Happy Dance!!

I'm doing my happy dance!! The magazine with my first published children's article came today!!

Dance with me, won't you???

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Because Nathania did it first...
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Up to 12...

It's almost the end of February and I've already read 12 books. I've also written almost five chapters of my book. And, I'm about to see my first article published in a magazine!! Yep, it's finally going to happen. The magazine went to press last week and I should have my copies right around my birthday. Words cannot express how accomplished I feel!!

I'm also pissed. Why can't people say "thank you?" It's two words. Two small words. And it's two small words that make peuple feel wonderful. They're not hard to say but what they say is amazing.

I've realized that my life is full of people who don't say "thank you" and I can't stand it!! No, "thank you for picking up those papers for me" or "thank for you for the birthday present fo myself or my child." I'm to the point where I don't even want to be around these people. Sad, isn't it? But you know what? I go out of my way to help some people and I get nothing from them. I'm done with that. I'm not asking for banners behind airplanes or boquets of flowers. Nope, I'm asking for two words.

I also have numerous people in my life who do say "thank you" and they say it often. I love being around them b/c I know they appreicate me - not take me for granted.

So, if I haven't said "thank you" for something then I'm saying it now. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!

Peace.

Me by 4's!

4 Movies I've Watched Over and Over Again:
1. Tin Cup & various other Kevin Costner movies
2. Grease
3. The Empire Strikes Back
4. Any Julia Roberts movie

4 Places I've Been:
1. Berlin, Germany
2. Winnepeg, Candada
3. Seattle, Washington
4. Orlando, Florida

4 Places I've Lived:
1. Grand Rapids, Minnesota
2. Minneapolis, Minnesota
3. Flagstaff, Arizona
4. Gilbert, Arizona

4 TV Shows I Watch:
1. Grey's Anatomy
2. Paula's Home Cooking/Paula's Party
3. Project Runway
4. NCIS

4 items I can't live without on my iPod:
1. Josh Groban & Harry Connick, Jr.
2. The Goo Goo Dolls
3. Bryan Adams
4. Rascal Flatts & Garth Brooks

4 Things I Look Forward To:
1. Scrapbooking night
2. Hugs, kisses and snuggle time with my girls
3. Reading
4. Vacations

4 Favorite Foods:
1. Shrimp anything
2. Lemon chicken
3. Chef salad
4. Pulled pork sandwiches

4 Places I'd Rather Be:
1. Whale watching in Vancouver
2. Sitting a field of flowers in Switzerland
3. Reading in the Cayman Islands
4. Curled up in flannel sheets with a down comforter

4 favorite authors:
1. Nora Roberts
2. Stephenie Meyer
3. Sue Grafton
4. Clive Cussler

4 dream jobs:
1. Photographer
2. Archaeologist
3. Horse breeder
4. Fashion designer

Family Time

Last night we went to my friend Shelly's house for some fun family time. Of course, we played poker. You know there were cards, chips and money there so we just had to!
Out of 23 people playing, I came in 3rd!! Won myself $40 for our Disneyland fund.
Can't tell you how many kids were there but had to be around 100. So I exaggerate! But it sure sounded like 100.
Garrett did well, too. He lost in the 5th round but filled-in for a gent that had to leave early. Garrett ended up in 2nd place and split a $70 pot.
What a great night!

Peace.

Reading and Writing

Reading:
Well, I've finished two books for this year - "Eclipse" and "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer.
I loved them! Predicitable but loved them!

Writing:
I just got my final assignment back and the first three chapters of my book are complete. That is, until an editor tells me to change them! Now it's time to write the remaining chapters and see where this story is going. Yes, I have an idea but that doesnt' mean that's where it will end up!

Peace.

Darth Vader

Garrett and I are watching the results of the New Hampshire Primary and we just heard the dumbest thing ever to come out of a reporter's mouth.

She was talking about John McCain winning the 2000 New Hampshire Primary and there was confetti flying and the most profound image was a McCain holding "a Darth Vader stick."

Sometimes I am so embarrassed to have a Journalism degree.

And this lady was on CNN - a somewhat respectable channel...

...and the elections are just beginning.

Save us.

Peace.