The Ultimate Blog Party 2008!

So... WOOT! It's time to Par-Tay, mingle and make new friends. Go put on your best duds and your party shoes and check out Five Minutes For Mom for a ton of fun, people and prizes.

I have to admit to being a little nervous about having all of y'all here at my blog, but I'll try to show you a good time. Look! Balloons!




So... moving on: Let me introduce myself to those of you who don't know me.

* I'm a homeschooling, writing, romance reviews site owning wife and mom.

* Last November, I lost my dog of eleven years to bone cancer. Isn't she lovely? I still miss her to the point I cry when I think of her. 'scuse me while I get a Puffs...

* We decided a house wasn't a home without a dog, so got a puppy we named Dakota:

It seemed like a logical idea at the time. Since then, however, she's been renamed. She now answers to Demon Spawn. But we still love her.

* I currently live in New Hampshire, and am buried in near record-breaking snow.

* I'm a California native... so have thin blood, and the winters all but kill me.

* I write romance stories and novels. I had my first full length novel published last month and I'm still giddy! Here's the book trailer, if you're interested:



* I love, Love, LOVE peanut butter and jam sandwiches...especially with jam that is full of big chunks of fruit. I could eat PB&J for every meal, every day of every year and not get sick of them.

* I also have a cat who is NOT HAPPY with our recent puppy addition. She's quite a bit like this cat here:





* I'm a morning person. I am SERIOUSLY a morning person. I'm frequently awake before one of my reviewers... a night person who lives in the pacific time zone... goes to bed.

* I'm not afraid of spiders. Or rats. Or bats. Or things that go bump in the night. I am, however, afraid of heights and I refuse, absolutely REFUSE to walk over a sidewalk grate. I mean, sheesh, they could fall right into that big, dark, hole and then where would I be? Yanno, besides in the sewer.

* One of my friends calls me Fish:



Why? Because I have an... ahem... slightly sarcastic and not-so-nice attitude at times. Yeah. I know. Shocking.

* And, lastly, this is my humorscope:

A huge red balloon will float by you, today, being pursued by a small person of the French persuasion, and a film crew. If you wish to cause cross-cultural mirth, cross your eyes, talk in a high pitched voice, and whack yourself in the head with a baguette. Otherwise, don't.

What should I know about you? Leave me a comment, and I will do my utmost to come visit YOUR party.

Thanks for swinging by!