Not much to report

 With the beginning of June, we have had un-June-like weather with cooler than usual temperatures. I understand that is all to change later this week but it has been nice up to now. I finally got all the volunteer violets and other weeds pulled from my zinnia bed and have planted the seeds I have saved and transplanted volunteer plants from the driveway to the actual bed. My schedule last fall, with all the string teaching, prevented me from properly taking care of the bed so I am paying for it now. I planted pie pumpkins again across the driveway from the zinnias and they are up but I have not had time to tackle that weeding project....it will have to wait until I am back from our family reunion trip to Arizona.

Our deck re-do is stalled. Steve and I put wood filler in all the screw holes but we have not seen Ken for over a week. He won't answer his texts. I am pretty frustrated with him. 

We invited Ed and Mona, our sometimes next-door neighbors, over for vegetarian pizza on Saturday. We played three rounds of dominoes afterwards. Fun

I made homemade chocolate ice cream Sunday evening and the Southerlands and Beckie came over to enjoy it. I was requested to make raspberry for July. I am so tickled to have an ice cream maker again....

I have added a few strings students from my Mehlville teaching gig who are coming for summer lessons.  But, a few of my regulars are taking off some lessons during the summer so it all evens out.

Mondays with the Afghanistan women during the summer are a series of "field trips" with their children so, the last two Mondays, I have been driving families to and from the zoo. I am not personally going into the zoo but I find things to keep me busy while I wait. The first week, I just went back home. Yesterday, I did some shopping. 

Steve and I both had our yearly physicals last Friday and we both passed with flying colors. Steve has a new doctor whom he met and liked. I saw the nurse practitioner and really liked how thorough she was - way more than my doctor. She believes that my foot neuropathy could be due to the slip in my lower disc.  Interesting...

Here is that photo again. I sure wish I knew how and when that happened. It was probably painful?