General musings

  • Adventures in gift giving …

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    So it’s finally started to happen — my friends are having babies. Nick and Chelsea, and Amy and Alex are both having baby girls over the next few weeks. So this weekend, I went to Target to get baby shower gifts for the expectant couples.

    Oh my.

    First of all, it took me a while to find the stuff they were registered for because for some reason, the baby stuff aisles are labeled Q (at least they are supposed to be, I never saw a Q sign), while all the other aisles are labeled A through G or something like that. Something alphabetical that makes sense. What Q has to do with babies, I have no idea.

    And it didn’t get any easier after I found the stuff my friends had registered for. Body pillows and breast pumps and other things I didn’t even recognize, but that look like torture devices from the Middle Ages. Seriously, I have no idea what a Diaper Genie is, but I bought refills for it, even though they look like expensive rolls of duct tape. And this musical, light-up toy thingie that will probably drive N&C crazy. :joker:

    I felt like Alice in Wonderland trying to navigate through this strange and curious world my friends have entered into. Maybe I should have bought a Glo-Worm and seen if he could give me some mushrooms to eat, like the caterpillar in the Disney movie. Things might have made more sense then. 😮

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    To read me …

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    Karen Mahoney left a comment this week wanting to know how she could add my blog to her Google reader. I’ve had a couple other folks ask me about this, so here’s the answer.

    According to my Web site guy, the supercool Justin Knupp, if you want to add me to your Google reader (or whatever), here’s the link you need: https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?feed=rss2.

    Karen (and whoever else might be interested), please try this and see if it works. If it doesn’t, let me know.

    Happy reading! :ww:

    Update: According to Tia, this link will also work: https://jenniferestep.com/blog.

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    For a good cause …

    Author Brenda Novak’s annual diabetes auction kicked off on May 1. The event runs through May 31.

    There’s lots of cool stuff to bid on again this year. Trips, editor and agent critiques, autographed books, etc. Just about everything book-related you could ever want — and then some. Even better, the money raised goes to a good cause — diabetes research.

    Yours truly has donated some items up for bid — an autographed copy of Karma Girl and a matching T-shirt; and an autographed copy of Hot Mama and a matching T-shirt. Plus bookmarks, of course. Because you can never have too many bookmarks. :cool: 

    You can find my stuff under the paranormal section for readers. Here’s a link (scroll down to view my stuff.)

    Happy bidding!

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    Turn, turn, turn …

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    Is it just me or has this year flown by so far? It seems like I get up in the morning … and then I’m getting up the next morning … and then I’m getting up the morning after that. Almost like I’m stuck in a time loop like in Groundhog Day or something. Or this one episode of Xena: Warrior Princess that I remember was pretty cool.

    When I was a kid, the days (especially school days) seemed to drag on and on. Now, I blink, and I’m a week in the future — and not quite sure how I got there to start with. And the previous week? Well, it’s pretty much a blur.

    It’s mid-April — already. And I’ve accomplished very little of what I set out to do this year. I’ve only finished one book — and I wanted to finish at least four.

    I did get the Web site updated (finally), and I’ve been on a pretty good reading clip recently. But still … ack! Too much to do, not enough time. Must be more productive.

    What about everyone else? Are the days flying by for you too?

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    Librarians make the best friends …

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    So I’m going to Romantic Tmes convention in a couple weeks’ time. My friend Amy happens to live up that way. And she happens to be a librarian. Author … librarian … librarian … author … instant event! 😎

    So the plan is for me to sign books and chat with folks at the Corry Public Library in Corry, Pa. from 6 or 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 15. If anyone’s going to be up that way, we’d love to see you there.

    And if there are any western Pennsylvania authors out there, Amy would love to have you come by her library some time, too.

    Anybody else gearing up for RT yet? I’ve got a ton of stuff to do. Finish my workshop and print out 100 copies of it, practice said workshop, drag out my suitcase, pack up some bookmarks. Oh yeah, I need to finish a book and send it to my agent before I leave too.

    No pressure or anything … :rolleyes: