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I was at Blockbuster and got a call from the Emily coordinator - Breaking Daylight finalled in the Emily!! This gives this book a perfect record in contests, and me a perfect record in the Emily! Hope something comes of it!

My Baby Brother came to get his dog Saturday night and on the way home saw a coyote - IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD! We're less than a mile from the highway, though there has been a lot of development in the area. Still - my kitties!

Completely lazy day yesterday – I didn’t get out of my pjs! I took a shower and got back into another pair! I read 2 GH entries, finished a book that resolved a relatively big conflict in 3 pages ☹, started reading another book (about 100 pages!), did some revisions on my SHOMI contest entry and watched Blood Diamond (good) and The Last Legion (NOT good – I know, Natalie warned me!)

Today, no big plans, unless the boy hangs with his friends tonight. If he does, I’m going to the movies, since the dh has to work. We will hit Blockbuster and Chick-Fil-A, though (have some coupons that expire today!)

Top Ten Events of 2007

10) finishing Breaking Daylight
9) getting my iPod
8) Trish’s sale
7) finalling in the GH and Trish getting to call me
6) reconnecting with friends
5) Chris’s visit in March and getting to finally meet her family!
4) Trish’s visit after conference, wherein we saw Harry Potter at the IMAX and watched all of Robin Hood from BBC
3) celebrating my 20 year anniversary
2) selling Where There’s Smoke, my first book, to WRP
1) selling Hot Shot to Samhain

What were your highlights? Can you believe 2007 is over???

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Several of the books I'm looking forward to this year are first Noodler books. And yes, maybe it's tacky to look forward to my own books, but I've been waiting a Really Long Time ;)


10) Where There’s Smoke by MJ Fredrick



9) Hot Shot by MJ Fredrick - can't wait to see this cover!!!!

8) Tribute by Nora Roberts

7) Fanning the Flames by Trish Milburn

6) Lady and the Vamp by Michelle Rowen



5) Rogue by Rachel Vincent

4) Bound to Love Her by Esri Rose



3) Waltzing with Alligators by Lorelle Marinello

2) The Hollow by Nora Roberts

1) Thunder Moon by Lori Handeland



What books are you looking forward to in 2008?

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1) work on small town story, get at least to 50000 words - UP TO 50,000 WORDS - CAN'T GET MY WORD METER WORKING
2) revisions on Eden’s Promise - UP TO PAGE 112
3) get a website – I played with making one last night on iWeb, but it’s a little bright and cheery ;) -HAVE ONE I LIKE, NOW TO GET A DOMAIN AND AN EMAIL ADDRESS
4) mail requested partial to agent
5) revise and send Breaking Daylight back to Golden Palm
6) research legend for Surface revisions – started this yesterday, too
7) judge GH entries
8) read 2 books
9) driver’s ed stuff with boy
10) boy’s 3 gigs and probably twice as many practices - 2 DOWN, ONE TO GO
11) lunch with writer friends
12) lunch with teacher friends - DIDN'T WORK OUT
13) breakfast with Mom - DIDN'T WORK OUT
14) see I AM LEGEND and NATIONAL TREASURE - SAW I AM LEGEND - DID NOT LIKE
15) clean house - SOME
16) get to UPS, the post office, the dry cleaners and grocery
17) nap as often as possible - SOME
18) Christmas baking - brownies, fudge, sugar cookies, molasses cookies and sugar plums
19) get four more presents
20) celebrate 21st anniversary!


This was the HARDEST LIST! But I made it as I read this year…though I almost forgot Harry Potter! And I couldn’t decide which of Lee McKenzie’s books I liked better.

1) A Man for Maggie by Lee McKenzie
2) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling
3) Gladiator’s Honour by Michelle Styles
4) Stray by Rachel Vincent
5) Rising Moon by Lori Handeland
6) Heavens to Betsy by Beth Patillo
7) Something Wicked by Evelyn Vaughn
8) Virgin River by Robin Carr
9) To Have and to Hold by Dawn Temple
10) Forbidden Shores by Jane Lockwood

What were your favorite books this year?

10 pages yesterday!

First of all, go to The Wild Rose Press and buy TOO LATE FOR ROMANCE by LM Gonzalez. It’s her very first book, y’all!



Now that that’s done, these are the top ten movies I’m looking forward to this year.



1) The Accidental Husband




2) Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (I can’t find any info about this, but the boy and Baby Brother insist it’s a 2008 movie.



3) Cloverfield



4) Fool’s Gold (a funny version of my ms Beneath the Surface, looks like)



5) Iron Man!! (Have I mentioned I love RDJ?)



6) Indiana Jones!!



7) The Dark Knight



8) Nim’s Island (Gerry’s new movie)



9) X Files movie



10) The Mummy sequel (I know, Rachel’s not in it, but…)

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Top Ten (and Bottom Ten) Movies I Saw in 2007

It's 33 degrees and I'm babysitting my mom's dachshund. I opened the door to let her out because she was crying and she just turned around and went back to bed.

13 pages yesterday, despite errands. Yay!

I actually didn’t see that many. Most of my Blockbuster rentals were TV shows.

10) Apocalypto
9) Rocky Balboa
8) Live Free and Die Hard
7) Casino Royale
6) Pirates 3
5) Harry Potter
4) 300
3) Enchanted (I am DREAMING of my true love’s KISS…)
2) Disturbia
1) PS I LOVE YOU

Bottom Ten, not necessarily in order.

10) The Fountain
9) Norbit (Why am I surprised by this?)
8) The Illusionist
7) Six: The Mark Unleashed (Again, what I endure for Jeffrey Dean Morgan.)
6) The Return. I saw this on my “rented movies” page and couldn’t even remember it, but it had Buffy in it.
5) Spiderman 3
4) Surf’s Up
3) Miss Potter (borrrrring. And predictable. And yes, Dawn, I know we don’t seem to have the same taste!)
2) The Pursuit of Happyness (depressing, depressing, depressing)
1) The Prestige

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I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! I got four - count 'em, four - necklaces. I promptly broke one and burst into tears. It was a glass heart and when I tried to thread it on the necklace, I dropped it and the loop broke off. Sigh. My son gave me a gorgeous ring that needs to be sized (along with my wedding ring, and that's been waiting 18 months.) And I need to hit Macy's with returns. Did I mention I don't like shopping?

BUT the boy LOVED his George Orwell t-shirt and book of essays, as well as his Hitchcock videos. The mandolin surprised him, though. The dh wasn't as surprised by his new iPod as I hoped. His old one was 3rd generation, and he called it the caveman iPod. This one's 6th generation Classic. Maybe he wanted a touch one.....but I went for memory over new technology.

Meanwhile, I'm babysitting my mom's dachshund while they go to Arkansas to visit her MIL. My dh put the dog in the crate last night without her bed, poor thing!

Christmas dinner at my brother's was huge - a turkey, a ham and tamales, plus more desserts than you can imagine. I really cut back on my baking this year and still have 4 tins of food AND a plate of brownies AND 1/3 of the coffeecake I made for breakfast yesterday.

Okay, I'm starting my Top Ten Lists for 2007 with the easiest one....TV!

Top Ten TV Shows in 2007

1) Supernatural (duh) - Season 3 more than season 2
2) Men in Trees, which I got into after reading the Virgin River books - I love all the different relationships, but especially Jack and Marin.
3) Friday Night Lights - season 1 more than Season 2, though I'm glad that "body" storyline is done. I love all the complexities, and I hope they smooth Julie out a bit.
4) Moonlight - not at first, but the romance is REALLY compelling
5) Heroes - Season 2 more than Season 1, believe it or not, though I agree it started slow.
6) The Office - Jim and Pam - YAY!
7) Jericho - starting again in February
8) My Name is Earl - this season, with Earl in prison? Priceless. Really really excellent writing
9) Grey’s Anatomy - this season more than last, though I miss Burke. There, I'll say it. He and Cristina were my favorite couple. I do like the new surgeon, though.
10) Lost - can't WAIT to see what they're going to do this year!

What shows did you love this year?