12 Days Of Giveaways ~ DAY TEN !!

3-Day / 2-Night Stay at Montage Laguna Beach

$200 Bluebird Card

$300 Mobile/Exxon Gift Card

Kiehls Gift Set

$200 Lacoste Gift Card

** Thank You Universe (and Ellen) **

12 Days Of Giveaways ~ DAY NINE!

Nikon Coolpix Camera

HP Photosmart Printer

Beats Speaker

Neato Robot Vaccum

$250 ebay Gift Card

Google Nexus 10 Tablet

X-Box with Kinect AND Dance Central 3


**  Thank You Universe (and Ellen) ***

12 Days Of Giveaways ~ DAY EIGHT !!

$200 Le Mystere Gift Card

Coach Casey Sunglasses

Denon Headphones

$200 Shell Gift Card

3-day/2-Night stay at Caesars Palace AND tickets to Shania concert

** Thank You Universe (and ELLEN) **

12 Day's Of Giveaways ~ DAY SEVEN !!

Philips Sonicare toothbrush

PlayStation 3 AND Wonderbook of Spells

$300 Rosetta Stone 1-year subscription

$200 Dyson Cordless Hand Vacuum

1-Year HuluPlus Subscription AND AppleTV

42" Insignia HDTV

** Thank You Universe (and Ellen) **

12 Days Of Giveaways ~ DAY SIX!

Vinotemp Wine Cooler

Cost Plus $300 Gift Card



Starbucks Verismo System

Vitamix Blender

$500 Calphalon Gift Card

**  Thank You Universe!  (and Ellen) **

Chrismas With Holly

I really wasn't planning on watching this show ... it's been awhile since I've watched a "Hallmark Hall Of Fame" movie.  Nothing interesting was on ... so I decided to watch Christmas With Holly.

It was actually sweet.  The "romance" between Mark and Maggie was actually secondary to me ... I was actually more interested in the dynamics between the Nagle brothers ... Mark, Alex, and Scott.   I don't think the "couple" spend as much screen time as the brothers spend with each other.

I just found out that this was based on a book ... which I am now interested in.

Maybe I should look into writing M.O.W.

Can I just add that all of the Hallmark commercials got me misty eyed more than the movie itself..

Famous Novelist: Part 4

DOUBLE FAIL !!

I've been posting the 12 Days Of Giveaways this past week ... and now I have time to write about "Famous Novelist". 

A package had arrived for her on Monday, but she was no longer in LA.  So just the other day, I decided to email her about the package.  I wanted to tell her "by the way I read your first book" but I couldn't.  I was looking at that email for about 15 minutes before I sent it just asking her what she wanted to do with it.

She replied back that we could just donate it ~ it had been replaced by company.  I could have replied back again .. "by the way I read your first book" ... too shy again.

12 Days Of Giveaways ~ DAY FIVE!

$600 bodum products

$1,500 Gift Card from JC Penny

 

** THANK YOU UNIVERSE (and Ellen) **

12 Days Of Giveaways ~ DAY FOUR !

$300 Gift Card from Alternative Apparel

$2,500 Closet Makeover from Container Store

A La-Z-Boy Sofa

$250 Gift Card from Ticketmaster/American Express & Tickets To Fleetwood Mac

** Thank You Universe (and Ellen) **



12 Days Of Giveaways ~ DAY THREE

$500 Living Social Gift Card

 

Diamond Bulova Watch









Olympus Camera








$1000 ShutterFly Gift Card








2 Night/3 Day - Venetian Hotel Getaway

 

**  Thank You Universe!! (and Ellen) **

12 Days Of Giveaways ~ DAY TWO!

$1,500 Gift Card From Target

Cookware from Giada De Laurentiis

** Thank you Universe (and Ellen) **

12 Days Of Giveaways ~ DAY ONE!

$300 Master Card Gift Card

Executive Headphones By BEATS

Nike + Fuel Band

2 Year Netflix Subscription + PlayStation Vita

Gemesis Diamond Necklace

** Thank You Universe!! (and Ellen)  **

12 Days Of Giveaways!

Tomorrow begins the 12 Days Of Giveaways !!

I know that it's hard to get into this particular giveaway period, but I was HOPING to get tickets when my mom visits in Feb/March ... so I wasn't going to try to get tickets for December.

So maybe .. this year will be my year winning by online entry.

iPhone maybe?
iPad maybe?

I know I keep saying I'm a REAL BOOK person, but It'll be nice to get a E-READER for free.

Amazon Kindle maybe?
B&N Nook maybe?

I'm soo excited !!

Please Universe let it be my year!!

First and Last

It's the first day of the last month of the year.

This year has gone by really fast, and I'm somewhat disappointed that I'm "stuck" at the current state I'm in ... and that I haven't accomplished some of the things I wanted to do this year.

I'm nowhere near the "100 Books in 2012" goal ~

Then there is the other stuff ... the really, really, really important stuff.  I feel that because of "this-and-that" I've got to do something really soon, I'm really tired of how I feel about things ... and I can't let another year go by again.

Famous Novelist: Part 3

I could not talk to "Famous Novelist" yesterday!

Well actually I did ... just a Hi, Hello, Bye ... I was too shy to tell her I've read one of her books.

She was sitting down for awhile with her MacBook ... YES ... we both write with a MacBook!

But I could not talk to her ... there is no possibility that she would send me copies of the rest of the series ... (like she would IF i did talk to her about being fan) ... WHY DO I HAVE TO BE SHY!!

Power Ball Dreams

I really wish California also participated in the POWER BALL drawings!!

Things I would do if I could buy a ticket (AND WIN):

1.  Give several millions to the bros & sisters
2.  Buy House (California, New York, London, Paris)
3.  Buy VW Beetle
4.  Give to Charity
5.  Around The World Travel
6.  Open a Bookstore

Famous Novelist: Part 2

I was right!!

It is "Famous Novelist"!!!

I'm wondering if it'll be OK to talk to her about her books.  I just don't want to sound stupid saying "well I've only read your first book because I only get books from the library, and the rest of the series is not available.  Sorry, because I'm poor I can't actually buy your books online."

This is a MAJOR COINCIDENCE for me!!  I really want to talk to her ... but argh I have a feeling I could embarrass myself in a major way.

3 More Months Until The Big Adventure

Three more months until Rome!

I really don't think I'll be shopping much ... I just want to be able

to see all of the historical places!

Famous Novelist

I might be wrong.

But I think a Famous Novelist will be here at work.

There can't be two people with her name ... but she'll be here in LA for three days.  I'll find out Tuesday if it is her.

Should I tell her I'm a fan.  I've only read her first book ... only because it was the only one available at the library.  I still can't believe the other books from her series isn't available.

Maybe ... just maybe .. she'll be nice enough to send the whole series to me??

I might be wrong.  It might just be someone with the same name.

EBOOKS VS REAL BOOKS

I personally prefer Real books!

Love this ~

Happy Halloween

When I finally buy THE HOUSE ~ I'd want to decorate it for Halloween ~ I'd love to have cardboard cut outs of the Peanuts gang.

Mockingbird Lane

Impressed! 

I kept seeing commercials of NBC's remake of The Munsters, I told myself that it was going to suck, I don't know why NBC would do this, blah, blah, blah.  

Then I decided to watch since nothing else was on this Friday.

Good script & good acting = I LIKED IT!

4 More Months Until The Big Adventure!

Four More Months Until Rome!!

Right next to our hotel is the Vatican Museum.

Can't wait to explore this stairway!

The 12th Year

Twelve years ago today ... my dad had a heart attack and died.

I wonder if he was still alive today, would it just be my mom & dad going to Europe to celebrate my moms 80th birthday.

Would they have celebrated her 75th birthday going to Rome?
Would they have celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary (5 years ago) in Paris?

I pray that he will be with us.

In Rome.
In Pisa.
In Venice.
In Paris.

I miss you dad.

Happy Eight Years!!

Dear Blog,

Happy 8th year to the both of us!

I wish we had more happy moments than sad.  I wish our dreams have come true by now.  But we are still alive, we still have our health, we still have a job that pays the bills.

I want to still be hopeful.

The dream to be writing for Awesome Show has not come true yet.  I'm just disappointed about the quality of shows in TV, will there be anything awesome anymore??

The novel is yet to be completely finished.  Reading stories of authors that they got their lucky break, just when they've given up has given me hope.

Soon .....