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Team Us For The Win!

Last night was the Utah Book Awards Ceremony!  Thanks to all those who were there.

Here are Sara and I, anxiously awaiting the results:

Oh, fail, fail, FAIL!  Not only is this the wrong picture, I STILL have no idea how to rotate it correctly.  I kind of blame this fail on Dan, because I've learned to no longer take vertical pictures so I don't have to rotate them.  I did not give him the memo.

Anyway, in case anyone cares, this is me prior to the awards, opening a belated b-day gift from my...

Too Tired To Post Tonight, So…

Daniel wanted to download my favorite Beatles song, "Maxwell's Silver Hammer," for Rock Band. I insisted that I must do something to EARN the song, as I have been getting entirely too many things for no reason lately (due mainly to my birthday and the gifts that have come with it). So we decided I would "earn" the song by blogging every day this week. And I intend to do it.

Except it's kind of been a big night. So I'll write more in the morning. Until then, check out these beautiful...

Happy Almost Halloween!

Daniel and I made jack o' lanterns tonight.

His is the one with the creepy-cool face.  Mine is the one that looks like Pac-Man.  Except it is actually a moon and some menacing clouds.

This month has brought celebrations galore (including, of course,  the Utah Literary Awards!).  I love October.

Happy Almost Halloween!

Pictures of Me And My New Real-Life BFF

Only 2 DAYS left until the good times at the Utah Literary Awards!  For those wondering, the event will be held in the auditorium on the main level of the library, at 7:00 p.m.  All are welcome.

Holly Cupala,  soon-to-debut author at the forefront of everything YA, has chosen today to spotlight The Way He Lived on her blog! The column is called Book Cooks, and features recipes from great YA novels/authors.  Check out my recipe here (hint: during the 2002 Olympics, images of this food graced...

In Which An Extraordinary Video Makes An Apperance And Reo Is Mentioned

Last week was an awesome week for me, and as this week promises just as many rollickin' good times, I am going to blog each day to keep up.

Only 3 Days until Utah Literary Awards shindig with Sara Zarr and a whole bunch of other cool peeps. You don't want to miss it this Thursday night, 7:00, at the downtown SLC Library. Good times a plenty. I guarantee it.

In addition to my birthday, my family had other reasons to celebrate last week. First, my brother Ethan got engaged to one of the...

Post-Birthday-Post

This title kind of reminds me of Morse code which I always wanted to learn.  Obviously, though, this entry has nothing to do with Morse code and everything to do with my birthday on Wednesday.

My husband, who has been downloading old-timey radio dramas to his iPod lately, wanted me to call my birthday post:

"In Which Sherman Alexie Makes an Appearance and Bree Nearly Impales Valynne With a Fork."

But I thought that title, while accurate, didn't focus enough on me.  Because, seriously.  It was...

What Does Your Religion Say About YOU?

At my Senior Ball, a  dinner/dance for the almost-graduates at my high school (unlike the prom, not held at a car dealership) I won a Most Likely Award.  You know:  Most Likely To Succeed, Most Likely To End Up Managing A BK, etc.  I got Most Likely To Write For Teen Magazine.  Besides the fact that I don't think Teen exists anymore, writing for it wasn't an option because I wanted to write me the novels.  But I did love writing quizzes, which earned me the award in the first place.

Ah...

I Am (Almost) Banned!

Okay, so it's not actually me personally that's almost banned.  Sometimes I have a hard time separating myself from my book.

It's actually THE WAY HE LIVED that's being challenged in Lake County, Florida.   And with this being Banned Books Week and everything, the timing couldn't be better!   Or make me happier.    Not that I'm happy people want to ban books, which is bad, bad, bad.   But when these elusive "people" succeed, others are like, hey, you can't tell me what I can't read! and...

The Past: Or, Why I Have So Many Issues

Today I have been going through boxes upon boxes of what I've always referred to as memorabilia but is, in actual fact, better referred to as accumulated random stuff.  And "random stuff" could probably be replaced with a word that would make this post PG, or one that would make it PG-13.  Anyway, it is a long, arduous process and now this stuff is scattered about my office floor, which I hate.  So I must take a break to clear my mind from the clutter-demons that haunt me, along with the...

Fashionable, Girly And An Awesome Friend

Those of you who know me know I love a bargain.  In fact, some have even asked me to share my most humorous money-saving strategies/stories here.   And I will.  But after I tell everyone about my latest find:  a year's worth (that's THIRTEEN issues) of Seventeen magazine for only ten bucks!

I kid you not.  For less than a dollar a month, you can keep up-to-date with the life of Selena Gomez,  steal Beyonce's look, AND pick the perfect snack.  Also, if you're like me, the bill will be...