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Best Laid Plans - Tuesday, November 25th 2008 8:56 AM
So, I'm all ready to blog again on a regular basis and the Internet universe conspires against me.  My Internet access from home isn't working.  My access at work is...
Yes, I'm Still Here! - Saturday, November 22nd 2008 1:29 PM
No, I didn't die, get kidnapped, or run off with some handsome stranger to get married in Belize. (If only!) One of the complications of having a day job is that those projects...
Happy Birthday to a Nephew - Wednesday, November 12th 2008 11:31 AM
He's probably busy doing college study stuff, I hope, and has no time to read this blog, but that won't stop me from yelling into cyberspace, "Happy Birthday, AJ!" The older of...
Monday Monday - Monday, November 10th 2008 11:10 AM
I had a fabulous weekend.  NYT Bestselling author F. Paul Wilson spoke to the Florida Romance Writers and presented an interactive workshop.  I'm a big Wilson fangirl...
Post Election Musings - Thursday, November 6th 2008 9:19 PM
A couple of days after the elections and the collective focus of the world as we know it has shifted.  Finally, after months and months of sensory onslaught, our evening...
Exercise Your Rights - Tuesday, November 4th 2008 10:08 AM
Cancer Awareness Pin Winner - Sunday, November 2nd 2008 11:48 AM
Double congratulations to Paxa. She not only took care of herself by already having her annual mammogram, but she wins the sequinned pin. Way to go, Pax!
Challenging Yourself and Rising to the Achievement - Saturday, November 1st 2008 12:24 PM
You'll never know to what heights you can climb if you don't visit the mountain. That's the epiphany that came to me earlier this week.  On Wednesday to be exact. ...
Don't Forget to Vote - Wednesday, October 29th 2008 10:39 PM
Ok, I don't intend for this to be a pro-Obama rally-the-vote blog post.  I try to keep this blog politics-free and don't suggest, or urge any of you to vote the way that...
Things I Know from Watching Baseball - Sunday, October 26th 2008 6:36 PM
Since Wednesday last, I've been glued to my chair watching every inning of the World Series.  From the degree of my involvement and attention, you'd think the Phillies'...
Pretty in Pink - Saturday, October 18th 2008 1:26 PM
For the rest of October, this blog will remain pink.  I should have done this two weeks ago, but I was inspired this morning by The Miami Herald.  To mark the annual...
Sweet Win and on to the World Series! - Thursday, October 16th 2008 9:20 AM
Congratulations to the Philadelphia Phillies, National League Champions! It's been 15 years since I could call them the pennant winners.  15 years of hoping, losing...
Foibles of Flying - Sunday, October 12th 2008 10:53 PM
I apologize for the week-long gap in blog posts!  Crazy busy week at work, capped off by a 24 hour trip to and from New York. Talk about weird flight experiences.  I...
Toilets, Tile and Remodeling a Bathroom - Saturday, October 4th 2008 7:26 PM
For this year's major house project, I chose to remodel the center hall/guest bathroom.  With the exception of a new toilet seat (oddly embroidered with ducks) and a...
GOOO PHILLIES! - Thursday, October 2nd 2008 10:02 PM
  Hey, I've gone the whole season and not filled this blog with frequent baseball reports. Those of you who have no interest in baseball, might want to switch blogs....
Falling Short of Expectations - Sunday, September 28th 2008 9:51 PM
Before anybody gets upset that I'm picking on a sacred cow or, in this case, Mouse, let me assure you that I usually love all things Disney.  I thought long and hard about...
Swimming in a Pool of Memories - Tuesday, September 23rd 2008 10:03 PM
A chubby little girl bounces on a diving board, holds her nose and jumps into the salt water pool. Her brother waves from an inflatable raft. The pair flank an older man,...
An Appeal to the Candidates - Tuesday, September 23rd 2008 9:34 AM
Dear Mr. McCain and Mr. Obama, The television advertisements your campaigns are running are progressively getting worse.  If you were slinging actual mud, I would no...
Feeling the Sports Love - Sunday, September 21st 2008 9:55 PM
It's a great day to be a Philadelphia fan.  As of tonight, the Phillies enter the last week of baseball's regular season leading the NL east by a game and a half. The...
Who Thinks Up These Things? - Thursday, September 18th 2008 9:22 PM
I lost almost three hours of time at work.  Time that I needed to be productive, make progress on current projects, and come closer to reaching some deadlines. How...
Repairman Jack Author F. Paul Wilson Coming to South Florida! - Sunday, September 14th 2008 5:18 PM
I am a huge F. Paul Wilson fangirl.  I admit it with pride.  Although I'm still catching up with all of the books in his brilliant, gut-wrenching,...
Galveston, Oh Galveston - Friday, September 12th 2008 9:44 PM
Galveston, oh Galveston, I still hear your sea winds blowin' -- Jimmy Webb I keep looking at the progress of Hurricane Ike and listening to reports from Galveston -- and...
Post-Ike Musings - Wednesday, September 10th 2008 4:47 PM
Hurricane Ike is over, for the Florida Keys at least.  My heart aches for everyone in the Turks and Caicos, Haiti, Cuba and everywhere else that suffered Ike's...
Giving Birth to a New Character - Babes in Bookland - Wednesday, September 10th 2008 9:27 AM
If you've ever wondered how writers create and develop characters for our books, we're showing it all this week over at the Babes in Bookland blog.  Rhonda Pollero started...
Out of the Cone and Thinking of Other Things - Monday, September 8th 2008 8:37 AM
The Keys are officially out of the forecast cone of uncertainty for Hurricane Ike.  We're under hurricane watch and tropical storm warning, but Cuba is ripping up the storm...