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May 13, 2007
2:43 pm • Filed under: Uncategorized
Wanted to thank everyone for the well wishes. We finally all feel relatively normal - being sick is a pain in the ass! Especially when we all just pass it back and forth to each other.
I wanted to wish all of the mothers out there Happy Mother’s Day! Doing anything special? I’m not. I wish I was. Oh, well. At least I don’t have to cook dinner.
May 11, 2007
12:53 pm • Filed under: Uncategorized
…Word Flirts today. I’m finally doing that thing that everyone tagged me to do. Sorry it took me so long. We’ve been miserable and sick at my house all week! Yeah, you don’t wanna be me, trust me.
I’d rather be out having a couple of drinks like these chicks than hang out here at my house!
May 5, 2007
8:12 pm • Filed under: Uncategorized
My book Second Chances is now available at Cobblestone Press.
Widow Abby McKay is ready to make a change in her life. Eric Walsh needs to get healthy or he won’t be around to even live his life. When they meet, the attraction is undeniable. But one careless night will change their lives forever…
May 2, 2007
8:30 pm • Filed under: Uncategorized
So yeah, I’m back and I believe I feel fully recovered. What a crazy time! I met some wonderful people, had more than a few good drinks and saw some crazy costumes! RT is definitely an experience, lemme tell ya.
I stole these pics from other people - some of my favorites. I took a few myself but I still need to load them onto the laptop! I’m so lame.
R.G. Alexander, me and Eden Bradley
Kate Douglas, Lena Austin, R.G., Feisty and me
In bed with Eden Bradley. Aren’t you jealous? You should be!
Me and Feist as fairies. We’re cute. She did my hair.
Eden Bradley, Kristen Painter and Feisty all about to feed on me. A bunch of Diva Vamps! Scary!
R.G., Jax Crane, Eden, Feisty and me at the Moulin Rogue night. I now have these pics out of order. This was the first night’s party. My bad.
April 23, 2007
1:34 pm • Filed under: Uncategorized
Well I pretty much blew off the entire month of April didn’t I? I don’t even have an excuse - I’ve been busy but doing what? Well, the last few days it’s been busy in preparation for my trip to the Romantic Times Convention but other than that, I have no idea what’s been keeping me busy. Not like I’ve been writing much (insert crying face here).
So I wanted to wish everyone bon voyage. If you’re going to Houston, I hope to see you there! If you’re not, I wish you were. I’m giving away a goody bag of some items I receive at RT to one lucky member of my newsletter. If you’re not a member, what are you waiting for! Scroll down and you’ll see the little box to enter your email address in. If you don’t want to do it that way, send me an email with “Newsletter” in the subject line to karen @ karenwritesromance.com (minus spaces).
Wonder if I’ll see any cowboys while I’m there?
April 13, 2007
11:16 am • Filed under: Uncategorized
Over at the Word Flirts today. I’m talking about staying original…
The pic is just for some weekend inspiration. Hee hee hee.
April 10, 2007
12:40 pm • Filed under: Uncategorized
Did everyone have a nice Easter? Ours was wonderful - we had great weather, we spent all of our time outside (which kept the house clean - yay!) and the kids had a blast. I’m sharing pics of my youngest munchkins on the Easter egg hunt. There were a lot of eggs to be found - it was like a blood bath fighting over them!
My life is hectic, trying to get my house in order, trying to get everything together before I go to the Romantic Times Convention in Houston. I’m so excited - but so overwhelmed! I need to make lists, lots of lists…
April 5, 2007
1:16 am • Filed under: Uncategorized
The kids are home, the parentals are visiting, I’m on vacation! I hope everyone has a great week and hope you’re able to enjoy some beautiful spring weather!
April 2, 2007
12:14 pm • Filed under: Uncategorized
So…I was a crazy mama treking her children all over Saturday and Sunday. I live in a “mountain community,” which translates to, “neighbors who live far far away.” My daughter had a birthday party to attend to so I drove her over to her friend’s house Saturday afternoon.
After driving for almost thirty (!!) minutes we finally got there. Man! Then I went grocery shopping, turned around and went back to get her. Talk about a drive.
Then Sunday I went down into Fresno to see my friend’s new house. Beautiful. Great neighborhood. Kids had a good time playing with her kids, though all four of them were whiny. Gotta love the two to four age group, huh?
Anyway, looking around her neighborhood, the proximity to everything made me wish for a moment that I lived in the city. In a nice neighborhood where it takes me five minutes to get to Starbucks, ten minutes to get to Target, etc. Where the kids could walk to school. Where they could walk to their friend’s house to play (versus a thirt minute drive!).
But then I saw the neighbor’s kid peeking through a hole in the fence spying on us, and the dog yapping in the other neighbor’s yard. How we had to talk quietly so no one could hear us if we were talking about said neighbor, and how we had to shush the kids when they got too loud.
At my house you can talk loudly about anyone you want, they’re not gonna hear you. And my kids can whoop and holler all day long, no one is going to get mad. Well, maybe except for me. Ha ha.
So I guess I’m not ready for city living. Yet.
March 26, 2007
11:00 am • Filed under: Uncategorized
So I took my oldest son out shopping Saturday for his birthday. Actually his birthday is today but you know, he’s in school in all…
Anywho, he wanted a digital camera. He’s always hogging ours and driving us crazy so his grandmas gave him money and we gave him money - and he got a super cool camera.
It’s so super cool now I want it! It’s tiny, it’s a Sony, and it’s 7.1 megapixels. It takes the best pictures! He’s really been into photography lately so he went outside all weekend and took tons of photos. They turned out great. Mom is green with jealousy - she wants that camera.
Cos he’s nice we also went to Pottery Barn, where I could’ve bought out the entire store for my house. They had so much beautiful stuff! I love to shop, it’s an addiction, I know it and I get caught up in the frenzy. My brain starts overloading as I think, “I want that, that, that, THAT!” It’s ridiculous.
So tell me - you like shopping or no? Live for it, love it or find it a complete pain in the butt?
