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There’s not a whole lot new around here, but I know if I miss a day of posting some of you begin to worry. Riley’s hanging in there but is exhausted. Most of my time is spent sitting here in the living room, keeping an eye on him and reading or playing around on the computer.

The skies are gray and the air is heavy – we’re so hoping that rain is on the menu for today. We desperately need it around here. I know many of you are experiencing the same hot, dry weather as we are. Here’s to some much needed rain for everyone.

I wish I could be more chatty or more profound but I just can’t muster it today. I hope you have a lovely Sunday, my friends, and thank you for all your support and loving comments. They help more than you can possibly know.

The winner of a copy of Night Watch is Nancy. Nancy, I have no way of reaching you – you didn’t leave an email address. Please email me (you can get the address by clicking Contact under the header) and send me your address so that I can forward it on to TLC Book Tours.

What are you Reading??

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Reading a book = almost the best thing ever.

I’ve been an avid reader since childhood. Nothing seemed as exciting to me as cracking open a new-to-me book from the bookmobile (which stopped at my elementary school parking lot every Thursday.) Or, be still my heart, a pile of Scholastic Books that were ordered just for me through my school. My very own books!

I have a regular feature on my sidebar that shows what I’m currently reading and what I’ve just finished reading, because I think you might like to know about that. I love to hear what others are reading; it tells me a lot about that person and, bonus, I just might find something I haven’t heard about and would love to try for myself.

Reading is always an escape for me, unless it is the kind of reading you have to do for classes and homework which is not an escape. At this moment in my life, I really need an escape, so I grabbed some Daniel Silva thriller/espionage books from my local library. That magazine you see under the book is called Secondhand Treasures – all about collecting and vintage and flea markets – and is one of those special editions that cost too much money. What was I thinking? Escape.

So tell me on this Saturday: What are you reading?

Too Early on a Friday Morning

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5:30 am again?

Even my hyper little Scoutie is still sleeping. She has more sense than me.

I wish I could get, say, five good night’s sleep in a row. I get to sleep just fine. I just wake up too darned early. And then I start worrying about Riley; does he need to go outside, has he made a mess?

And then I start worrying about all sorts of other things. So I get up.

My boy was doing better this week. He was able to get up by himself off and on. You understand that when I say ‘better’ I mean tiny little improvements, don’t you? Yesterday morning, his barking woke us up. He’d made a bit of a mess (not his fault) and was thirsty and had been trying to get up. That struggle to get up seems to exhaust his muscles and for the next day or two, he can barely stay standing.

Right now he’s perched on some beach towels we found for sale at Target. I’ve been having to wash his towels every day, which uses a lot of our well water in this very, very dry stretch of weather, so I figured we could use some reinforcements if only to slow up the amount of washing that needs to be done. $5 each. And we bought all of them.

Oh, this is so hard, my friends. He’s still eating and drinking and occasionally joining in with Scout as she barks. But he struggles. And each time I start to entertain the thought of making the final decision, he perks up a little and I can’t do it.

How do I find a job when he needs me? I won’t make any kind of decision based on that. I could never live with myself. He’s my baby and I need to take care of him until I know it’s time. And then, I’ll help him as he crosses over.

I know so many of you have struggled and are struggling with the same thing.

Happy Friday.

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