What's Up Wednesday

This week...

My current WIP (work in progress): No progress this week. We have relatives from out of town visiting so revisions have taken a backseat while family is visiting.

Quote of the week: "Wake up with determination. Go to bed with satisfaction." ~ Unknown

What I'm reading: The Buried by Shelley Coriell. I've only just started this book - I'm on page 34 out 364. Even though I'm barely into the book, I'm already enjoying it and want to read it constantly. If you like romantic suspense novels, check out Ms. Coriell.

Random things:  The rose bush I bought for my mom on Mother's Day doesn't seem to be doing well. We transplanted it into the garden, but it hasn't had any blossoms other than those that were there when I bought it. Also the leaves around the bottom of the bush are turning yellow and brown. I'm going to have to do some internet searching to see if I can find out if there's anything I can do to keep it healthy.

Random Photo of the Week:

                            Dash has adopted a stuffed lamb as his new litter mate.

This I know for sure...

Buying a rose bush to replace the one that's been slowly dying over the last two years sounded better in theory than in practice.

Actually let me rephrase that -- the buying wasn't an issue at all. Planting said rose bush was another story. We hadn't had any rain for a couple of weeks so I figured the ground would be too hard for me to dig up the old bush so I waited until it rained thinking the ground would be softer.

The day after it rained, I had the day off so figured it would be the perfect day to tackle the project. I was wrong. The rain the night before didn't make the slightest bit of difference. I could barely get the garden spade a few inches into the hard packed dirt even after trying to use my foot with my weight on it to get the spade to go deeper.

After 45 minutes of fighting with the ground and getting only a shallow hole dug, I gave up and took the wimpy option of getting the new rose bush planted. I called my nephew and asked him when he had time if he could stop by and put in the rose bush for me.

Thirty minutes after he arrived, the new rose bush was planted in its new home with the old one still nestled nearby. (Nephew convinced me to leave the old one in. He cut it back so we'll see if it survives.)