Response to Kind Commenters from Here:
I emailed my teacher, thank you all very much. Not one of you said, "Loser! Why bother?!" Y'all are polite that way. Haven't heard back, but I'm sure I will eventually.
I am working on polishing my manuscript, and will send it to a very special someone at a very special place very soon. (ew. gag. did that sound wrong?)
Luxury MomMobile is this. We got it thinking we'd use it as an advertising vehicle, but haven't gotten around to it yet. We thought it was crazy to spend a bunch of money on a car that was going to have french fries on the floorboards, but we got over it. i changed a dirty diaper in it today and poo got on the fancy shmancy leather. but? it wipes off! no problem. Really, it might be a good thing that we haven't yet stuck advertisements all over it, since my mom will tell anyone just how often i hit curbs. (so often, she'll sometimes grab the door handle, and say "Watch out! This curb up here is one of your 'faves!' In my defense, it's only when I'm making right turns. Like, every right turn.) My kids are so used to it they don't even react. Curb jumping is not professional looking and neither am I, and perhaps the business's phone number should not be at the ready when I'm curb hopping my way around town.
I just finished A Girl's Best Friend, by my FAVORITE, Kristin Billerbeck. I'll tell you more another time, but do yourself a favor and get it. NOW. It's laugh out loud funny, as all of hers are. (But if you haven't read the first Spa GIrls, start there. See my SIdebar for details on that one.) For now, I'll just say I LOVED every minute I got to spend reading it, and I usually had a smile on my face. Yep. It's that kind of book, and those are rare.
(Have you seen her blog?)
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Your Comments
Love the mommobile! I am a recovering curb hopper. I drive a smaller vehicle now and have no real excuse for still hanging on to the habit.
Besides, one time when I did it at the bank, I got reprimanded by the drive thru teller and ended up having to get the tire fixed because I banged a chunk out of it!! Guess I just don't do big vehicles well. That's why my dream car is a Mini Cooper. I'd be so cute drivin' that thing!
Oh - I'm impressed! An e-mail to the teacher AND a manuscript almost ready to send out! You've inspired me to action!
No, I'm not re-sending mine. I think I'll chalk that one up to "practice" and start working on the next one. :-) I DID send in a proposal for a writing project this weekend, so at least I've done SOMETHING.
I LOVE Kristin Billerbeck's books. A friend got me hooked on the Ashley Stockingdale series. The scary part is it sounds like it was inspired by the singles group at my church. We have computer geeks and doctors and everything. Chili's is where we eat ALL THE TIME!
Looking forward to reading the new stuff.
Wow, that thing looks huge! I think if I was driving a vehicle that big, I'd probably be doing a little curb-hopping too. I've never been able to make friends with big cars. I used to want a Sebring convertible, but they're just so long. Something little like a Beetle suits me better.
Good luck on the manuscript! I can't wait to see it on the shelves and buy myself a copy one of these days!
Curb hopping! Love it! Nice to meet another person who ocassionally turns just ever too tightly when making a right turn while driving an Escalade! My husband is certain that I do it to annoy him--of course, he NEVER hits a curb--due to his gender! ????? !!!
Oh-well--my life is way more exciting than his predicatable life! :)
Diane