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Writers: Choosing the Perfect Unpublished Client - Books & Such Literary Agency

This blog post is by my agent, Wendy Lawton. I was one of the unpublished writers who she took on and she and I have been together since 2005. She is a very good friend and a spiritual mentor to me. If you're at all interested in writing (fiction or nonfiction) this is an excellent blog post about what to work on if you're looking for an agent.

Isaiah's Song (Holy Lord)

Little known fact: I used to sing in Testimony A Cappella group when I was at Stanford University. It was a fantastic experience because it was the first time I ever met Christians my age who truly loved Jesus. I was a baby Christian and I learned so much about walking with Jesus from my fellow Testimony members.



This is one of the songs we sang, although we were definitely not as good as the Maranatha Singers. Our soloist was Luke, and while the rest of us were only so-so, Luke was flippin' awesome.

I am IT woman! Hear me roar!

For a long time, I have had a second monitor that Captain Caffeine bought from Goodwill but hadn't taken the time to set it up. I finally figured out I needed a special adapter and the Captain bought it for me, but I only yesterday redid all my cables to set up the second monitor. It took a few tries but I finally did it!







For those of you who may not know, I stand at my computer because it's better for my back. I also have a laptop that I switch to when my feet get tired, so I go back and forth between sitting and standing. I'm on the computer most of the day, so the sitting/standing helps keep the blood flowing in my legs and prevents my back from getting sore from sitting for too long. The gray mat on the floor is an Ergomat, a special anti-fatigue rubber mat that's exactly like what I used to use in biology work when I had to stand for long hours at my workbench. It's very cushy. :)

Facebook buying Instagram

So what do you think about Facebook buying Instagram? Do you use Instagram? A lot of the teens at my church use Instagram, and I have an account but I admit I'm not entirely sure how to use it. :P How do you use it?



That being said, I'm not happy about Facebook buying Instagram because Facebook is notorious for it's horrible privacy policies and it's sad to think of yet another app following those policies and potentially exposing people through their pictures.

Hot dog stuffed crust

Pizza Hut in the UK released this menu item and I totally want to try it. I am unashamed to admit I LOVE hot dogs. I don't care what's in them (or not in them), I will continue in ignorant bliss because I love eating them. Corndogs are my favorite.



My love of hot dogs might be because when I was little, my family would go to town (downtown Honolulu) for my mom's hair appointment. While she was there, Dad would take me and my brother to a matinee movie, and we'd always get popcorn and hot dogs. We saw all three Star Wars movies (episodes 4, 5, and 6) with my dad. Those are good memories for me.



So, yes, I would want to try this pizza!

I'm such a sucker.

I ate some leftover pot roast and had some gravy left over. I looked at Snickers.



"Do you deserve a treat?"



Snickers looked at me:





"Yes, you deserve a treat!" I gave her the gravy with a little bit of kibble.



I am so pathetic.

Japanese hair clip

My mom bought this hair clip for me and I just got it yesterday. Isn't it super cute? And it's PINK!!!





Here's the view of the underside with the little white flowers and bell.



Here's the view of the top with that little rosette. I love it!



If I could sew I'd totally try to make something like this.

Dogs on board the Titanic

While the movie only made me cry, the historical articles on the Titanic are super interesting. In this one about the dogs on the Titanic, the story about the Great Dane made my cry. :(

Any money saving tips for grocery shopping?

We're really fortunate in that we subscribe to an organic co-op, Live Earth Farm, where we pick up a basket of organic veggies every week. We don't get to pick which veggies we receive, but there's always a good variety and we've learned to eat veggies I wouldn't normally buy at the grocery store. It allows for a lot of really good variety in our diet, because typically I'd buy the same veggies every week.



Where we really spend money is on meats. I don't know if this is only true in California, but meat is incredibly expensive.



Chicken and pork are both cheaper than beef, but my problem is that I have noticed several things;



1) If I eat only chicken, beans, and soy products, I start to feel run down. I'm not sure why, especially since the chicken I eat has no growth hormones. I need to eat beef at least once every two or three days or else I get that run down feeling.



2) My stomach reacts badly to pork. I can eat maybe an once or two, but any more than that and my stomach becomes acidic and upset.



3) I detest fish. I am allergic to crab.



4) All this is compounded by the fact that I don't like eating protein that much and I have to struggle to get enough.



Yes, I know, whine, whine, whine. Anyway, I came across this article (via Yahoo.com) on how to save money at the grocery store and was excited about it since we seem to spend so much on meat. It was informative on some things I didn't know, like the number 9 in front of item codes for organic stuff, and the stuff about dry goods, bread and milk.



Do you have any money saving tips?

Smoked lamb for Easter dinner

Forgive me, I have to brag on my hubby a little. Captain Caffeine smoked a lamb in his smoker for Easter dinner and here's the pics!



He used a garlic and rosemary-infused olive oil to coat it, plus he added some sliced garlic and rosemary on the skin.



It turned out perfectly medium rare.



Naturally, Snickers was hovering.



And a little too interested in droppage.





For me, Easter has always had good food and family. I couldn't be with my family this year, but we definitely had good food!



How about you? What did you do for Easter?