Flowers and Piesgiving
These lovely, lovely flowers were sent to me by my Madison writers group as congrats on selling my novel to Disney/Hyperion. Aren’t they gorgeous? Earlier this year, my group got together with some other SCBWI-WI folks and made me a healing quilt. My cats took a liking to the quilt so now it’s hanging up on the wall instead of on my bed to protect it from the little hairy monsters. It still sends off healing vibes, just from a l

The Happiest Buddha
I know a lot of you have already seen the happiest Buddha on facebook, but I wanted to make sure that everyone got a chance to see him. I feel slightly guilty that he used to make the day of all of the shoppers in Port Townsend where he lived as a doorstop and now he just makes Barrett’s and my day living next to our fireplace. Doesn’t he make you smile? The lovely Reiki practitioner that I work with (she’s awesome, check her

They Say It’s Your Birthday…
We went to the beach on Sunday and it was gorgeous — not too cold, not at all crowded, really, it was absolutely gorgeous. I got to watch Barrett watch his first sunset into the ocean — the way the sun just suddenly dips down like the ocean is swallowing it up is so amazing the first time you see it and just as amazing the however many times I’ve seen it too. And I was feeling pretty great and thinking “ha ha, I’m going to be a whole year older

Countdown to Birthday Extravaganza
I thought that two weeks would be plenty of time to plan a birthday extravaganza. How wrong I was. Friday is the official kick off and that’s only a few days away!!! It’s a lot of work making life as fun as it can possibly be. So far, I’m going to the Portland Kidlit Pub Night this Friday, so that’s one fun thing on the list. Sunday, Barrett is taking me to some sort of castle on the coast where he got a ridiculously good

So Much Good News, I Think I Might Pop!
First off, the cake auction last week was a HUGE success. Huzzah Lake Nebagamon et al.! You all are fabulous! I heard it was not only successful, but fun which is awesome because causing fun is tip top on my list of Things To Do In Life even if I’m not there to participate. My fab neighbors-for-life (who I no longer live near, so they have reverted to an honorary title like those professors who just can’t seem to stop working even though they’ve reti