Great new books

I've recently checked out 6 books from the library that I like a lot. I actually have only read 4 of them, I started the fifth last night but I am a little burned out from reading too much. :) (Yay!) But I wanted to share them with everybody. The first two I will mention I absolutely loved, so Julie run, don't walk, to your nearest library and get these books ASAP!!!!!!

1. Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot (I love the title!) by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer (Make sure to read the Notes by the authors at the end)

2. Treasure at the Heart of Tanglewood (for the nature lover in us all) by Meredith Ann Pierce

3. The Counterfeit Princess (The little Sarah in me freaks out whenever I see the word "princess"!) by Jane Resh Thomas

4. The Thief (I liked this one but the ending was a little confusing) by Megan Whalen Turner

5. The Edge on the Sword (I barely started this one but let me just mention the heroine's name: Aethelflaed, imagine the a and e together in the same letter, very Anglo-Saxony!)

6. Far Traveler (This is the sequel to the Edge on the Sword) by Rebecca Tingle

California here I am!

I'm here! Finally! These last 6 months of my life have been rather hectic and stressful. Although real stress would have been doing everything I did plus kids, pets, in-laws, and a large house full of stuff. As it happens, it was only Justin, me, job, and small apartment. Oh and LAW SCHOOL! Justin's graduation was fun but also crazy. It was hard to be with everyone that came and make sure that no one got left out. Justin had to spread his love around to everyone as a bee spreads pollen from flower to flower. Fortunately there weren't any needy crazy flowers, just polite but anxiously waiting flowers and I was tormented by those waiting to congratulate Justin. "Hold on a little longer," I telepathically transmitted to them. We ate a lot that day and that night we went to Joe Morley's for the special graduation dinner. Hmna Milla, Mami, Chiquis and I went to get our hair done at Super Cuts. What a mistake! We ended up being half an hour late to my own husband's party! I was so embarrassed and on the verge of tears the whole time as I went from table to table saying, "I'm sorry I'm late, enjoy the food!" in a strangled sort of voice. Then Justin gave a nice speech where he thanked everyone and talked about his Grandma Vaudis. And therefore under the protection of fond grandmother memories I let all the day's stress out and had a good cry. :) This, folks, was the beginning of a three week cry fest that would amaze even me, with its unexpected choice of times, places, and quantities of liquid. I will continue the tale at another time because I REALLY need to shower and get dressed. But let me leave you with some tantalizing tidbits that I will title . . .

WORK!

CHURCH!

MOVING!

Thank you for all those who keep checking my blog for updates and have been constantly disappointed (Susan and Julie). :) I promise to do better in the future. :)