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My fiance and I have been trying something different for the past couple of weeks, both in an effort to save money and to eat healthier. (And to lose weight for my part) Our “normal” schedule before this was to have something light, if anything, for breakfast. We would have a strawberry milkshake or a bowl of fiber one cereal some days, nothing but orange juice on others. Then, we would eat out almost every day for lunch. Chick-fil-A, McDonald’s, pizza buffets, Japanese, etc. At dinner, we would also eat out usually. If you start adding up the money we…

10 weeks from tomorrow I will leave for Washington D.C. and my first Romance Writers of America National Conference. I am so excited and nervous and crazy and happy all at the same time! I met with my critique group yesterday, and we decided that it’s time to step it into high gear. One out of the three of us is already a successful published author of 13 books (with 2 more contracted to come out this year from Harlequin Blaze), but the other two of us are still aspiring. The two of us are looking to Nationals as a…

Yesterday, I decided to pull out my copy of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Book 1 of possibly one of the very best stories ever written. After all these years and after reading them all once already, it’s amazing how much the story still draws me in. Rowling sets the entire series up so perfectly with her explanation of the Dursley’s and the delineation between the Muggle world and the Magic world. Her tone in the first book is almost a bit more childlike than I remember, but it fits so perfectly since Harry is just 11 at the…

SJP is possibly my favorite actress of all time. I loved her back in the “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” days, and after “Sex and the City” began, I was hooked for life. It’s hard to believe she’s 44 years old, but time flies… and better her than me. Sarah Jessica has been happily married to Matthew Broderick for twelve years, and they are one of my very favorite Hollywood couples. Their son, James Wilkie, is already six years old, and I heard they had trouble conceiving him back then. Well, the happy couple has just announced that they are…

Day 1 of the Great Job Search did not go too well. In the past when I have applied to a restaurant for a server position, it has gone like this: Walk in, say “Hi, are you hiring servers?” If yes, get and fill out an application. Turn it in, talk to a manager. Get hired. Well, not yesterday. I don’t know if it is just a different city or if it’s that it’s been a while since I tried to get a serving job.. or if the economy is really so bad that even restaurants are not hiring, but…

Yes, it’s time. I am looking for a job. Technically, I already have a job… more than one really. But since no one is lining up to buy my novels just yet, a job that doesn’t pay isn’t exactly going to help us pay for our wedding. Short of draining our savings (which isn’t really an option), this is the only way I can think of to make money for the wedding fast enough to actually get married this year. With our shift in plans from a Caribbean wedding to a longer road trip Vegas wedding/honeymoon, the cost of our…