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channeling James Brown: I FEEL GOOD!

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Okay, so Monday’s post was a bit of a downer, and if y’all know me (and I think you do) you know that I don’t like to dwell on the negative. Because really? Dwelling on the ugly doesn’t make it any less ugly, does it? Nope. But dwelling in uglyville can certainly start making me feel all yucky on my inside parts and that is the last thing I want.

So last night I walked with @JennChristman for over an hour. We haven’t gotten to do that in a while and it was so nice to get back into our walking groove. We had lots to talk about because the ‘bridge people’ were out in droves. (We saw a guy with BACK CRACK!! OMG. Who has BACK CRACK?) And a major Cammo-DON’T. Or Cammo-No. Or just CamNo. Not sure…you pick. But this skinny chick was wearing two differen’t patterns of cammo…the pants looked like PJ pants. It was wrong on sooooo many levels.

While we were walking, I totally got caught checking a cyclist out. Completely busted. But then, I guess he got busted too, so that makes us even. Jenn and I were walking and this cute biker was coming toward us. I smiled, he smiled, I thought “Hmmmm. Cute.” and then I waited a few seconds and turned to check out his backside…and apparently he was turning to check out mine at the same time. DOH! total movie moment and funny as hell. Never saw him again, so it wasn’t serendipity…but it was awesome.

I slept hard last night after finally catching up on Project Runway! (can I just say YAY ALTHEA AND CAROL HANNAH!?) And this morning, I decided to wear my favorite necklace. Good things always happen when I wear this necklace. I don’t know if it’s because I always feel great when I wear it or what…but I love it.


It makes me happy.

Another thing that makes me happy? Atomic Fireballs, Jelly Bellies, and Lemonheads.

OH and Key Lime Pie. Though it is a little out of season for the actual pie here in Arkansas. But when I taste Key Lime Pie I always think of the beach and that ALWAYS makes me happy. (So does the Kenny Chesney song.)

Speaking of songs that make me happy:

Tell me what gets you in a good mood when you’ve had a crappy week?

thank you!

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I have the most generous friends in the world. Thank you so much for helping me to exceed my donation goal of $150! You guys rock.

If you still want to donate, it’s not too late. Check out My Personal Page. Maybe I’ll be the #1 fundraiser for my team 🙂 I hear there’s a prize. I love prizes…

I’ll be walking next Saturday to Save the Tatas and I’ll be sure to post lots of pics. Hey Dauphne, are we still decorating a port-o-potty?

football, friends, fun and NATURE!

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Despite the fact that the Razorbacks lost, it was a good weekend.

First of all, the Hogs have a passing game. This is welcome news to all of Arkansas, as we haven’t seen our little piggies throw and catch the ball in years. Actually probably a decade. We could’ve won the game (we should’ve won the game) but we had a player get ejected and the coach got an additional penalty and then the team kinda fell apart after that.

Plus, even though we have an offense; the defense (for either team) was pretty much non-existent. Maybe they should work on that some this week. Just a suggestion.

I saw my friend Debra Parmley who did a book signing at Words Worth books not far from my house. Debra lives a couple of hours away from me, so it was nice to be able to pop over for a quick visit:And then I had Robyn’s bday party to go to. There was dancing, and dancing, and dancing! OH MY! Sunday I walked with @jennchristman and it turned into a nature hike. We saw several deer, a couple of heron, a turtle convention (seriously, I’ve never seen that many turtles on one log before in my life), an alien egg (wish I had gotten a pic of it. When the pod people take over, don’t say I didn’t warn ya) and a tee-tiny little green snake. It was a naturiffic!

Did you have a good weekend? Do anything fun?

happy birthday and WOO PIG SOOIE!

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It’s Robyn’s Birthday! Welcome to the 40 is fantastic club! See you tonight!! (This picture was taken after my launch party was over back in August. Robyn was the hostess with the mostest!)

Also, after a week off, my little piggies are playing the Georgia Bullfrogsdogs tonight.

Go Hogs! Beat Dawgs!

Y’all have a great weekend. And thanks to dealbreaker.com for linking to my Melissa Francis CNBC interview. Welcome to all the new Melissa Francis looky-loos. Pull up a chair and stay a while. My legs might not be as great as hers, but I’m pretty awesome nonetheless.

thanks @MelissaCNBC & other stuff

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First of all, Melissa Francis #2…you rock. Because you have such a great sense of humor and willingly played along with my goofy interview, I will allow you to be Melissa Francis #1 for the weekend.

You’re welcome.

Secondly, I’m really sorry I posted that commercial, but honestly, you can’t blame me! I mean, you did tell me about the commercial–it would’ve just been lazy journalism not to try to find it. Trust me, you looked GRRRRREAT! <–sorry, just can't stop doing that. If you guys are on twitter, follow her @MelissaCNBC

Now onto the other stuff:

I walked in the rain twice this week, wh/ was actually amazing. It was the perfect kind of rain…sometimes getting a little hard, (MINDS OUT OF THE GUTTER PLZ!) but mostly just steady and warm. No thunder or lightning…just rain. Ahhh.

I had my weekly GNO last night and just want to say I have the best friends in the world and count myself as a very lucky goddess.

My kids are doing okay in school but need to be doing better so I’m getting ready to throw out the Xbox.

My writing has been slow to non-existent lately, but that’s about to change. Funny how stress canaffect effect affect effect influence the creative flow. Good news is, that stress is now relieved and I’m all better.

I apparently still have trouble with Affect and Effect even though I KNOW the rule, I can’t help myself…I always get it wrong before I get it right.

I had a new wine this week and it’s awesome because it goes with my current favorite song:

Here’s the wine:
And here’s the song:

am I the only one who wants to smack the hell out of the skinny bitch in this video? Chris Young needs a real woman…like me.

Y’all have a great weekend.

whew. it’s gettin hot up in here

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Yesterday was a big day for releases! Kitteh’s (aka Kristen Painter) book ALL FIRED UP officially hit the virtual shelf yesterday. Pop over to Samhain and download a copy. It’s about Vikings for crispy’s sake! Surely if you read this blog, you’re a fan of Vikings. (okay, and if you watch True Blood, how can you NOT be a fan of Vikings?) Don’t do E-books? p-shaw! It’s time for you to join to catch up with the rest of the world and step into your future….If Roxanne St. Claire can do it, you can. Right, Rocki?

Another hot item is my pal Louisa Edwards’ book CAN’T STAND THE HEAT. Now I was lucky enough to get to read this book as it was being written and I can’t wait to reread it now that it’s a done deal! A hot, temperamental Chef; a fiery, temperamental food critic; sexy kitchen scenes…Oh yeah. And let’s not forget Frankie….Who’s Frankie? Read the book to find out!

(blogger won’t allow me to post pics right now, so y’all just need to go buy the books and see the great covers for yourselves)

And for today’s bit of trivia…I was emailing a friend from high school who lives in New Zealand yesterday and he made a comment that he was having a “flat white trim.”

Since I had never heard that before, I decided that meant “Skinny white chick with no boobs.” Apparently not. It’s a double shot latte with less foam in the milk. Hmmm. I think I like my idea better…

Now if you were on a menu, what would you be called?

I’d like to thank the acadamy…

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My pal Kait Nolan nominated my little blog for a Kreativ Award. I like this being nominated and stuff… Pop over to Kait’s blog aptly titled Shadow and Fang where you will find her waxing poetic about anything from writing about werewolves to recipes.

Now I’m honored to be nominated and despite my irritation with the spelling of Kreativ, I will gladly participate. (I have an issue with Ks used as Cs…Like Klassic Kuts. Ugh. really? would you want to get your hair cut there? /end rant)

Here are the rules for the award:
1. Thank the person who nominated you for this award.

2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.

3. Link to the person who nominated you for this award.

4. Name 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting. (see below)

5. Nominate 7 Kreativ Bloggers.

6. Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.

7. Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know they have been nominated.

7 Things People Might Find Interesting About Me:

  1. I’ve taken the Myers-Briggs personality test multiple hundreds of times and the answer always comes up the same: ENFP
  2. I have a tendency toward being slightly oppositional. I become a dog with a bone when I’m told I can’t do something. It can be a little scary at times.
  3. I’m very impulsive and unorganized (see ENFP above)but the majority of my good friends are practical and uber organized. I guess we balance each other out pretty well.
  4. I’m owned by a black pug named Ruby.
  5. My dream car is a 1968 or 1969 Camaro SS Convertible. (preferably canary yellow with black racing stripes down the hood or powder blue. Or black. Okay, any color is fine.)
  6. Two of my favorite animals are birds: Flamingos and Pelicans (shhh. don’t tell Ruby)
  7. I still remember the first poem I wrote. I was in 2nd grade and it was “published” in my school’s literary magazine:

Humpty Dumpty sat on a gate
Humpty Dumpty went on a date
Humpty Dumpty let out a holler
“Let’s go to the pizza parlor!”

Yes, I rhymed holler with parlor. Obviously my wordsmithing skillz are very sharp.

My nominations for the Kreativ Award are as follows:

  1. Maria Geraci
  2. Louisa Edwards
  3. Marilyn Brant
  4. Kwana Jackson
  5. Stinkydog
  6. Karma Laundrette
  7. HelloHaHaNarf! (Midnight Cliff)

so tired

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And today’s rain doesn’t help! It’s dark and stormy outside and all I wanna do is stay snuggled up in bed.

But that’s not in the cards today. I’m headed to the office until 3:00 and then hopefully back home where I’ll start catching up on those much neglected chores: you know, laundry, cleaning the house, doing something about the pig sty that is my desk.

Or maybe I’ll just come home and go back to bed. Guess it depends on if it’s still dark and stormy.

This has been a fantastic week. I’ve been blessed with such great friends and wonderful support. I can’t properly express my gratitude. I have fabulous friends.

Thank you guys. I’m a very lucky girl.

literacy signing, HQN party, Divas, and DC #RWA09

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This is going to be a picture heavy blog. Sorry it’s taken me so long to get the pics up. I’ve been sick, got my line edits in for LOVE SUCKS, had my lawn mower stolen from my back porch and been just generally all around stressed. I’m good now. Oh, and I hit a milestone that I blogged about over at FCR.

Literacy Signing

Colleen Gleason and Sarah Wendell (aka SmartBitch Sarah) What a great picture!

Maria at her very first Literacy Signing!

Me, Jen Echols, and Tina Ferraro

Me and the beautiful Crystal Jordan.

swag

Naughty and talented Robin Rotham

Jill Monroe (and me of course)

Me and fellow divas Loribelle, Rowan Larke, and Karen Erickson (Miss y’all!)

Gena Showalter can’t get enough of me.

Monica Burns being a cheeky monkey

and the best pic of all, Me and Maria!

Diva Dinner (which I did not attend, but I showed up to snap a few photos)


RWA ONLINE Party

December Gephardt aka FunkyBunny. how cute is she?

Teresa Bodwell and Maria Geraci

Pamela Hathaway and her very adorable son Will(?) I think that was his name.
Maria, Kitteh aka Kristen Painter and Jen Rementer

Harlequin Party
Me and Naughty Kate

Bustin’ a Groove. It was 80s and 90s music all the way and sadly most of us felt right at home…

Lucienne Diver and ME!


Me and my new BFF Jade Lee!

There is nothing quite like the Harlequin Party dance floor.

Jax Cassidy and Me! (yes, yes, I know you know who I am by now. LOL)


Cambria and Vivienne

Me, Eden Bradley, Vivienne Westlake

Me and Victoria Janssen

and last but not least, me and my favorite Rowan Larke.

RITA night

Sandy making Jessica Rabbit look like June Cleaver.

Me, Maria Geraci and Louisa Edwards. Critique Partners extraordinaire!

drag queens + karaoke = win #rwa09

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You can view the whole album here. I must warn you, some pics are not pretty. Most–are well worth looking at.

So after the literacy signing on Wednesday night (I’ll post those pics later, I just figured we should start off with a bang here) a group of Romance Divas decided to hit the drag (bar) like we did in Dallas a couple years ago.

We hit the jackpot when we found Remington’s. Seriously, this place was dream come true for us Divas. They welcomed us women with open arms. And we accepted their welcome gleefully. Here, let me show you:


Lisa and I got pulled up on stage to dance back up….
Chelsea is our other backup dancer…
took this one with my cell phone. She was my favorite!

After the show we trounced upstairs and took over. A couple of regulars (who could really actually sing) didn’t seem to appreciate our version of karaoke. You know what version I’m talking about right? The ‘I can’t really sing but who gives a rat’s ass because this is fun’ version. Pictures…let me show you them.

Vivienne Westlake owning the mic
Me and Christina “singing” I’LL THINK OF A REASON LATER (though, truth be told, we already have our reasons…)
and me and Jen “singing” COPACABANA. Yes, we put on quite the show…
I think I was a mic hog which is honestly, quite unfortunate.

A good time was had by all. My fave part of the night (besides being molested by a Drag Queen) was when the New Yorker (Jen) busted out the cabbie for going way out of his way to get us to our destination. She pulled out her iPhone map and he nearly died. He said, “Sometimes the cheapest way isn’t always the best way.” Uh huh. Tell that to someone who doesn’t live in Manhattan buddy.

More pics soon….