Ringing Out the New Year

Well, along with taking down all my Christmas decorations this past weekend, I also attended the final night of Glendale Glitters. It's a festival put on each holiday season in downtown Glendale with lights, hot air balloons, music, and tons of food vendors. :)

The final night to close out the event is called The After Glow Party, and it was a lot of fun. Good food, great music, and some beautiful lights.

Let It Snow...

I've lived in Phoenix my whole life, and this past New Year's Eve was only the second time that I can recall it snowing. I have no real proof of this :) since it melted the instant it hit the ground, but it really was snow. Not rain or hail, but teeny, tiny snowflakes.

Other parts of Northern AZ get lots of snow, but not Phoenix. We've had a cold winter this year, but in a way, I'm enjoying it. I know the 100+ degree days will be here to stay and stay and stay in now time. How are you enjoying your winter weather?

Ringing in the New Year Times Two!

A friend of mine gave birth to twins on December 31st! As far as they know, there are no twins on either side of the family, so it was quite a surprise when two babies showed up on the ultrasound.

But my friend and her two brand-new baby girls are all doing well, and I'm so excited for her!

Happy New Year's!

Okay, okay, I'm late. But better late than never. Hope everyone had a great holiday... So, now it's on to the resolutions, right?

I don't always do resolutions, but I'm going with the usual "be more healthy" vow. I'm trying to cut back on the number of Dr. Peppers I drink during the day (I'm so addicted) and to add more fruits and vegetables.

So far, so good-LOL! How about you? Any resolutions for 2011?

Good News!

A few months ago, I sold my first book on proposal. I turned it in in May, but I was a little worried since my editor hadn’t read the entire manuscript. What if she liked the beginning (the proposal she’d read), but not the rest? Well, fortunately, she likes it! I do need to revise the ending, but that’s okay.

Right now, the title is Her Fill-in Fiancé, and it has a release date of July 2011.

Random Thoughts & Pics from Orlando

Here are some photos from Orlando. I'll try captioning them, but I'm new at this, so I'm not sure what I'm going to get!

Here's a photo of my roomie, Cindy, me, and fellow RWA member, Michelle, at the Ritas!

Here's a picture I took of Cindy and me as Cindy was driving the race cars at Disney!

And here I am again on Disneyworld's Main Street. You'd never guess by the complete lack of clouds in the sky behind me, but a few hours later, we were rained out! :)

Back from DisneyWorld...

Well, I am officially back from the most wonderful place on earth! I had an amazing time at the conference. It's funny; I didn't go last year and didn't really feel like I'd missed it--until I was at Nationals this year! I've made a new commitment to try to go every year even though that means New York next year and another cross country trip.

But back to DisneyWorld... We went on all the major rides, but then thunder and lightning started shutting things down. My friend and I took shelter in a doorway which worked until it really started pouring. That's when we went looking for a place to eat--along with everyone else. Still, we found a spot pretty quickly, had a nice dinner, then headed back to the hotel for karaoke!