchase them full price in the state they were in. He agreed to my price, and my bewildered son couldn't believe it! So out we walked with two barely alive Bonsai trees. My son thought for sure I'd wasted money he could have spent purchasing another car. He doesn't think that way anymore. Took me a week to sit down, water them, look at them, let them speak to me... couldn't hear a thing. Then I took household scissors (cringe) to both the trees (I know, but I was working with the tools at hand; I'll have shears for them soon). I have saved 2 bonsai from certain death. Look:

Well, that's about it for a two week recap. Unless you want to read about my laundry, dishwashing, sweeping, moping, dusting, helped a couple learn to listen to each other, some knitting, lots or reading, some more laundry...