Sarah Dessen's Blog, page 46
February 14, 2010
Inspiration
On Friday, we packed up the car and toddler and hit the road to Myrtle Beach, SC, where my husband and my friend Dana were running the half marathon the following day. They had been training since summer, and it was to be Dana's longest run ever, and the longest my husband had done since he did a full marathon back in 2005. Pretty much, around our house, we'd been eating and breathing this race for WEEKS. So when we heard, on Thursday night, that there was a chance it might snow in Myrtle Bea...
February 12, 2010
The Friday Five!
1. Yes, I know it is technically Thursday. But tomorrow is gearing up to be pretty insane from the moment I wake up, so I figured for my own sanity I'd update tonight. Which is crazy within itself, because it's not exactly calm here right now. I'm at the kitchen table, which is covered in papers I need to deal with. My daughter is watching Gabba Gabba and running laps around the playroom at the same time (she is an active TV watcher, never sits still, which I guess is a good thing). My husban...
February 10, 2010
writergrl @ 2010-02-10T08:32:00
You know how you sometimes have those moments when your past and present worlds just collide with a crash? That happened to me last night, when I put on a Yo Gabba Gabba DVD for my daughter to watch while she ate dinner. There was an episode on it I hadn't seen before about birthdays, and towards the end, as I was in the kitchen making spaghetti sauce, I heard this song come on. And it just....like, poked at something WAY back in my brain and experience, like circa 1984. Then I realized what ...
February 8, 2010
writergrl @ 2010-02-08T09:17:00
Here I am! Better late than never.....
Monday morning, and I'm suffering from a bit of a food hangover after all I ate at our Superbowl party last night. But you know what? TOTALLY worth it. We had this huge deli platter, seven layer dip, chicken wings....oh, and some very pretty cut-up vegetables with hummus, which were hardly touched. As far as the game, I've said before I am not much into football, but I was really, really happy for the Saints, who I was pulling for purely for emotional rea...
Monday morning, and I'm suffering from a bit of a food hangover after all I ate at our Superbowl party last night. But you know what? TOTALLY worth it. We had this huge deli platter, seven layer dip, chicken wings....oh, and some very pretty cut-up vegetables with hummus, which were hardly touched. As far as the game, I've said before I am not much into football, but I was really, really happy for the Saints, who I was pulling for purely for emotional rea...
February 5, 2010
The Friday Five!
1. Okay, so as I am writing this, it is snowing outside. WHAT? I know! They predicted maybe a little bit of freezing rain, or wet snow---or as my husband calls it, snain---but now it's actually accumulating, whatever it is. I am doing deep, calming breathing to control my frustration. My driveway just got melted! My snow heap finally fully collapsed! And now....oh, I can't even think about it. Quick, change the subject....
2. I know you Duke fans are probably waiting for me to comment on my Ta...
2. I know you Duke fans are probably waiting for me to comment on my Ta...
February 3, 2010
writergrl @ 2010-02-03T07:37:00
It's been four full days since it snowed here, and things are still really covered, at least in my neighborhood. Our driveway is ice and slush, our road halfway decent....unless you are driving a BMW E30 race car, as I was yesterday. Actually, at first, I was driving my car, which has all wheel drive and was doing just fine, as long as I went slow. But I was following my husband, in his race car (oh, don't even ask) which is barely street legal, that he was bringing up to his mechanic, about ...
February 2, 2010
UK Release tomorrow!
So I'm doing a rare Monday night entry just to remind you folks in the UK (who are probably asleep right now) that Along for the Ride is officially being released on your side of the pond TOMORROW. Or, if you are reading this on Tuesday, TODAY. I have heard from some readers there that they have already found it in their local bookstore, but the real date is tomorrow, so if you've been waiting, hopefully you can find it then.
As a reminder, if you are looking, here's the cover:
I am thrilled ...
As a reminder, if you are looking, here's the cover:
I am thrilled ...
January 31, 2010
Snowed in.
I'm writing this as we are wrapping up day two of being snowed in here at the house, and I am pleased to report I have NOT lost my mind. Yet.
The white stuff started coming down Friday night, it sleeted most of Saturday, then snowed a bit more in the evening before finally stopping. The result: we weren't going ANYWHERE, despite my pleas to the weather gods otherwise. My daughter woke up Saturday morning ready to go out in the snow promptly at 6:15. I told her she had to wait until it was lig...
The white stuff started coming down Friday night, it sleeted most of Saturday, then snowed a bit more in the evening before finally stopping. The result: we weren't going ANYWHERE, despite my pleas to the weather gods otherwise. My daughter woke up Saturday morning ready to go out in the snow promptly at 6:15. I told her she had to wait until it was lig...
January 29, 2010
The Friday Five!
1. Right now, the local TV stations are all abuzz here about this weekend's WINTER WEATHER EVENT. This means---and don't laugh, all you Canadians---that we're going to get, possibly, between 2-4 inches of snow and maybe some ice. I know, I know. You're laughing anyway. But here, this is a Big Deal. They're salting the roads, and telling everyone to hunker down tonight and tomorrow, when it's all supposed to be happening. As for me...I'm not enthused, to be honest. Now, if a snow day meant, yo...
January 27, 2010
writergrl @ 2010-01-27T08:25:00
Whew.
That's about all I can say about my Tarheels, who won their game against NC State last night. If we'd lost, it would have been FOUR in a row we'd dropped, and that would have just been really hard to take. I mean, I know we are a young team, and it's a rebuilding year and all that. But still. Four in a row is a lot more than three. Especially in basketball.
I know a lot of people reading this might be thinking, "Who cares about basketball?" And I can tell you that I get that. Because I d...
That's about all I can say about my Tarheels, who won their game against NC State last night. If we'd lost, it would have been FOUR in a row we'd dropped, and that would have just been really hard to take. I mean, I know we are a young team, and it's a rebuilding year and all that. But still. Four in a row is a lot more than three. Especially in basketball.
I know a lot of people reading this might be thinking, "Who cares about basketball?" And I can tell you that I get that. Because I d...
