It's all about the ups and downs, you know?
So let's dive in.
1. I bought a new car. Okay, *I* didn't buy the new car, nor do I get to drive said car. But "we" got a Dodge Charger for my husband!
And I am jealous. But hey, he's been driving this for 5 years:
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| Complete with multiple dents. |
He probably deserves to drive this:
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| Complete with racing stripes. |
2. Teenagers are terrifying. Until they start laughing. Then they're just like normal people. Pretty much I made fun of myself (and vampires) and they let me keep talking. Good times. (And, yes, I'm planning to torture you with full details and tips for school visits. Patience, my pretties.)
3. If I worked near an In 'N Out Burger joint, I would eat a double-double every double-day. Holy double-yum.
4. I got a package from my wonderful friend, Christine. It was busted to bits.
Inside, it held three items she had mailed me, and three she had not. Veeeerrry interesting. Whoever was supposed to get these, I'm sorry.
5. As of Tuesday, I have now been married for 14 years. Yay me! (PS. We picked up the Charger on our anniversary. I totally counted it as my gift to my husband.)
6. My six-year-old daughter might be more excited about POSSESSION than I am. She told her kindergarten teacher that I'd written a book. Her teacher said that was exciting, and that Daughter could bring it in. So she begged me to let her take my ARC to school.
Did I do it?
Uh, yeah. I let her take the book in a large ziplock bag. Daughter showed the class. They talked about how many pages it had (404, said "forty-oh-four" if you're six and just learning that numbers go above say, 10). Then, in the words of my kidlet, "We made our own books. Mine had 5 pages."
7. Did you miss the Across the Universe giveaway on the blog yesterday? You wanna get on that, because I'm announcing the winner on Monday, and you have until 10 PM Sunday night to enter. Go buy AtU!
8. Let it be known that I steal blog ideas. You've been warned.
Got anything I need to know today? Lay it on me.
87 comments:
Happy anniversary, congrats for being the object of awe for a classroom of young readers, and glad to hear your school visit went well! I confess to being intensely curious about the other two unanticipated items in your busted box.
That's so cute! I'm sure the Kinders were impressed!;) And I'm glad the teens weren't so scary after all!
Congrats on the car. That's so cool about your daughter. Mine was also proud that I wrote when she was in grade school & told all her teachers. She got me a few author visits there. Have a great weekend!
Congrats on the new car and your wedding anniversary.
Umm...would you mind sharing the beat sheet you made for novels? Thanks!
This sure is a mixed blog! How cool your daughter is so proud of you. Cooler she got to hold the ARC. I'm so jealous!
I can't wait to hear about your school visit. Yes, humor, especially the self-deprecating kind is the way to go. It's not often they can relate to adults.
Have a great weekend!
Very cool that your daughter brought your book to school for show and tell. The ziplock bag was a good idea :-)
Congratulations on the new car and the anniversary!
Also, that story about your daughter is adorable -- and I'm enough of a nerd that I love that your novel has four-oh-four pages. ;)
Happy anniversary! I'm jealous of your daughter and your husband LOL They get to read POSSESSION and drive around in a Charger!!! Life's good sometimes =) Enjoy!
I love your confession at the end!!! Stealing blog ideas is okay as long as they're good ones. At least that's what I tell myself when I steal one.
If I'm cute as a button like the little one will you let me take an ARC to school?! Please...pretty please *flutters eyelashes* (is it working?)
Happy Anniversary!!! That's a sexy car and I'm with you, so count that as a gift!
Happy anniversary! Your daughter is the cutest...
Oh, and hot car!
I wish I'd seen your presentation to the teens. I want to see what you said to make them laugh.
Interesting what happened to Christine's package. That's terrible that you ended up with things she never sent you.
CAN'T WAIT to read possession. :D
Wow! Lots of awesome stuff in here. First of all congratulations! Happy Anniversary.
You can steal from me anytime, assuming I ever do anything cool enough.
Today's guest blogger is K.M. Walton!
Holy week of awesomeness! And too flippin funny about Christine's box LOL At least the stuff she DID send you made it (hopefully in one piece). Still laughing about your extras lol
LOVE your daughter taking your book to school...so sweet! :D
I love that your daughter did that. :) How completely awesome! Also a Dodge Charger is one of my favorite cars ever, congrats on the 14-year-gift! Also thank you for the chance to win ATU, I've been DYING to read that but have been on a strict book buying budget which is no fun at all. And I'm very intrigued about the blog ideas you steal. Can't wait for that.
Aw, it must be pretty darned awesome knowing that your kiddo is a ginormous fan!!!
And 14 years!! Congrats!
Wow! What a week of awesome! Now keep that Charger under 90, wink wink!
OMG, that's so cute about your daughter. And oooo, pretty-shiny car. Congratulations on your anniversary. =o)
I love your sense of humor!
Happy Anniversary and new car!
Were there drugs in the socks? Just checking.
;)
~ Wendy
Talk about a great anniversary present. I think my husband would take on the job of cleaning the toilets for life if I let him get a Dodge Charger.
And your daughter sounds adorable. She's grooming your future readers right there.
I was thinking the same thing as Wendy, drugs?
Congratulations on marriage and Car and kid bragging about you!
I don't know if you know this, but I love the barbed wire on the header of your post! How's that for what you should know today?
lol Have a great weekend!
Fun! Congrats on the upgrade.
hi miss elana! if you couldnt need those socks you could send them at my house. wow maybe i could get some neat extra stuff in the parcel. ha ha. i told you so! i just knew you were gonna be a big hit at that school cause your a big hit with bloggers and with me. big late happy anniversary! cool car! your daughter is your most biggest fan! wow! how cool is that! i hope you have a fun weekend.
...hugs from lenny
Congrats on your 14th anniversary! And I agree, your hubby's new car totally counts as a present ;)
I can't wait to hear about your school visit.
What a fun week. And yea! for kidlet :) I love forty-oh-four.
Yep, that IS an awesome week!
Love this post. Congratualtions on 14 years!
Happy anniversary, Elana! Gorgeous pressie for the hubs.
Sounds like you've had a nutty week. That package was something else, that's for sure. Are you sure that wasn't the real gift you'd intended to give to your husband?
A ride that sweet should count as his next 6 anniversary gifts! (He'll be cool with that, trust me.) AND congrats!
What is UP with the socks and mystery additions to the package? I'm not sure I even know what WTF means, but I am sure this would be an appropriate time to use the saying. That would freak me out for some reason ...
Although, it does add some fun and mystery to checking the mail each day. "Bill, bill, credit application, ad, random dude's underwear .... nope, nothing good today."
That is aesome that your daughter brought your book to her kindergarten class! Also, I'm excited to hear more about the high school visit. :) Congrats on the 14 years!
Yikes about the package. Mail can be scary.
Happy Anniversary! Me and my hubs will be 13 years this year. Nice gift and it totally counts.
Love In and out burger, but we don't have any here. **frowns**
Stealing ideas? :)
I'm hosting a blogfest and hoping to get through five chapters of revisions despite the kitchen renovation and kids constantly needing something to do. Will I be sane next week? Not sure.
HAve a great weekend!
It’s adorable your daughter bragged about you to her class. Congrats on making it though the teenager chat.
Holy molly batman! When did you get married, when you were 12? You look great!
Congrats on the anniversary, I married my HS sweetheart.
Hilarious mail story...how in the world did you get those other things? The socks any good. I love new socks.?
If I worked at a burger joint, I'd need to be medi-vaced out of the building. I'd never leave and I'd be 1,000 lbs.
I totally steal blog ideas. By buddy Camille cracks me up every day. I blog-burgular her all the time. Rubble-rubble. http://www.camillereads.com/
You think teeneagers are terifying? No way, try the tweeners. Even worse. I should know, I have one.
Happy weekend.
Such a great anniversary present for your husband! Congrats on 14 years!!!
Congratulations on the anniversary. No doubt your daughter is proud :-) I loved this post!! Nice to little snippets of life from blog friends.
1. Happy Anniversary!!
2. Mmm In 'N Out Burger...I went to California for the first time last Fall and got to experience the deliciousness that is that burger. :)
3. Your daughter is so sweet!
4. I totally steal blog ideas too.
Have a great weekend!
Happy anniversary in advance! And in our state, police drive chargers, marked and unmarked. Your husband could have fun with people!
Glad it went well with the teens. They aren't so scary after you have some of your own. :)
Ecellent! Great job E!
1. I'm super curious to know more about the mysterious pkg and how it spawned things that weren't sent.
2. Why is the acronym for Beth's book AtU instead of ATU? Because the THE does t matter
3. AND tbe Charger looks Sooo much cooler with the stripes
That is so cute she brought the ARC to school. I'll bet she was super proud!
And nice wheels, sweet!
suffering from new car envy. I suppose I will go console myself with guylinered Johnny Depp *sigh* with a dash of Orlando Bloom ;)
Bringing an ARC to school for "Show and Tell" (ack! that term really dates me!)is great but mild. When I taught 1st grade, a student wanted to bring in something about his dad who was a motorcycle cop. He brought in an 8 X 10 glossy of dad greased up, showing of his muscles wearing a speedo! Apparently dad competed in baody-building contests when he wasn't riding the motorcycle!
Happy Anniversary!
Congratulations on your new car. My sister got a new one and I'm uber jealous 'cause my car kinda looks like the one your husband used to drive.
I LOVE the story about your daughter. It was soooo cute! I love kindergartners, and how fun that they got to make their own books that day.
I think I entered the giveaway, but I'd better check! *hurrying to yesterday's post*
That's adorable about your daughter!!! She's so proud of you, Elana. :)
I received a package from a blogger friend that was all busted up like that. And unfortunately, a couple things had either been lost or stolen from mine. Not cool! I'm glad you got all your items!
And a very happy anniversary to you and your hubs!!!
Happy Anniversary!
Sweet new wheels! I tell my children that I didn't get a new car until I was 30 (true story, I bought used til then) so they won't expect anything big and shiny when they turn 16!
How sweet that your daughter is so proud of you!!! And then wrote her own book!
And I wish we had In N Out burger here. But I'll have McD's for lunch. I really will.
Happy Anniversary! (Apparently the universe sent you socks for your anniversary. How odd.)
You should know you're welcome to steal any ideas from me that you want. But you should also know that I have very few good ideas. :)
Cool car! Love your kidlet story. And I love your pretty blog header -- so feminine and professional. Hope you have a great weekend!
OH my gosh! Those are all great things! You are so cool to send your ARC with your daughter! So cool!
Things needing to know: The dentist and I are not that good of friends (even though I see more of him than I would like). Just saying. =)
Oh, and Happy Anniversary!!! Whoop!
"Forty-oh-four" -- that is sooo adorable.
Wish we could have all been there to hear your talk to the teens. Must have been fascinating as well as funny.
And that package makes me wonder about trusting Priority Mail. Ulp!
Congratulations on 14 years. If you've made it that far, he OUGHT to let you drive the car. At least a couple of times. Sheesh!
Happy 14 years! That's freaking awesome. Love hearing about stuff like that. My hubby and I celebrated 14 last August. Woot!!!
Totally sweet car! Congrats. How fun is that? We just got our first "new car" in 12 years last August as well. Isn't that funny? Course, it was an Altima...nothing near as fun as a Charger!
Thanks for this post. It really made me smile.
Um...that you're adorable? Also, my daughter (who's been a vegetarian for a year) tried soy bacon for the first time and thought it tasted exactly like bacon. I tried it and disagreed; but it wasn't as bad as I expected.
Happy anniversary and congrats on the new car! 14 years is impressive! That is so sweet about your daughter. I love that she is so excited!
Socks? Who mails socks???
fourty-oh-four, oh my world will never be the same :) Congrats on the car and the anniversary!
That's so sweet about your daughter. It just makes me happy. Hope you had a great anniversary. My 19th is next month. On Valentines Day. =)
Happy Anniversary! And I'd totally count the car as my gift, too. :)
And uh, if you ever steal a blog idea from me? I'd be totally flattered.
Happy Anniversary and congrats to hubs on the new car. Oh, and your daughter is adorable! Sounds like you have a nascent writer on your hands.
BTW: We ALL steal blog ideas. ;)
Happy Anniversary! What a great gift. My DH would love that!!
Happy Anniversary!
Love all the information in this post.
I steal blog ideas, too.
I love it that your daughter took an ARC to school. That must have been such a wonderful moment for her! You need to know that you are ALL KINDS of awesomesauce!! :-)
Congrats on the car and your anniversary!!! Your kidlet is so cute! That's awesome she took your ARC to school to share!
I am glad you understand the amazingness that is In-N-Out. I do not get people who don't get how delicious it is. One of the best things about the West Coast / CA. :) (I really love animal style burgers and fries tho.)
Happy Anniversary. That's a really cool car. So great that your daughter brought your ARC to school.
I hear you on In-and-Out burger. Thank God we don't have any of those here, I'd be the size of a house, instead of a double-wide.
Oh, I love you guys! Today has been seriously the craziest, busiest day ever! I totally meant to email you all a response and get to your blogs, but it isn't going to happen.
SORRY.
And know I <3 you all!
I can't think of anything much nicer than having your daughter bring your book to school...that's a moment to tuck inside and savor forever. Happy Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary! A car makes for an awesome gift! :)
And stealing blog ideas... sounds like something I would do, lol
Happy anniversary! Does Hubby love his Charger? We had one and I LOVED it. My Hubby is an auto tech for Chrysler. He really likes Chargers.
Are you serious about the socks? OMGoodess!
And how cute your daughter!
I never heard how was your talk to the teens? Did I miss a followup post?
That car is gorgeous! What a great anniversary gift. Every day for the next year, you need to remind your husband that he is a very lucky man.
I can't wait to hear the details about the school visit! Sounds like a blast! :) Congrats on the anniversary and the new car!!!
Major congratulations on 14 years!!!
and oops on the post pack??
I love the kidlet's comment! And congrats on the anniversary!!
that car is drool-worthy. i want one sooooooooooooooo bad.
happy anniversary, and congrats on all the book excitement!
Happy Anni
I am so jealous of the kidlet she's got an arc?
Happy anniversary Elana! I'm very excited to hear about the school visits too :) And I love the car ;)
Ummm.. what do you need to know? I'm going crazy while waiting for my MS to "marinate" for four weeks :D
I wondered where those socks went, I'm always losing them in the wash.
Congrats on your anniversary, your book and all the awesomeness you are having.
My granddaughter introduced me to someone in her class and said, "..and she's a writer." I got all warm and goose pimply!
So wonderful that your daughter is so proud! :) And congrats on your anniversary. I'm hitting 16 years in a few months!
Love this week and I was dying when I saw that package and sock! Hilarious!!!
So cool how proud your daughter is. Just think of how much she has to look up to!
Sweet ride!!! That's all I have to say about that. :)
Dang, that's a beautiful car.
Loved all the points in your blog, so don't know how to single them out. Pure fun!
Congrats on the sexy, new racecar! That's seriously SWEET!!
And how cool is your daughter? If I ever have one, I want one like yours. Does she teach?
Happy Anniversary ;o) Oh, that's funny about the socks. Good grief, that package looks seriously messed up! That's what she said. LOL sorry. Couldn't resist.
So cool about your daughter. Awww. Love the car!
Oh, I had In-and-Out once, and it was sooo good ;o)
Have a great rest of the weekend!
Your blog is always such a fun read. Congrats on 14 years and a new car.
Happy Anniversary! If I bought my husband that car on our anniversary,WOW, what a night that would be. Spewed tea over the box. That's creepy funny.
Sweet car. The station wagon, I mean. ;) He is a lucky man.
Happy Anniversary!
Um, ew about the socks.
Awesome about the car--love it! Happy anniversary. That's rockin awesomesauce. And your kidlet is stinkin cute. That is all.
LOVE how excited kidlet is -- too cute! My Volvo wagon is starting to resemble your husband's. I bought it new and it's up to 115,000 miles and has a few scratches as well, but I'm driving it 'til it dies!
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