Friday

I'm up bright and early this morning for some reason. It's been happening a lot lately. I wake up at 4:30 or 5ish and just want to get up. Strange. I think my days of "sleeping in" until 9 may be behind me. Or maybe it's just the summer. Brighter in the morning + birds singing = good morning!

In other news, well, the mouse is still AWOL. But my cosmos seedlings are sprouting and my hydrangea now has four clusters of blooms. A girl's gotta count her blessings, right?

This week I played tennis one night with my coworker Laura, but our other planned night got *shock & surprise* rained out. I am happy for these evening thunderstorms. First of all, they're just cool looking - all rumbling and rolling and dark. Second, they are Mother Nature's way of watering my garden beds. Thank you for giving me the night off, Mother Nature. Tonight it is supposed to rain again and I have to run errands and make banana muffins in preparation for heading to my parents' house this weekend for a little Father's Day celebrating.

I'm ruminating right now on an eBay bid in the next few days. The 1930s restaurant ware I collect is really hard to find, but there are some pieces coming up for bid. I already have some of the little bowls being offered, but I guess I can just use more in order to get the cutest little condiment pot ever! Now I need to find the perfect little spoon...