Friends Rock & Devil-bugs, well, Don't

Just found out my car needs new brakes. So this morning, I had to drive Husband's Devil-bug to work. Big Kidlet calls it her Ladybug. Thing is louder than all get-out and it feels like you're sitting on the ground. I love that Husband loves it, but I don't. So yeah. I call it the Devil-bug. Visual aid to help you understand:

Anyway, instead of focusing on the $$$ it's gonna cost to take care of my car, I thought I'd highlight the bright side of my past week (and a half) or so.

The lovely Mary Campbell over at Writer's Butt Does Not Apply to Me gave me the Circle of Friends Awards. I'm not really sure how this works, so I will just dip my head, curtsy and say, thank you much, Mary! I'm so glad we've met. I love meeting people who don't think I'm crazy. Lol!

Also, Elana Johnson gave me the Happy 101 Award. So even though I started this post not so happy, we're going to end on a happy note: with 10 things that make me happy.

1. My family
2. Good books
3. Mrs. Field's Peanut Butter Nibblers
4. The smell of the inside of a bookstore
5. Pandora
6. Days off from day job
7. Sushi dinners (the good kind you go out for, not the pre-made tray from Wal-mart)
8. Finishing (a book, a first draft, revisions, a kick-A query, the dishes, the laundry ... etc)
9. My kidlets' laughs
10. Cupcakes

This is another of those awards that seem to have been going around, and I'd like to pass it on to all of you, my awesome followers who make me happy every time you pop in for a visit!

Tried to keep it brief. Not sure if it worked. Ahh, well, I'll try again next week.
Happy Friday everyone! Have a great weekend!

It's Cool to Be Kreativ!

Thanks to Amanda! She passed on the Kreativ Blogger Award to me!


I have to say, it took me a while to get going on this whole blogging thing and now that I've found what great and supportive writers are out there, I've made some amazingly talented new friends!

The rules for this award are pretty simple to follow:

1. Thank the person who nominated you for this award.
2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
3. Link to the person who nominated you for this award.
4. Name 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting. (below)
5. Nominate 7 Kreativ Bloggers.
6. Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.
7. Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know they have been nominated.

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Soooooo, 7 interesting (and very random) things about me . . .

#1-My 4-year old and I were supposed to share a birthday - she was due on my birthday! But she decided she didn't want to share, so she waited a few days to show up.

#2-I wrote my first "book" in four 6-subject spiral bound notebooks in the 8th grade. I still have them in a box in my parents' storage shed. I haven’t read them recently, but when I last read them, uh, yeah, they sound like I was in Jr. High all right.

#3-Bacon . . . it is one of my food groups.

#4-I'm an almost insomniac. I can't sleep more than 3 hours or so a night or else I'm not functional the next day.

#5-Since I've been driving I've been in 4 accidents (none were my fault-really, I swear). 3 of them were with Dodge Neons. They're out to get me, I swear!

#6-My name was never supposed to be Wendy. I really was named after the wind. If I had come out a boy, my name would have been Rocky. As in, the Sylvester Stallone-boxer Rocky. (I'm so glad I'm a girl!)

#7-I read really fast - approximately 100 pages/hour. So, yeah, I DEVOUR books and I'm always looking for recommendations! So if you have any must reads I haven't gotten to yet, let me know!


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Here are 7 other Kreativ Bloggers for you to stop by and visit!

1. Being Beth
2. Writer Musings
3. Working My Muse
4. Words, Words, Words
5. The Screaming Guppy
6. Fire Drill
7. Notes From the Writing Chair

Go check them out!

How Nice!

Angie, over at Notes from the Writing Chair, gave me the One Lovely Blog Award! Sweet! Thanks so much, Angie!


I wanted to highlight a few other Lovely Blogs out there by passing on the award!


Beth Lahie over at Being Beth
Christine Fonseca at The Musings of Christine Fonseca
Amanda Bonilla at The Keyboard
Elana Johnson at Mindless Musings
Michelle McLean at Writer Ramblings

Thanks to these folks, I've learned so much about the writing process and have made some friends who can totally relate to the stresses of being a writer and of life in general. If you haven't already, go check them out!