Highlights

You know, once you get this far behind it's practically impossible to catch up in any detail.

So. A few highlights:


*Celtic festival in the mountains-lots of neat music and people and scenery



*3 trips to Mom and Dad's house--much fishing and ball playing with the niece and nephews. Also, the rediscovery of old but still functional lapidary equipment from my childhood "workshop". Cool.



*Spending a weekend "babysitting" Austin and getting him to his game while Mel and Troy were in Miami. We had a great time. He's so helpful and easy going. And hilarious in the way that only teenage boys can be--sarcastic and clever and silly.


*I did 2 sport team sessions and a glamour shoot. My friend T was finally able to come and spend the night with me and be my hair and makeup artist for the glam session. It was great to spend time with her and the session went wonderfully (as you can see below!)!


* I acquired a fish. A beta, with the tank and heater and filter and everything(thanks Aunt D!). At Q's behest, he is named "American". According to Q, the fish's red, white and blue colors indicate that this would be the perfect name. :0)


*I acquired a puppy. Yeh, you heard right. I named her Hilda and am terribly attached to her, though I've only had her for a week. She wandered into my yard, all scared and skinny and adorably cute--obviously just dropped off by some inhumane person. Everyone thinks I should get rid of her and I have made a number of inquiries for a "good home" for her, but without success, thus far. I still have some feelers out.
Surprisingly,Elvis is starting to like her. Not sure what to do here. Do you go with your heart or your head? Hmm.



Well that's the general outline of occurrences since I last blogged. I'll try not to let myself get so far behind again! I have an insanely busy week ahead of me, so I'm going to try to get some shut-eye.
Happy Mother's Day to the Moms reading this, and most especially to my own Mom!