Thursday, June 14, 2007

The flair for drama runs deep in my blood. In fact, I’d go so far as to suggest it’s a family trait. Certainly my children and grandchildren inherited it. The reason I mention this is because I had a doctor appointment yesterday afternoon. During my recent tour my knee started acting up again, and I wrenched my shoulder carting my lap – top computer on and off airplanes.
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Wednesday, June 13, 2007

I’ve made a momentous decision – I’m cleaning out my closet. It’s stuffed to the gills, and there’s no room to unpack what I brought home from Florida, not to mention the treasures I picked up along the way during the tour. My daughter, Jenny, is responsible for this life-changing decision. She was over with the grandkids, and I was showing her my new shoes, when she started lecturing me about how disorganized my closet is.
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Monday, June 11, 2007

The tour is finished. I arrived back in Port Orchard on Sunday afternoon and was instantly immersed in real life. No one was there to cart my luggage or take my order for dinner. In fact, as soon as I unpacked my suitcase I was off to the grocery store.
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Friday, June 8, 2007

Last night’s Sacramento Bee Book Club signing was fabulous. It has held at the Arden Fair Mall, right in front of the Nordstrom store that just happened to be having a sale! My feet wanted to make a bee line for the sale tables, but I had to stay on course. Almost 400 people came, and I signed for more than three hours. Thank you to everyone who came. I had a great time!

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Thursday, June 7, 2007

I flew from Charlotte to Sacramento and met with friends Larry and Penny Raven, who drove from Fresno to have lunch with me. We went to Old Sacramento and ate on the waterfront. Larry and Penny picked me up in their new Rolls Royce, which comes complete with a refrigerator and picnic trays in the backseat! We toured a candy store that sells several hundred kinds of salt water taffy. I swear, every piece I bought is for Wayne! (I’m discarding the used wrappers.) Read more

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

I’m in Charlotte, North Carolina, a beautiful city of Southern charm. I arrived on Sunday with almost an entire day free, so I boosted the local economy with an excursion to the shopping mall and a movie. In case you’re curious, I saw "Knocked Up," a great movie, except for the language.
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007

It was so good to see Wayne, who met up with me in New Orleans for a little R&R over Memorial Day weekend. We had breakfast at Brennan’s, which is a New Orleans tradition. My breakfast consisted of turtle soup, fried oysters and Bananas Foster, a Brennan creation! I’ve never eaten better oysters in my life. The meal was so fabulous I was inspired to send a message back to the chef. He thanked me for the offer but assured me he was already married.
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