In case you were wondering

This is where I am. This means I survived the five hour plane ride with my two young boys on Thursday. (My first time travelling by plane with either of them. Yikes!)
My family and I are squished down there in that crowd somewhere. Okay, not this exact crowd, because let's face it, I'm not sitting in my hotel room uploading pics from Disney World. I'm at Disney World waiting in line for a ride, I'm sure. In a crowd that is something close to this. I'm sure I'm sweaty from the 100% humidity, and hopefully not sunburned. But I guarantee I'm having a blast!


I will be watching fireworks above this castle for the 4th of July. How about you? Any fun plans? I hope so! Happy Independence Day to all my American followers!

Stay tuned for some awesome guest posts next week.

From the road...

Well, we made it to Portland. Phwew. That was a LONG drive. Even split into 2 chunks. The boys did really well though, so that's a relief. I spent all afternoon and night entertaining them alone while hubby went to meetings. They are both sleeping now (thank heavens) and I'm sitting here staring at my computer. My eyes are burning, I'm exhausted, and I can hardly think straight. I should go to sleep. Instead, I'm blogging and then going to read. I would try to write, but I'm pretty sure anything that came out would be drivel. Much like this blog post.

So the moral of the story is that you should get other people to do guest posts when you're travelling and still want to do blog posts. I will keep that in mind when I leave for my even longer trip to Florida next Thursday.

Yeah, you heard my right. My whole family is going to FLORIDA (courtesy of my awesome parents). DISNEY WORLD. HARRY POTTER LAND (or whatever it's really called)! Daytona Beach! For 10 DAYS! That trip is NOT a work trip. We just get to go be together and have fun the whole time. I am SO excited (even though it will be crazy busy and murderously hot). But when you're trying to get ten people's schedules to coincide, scheduling can be tricky, so July is when it could happen. The point is, I will make sure and line up some guest posts for that trip, because I pretty much guarantee my Internet time will be slim to none. Even though I know you're dying to read more awesome, rambling posts such as this one.

What does this have to do with writing? Um, nothing. Sorry. Just keeping you posted on my whereabouts, because I know ya'll were dying to make sure we were here safe and sound and somewhat sane. Check, check, and check. I promise to have a meaningful post about writing soon.

In the meantime, hope you're having a great week! I'm off to read.

Tell me (because I always love to find out), what are you reading right now?

Greener pastures... or something like that

Well, I'm going to be on the road again this week. This time, my hubby is heading to Boise and then Portland for work, and since he's driving, the boys and I are tagging along for the ride (again). It's nice to be able to do that, even though it means having to take care of two young boys in a hotel room (with no car - aka no escape) during the days. It's worth it to see Daddy at night, instead of being separated for a whole week. And I also get to travel and see fun cities and do fun stuff at night.

The last (and only) time I went to Portland was when I was a teenager, probably fifteen or so. I remember it being VERY green. And gorgeous. I hope it lives up to the memories I have! I'm really excited to see it again. Anyone have suggestions of fun things we should do at night, when my hubby is done with his meetings?

So, my blogging may be a bit sporadic this week, but you never know. Wireless internet + nap time might = lots of blog posts. You'll just have to wait and see! Here's hoping to the kids doing well in the car, getting lots of reading and writing done (ha ha, we'll see), and having a fun trip!

What fun plans do you have this week?

On the road...

I am on vacation this week, so this is just a quick post. First of all, I sent in my revision to my agent today, and this might be the last one before we start submitting to editors. SQUEE!!! I am so excited (but also so nervous!) to go on submission. We'll see what happens... :-)



Second, Ally Condie is giving away an ARC of her book MATCHED!! I can't wait for it to be released, and I'm REALLY hoping to win this ARC. So please, don't go to her blog, and don't leave a comment. Definitely DON'T become a follower so that there aren't as many people trying to win it. Then you'll be giving me a better chance of getting drawn. Because let's face it, I usually never win anything. Although I did just win a book on Brodi's blog, so... maybe this is the start of a new WINNING streak! Woohoo!!

Okay, I'm totally kidding. Go here and check out her blog and enter to win!