I'm my momma's little girl !!

   How many of us are blessed to have someone we know and love that has reached the age of 100? Well this blogger has a mother that will be 100 years old in September of this year. Yes, she has a difficult time hearing but somehow when you whisper, she has a way of hearing what you said. That must the mother in her. I think my mother is still as beautiful as she always was, her hair is white but I'm always impressed at how thick it is, no bunny pink scalp for her. My mother tells me I haven't changed a bit, I'm still her little girl. I guess all of us mothers feel like our children are still our babies, doesn't matter how old we are or how old our babies are. Mom is Mom and you had better listen to her.
   I dedicated my first book to my mother. I think she liked it a lot and she reminds me of it everytime I come to visit. My mother instilled a good work ethic in me and so at 72 years old, well next month I will be, I'm determined to write my 3rd novel.  I know they are not great literary works and will never be on the N.Y. Times Best Sellers List, but I get great satisfaction in writing and my family and frends seem to enjoy reading and knowing this very un-famous author.
   I'm working on the 3rd book in my Hat series. Right now I'm calling it,  A Hat to Die For. I have a feeling that title will not stick but it sounds good for now. Some of the same characters and a few new ones show up in Sommer, Washington again.
    Nora McGill and her daughter Ali are shocked when Ali's father, Sean, shows up after a twelve year absense. Where has he been? Why hasn't Ali heard from him in all those years? Why is he back now? Author, Chancy Goodnight is being threatened by some unknown stalker who thinks the main character in her book is based on him. Chancy insists all her characters come from her imagination.  Milo and Lisa are planning their wedding, or not. Of course it has to be a murder mystery! Someone has to get murdered! Who should it be? After the first one I swore I'd never kill off another Red Hat lady. I always have a hard time trying to decide who to kill, and even a harder time trying to decide who does the killing. Any suggestions? I need to get busy and write the story so you will find all the details when the next book comes out. In the mean time, I'm having a nice visit with my dear mother.
Hugs to you all. Spring is here and murder is in the air. haha.

Spring is on it's way!

   I'm watching the Gonzaga Bull Dogs play basketball. Oh, these guys are good! And I really like Harris's new hair-doo. But lately their games have really been boring because they just win by so many points I have to start rooting for the other team. ( Well not really).
   Looking outside I see the snow has melted away and there is nothing but ugly brown grass. Which means the weeds will start sprouting and of course they will be bright green. My dog, Jake, is so happy the snow is gone and the temp is up, he doesn't want to come inside.
   I am definitely missing my grandchildren. They are all so busy with their studies.  Families just seem to scatter these days. But I'm proud of all of them and know they will have wonderful productive lives. Of course, since everyone is so independent I am free to pursue dreams of my own.  I don't suggest that being widowed is a dream of mine but I'm not feeling sorry for myself. My husband George and I had a great life together for almost 44 years. He loved to hear about the exploits of the characters in my books, he encouraged me and gave me valuable information about cars, namely the 1966 Mustang in my first book and a few other man things.
   I'm working on book # 3, so far I'm calling it, A Hat To Die For, but who knows that may change before it's over. My mind is going in a number of different direction on this one. After all it is fiction and the characters seem to want to take it and run away with it.
   Praise God, spring is on it's way!