Don't F**k With Markita!

After a weekend full of romance, and by "romance" I mean back-breaking labor, it's nice to get some nice reviews and contests and stuff thrown in your book's honor. But we'll get to that in a second. Here's what I've been up to.

1. Painting. For Valentines Day, Caroline and I opted for sore muscles followed by the drugged haze of left-over painkillers. We finally transformed the family room/kitchen into something NOT resembling an apartment.  Here's the before and after…

2. I had a...