cheerful me!

Feeling inexplicably cheerful this morning. Emily and I are (I hope) going to go see The Manchurian Candidate this afternoon, while Ted and my Dad go try a second time to catch some fish. Yesterday they failed entirely. They believe the salmon can see the black nets they were using for dipnetting, so they’re going to get some clear nets and see if that helps. Apparently people all around them were using clear nets and pulling in the fish, and as Ted said, at this point, they’ve spent too much money to not try again. :) So hopefully they’ll catch some salmon this time! Mmmm, salmon chowder. Mmmmm.

Jai gave me a bunch of very useful notes about my Bombshell proposal, so I’m going to work on it a bit more and write another one or two chapters before sending it off. It’d be nice to have that all done by Monday, which means I have to actually write this weekend. *horrified look*

There are these people around the corner who have *zillions* of BIG HUGE raspberry bushes growing in their yards, with BIG HUGE berries on them. The bushes, not the yards. I knocked on their doors last night to ask if I could pick the berries if they weren’t going to, but nobody was home. I’ll have to try again this evening, because they’re just too tempting to pass up, but it seems rude to just start picking off somebody’s property.

However, if that fails, and even if it doesn’t, one of the mailing lists I’m on had someone just post and say, “Help! We have too many raspberries! Anybody want to come pick some?” So I’ll go do that Saturday morning one way or another. Mmm, raspberries!

Mmm, the bread I’m baking smells gooooood. Mmmm.

Lots of mmmm this morning. :)

miles to Lothlorien: 143.5