I accidentally went shopping today
Okay, that isn’t really true. It wasn’t accidental. We went to see Rise of the Guardians, which was SO MUCH FUN!!! Love it. Want to see it again. Anyhow, we went to see it, and the Arthur Christmas video trailer…
Lovely Thanksgiving
Had a lovely lovely Thanksgiving day. The food was excellent, the company much better, and generally there was much laughter and gobbling of food. Plus a wonderful walk with the family and dogs. All around, a wonderful day. Today the…
Day of Thanks
On this day, I’m thankful for so many things that I can’t begin to even cover it all. 1. For my husband, who has always been not only supportive of me and my career choices, but my best helper and…
The next few days
Will involve no shopping. Went today to get tires for the truck and some last minute food stuff from the store, and that was pretty much a nightmare. Oh, and did I mention the DMV? Scary. So yeah, tomorrow will…
Here’s a problem
I just got Martha Wells’ the Siren Depths. I want to read it. A lot. I didn’t think it was out for another month. But I feel this deepseated need to reread the first two in the series. I LOVE…
Survived the trip
As it turns out, the alternator in the car we bought wasn’t all that good. We ended up stalling out on the freeway in the Columbia River Gorge. Got towed all the way to Salem (133 miles), and now the…
books and a check in
You guys rock. I had totally forgotten some of the books, and unfortunately, a bunch of them that I have are in boxes right now and have to be dug out of boxes. And you gave me a bunch of…
Book recs anyone?
My son reads quite well. He likes the Rick Riordan books and books of that nature. He also like reality based books. He likes adventure and humor and he has little patience for romance. He’s in sixth grade. The issue…
good news and then evil
First, the good news. You can win a copy of Blood Winter on GoodReads My publisher has given 10 copies for giveaway. Awesome! As for the evil, I got a horrible call today. The kind where a recording from the…
comment on cooking
When I was younger, like early teens, I used to make up ‘recipes’ for cakes and things and bake them in the oven and my family even sometimes ate them. Those things that were edible. I had no idea what…