It’s that time of year again! May 1-31 is the annual Brenda Novak Diabetes Auction and I’m once again putting in a gift basket. My mom is an insulin-dependent diabetic after she had a pancreatectomy a few years ago, and I’m so proud that this auction has raised over 1.6 million dollars to help those [...]

I’m pretty excited to tell you guys that I’m going to have another story in the Broken Series. Nathan was one of my favourite things about Broken Silence, and when I heard that MLR Press was going to do a Mixed Tape set of short stories, I knew I wanted to steal Broken Wings by [...]

What have I been up to lately, you ask? Well, my parents got me a microwave kiln for Christmas and I’m almost embarrassed to admit it’s taken me this long to start playing with it, but you can chalk that up to how crazy hectic the day job has been. Anyway, here’s some of what [...]

I was out this week with a client and we got onto an interesting conversation about booze. After two ten hour days together you eventually talk about nearly everything… Anyway, I was asked about my favorite drinks and it made me think, so I decided to share with you all :)
1. I’m a single-malt girl [...]

It’s Oscar night and I’m looking forward to it this year. I love Seth MacFarlane and it’ll be interesting to see how he is as a host. I’m crossing my fingers for at least one impression :)
I think this might be the year I’ve watched more of the nominated movies than ever before. I loved [...]

So, I finally grabbed some time to write this weekend. It’s still slow going thanks to the day job, but I wanted to share a tiny bit of Broken Distance with you all. Spoiler alert if you haven’t read Broken Boughs and a very interesting proposal, but this is a bit of a teaser [...]

I have a confession to make… I haven’t been writing. *ducks*
I’ve been dealing with a lot of upheavals at the day job (taking over running a business is a hell of a lot of work!!!) and its got me so swamped that by the time I get home from work I just want to laze [...]

I think by now everyone here knows how obsessed I am with jewelry. I make it, I buy it, I borrow it, I receive it as gifts… I’m obsessed. So, imagine my surprise and pleasure when I discovered Jewelry for a Cause. Their tagline reads “jewelry that sparkles with good intentions” and it just doesn’t [...]

I was able to spend the last two days sweating over a gloryhole and I couldn’t be happier! Get your minds out of the gutters! I’ve been blowing things! All sorts of pieces. I even shaped a few balls in the tender palm of my hand…
Look, I even took pictures! Look at me blowing!

Ah, [...]

Talking to Ally last week about Dracula and horror films reminded me that I had bought a cute tee for one of my joes that I haven’t taken pics of yet. So, here it is :) And, naturally, I had to expand on it a bit :) But, doesn’t that Dracula tee rock?
Is That [...]