coffeecoffeecoffee!

I'm crazy busy this week! Thurs-Sun, I'll be in Missouri for a conference, so I'm gearing up for that. I'm doing two presentations and a panel. I'm glad to be going to St. Louis for something OTHER than surgery or doctor appointments. I had my spinal fusion in St. Louis, so I have a bad association with the city. But this visit is actually for something fun. I think, after this trip, my opinion of St. Louis will change. Fingers crossed.

I'm also writing BEST ENEMIES (CC #5) and am attempting not to keep watching the Twilight DVD. 'Cause, you know, that would be uncool. :) Do not ask me how many times I've watched it. Seriously.

Also, just FYI, I've had waaaay too much coffee. This has been a habit over the past couple of days. My friends are suffering from my "OMG! I've had eighty cups of coffee! Can you tell?! Can you?!" state. I'm like Elf and coffee is the new syrup. LOL.

It's a bad sign when you're so jittery that your fingers keep hitting the wrong keys. My poor manuscript is soo full of typos. It's sad. And those are in addition to the regular ones. *grins*

And this was the most random post ever. Ignore me. :)

Charm gets fan art

Isn't that gorgeous? Salina aka I'maCowgirl at Girls Horse Club drew Charm. It's Charm's first piece of fan art and I'm in love with it. Look at the detail on the bridle and the relaxed expression on Charm's face.

Hugs to Salina for creating such beautiful art. Salina, you're super talented and I hope you keep drawing. Thank you so much for this--it means a lot! <3

My visit to Roberts Elementary School

Today, I visited Roberts Elementary School. I did my Power Point presentation for grades 3, 4 and 5. We had so much fun and it was great despite the threatening weather.

At my last presentation, the WCTV news crew showed up. They filmed my talk and interviewed me after it was over. Thanks to WCTV for stopping by! The funniest line of the day came when they showed up with a camera.

When a girl in the front row saw the news crew, her eyes got wide and she looked at me. She said, "Oh my gosh. You even have paparazzi following you!" I explained who they were and that didn't make her any less excited, LOL.

The kids asked a zillion smart questions and I enjoyed visiting the school. Thanks again to Bill and Erma for all of their hard work.

As I was getting ready to leave, Erma (the media center specialist) handed me an envelope. Inside, were letters that some of the kids had written to me after the presentation. So. Cute. Some of the letters encouraged me to keep buying cotton candy Lip Smackers, which I'd told them was my fave. Others had phone numbers and email addresses for me to say hi. One told me to only eat cereal from now on after I told the "I set my microwave on fire before" story. :)

Thank you ALL for the amazing letters and drawings. You guys rock!

WCTV video! :)

I have video! :) I watched it this morning with one eye covered...I hate watching myself on TV, LOL. It's weird.



I'm off to my school visit at Roberts in a little while. We're under a tornado watch because there's a tornado on the ground not far from here. So, I might be doing the tornado drill in the hallway with the kids. Eek! :) The sky's that gross yellowish gray. And that's why I'll be leaving early.

Hope you all enjoy the video! I'll have pics to share when I get back from today's visit.

Visit to Roberts Elementary School tomorrow

Tomorrow, I'm visiting Roberts Elementary School here in Tallahassee. I'll be in their media center doing three presentations.

For local parents interested in attending:

11:30-12:15--5th grade

12:25-1:10--3rd grade

1:15-2:00--4th grade

I'm excited to visit and can't wait. Thanks so much to Erma Sever for hosting me. See you all tomorrow!

WCTV 6 taping--so fun!

(This is the dress I wore to my WCTV taping. BC, you like? It was early and I was just like, "Take the picture, already!")

I wanted a pic of the dress since I think the cameras were aimed at the waist up.

Anyway, the taping for The Good Morning Show was so much fun! Three minutes goes by super fast especially considering how long my last TV appearance lasted. The segment will air on channel 6.2 on Friday morning at 7am. It was also be online. I'll get a link posted on Friday. Yay!

Thank you, Shonda Knight! :)

Going to tape WCTV's (CBS 6) The Good Morning Show

The sign! Obvi...

The Tallahassee studio for WCTV CBS channel 6.

70 copies of TTR that I signed for Roberts Elementary School.

First, those are the books I was given to sign for my next school visit on Friday. Thanks so much to Erma for helping me set this up. I had a blast signing the books and I will bring them to school on Friday, even though I'm tempted to fill up my bookcase with those copies. Hee.

Tomorrow, I'm going to my local CBS station to tape The Good Morning Show. It will air Friday morning at 7am. I'm a little nervous, but I looove doing TV stuff. I've been watching the DVD back of my appearance on Perspectives and I picked out my favorite words ("absolutely" and "so") and made notes of gestures, expressions, etc that were weird and/or distracting. It's pretty cool, actually, to have that 30 min appearance on DVD 'cause it's like a demo reel.


She (Shonda Knight) is supposed to conduct the interview. Kind of exciting to meet someone you see on TV almost every day. :)

I already chose my outfit. I'll take a pic of it tomorrow. It was easy to choose because of the no red, green, white or pattern rule. My taping is at 9am. Fingers crossed!