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Wednesday, December 24, 2008

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

We've made it through yet another year. And what a year it's been. Manuscripts finished (not mine but we won't mention that...), agents acquired, books sold, and even a wedding (not mine either...thank the heavens!). A fantastic conference in San Francisco and a successfully planned local chapter conference in November. (Thank goodness that's over!) I was fortunate enough this year to meet many of my online pals as well as several amazing authors. I've made new friends, seen new places, and read incredible books. Overall, I'd say 2008 has been a banner year.




Thanks to everyone for all the support, encouragement, laughs and love. I'm so blessed to know all of you!




MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! MAY MORE DREAMS COME TRUE IN 2009!

Friday, December 19, 2008

16 Things About Me

I was tagged in more places than I can count to do this. So here goes. I won't tag anyone else but anyone who wants to play along and add their own personal trivia is welcome to it.

1) My birthday is New Year's Eve. Yes, there's always a party. No, it's never for me.
2) If I concentrate really hard I can remember standing in my crib. No matter how much I concentrate, I can't remember last week.
3) I just bought a new car and the euphoria is still running high. I figure it'll run out around the 12th of next month when the first payment is due.
4) Other than the Christmas cards sitting in a pile on my kitchen counter, you'd never know it's Christmas by looking at my apartment. Not one decoration. Not one gift. *sigh*
5) I got my first car before I got my license. I wrecked said car less than two months after getting my license.
6) My first concert was Loverboy in the Pittsburgh Civic Arena when I was 11. My mother went and slept through the opening act.
7) I'm a certified chocoholic and trying very hard to talk myself out of grabbing a Nestle Crunch from the break room.
8) I still have my Culture Club, Corey Hart, Madonna, Rick Springfield, Lionel Ritchie, and Air Supply albums from the 80s. I have no idea why.
9) I get motion sickness very easily. I missed 20 minutes of the movie Twilight because the camera movements made me sick and I had to leave the theater. Same thing happened at the end of Twister years ago. I'm seeing a "Tw" pattern here.
10) I've been listening to nothing but Christmas music for three days in order to get into the spirit of things. I'm pretty sure there are only five Christmas Carols and every entertainer from Elvis to Britney Spears has cover versions of all of them.
11) I spent eight years of my life as a disc jockey on the radio. I worked in two different states for two different stations without changing musical genres or companies.
12) In 2006, I didn't know what a blog was.
13) When I was 13 I fell in love with The Monkees when MTV ran a marathon of the old TV shows. I remember being totally amazed when my mom knew every word to the theme song. It was the first time I realized she had a life before I was born.
14) At my 13th birthday party, I fell and broke my arm putting up decorations before the guests arrived. I refused to go to the hospital until the party was over. Which worked out since I had my first slow dance that night with a boy I'd had a major crush on for more than a year. A pity dance is still a dance.
15) I moved to Nashville alone when I was 22 without having a place to live when I got there. Arrived on a Thursday, got an apartment on Friday, moved in on Saturday, and started work at Opryland USA on Monday. It was the first day of Fanfare and I walked right past Brooks & Dunn in the Opryland Hotel.
16) In 1994 I worked at the Opryland Hotel. In 2010 I will stay as a guest at the hotel for the first time ever while attending RWA Nationals. Oh yeah, I'm there!

Man, that was hard. And not very exciting now that I read back through. Oh well, I did it. Now lets here what you've got.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Merry Christmas to Me….And Happy Birthday….And Happy Valentines…

I did it. I still can't believe it. I really did it. OMG! I did it!

I bought a new car. And I don't mean new to me which has been the case with every car I've ever had in the last 20 years (I've been driving for 20 years?!? *faint*). I mean I bought a NEW car. NEW NEW.

I'm so excited and worried and then excited all over again. LOL! Last night I kept looking out the window to make sure it was still there and that I didn't dream the whole thing. And then I checked again this morning. It was still there!

The details. It's a 2008 Pontiac G6. Midnight Blue. Very cute little sedan that runs like a dream, has a huge trunk and a killer radio. The radio being the most important item on the list. I have to get used to sitting low again as I've been driving trucks for four years, but I'm so happy. It's like this car was made for me. It feels right under my fingers and even a co-worker told me this morning that it looks like a "Terri car". I'm not sure what that means, but I'm taking it as a good thing.

Here's the picture. Isn't she pretty? And that's Kiddo playing Vanna. She's pretty cute too.
Since this is going to be my Christmas/Birthday present to myself for the next six years or so, I figure I'd better enjoy it. Have you ever surprised yourself with a big purchase? Any spontaneous buys in your past that you still shake your head about and wonder what you were thinking? Any one jealous that I don't have a husband I had to come home and explain this purchase to? LOL!

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Making A List....

It's that time of year again, the time when I face that dreaded question – "What do you want for Christmas?" I never have an answer for this question. I mean, what I'd really like is a new car. But you can't ask for that. Well, maybe if I had a husband, but I don't have one of those so that's out. Other than that, I got nothing.

Last year my mother and sister asked for a list. Geez, if I can't come up with one thing, how the heck do I come up with an entire list? Somehow I did it and the list was basically all gift cards. That's really what I want, gift cards. Feeling proud of myself for having a complete list, I sent it through. And then my sister informed me she didn't want to get me gift cards. Huh? But that's what I want, I said. Nope, she said gift cards are impersonal and I had to come up with something else. The woman is a total pain in my ass year round but she tops herself at Christmas.

I want to state right now that gift cards are NOT impersonal. I love going shopping. I love getting new clothes for work, picking up a new CD, or buying something nice for the house. And what would make that shopping even better would be to get to shop without spending any money. That's a dream day!

Since I can't remember getting a single thing I wanted last year (and some I definitely didn't want!), I'm sticking to my guns and pushing for my gift cards. So far on the list are cards from iTunes, JC Penney's, Cato's, and Target might be fun.

What do you have on your Christmas list and if you made a list of stores where you'd love to spend a day shopping, what would it include? Do you usually get what you want? Anyone want to buy me a car? (It was worth a shot…*sigh*)