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Ike, cookies and Stephen King

I'm posting a quick non-book update! First, I helped my sister-in-law with her fabulous cookie event, she makes awesome homemade cookies and I am helping her to get her business started. Look at our first display!!!! While we were happily selling cookies, ssvd's lil love shack was swept away by Hurricane Ike! GAH! And finally, Ike came up here and paid us an unwelcome visit. Gusty winds were a blowin', but did not lead to a wash away of the Blue household - thankfully!

By the way, I'm right in the middle of The Gunslinger (raises eyebrows to T*L) and I had forgotten how much I adore Stephen King's writing. He is quite the bastar....wait, talented writer, toying with our emotions and knowing just how to wrap us all up. YAY! That's my little update for now! Hugs to SSVD and her family!

Assignment and New Book!

Book we've read, book we shall read....

Last night was a great chat, ladies! We had fun conversations and actually discussed some of the book club topics, like our upcoming author chat (soon to be scheduled) and what we'll read next! Deets from the chat follow:

First, several of us have finished the most recent book club assignment, and many more are in the middle of reading or are about to get started (you KNOW who you are). Simplicity has been in contact with Alexis Morgan and we will be scheduling the chat shortly after September 24, as she is booked up until then. SO...that means we all need to get the book finished by September 24! Also, a little assignment for everyone: let's each come up with two questions that we want to ask Alexis in the chat, we can discuss them and get ourselves organized prior to the actual author chat. We will also have our own discussion about the book prior to the author chat and might be able to hash out some more relevant questions to impress Ms. Morgan with our wit and incredible observations!

Second, we have picked the next book for reading! YAY! And it turns out not to be any of those in my poll (gee, with the overwhelming number of 8 votes, how could I do this?), but I think this will be a fun and exciting change for us! Our next book will be Beguilement (The Sharing Knife #1) by Lois Mcmaster Bujold. Her website is here: http://www.dendarii.com/. We have plenty of time for this book, so never fear. I will post the synopsis in the next week or so.

Third, we all have been reading many different things on the side. I'd like to recommend a few of these books and please feel free to add comments as to what you would recommend as well. I am starting Stephen King's Dark Tower Series, with book #1, The Gunslinger. True*Love is supposed to be reading this with me (*cough*she better*cough*). This is a fantasy series by Mr. King, not horror. He is so brilliant at taking his reader on such a mind trip, if you have not read him before (I have read at least a dozen of his books) then I suggest you give this a try. I have also read the PC and Kristen Cast House of Night series, including Marked, Betrayed and Chosen. The 4th book in the series, Untamed, is set to be released on 9/23. This series just gets better and better with each book. Nalini Singh's Psy-Changling series, starting with Slave to Sensation is also very good and HOT! I have read the first two in that series, there are now 4. SSVD has been reading Jacquelyn Frank's Nightwalker series, beginning with Jacob, and I have heard these are very, very good also, although I have yet to partake of them myself. So, not that I believe this is possible, but if you are ever want for a new read, visit here. You can even comment asking for new book suggestions, and I'm sure any number of us can quickly suggest 20 more! HA!

Finally, I will be moving this blog over to an actual website during the next couple of weeks, courtesy of our beloved Geo. I will have blog posts still, and also book club based message boards for our favorite series, so that no matter if you have read Sookie 1 or all of them, you will have a place to chat.

Phew! On a personal note, my daughter was notified today that she has been cast in the Nutcracker modern dance performance! YAY! She will be so excited and I will be sure to let you all know how that goes. Oh, and if you hear of an arrest of a mother in Indiana for assaulting a first grader on my son's football team during the next week, you'll know where that came from...

Love and hugs to you all!

Blue

Wednesday Chat!

Hello all! It's Wednesday and that means it's chat night!

YAYAYYAYA! Let's talk about who has finished Dark Warrior Unleashed and begin
gathering our list of questions for the author. (such as: What inspired you to
create a Viking hero?) Also, I'm up for some fun loving and general chat. You
all must check out the last few pages of the gutter, we have some new people,
but I have to admit, there have been some pretty funny exchanges (see the
pretend baking dialogue from a few of the contributors, all hilarious). Oh! And
Sookie talk! I love, love Bill and they way he says Sookie (it's like "Suukey")
sigh!  Meet me tonight in the Lex chat at 10:30 EST, 9:30 Chicago time
(*waves to Elle in the windy city*), 8:30 SLTA time, 7:30 for the Cali girls.

Lex link: http://client4.addonchat.com/sc.php?id=170323&#10

Love and Hugs, Blue

PS - The picture is Gev! But you all know about our Russian Tortoise, right?

Other book suggestions???

I also sent an email earlier today, wondering if you all would rather read The Dark Tower series by Stephen King. It's supposed to fabulous and not horror, just good stuff. (Adam on the Lex suggested this) Here is the Plot summary from Wikipedia:

Plot summary

In the story, Roland is the last living member of a knightly order known as gunslingers. The world he lives in is quite different from our own, yet it bears striking similarities to it. Politically organized along the lines of a feudal society, it shares technological and social characteristics with the American Old West, as well as bearing magical powers and the relics of a highly advanced, but long vanished, society. Roland's quest is to find the Dark Tower, a fabled building said to be the nexus of all universes. Roland's world is said to have "moved on," and indeed it appears to be coming apart at the seams — mighty nations have been torn apart by war, entire cities and regions vanish from the face of the earth without a trace, time does not flow in an orderly fashion; even the sun sometimes rises in the north and sets in the east. As the series opens, Roland's motives, goals, and his age are unclear, though later installments shed light on these mysteries.

We could also look at reading some of the classics, if anyone is interested in that. Hmm, bring it on ladies, bring the comments and votes!

New poll, chat if you want...

Dahlings!!!! Tonight I have the season opener of the Colts (playing Da Bears, no less) at 8:30 EST, plus the first Sookie on HBO, which I hope to have by then! (perhaps I should call the cable company...) I am very undecided about chat, I'm going to leave it all up to you. I may be there or I may be engrossed in my beloved Colts (Peyton is talented and genius and that just makes him HOT to me), who knows? In case y'all weren't aware, I'm an avid pro football, college football and college basketball fan (I AM from Indiana, after all, THE basketball state). SO, in the meantime, I know we are planning for our fabulous chat with Alexis Morgan in the upcoming weeks. I also know that the House of Night series (PC and Kristen Cast), The Love at Stake Series (Kerrelyn Sparks) and the WARDen all have books coming out in September and October - have I mentioned that TEAK rocks? - but I thought it would be fun to have a little poll for what will be on our read list next. Are we sick of vamps (never! I say, but I'm willing to try anything)? Should we read the Stephenie Plum series? Would we like more supes, but not vamps, with lots of hot sex (hell, yeah, Nalini Singh!) Take the poll and let me know, it's to the right!

If I don't chat with you all tonight, I'll be there on Wednesday!

Hugs and kisses, Blue

Don't Mess with Steph!!

Peeps!

You have probably received an email from me asking for your comments of appreciation and support on my new blog: www.dontmesswithsteph.blogspot.com. Elle and I developed this blog as a forum for the adult fans (us!) to communicate to the world and to Steph how much we stand by her during what has been a very challenging time for her. Between the negative feedback from Breaking Dawn and the leak of Midnight Sun, it seems that all she has been hearing recently is the bad stuff. We need to give her a little of the good stuff! So go to the site and post your comments. Elle and I hope to call some attention to the blog so perhaps Stephenie will hear the message. Hugs to you all!

Blue

Midnight Sun

Prompted by an amazing friend of mine, I am proudly displaying the Midnight Sun banner here on my blog. The reason is simple: I want to show Stephenie Meyer how much I love her work. I want her to know that she is one of the best story tellers of this century and I am not the only adult fan who feels this way. We may not be the outspoken few, so perhaps our voices do not ring loud enough for her to hear us. As I have always felt and stated in the past, these are her characters and the Twilight world is her universe. We are all just lucky that she has chosen to share it with us. So please, Stephenie, when you are feeling down about the negativity or anything else that is going on, remember that there are millions of us who adore your work. You have truly changed the lives of so many people with just your amazing characters, I challenge anyone to find as well defined characters in other modern literature. So please continue to share your world with us, Stephenie. The most amazing artistic developments are also often the most controversial.

Teak's Release List

The fabulous and amazing Teak has created an amazing list of our upcoming releases from our favorite authors! This list so far goes through spring of 2009. I have posted it in my sidebar and will update it when and if Teak sends me updates!

Let's all give a big Blue hug to Teak!

Take a Blue Quiz

Sprtygal inspired me to make a fun little quiz for my book club blog!!! How fun!!!! So if you have a little time to kill, take my Quiz. I don't have any cool prizes, this is just for fun ;)

Missing Sunday chat - Rockin' Out

Well, you all know that I missed chat last night. I did have a good reason though! I was at the Projekt Revolution concert with my husband, sister and brother-in-law. We made it in time to see The Bravery (they rocked!),
Chris Cornell of Soundgarden fame and Linkin Park. Linkin Park put on one of the most amazing shows I have ever seen. And thanks to Stephenie Meyer, I am a huge fan of them now, so it was an incredible experience! We rocked out and my ears are still ringing today!!!! One of my favorite songs of theirs is actually a tribute to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. I caught a little of that on video. Also, when they performed "No More Sorrow", well, that was just unbelievable. I screamed and jumped! We had 4th row seats (I thought they were box seat tickets, which are further back, but NO!) I couldn't believe it! AND we had a front row parking spot too! So much fun!
























I also promised before and after pictures of Joey's room. My mother and I worked extremely hard last week on painting, cleaning and organizing his room. We had not really done anything with it since it was painted before he was born! So, what a LOT of work this was, but worth every ache and pain! Joey LOVES his room and is so happy about it. At first, he was pretty upset, didn't want the walls to change color or anything, but then he saw the coolness of it and is in there all the time. We also bought him a foam pad for his bed (his mattress is kind of hard) and he can't stop talking about how comfy his bed is. He took a friend of his up to his room to show him around and was very excited ("look at my new room!")

Old Room
























New Room!

















Joey's (ahem, Doug's) bobble head collection now beautifully displayed!






Finally, I have not yet blogged on here about the amazing Breaking Dawn concert! I met Larla and Mr. Belle at Giordano's (Chicago style pizza - yum!) and then we were off to the concert to see Stephenie Meyer and Justin Furstenfeld (lead singer of Blue October)!

We had 8th row seats at the concert, thanks to Larla! Also, they were happily not axe murderers (aren't they cute?) and we had such a great time together. It was totally a amazing experience and Justin Furstenfeld is such an amazing artist. His new song, "My Never", comes out in March of 2009 and it's already a favorite of mine. Of course, Larla and I both cried when he played it as we read page 355 of Breaking Dawn. We had our books signed by Stephenie and then much too quickly, the night was at an end. Tearing up, I jumped in the cab that Mr. Belle hailed for me and sped back to my hotel. It has just been so incredible to meet so many people I've come to love, but then also so sad to say goodbye to them!











Ok, book club is this Wednesday. We don't really have anything new to discuss, except for the addition of my dear friend Leslie to our group! She just finished the entire series this past week and has fallen as in love with the world Stephenie created as we are! YAY! Also, we need to be out there, getting our next book to read: Dark Warrior Unleashed by Alexis Morgan. Ms. Morgan is a friend of our own Simplicity and will hopefully be joining us in September as a guest author for our book club meeting!!! WOOHOOO! Here site is here: http://www.alexismorgan.com/talions.html if you'd like to check out her work.

That's all for now, my peeps!

Big Hugs! Blue

My Breaking Dawn Review

It's about time! My Breaking Dawn review!

Wow, this really should have been done a week ago. Alas, with finishing the book, driving up to Chicago for the Breaking Dawn Concert (next post, I hope!) and my mother doing a 'clean sweep' of my daughter's room (it's fabulous) - oh yeah, and a little stomach flu in the middle - I'm just now posting my review here. I have written a couple of reviews on both the Twilight Lexicon and The Host Index, but I also wrote a review for a Chicago reporter (thanks to Pel!) and I thought this one might be the best to post. You all have probably read my posts on the other site anyway, so here is my review in response to reporter questions. Her questions are in blue:

How quickly did you read it?

I attended a Midnight Release party reading that night. I finished the book on
Sunday afternoon, August 3rd. The online book club that I started were to
chat about it that night and I knew I had to finish by then.  

How was the book different from the earlier books? (Please be specific.)

Breaking Dawn, for me, covered so much more ground than the previous books
in my opinion. By that, I mean that there are so many major plot points covered
and dealt with. Whereas in Twilight, Bella met Edward and fell in love.
In New Moon, Edward left Bella and she discovered Jacob. In Eclipse, Bella matured
and was given the gift of seeing what an alternate future would be so she could make
the most informed decision. But in Breaking Dawn, there was so much more.
The Edward and Bella relationship was solidified. We had the pleasure to read
Jacob's story from his point of view and find his resolution. The Volturi and
Denali issues were resolved for the most part. And finally, Bella came into
her own, became the creature that she had the potential to be, she found
her family. She did not fit in the human world and how wonderful it was
to see her find her place.  

How did you feel about it?  

I think from my answers above, you can tell that I loved Breaking Dawn,
as I have all of her other books. I was definitely surprised about Nessie,
surprised about Alice leaving and surprised about the strength of
Bella as a vampire. But one of the reasons I love reading Stephenie's
work is that plot points DO get resolved, and this was truly a gift from her.
Additionally, I do not think I've read an author that can so beautifully
express the connections between people. Not just the Bella and Edward
relationship, which is amazing, but also the relationships with family,
other people surrounding Bella and their relationships to each other
(for example, Emily and Sam in New Moon.) I wrote a review on
the Twilight Lexicon, which you might find helpful:

"I have to say, I really enjoyed Breaking Dawn. I was very surprised by the
storyline and outcome of many of the outstanding issues for all of the
characters involved, but I also felt so happy about these outcomes. We got to
witness the fabulous wedding, the honeymoon, the anger and the reparation of the
Jacob/Bella relationship, Bella's change, a showdown with the Volturi and Bella
letting Edward read her mind. Bella became the strong, confident character that
I had hoped she would grow into. Edward's love for Bella was amazing and
beautiful, true to form. And Jacob's book? I love him even more. I loved the
chapter titles for his section and getting to see so much from his perspective.
I was also very proud of him for stepping up to take his role as alpha. What
growth he had during this book as well! I think that's the best part of the
storyline for all of these characters we love so much: they all grew, they all developed,
which makes their traits that much more endearing.

I must admit, I was also happy that so many things were tied up so well. I am a
fan of Joss Whedon and the school of irony and payment or balance for happiness,
but I am also just so happy for the happy ending. For once, the author has
actually satisfied me without breaking my heart!

Finally, I had a revelation while on my way to dinner tonight. Every book in
this series, aside from Twilight, has caused very strong and differing opinions.
Edward left in New Moon and was barely there! Bella kissed Jacob back in Eclipse
and admitted she loved him too! So while many people may think that Bella and
Edward having a child or the way Bella made her transition was not how it should
have been, we must remember that Stephenie is giving us this world as she sees
it and that is certainly no different than the other books she has written thus
far. YAY for all of the characters I adore! And even the evil new ones (those
crazy Romanians!)"

Would you read another book by Stephenie Meyer?  

Absolutely, and I plan to buy anything and everything
she writes in the future.  

Does it affect whether you¹ll go to the movie?  

No, it actually just increased my excitement for the Twilight movie
and for the potential of the rest of the books as movies in the series.  

What have been some other reactions you've heard?

I have definitely heard some negative feedback and some who were
just not pleased with this book. I can understand some of that viewpoint,
although I don't share it. It's my opinion that Stephenie created this universe,
this world, for us. We are lucky she was able to share it with us so beautifully. 
Breaking Dawn is exactly as she intended it to be. If she had been manipulated 
into a different outcome for the Twilight universe, that would have been so
much less enjoyable. I really think that some of the fans have to realize, as I
said in my above review, each of her books have had their own controversy.
If they go back, re-read Breaking Dawn knowing this is what she
always meant for our beloved characters, perhaps theywould see
it in a new light.


How was the Midnight Release Party? Well, I'm a freak of course!













Since all of you are so RUDE and live so far away from me,
I asked my sister-in-law to attend the Midnight Release party
with me and I even went to her Barnes and Noble, instead of my
Borders! When I picked her up at her house, she did not
seem all that thrilled to go with me. Actually, she was kind of
making me fun of me about it. But, we got to B&N and started
taking pictures, grabbed a table and some frappuccinos and
had some fun! We took pictures of some of the teens.
I told the manager in no uncertain terms that he should not
have fangs to hand out, but instead have teeth whitener
(the Cullen's teeth are very white, right?) and sparkly
body powder. No one listens to me!  

So we got in line and the next
thing I know, my sister-in-law
is telling everyone how I just
got back from Forks, and how
I have all of the great info on 
Twilight and they should just
ask me! Well, that waspretty
sweet of her, I thought. Maybe
she wasn't so embarrassed by
me after all! We giggled and
she took this fuzzy picture on
my phone and then I took her home.

I stayed up until 5:30 reading...
So much fun!!!



Next post - My Breaking Dawn concert experience
with Larla and Mr. Belle!  Hugs, Blue

Peep Dioramas, Saying Goodbye and the Hoh

PEEPS!

I almost forgot to post one of the most important (ok, not really, but it was fun!) parts of the trip to Forks. Four of us made Twilight Saga inspired Peep Dioramas! I painted the grass, sky and trees until 1 am the night before I flew out to Seattle and then put the rest together in my hotel room once we were in Forks! My diorama was 'Peeplight', inspired by chapter 13, it was Peepward and Pella in the Peepdow. Yes, I'm a geek and yes, I had a fun, giggly time making this! Then, at our big girls night party, Ouisa, Cory and Violet all brought their amazing dioramas: 'Peepterra' (this may have been my fave, if just for the awesome name along, Ouisa!), 'First Peep' and 'Peeps and Ice'.











Ok, back to my timeline! Sunday morning, most of the gang left! I was so sad to see them go and I actually cried when they did (probably not surprising actually!) Anyway, here is a picture and a video of some of my adorable peeps!















Sunday afternoon, Simp, SSVD, her girls and I went to the Hoh Rainforest and drove around Forks, hitting all of the hot spots! It was a very busy but very fun day!


























Monday, Simp and I went back to La Push to check out Rialto Beach. It was so beautiful! We couldn't make it back to the tide pools, the tide was too high then, but we did take some pictures and videos of this amazing and beautiful location.


Then it was time to head back to Seattle. Simp drove me all the way to I5, then I hopped in SSVD's car and cried and cried, waving goodbye to Simp all the while. I have to say that the darling Simplicity is adorable, sweet, fun-loving and was just the best roomie a girl could ask for. I went to the airport with SSVD and her girls and of course, cried while hugging them and saying goodbye. It was just soooo sad! To finally get to meet SSVD, have such an amazing time and then have it be over in the blink of an eye, was almost cruel. She is the most kind-hearted, funny and creative person I know. Thank you all for making this an amazing trip I will never forget.

I crashed in my hotel room that night, ordered room service and cried for a bit. Luckily, two of my very special friends wanted to talk to me that evening and it made all the difference in the world. I laughed and told stories and went to sleep happy and tired. Thank you both for that!

Next up....Breaking Dawn concert in Chicago!

Hugs, Blue

More Forks trip and Breaking Dawn!

It's been a month of Twilight yumminess!

Before I continue on my Forks trip story, I first wanted to say that I finished Breaking Dawn today, after annoying my husband all weekend with my intense reading (too bad for him!) and the midnight party at Barnes and Noble with my sister-in-law. We had a great time, and I absolutely adored BD! YAY Stephenie!!!!!!

In other exciting Stephenie news, I'm heading to Chicago for her concert and signing! Another big YAY! She is an excellent speaker and so friendly and down to earth. I am also meeting one of my dear online friends in Chicago, along with her long-suffering but gallant hubby, and am SOOO excited about that as well!

Forks Trip Continued....

Friday night was our girl's night out party night! I was so excited for everyone to be together in the same room, but I was also a bit nervous for some inexplicable reason. I am not one who normally is ever afraid in crowds and as soon as I got there, I was ALL good. I just adored everyone! All of the amazing ladies were so very friendly and warm. I felt loved and happy and excited, it was truly awesome. We took a huge group picture, had tons of great food thanks to Shandrath, Violet, Simp and SSVD, played very cool and funny games (sprty and Canz rock the house) and I even won an award! Yes, I was honored with the Queen of the Gutter award and I actually gave an acceptance speech! Ok, I'm such a dork, but I loved it. Many, many hugs to my peeps! The night went by far too quickly and it was time to crash.

Saturday morning we got up and all met at the Chamber of Commerce for another group picture. I believe I accosted some poor photographer, hoping to get his version of the picture, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. We needed a little time to get it together and ate breakfast (ssvd, her girls, simp and I) at the place teak and her family were eating. The waitress was extremely efficient and brought us so much coffee! Then it was off to Port Angeles. We were driving around, trying to find our FMGs (you know who you are!) and finally did so. We took pictures, Port Angeles is beatiful, and while standing outside of La Belle Italia, the owner came out and told us we could take pictures inside! Hooray! So we did, and we saw where Stephenie sat when she was there just three weeks ago. So awesome. The man was so sweet, we decided to eat there after all! Pel, Alphie and BME came in not long after and we took pictures of each other, cause, you know, we are all fangirls like that. We also went in to this great little store that had the most fabulous pop-up book evah....Simp and ssvd found that one! HAHAHAHHAHA! Port Angeles was over too quickly and we needed to get back to Forks for some other festivities. We visited both Cozy houses, going back and forth, visiting with everyone! SSVD sold some of her amazing book gems at Dano's house and I chit chatted outside on the porch there and later, I did an impromptu reading of the yummiest parts of Eclipse's chapter 20 at Ouisa and Shandrath's house. So much fun! I wish I could have split myself into many pieces so I could have been with everyone all the time! Alas, my midwestern time zone caught up with me and I had to go back to the hotel for some much needed sleep!

Next Forks trip blog coming soon - Sunday: Saying goodbye, the Hoh Rainforest and around Forks! OH! and the Peep Dioramas! How could I forget!!! Peeplight, Peepterra, First Peep and Peeps and Ice!

*I am using the screenames to protect the identities of the innocent and not-so-innocent ;)

Hugs, Blue

Forks = Fabulous!

Well, I'm back from the Olympic Peninsula and I had the most amazing time! I LOVED meeting all of my Peeps! Here's a day by day breakdown of my trip.

Wednesday - Left later than meant to, but still made my flight. When I got off the plane in Seattle, Simplicity was waiting for me at the airport! We called Mother and then Ouisa and picked up Corygirl. I gave Simp like 6 hugs upon meeting her! Ouisa and Geo were already at the spa in Kirkland, so we headed there. They were getting their pedis then and simp, cory and I went down the street for yummy Greek food. Kirkland is adorable! We went back and hung out together and got our toeny nails done! What fun! Then it was off to the hotel, where we met Violet and her beautiful girls and her fabu Wesley. Everyone had to take off for Olive Garden, and I waited at the hotel for SSVD and her daughters. Stupidly, I had to run to the Rite Aid as I thought I forgot my brush and wasn't actually at the hotel when she arrived! But I finally met her in the parking lot and we hugged and laughed and cried! It was awesome. Then it was quickly off to Olive Garden to meet Vi, Geo, Ouisa, Shandrath, SWA, Sprty, Pizza, T*L and Simp. What a fabulous group of amazing ladies! And we had an adorable waiter that I just wanted to take with us to Forks! Geo and I crashed after that, we just couldn't hold on any longer!








Thursday - We got up and web casted with Monti Thursday morning while eating breakfast. We all piled in our cars and headed to Seattle to see the needle, eat lunch, found giant chess pieces and then headed to the ferry. OH! I almost forgot the winery! It was so beautiful and I got to have fabulous wine with simp and ssvd in the morning! YAY! We arrived in Forks at about 7:00 pm that night! We then had our meet and greet, I passed out Fry inspired Fork cookies, and Shandrath and Ouisa had these great packets with maps and name tags with our avis (I think Corygirl did those too) and it was so awesome to meet everyone at Shannon's house!



Friday - Friday we had so much to do to get ready for the big party, we did not make it to the Forks tour with the bigger group Friday morning. So I got ready and Simp and SSVD went to the store to get the final food items we said we would bring to the party. Then we headed to First Beach. We drove past Third Beach, then Second Beach....where the heck was First? After driving around a bit, we saw some ladies at the Quileute community center. This really great and cool Quileute lady told us we were standing in front of First Beach, essentially. HA! Then Simp asked her some really intelligent questions and she started talking about the economy there and the growth in tourism. We were talking about the Rivers that ran there and she mentioned the Hoh River. Then she laughed and said "I know a bunch of Hohs!" I looked at her and said "So do we!" We all had a good laugh at that one. We hiked dangerously over tons of giant driftwood and found Ouisa, Violet, Shandrath and Cory (and crew) all at the beach! We chitchatted a bit (poor Ouisa injured her foot the first day there!) and then they headed out. After that, we sat on a giant driftwood log, a la Bella and Jake, and ate our yummy wraps we made for our picnic.




In the next post, I will continue with Friday and the big party that night! As well as Saturday and Sunday which were full of more adventures. To be continued....

Oh, and yes, let's chat Wednesday night! I miss my peeps so much already, I can't WAIT for chat! We can talk about the BD quotes, our release party plans and our signing plans, among other things! Talk to you all in the Lex Chat room http://client4.addonchat.com/sc.php?id=170323 at 10:30 EST, 9:30 CST, 8:30 MT and 7:30 PST!

Love and hugs!

Blue