Don't worry, I'm not pregnant

Sonja announced that i have big news that i'm hiding from the world and i immediately went "What news?" but, yes, it's true, i do have news. But it's not wild and crazy, nor is it writing related, so i can counteract my tragic 12 hour rejection, but it's still fun and cool and i'm happy.

Craig and I are buying a house! Yes, that's right, we're finally growing up. :) We're trying to be all mature about it, but mostly we get all freaked out about paying that much money that we don't have, but really, the house is so fabulous, it'll be worth it. Hooray!

Here's a pretty pretty picture of the outside.



And yes, it's brand spanking new and they're finishing up the construction this week and the escrow should close at the end of August and then we'll be official adults. Homeowners, anyway.

So worry not. I'm baby free :)

Mini Meez

So here's some stuff you don't have to read, in honor of Skye's injured eyeball.

Shadow from "Love In Shadow," wishing the earth would open up and swallow her whole so she won't have to go to dinner with Lon's in-laws:



Karma from "In A Cat's Eye" (coming soon from The Wild Rose Press, plug plug), contemplating her good friend Henry's death, just before she meets our hero:



Me hanging out at Skye's and my favorite sushi bar (notice how sad and alone I look-- sob!):



Um, yeah, I don't really know what's up with the hole in the crotch of my pants, but that's a little unsightly.

Got all these from Meez.com. Hey, if you sign up, tell them streetmouse referred you. (That's me, silly.)

Ho-ing It Up

Faithful So 5 minions, I require assistance. I bought myself some Promo Ho schwag and want to put real-live pictures of it on the Promo Ho site. But I need your help in deciding which beautimus picture to post. So, here are your choices.

Wide-eyed innocence:

Disarming smile:

Ta-da:


My personal favorite:


Oh, and the behind view:


What do you think? You know, feel free to tell me you just CAN'T choose because each and every picture is so charming and professional.

I Was Drinkin' When I Wrote This

... so sue me if I go too fast.

Oh, wait, this is a blog, not Prince karaoke. Sorry.

Anyways, since Skye is, you know, stuck in the hell that is Hawaii, I'll fill in the gaps with what's been going on in my dull-but-writer-like life. Instead of cleaning, organizing, or folding laundry this weekend, I instead wrote the first half of a shape-shifter short story. I know, right? I'm so 5. Who needs a clean kitchen when you've got a shape-shifting puma-man? Seriously.

I also watched a couple of Grey's Anatomy reruns. Seriously.

Since I know you're all dying to see what brilliance I've devised for my shape-shifter story, I'm going to give you an excerpt.

Sike.

Seriously. Did you think I'd actually post the tripe that is a First Draft? Instead, I leave you with this image from Fark.com that is now my desktop background. Enjoy:

I'm not sure this 2 day thing is going to work for me...

Obviously, I'm no better than my lovely friend at getting in under the deadline. In my defense, I was in travel hell all day long and the airlines tend to shoot first and ask questions later about internet usage on planes... so I'm late.

Oh, and for the record, I didn't jet set off to Hawaii just yet. That doesn't happen till after Christmas. The day after your lovely concert (and you were rocking the Bach) I drove down to Charleston to spend time with Craig's family before I flew out to California to spend time with my family. Which is great, except for the whole travelling thing.

My travel karma is VERY poor. It's like, so NOT 5. I got up this morning at 5:45 am eastern time, which those of you who know me know that I DO NOT do mornings. So that was unfortunate to begin with. And then my flight to Dallas was an hour and a half longer than it should be because we were circling the skies over Dallas hoping to land. By the time we did land we were super low on fuel and almost had to land elsewhere to fuel up in order to continue circling. I'm impressed that this didn't happen to me.

After that, the computers in Dallas screwed with my mind. I landed in the B terminal and checked the computers. They said my flight to LA was leaving from the D terminal... so i took the Skylink thingy over to the D terminal, only to find, when i arrived, that my flight was ACTUALLY arriving from A terminal. So back I went, running all the way, since I was super late from all the circling. But i made it, miraculously.

The flight out was slighly delayed... but mostly uneventful... until my seatmate spilled his Diet Coke on me. That was awesome.

But I did finally make it to California and saw the fam. We also got to watch some never before seen home videos of when i was about 6 months old. I was a darn cute monkey. Or a strange child. I'm not sure which. See the evidence? This is my very first passport photo. I'm obviously very suspicious of the photographer.



But still, oh so 5. And now I'm SO 25. :) Thanks for the birthday celebrations!