Am I Looking for My Sea-legs?

I have been feeling nauseated all day. It's exactly the same feeling I get after a cruise, or a ferry ride or any type of water transport ride. It's also the same feeling I get riding the octopus at the carnival. You know the one I am talking about. The ride in which the bench, the carriage, the stick holding the carriage and the main big stick holding the little stick holding a pair of carriage spins and spins. Yep.

Louann over at Three Boys and a Lady gave me awards and I am now a happy sea-sick person sitting down here. Click on the awards below for the award explanation. I am very flattered. Thank you Louann! Nothing like an award to keep me smiling!


I am still waiting for my multi-adaptor for this Sony camera so I can properly display my digiment from a recent book signing. I can't wait to write about it, but it's not the same without the pictures.

One of my bulletin board buddy, Mira, treated us to a dinner at Antares at Reunion Tower. It was fabulous and fantastic. We were inside the ball of light way up in the sky. I am fine with height. I don't think much about it. It's the motion of the restaurant. It might as well have been going at the speed of light for the all difference it made of my motion sickness reflex.
I held on with iron will to my stomach. I am glad to say, I didn't barf. But now, 48 hours after my wonderful dinner, I am still queasy and sea-sick. This doesn't bode well for my husband's plan to take us all on a cruise in Alaska. Unless those sea-sickness medication really works!

My daughter had a blast though. We took picture of our beautiful plates. I'll post it later, when I can retrieve it from my camera. She wants her birthday party at that restaurant next year. Maybe even her wedding reception, even though she hasn't picked up a groom yet. I was glad to hear this because she's only 9.

Did I mention I am quite queasy? I have half a mind to go to my eye doctor and check my prescription. I had such a time with my health insurance today. I am too mad to even gripe about it.

Thursday Thirteen #25 - Welcome to The Club

Not so random things about today.

1. Today was the Romance Writer of America "Readers for Life" Literacy Autographing.

2. I brought my 9-year old daughter with me. She had a blast.

3. If you need tons of freebie, Chana is the girl.

4. I didn't know how many signed bookmarks she collected until she had them all spread out on our dining room table.

5. She has tons of candy too.

6. Not to mention sexy bookmarks of books she won't be able to read until she's 16 at the very least, 25 would be even better.

7. This is our first major grown up event together. We really had a blast.

8. She has pictures with several famous authors. I'll post it after I find my camera thingy.

9. It was fun meeting some of the ladies from my favorite author's bulletin board.

10. I got a few books for my friends, but didn't get the ones by Jill Barnett. The books were there, but I couldn't find her.

11. Judith McNaught and Julie Garwood weren't there also.

12. I got a hug and a picture from Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Nora Roberts, Suzanne Brockman, and Linda Lael Miller. The others I got a hug from, I got too excited about talking to my favorite authors, I didn't get a chance to digiment it.

13. I don't think digiment is a real word. It's a slip of my finger. I meant to say document it with my digital camera, and digiment just seem much shorter word.


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I'm So Excited!

In less than 3 hours, I will be meeting a bunch of friends from my favorite Bulletin Board, and my favorite authors too. I can't quite decide whom to buy a book from and take a picture with.

This year, my daughter is going with me. She's 9, but she's into reading. My friend Jovy will watch my kids. There's a dinner afterwards, but I don't think I can go to that one since my husband works nights and it's too late to not be home with my kids.

I heard by door bell two hours ago, and surprise! My mother came to visit me from Oklahoma. It's always wonderful to have her here. I wanted her to sit and relax, but she's like a whirling dervish when it comes to my house. She had washed my dishes, which I had planned to wash later on this evening. I should really sneak out now and pamper myself with nail polish and waxing (my brows) but I think I'll stay and gossip with her instead.

Yoash is asleep for about 2 hours now, which means he's going to wake up soon. Check out his picture on the sidebar. Isn't he cute? I also better check yahoo maps on the best way to get to Hilton Downtown for the signing. At least, rush hour will be going to opposite direction, so I won't be stuck too long in traffic.

It's so hot here right now, and muggy too. I almost didn't want to get out of my 69F temp house... but really, Romance Writers of America Convention doesn't happen everyday.