May 21, 2019 SHOUT IT OUT LOUD

Just want to send a little shout out to The Queen--AKA--my lovely daughter. She's spent the last year working FULL time AND going to school FULL time. Did I mention that she also has a  little "Uber" job-- a babysitting job--and a BOATLOAD  OF HOMEWORK every weekend. YIKES. She's been out of her mind CRAZY for the last year but I'm sure she'd say it's worth it as she's graduating this Thursday with a Master's Degree in Moderate Disabilities--with a 4.0 GPA. So proud of her. Five years of school is finally over--time to start ADULTING--her word not mine! Now comes the scary part--applying--interviewing--securing-- a job.  I keep telling her it will all work out. Any school system would be lucky to have her.  She's smart--funny--kind--and a VERY  hard working, dependable teacher. A natural. Kudos kiddo--the rest is just icing on the cake. Congrats.
Mrs Creasy, one of the characters in Joanna Cannon's International bestselling novel The Trouble with Goats and Sheep isn't so fortunate.  Set in England in 1976, the story centers on the sudden disappearance of Mrs. Creasy. Some people blame it on the heat, but Grace and Tilly, two 10 year old girls, disagree. The girls decide to spend their summer solving the mystery. In order to find clues, the girls go door to door to interview their very quirky neighbors.  As the story continues, the girls come to realize that Mrs. Creasy's disappearance might be connected to a mysterious fire in the neighborhood ten years earlier. They also believe that their neighbors know a lot more about Mrs. Creasy's disappearance than they are willing to admit.  Could Mrs. Creasy have stumbled upon some incrimination information? How is Walter Bishop, their  eccentric oddball neighbor, involved? Who are the goats and who are the sheep--literally--in the story? And does God live in their neighborhood?  Find out the answers to these and many other questions when you read this lovely, beautifully written novel for yourself. It's about 350 pages or a 4 mile run that will keep you guessing until the end.