Another Gerritsen

The latest Tess Gerritsen was a definitely page turner. I had the day off and "me and the sofa" had a wonderful day of reading her very fine book. Once again Rizzoli and Isles are at it. Isles has disappeared and thought dead. Rizzoli isn't so certain so goes looking for her along with Rizzoli's FBI husband. Throw in a cult and the desolation of Wyoming and you got yourself a good read.

Off today and enjoying it with my foot up and resting after a long week and physical abuse of the ankle. Back to the grind tomorrow and then off again Monday.

Hoppalong

Still hopping along with my cast. Another 3 weeks or so and I should be good as new.

Finished "Body Double" by Tess Gerritsen. This was one of her Rissoli and Isles novels. Apparently they are making a new tv series based on these characters. Rissoli is a cop and Isles is a medical examiner. Isles comes home from a vacation in Paris to discover her street filled with cops. A murder was committed right in front of her house. The victim was a shock and leads to a rather fast good read. I've got Gerritsen's latest book ready to read.

Happy Birthday to me

Had a wonderful birthday celebration with my kids, yesterday! Always good when family gets together and we can catch up.

I finished "The Whisperers" by John Connally late last night. I always enjoy his novels and this was no exception. Once again his character Charlie Parker joins with his backup team of Louie and Angel to solve the mystery of why so many veterans are taking their lives in the small Maine town. Thriller thrown into mystery novel. Suicide, smuggling and suspense all wrapped up in one good read.

Spending the day with my feet up and in my pj's. Hubby will throw out a few suggestions which I will probably pooh pooh and well settle in for a quiet day off.

Back to the hospital

I finally get a day off and had to spend it having an endoscopy done. I'm really fed up with having to do these health things. Still have the female things to go but I've racked up the stress test, colonoscopy, endoscopy and the surprise broken ankle so far in the last couple months. I knew I had a polyup in my stomach. I named him Ernie. Apparently Ernie grew and was twice the size he was 3 years ago so the doctor took him out. He'll be byopsied and I'll find out next week what the results are. He also found an ulcer. WOW! That was a surprise. He biopsied that, too.

I did finish my latest book. Tana French wrote another excellent novel. "Faithful Place" was very well written and kept my interest throughout. Based in Ireland, the main character is a cop who left his family 22 years before and didn't look back. He had the "Angela's Ashes" kind of existance and was glad to be done with it. The events of the story took him back to his neighborhood and back into the unwelcoming arms of his family. What he discovered was an even greater reason to walk away from the "family."

Fall down; go boom

I fell in the driveway again! It's my way of doing bone density tests. Unfortunately, this time I failed the test. Knowing that I was going down, I did a little jig to try to correct for it and my ankle rolled and I felt the snap. My hubby had just gone in the house and there I sat. I knew better than to try to move and I was certain it was broken. Just sit patiently and eventually he will realize I'm taking a long time to come back in out of the 100+ degree heat. Just praying he didn't go in and sit down and fall asleep which he does quickly. I sat there for at least 20 minutes and then I heard the door open and out he came. I yelled to him to bring the car so he backed it up and I butt walked off the driveway so I could be in line with the passenger door. Off to the ER! Xray confirmed that I had a nice clean break at the ankle but they needed to hear from the bone guy and that took a while. Finally they said I had to rush to the bone guy's office to get a cast so I was loaded back in the car and off we went. Hubby brought crutches but without a cast I couldn't use them to well. Putting my foot down at all would have been a bad thing. A wheel chair was found and I was put in a room where a nurse put my cast on. Doctor showed up to confirm it was broken and inspect her job. No work until after he sees and re-xrays me again on Monday. Keep the foot elevated for 72 hours. Put ice on it........ok, that's just plain stupid when there's a cast that prevents the cold from getting to the swelling. Hubby was with me for two days and then had to go to work. I've been alone now for two days and it's difficult getting up and down and trying to get a drink or food. It's lonely! Kids are busy with their lives so here I sit. Oh well!

Read Sharyn McCrumb's "The Devil Amongst The Lawyers." I wasn't too crazy about it. Murder took place in 1935 and daughter of the victim was arrested for it. Newspaper reporters flocked to Virginia to cover the trial but wanted nothing more than to make the locals look like hillybillies and the defendant look like the innocent damsel. The characters' stories kept getting in the way of the main story line and it got rather confusing.

Another book

Finished James Patterson's latest in one day. "Private" has a new character and a good story line. Definitely a good read and a quick one. Jack Morgan is the owner of a successful corporation called Private. It's a private investigative group with the highest tech capabilities. They've been contracted by the city to find a serial killer. The police haven't been successful but with the help of Jack and his crew they are successful. I see a new series for Patterson and his co-author.

Another day in the neighborhood

I'm going to stop advertising the books I read on Amazon. I'm running in negative numbers now and owe them. Not a good thing. I will continue for a while in just writing about the books I read but that will probably end soon from lack of interest. I read another Catherine Coulter. The latest is "Whiplash" and it was better than the last but I'm still bummed out by the fact that she's made the main character a physic. Oh, please! Also, the FBI is not going to let a married couple work together and one of them be the other's boss. Come on Catherine........be more realistic in your writing.

Ordered my new iphone 4g again today. My first mistake was going to Best Buy and placing the order in the first place. I pre-ordered with them on the first day and was told I could get it on the 24th. Had an appointment time and everything but then the phone rang and they had over ordered and I lost. Had to wait another week! Well that week has come and gone and I finally called and told them I wanted a reimbursement of all my gift cards so I could purchase elsewhere. They agreed to do it on a credit card so that's what we did last night. Today I spent half my day off on the phone and internet trying to get it ordered through AT&T. Sometime in the next two weeks I hope to have my birthday gift from my hubby. Geez! What a pain!

Managed to get two days off this weekend which is unheard of in retail. Especially a holiday weekend. No plans but a nap is in my future. Was watching Wimbledon tennis but am bummed about Federer losing and Nadal headed to the finals. Crap! Hate him! Guess I should hit the store and get something to make it holidayish as far as food is concerned. Don't even have propane and the mice are nesting in our grill.