It's almost December.

It's almost December and I can't imagine where the year has gone. Yes, we always say that when what we really mean is we didn't get all those things done that we wanted to get done. I know I spend a lot of time planning what I want to do and then get side tracked. So my project now is to decorate the Christmas tree, yes it is a fake tree, since I am really, really allergic to pine. I got the tree put up and the bottom half has lights on it. I bought lights today, Bi Mart in Cheney has a real good price on them. Since I had an appointment with my publisher to pick up some books for my signing on Saturday, I decided to check out the new Ross store on the South Hill in Spokiane and the new Trader Joe's. I also went to Hastings Book Store and sold back some of my books to them and bought another one, THE BISHOP by Steven James, I've read several of his books and then put them in our church library. Since I am an award winning 'Finalist' in the USA 'Best Books 2011' awards contest, my publisher printed up 100 book marks with the award sticker on them and he also printed some one page sheets and added the mention of the award on them. He always does nice things like that and doesn't charge me for them, he says it is good advertisement. Well it is 12:03 a.m. and I'm off to bed. Good night to you all.

It's almost Thanksgiving.

It's almost Thanksgiving! I just feel so blessed and this is the time to think about those blessings and give thanks for them. I just took 3 pumpkin pies out of the oven. The house is warm and smells heavenly. We will be celebrating the Day with famly and friends. My daughter-in-law says a 22 or 23 pound turkey should feed us all. I hope there will be some left over. Oh yes, I do not have to cook the turkey, she is doing all of that. That is really something to be thankful for.

Does your dog snore?  My dog, Jake, has gone back to bed this morning and is snoring away!  Yes it's cute and a little annoying.

Good morning bloggers. I'm on my second cup of coffee this morning so the cob webs have lifted and I'm ready to do some serious writing. Last night I attended a meeting of Authors4Authors and I'm always energized after one of those meetings.  New ideas are flooding my mind for my next book.  As usual I'm a little bewildered how to bring it all together.  I really need to get this one finished by the end of the year.

Oh yes, if you haven't heard, my book THE HAT PIN MURDERS was a finalist in the USA "Best Books 2011" Awards.  You can go to USABookNews.com and find it there.  I'm pretty excited about it.  Now I need to get busy on my next best seller.