Five things I thought about during my morning run:

1. Our upcoming short trip to see Follies in NYC.

2. Tomorrow, my oldest baby will be thirteen. THIRTEEN!

3. Something about this mug that a friend gave me for Christmas. It really holds the heat of my tea and the tastes really good from it. Is that crazy?

4. Just send out a press kit to the bloggers on my little blog tour. I'll be posting everywhere in February–so stay tuned.

5. Can't wait for the Roanoke Regional Writer's Conference at the end of this month. I love this conference. It's no frills, down-to-business, and really good people. I'm teaching a class on mystery writing.