For Pete's Sake!

My friend's nephew, Pete, joined us for dinner last night. I was complaining about how much my husband loves salmon. "I hate salmon," I said. Pete smiled at me and told me I shouldn't say hate. I laughed, and agreed. The conversation turned to weather. "I hate to be cold."

From across the room, I glimpsed Pete as he turned his head, whispering, "We don't say that."

I had no idea how often Negative Nellie was inviting herself to my party--but thanks to Pete's gentle reminder, she is officially off the guest list.

Pete's got a big birthday coming up this summer: he'll be 4.

Thoughts of a Mad Hatter!

Thank you, Siobhan! I love Thoughts of a Mad Hatter!!

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Why Isn't There an App For That?

Etiquette is a way of dealing with something that shouldn't have happened as if it didn't.

I am not firing on all cylinders today. It's not my fault. It wasn't the Girl Scout cookies I had for breakfast, either. Was it the guy trying to have an orgasm on the treadmill next to me, for 29 minutes?  oh, oH, OHOHOHOH... People kept stopping to stare; I have no idea why I was the one embarrassed.

Was it the woman who gave her boobs a bath in the middle of the women's locker room? She was buck naked, bent over, sink stopped up and filled with water; splishing and splashing and rub-dub-a-dubbing away as I pretended that was completely normal, too.  I went about my lady business of, you know, applying lipstick and fluffing my hair, and got the heck out of there.

Or was it the lady who cut in front of me get her cup of coffee; obviously she's way more important than me.

Someone needs to develop an "Appropriate Response App"... (They could call it App-App.) I would buy that.

(And by the way, if your boobs are that smelly, might I recommend a SHOWER?)

Cheerio!

The UK rocks! They like my new novel, The Kitchen Shrink...look, I'm near MEG CABOT--one of my favorite authors of all time!

Chick Lit Plus!

What is it? The Scent of Jade reeks with a little bit of romance, a soupcon of suspense, a waft of mystery; but what's that funny smell? Labels are so important in helping readers find books they want to read that it's been tricky trying to pigeonhole just what-the-heck genre The Scent of Jade belongs to. I like Chick Lit Plus...which was gracious enough to do a review!
Chick Lit Plus!

A Buckeye Girl Reads: Review: The Scent of Jade by Dee DeTarsio

A Buckeye Girl Reads: Review: The Scent of Jade by Dee DeTarsio

Monkey Business!

A huge THANK YOU to the best entourage of smart, beautiful, funny (and extremely well-read!) women a new author could ever hope to hang with!

Nemira, Monkey, Fini, Jinny, Yvonne, Toni, Michele!

Special guest appearance by Lisa and baby Brendon, who was obviously overcome by the brilliant conversation...

And to the sweet lagniappe of southern belle, Michele...whose grace and elegance is only exceeded by her warmth and hospitality...She's the icing on the Italian Cream Cake!