It’s been a week. A week with no sugar.* I’m feeling really awesome. Mostly psychologically awesome, since I have come so far on my goal. But also physically awesome, because I love how my self feels without sugar. And did you know that homemade hummus (with pita chips, with pretzels, with any kind of crunchy...
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Monthly Archives: March 2010There are times (okay, all the time) when I just make up a word to fit a situation. But in general, I never, ever want to hear that word used again, because under the kind of stress that causes me to invent words, I am rarely clever. But this week, I came up with one... Sometimes people ask impossible questions. Such as, if you could only be one kind, which kind of writer would you be: the kind who writes really “great” (I think that means Literary), critically acclaimed books, or the kind that makes grundles of money? Are we just maybe asking the wrong question? Because who would be... Hey, kids – a new interview appears today here, at Bloggin ‘Bout Books. And not only am I charming in the interview (you never doubted, did you?), she’s giving away a FREE BOOK! I know. Just what we need for a Monday morning. So run over and check it out, enter to win a book... Another sweet review ran in Teens Read Too this week. (Click here to see it.) These girls are awesome, reading and reviewing tons of books. Keep your eyes open, because I’ve just finished a Terribly Charming interview with them. (I know. You can hardly wait.) In other news, the seven inches of new snow this... 1. I am fine. 2. Misspelling “meringue” gets me “merengue” – which is that dance Barry Manilow mentions in “Copa Cabana.” (she could Merengue, and do the cha-cha… yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there – don’t even pretend you don’t love that song.) 3. I have unearthed a 45K... Sometimes things just pile up. We’re still on the Stupid Illness rollercoaster around here (Kid 1 might be embarrassed if I told you she passed out in school yesterday, so I just won’t tell you). And my shoulders are slumping under a whole lot of outside influence. Some of it out of my control. Other... |