Book is finally available

I happened to look on the Authorhouse Bookstore this morning and saw that my book is finally available for purchase. At last! I added the link to go directly to the bookstore in the interesting links section here. I hope that those who do buy the book will be quite pleased, but I do look foward to your comments after reading on your thoughts overall. Just keep in mind that I strived to tell an interesting story and by no means am I the next Daniele Steel or Nora Roberts, but the characters are interesting and the romance unique. I think it will be a fresh perspective to an over done boy-meets-girl, loses-girl, gets girl back and then they all lived happily ever after. Life is unpredictable.. and so we'll leave it at that on how my book ends. Happy reading.

On Mother's Day

On Sunday, lots of families will get together to celebrate "moms", as is appropriate since it's Mother's Day, a national holiday. For some, like me, it will be just another day of the week, for being "MOM."

My kids are always into activities and this weekend is no exception. Kayla, my youngest, wanted to work at a local swim park for the summer, so she begged and begged to take a lifeguard certification class, which falls this particular weekend, beginning on Friday night, and lasting all day Saturday and Sunday from 8:00 to 5:00. My city's recreation services offered it at a cost of $199. Yawza! But my sixteen year old already had dreams on how to spend the money she would make, perhaps sinking some of it into a bank account; buy a few favorite things, like books, CD's, or jewelry. All typical things that teens dream about doing with the money they make from their first job. Then she hit me with a real heart zinger for why she wanted to do the class and work this summer: Maybe she could earn enough money to help Grandma with her car payment! How could I tell her No?

In truth, I was impressed by her desire to do this. My mom had recently traded up into a newer vehicle, one that had air condition, as her old car's cooling system went kaput. In Texas summertime, it gets really hot down here and at her age of 79, heat can be quite a danger, but now the cost of having a newer car had a toll too. On a fixed income, she had to budget her expenses to make her car payment and the cost of full coverage insurance. My daughter had heard her complaints and wanted to help. So I paid for her class and agreed to be mama taxi on this special weekend, willing to tote her back and forth to class. It's something I'm use to doing at any rate.

The most I expect to occur is for my daughter to contribute a few dollars towards Grandma's bingo night, not a real significant amount towards a big car payment. However I'm sure that the money she does give will be most appreciated by my special mom. To me, there's no greater reward than watching one generation relate to another. That's a sign of devotion, love and respect. My daughters present to her grandmother is a gift of the heart and in turn, ends up being a special gift to me too that will live on in my memories.

Happy Mother's Day to all the mom's out there-whether you celebrate at home, in a restaurant, at church, or just being a taxi mom carting your kids to where they need to go. Isn't being a mom just an extraordinary thing? God Bless.

Let's talk about "Sex"

Usually I don't get very excited about visiting the movie theaters these days. My butt tends to fall asleep in those aisle seats no matter how cushy they can be constructed. So for me to endure a 2 to 2 1/2 hour movie would surely get my hiney to feeling numb. Even worse is that most great movies run longer, like about 3 hours or so. I guess they make them that way so you can get your money's worth- if you're lucky and the movie is worth seeing.

Yesterday I happened to tune into the last 20 minutes of Oprah, and low and behold, they had the ensemble cast of Sex and The City on stage. I had to watch as they conversed about their personal lives and about the movie. What can I say? I am a fan- a HUGE Fan, and the movie is coming out at the end of this month! Yippee!

This movie is something that a lot of people, including myself, will line up to see. First of all, considering their movie trailer, they hint that something may go awry in the wedding we die hard fans have all waited for since Season Six came to a finale- the nuptials of Carrie and Mr. Big!

The actor, Chris Noth, is an exceptionally handsome man and he plays this part with such pinasche! (did I spell that right?) Anyways, he is flirtatious, kind, and sexy. He comes with his own set of flaws- but they are ones that Carrie usually forgives- unless he is stalling her about commitment. When he rescued her in Paris at the end of Season Six, I was jumping up and down and whooping in my living room-so happy that he finally went after his girl. Ah, it's the stuff that all of us women dream of, a guy that really, really needs his woman!

I will be on vacation the week this movie comes out, but I will make it a point to have a girls night out to see this flick. Perhaps my hubby may or may not come along-as some men may think it's a "chick flick"- but it's just that my guy just likes action/adventure/sci fi kind of stuff. At home, there's been lots of occasions where he's hovered in the back ground as I put on my favorite episodes on the DVD player. He's never been afraid to sit there and comment about what took place.

Anyways, when I do get to watch the movie, I'm sure late that night, he will delight that I am charged up with creative energy from watching the delightfully sexy scenes that are surely to be shown on the big screen. The cast, the actions, the story is- in my opinion- a natural aphrodisiac for the fans.

In fact, when I finally caught onto the HBO smash back in season two, it opened up my eyes to alot of things about Sex. Wow! What I experienced in my wild child days or even in the inbetween dating periods between marriages (after divorces), wasn't so different after all from any other woman whose been with men! What a concept!

I did think one crucial thing after totally absorbing a full season. I suddenly didn't want to be Charlotte anymore (the inner, bashful me), or Carrie (the fun, loyal gal pal for my friends), or Miranda, (wanting to be a leader of what's going on at work). No- I wanted to be Samantha! RRRRRRR.





What a woman! A bold Woman! Not ever afraid to show a man what she wanted from him, or tell him how to do it. Beautiful, sassy, sexy and very willing to expose her sexuality. Yes, I wanted to be exactly like Samantha- but granted the situation that I lived-foremost a mommy and a member of a public community- I couldn't just go out there and blatently do things like she did, so I had to go into the closet - so to speak- and enjoy my own fantasy and experimentation in very private settings.

Granted, I may not ever-in a million years-look like her, but when I became single again from divorce, I had time to discover the inner Samantha, before marrying and taming down in Charlotte again. Let's just say that my current husband does see that tigress come out to play on occasion. Sorry- that may be TMI (too much info) for my kids that do read this. (giggle)

Perhaps you can compare a picture of Samantha to pictures taken in 1981 and tell me what you think? I was single then. Do you see a smidgen of Samantha come out to play? It's probably the only time I will ever publicly display one of my "sassy" pictures- so get it in now while you can.




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Cheers to all of my sassy friends: