BIG News!!

Sorry I've been such a slacker blogger lately. I'm way over-extended with going away for water polo Junior Olympics (Child #2 and Child #3 are both on teams who are entered) and getting ready for our trip to the Great White North next week. Get this. Between Junior Olympics and Canada, I'll be home for ONE short day during which time I'll do laundry like a mad woman and pack and tidy the house for our dog/chameleon/house sitter and finish up scoring entries for a writing contest and... Ack! If I stop to think of all that needs to be accomplished, my heart starts pounding like I've downed an extra-extra-extra large espresso. Or ten. Thank goodness for a helpful family.

About the Graber olives...The winner is Angela of Angel's Chocolate and Potatoes. I love reading about her daily life. So, Angela, email your snail mail address to barrie.summy@gmail.com and I'll pop the can of olives in the mail before heading north.


I received a delightful package in the mail from From Skilled Hands' art gallery. I won a contest on her blog and had NO idea the mailman would be delivering an entire boxful of goodies. Thank you. Can you guys see the adorable blue Santa? I buy one new Christmas decoration a year. And that's the one for 2008!

And now for my BIG AND EXCITING NEWS!

Guess what's in this envelope?

The contract for another two-book deal from Random House!!

HURRAY! HURRAY!

I will be celebrating later this evening. With my water polo friends. After we put the players and their siblings to bed.

Anyway, I'm off to explore the hotel with Child #4 who has high hopes of buying everything from the gift shop at the end of the hall. Ha!

Wish us luck at the games!

(P.S. The internet connect at this hotel is s-l-o-w. Hopefully, it'll speed up soon and I'll go round visiting you guys.)