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Rules:
1. You must post these rules
2. Each person has to share 10 things about them
3. Answer the 10 questions asked to you and invent 10 questions the persons you

tag will have to answer
4. Choose 10 persons and put their icons on your journal
5. Go to their pages and inform them they are tagged
6. Not something like "You are tagged if you read that"
7. You have to legitimately tag 10 people

Alrighty then, let's get this thing started.
First up... ten things about myself.


1.)  I have 1706 books (including my kids books and hubbys, from paperback to hardback) but that does not include ebooks
2.)   Currently in the process of writing a novel.  Little more than half way finished with a grand total of 107,472 words.  Seven more chapters to work on and it will be complete!
3.)  Proud owner of not one dachshund but four!  Warlock, Cynder, Simi, and my shadow Rock.  Love my four legged furry babies as much as I love my human sons!
4.)   If I could live in any book world I would totally leave this realm to live in Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar world.  So interested in the Shin'a'in, the Hawkbrothers, and lets not forget the Companions! I would so want to meet one..and a gryphon!
5.)  I suffer from a very bad case of low self-esteem/self-doubt whatever clever name you wish to call it.
6.)   Given the opportunity (most likely the cash) the place I would so like to visit would be Scotland and Ireland....  perks would be seeing hunky scotsmen in kilts. I would just want to hear them speak their native gaelic so I can droooooooool
7.)  When talking about books a big no-no and taboo around me is mentioning Twilight and 50 Shades of Grey.  Sorry folks neither interest me and has earned my scorn. Absolutely hate the hype that both books have garnered...
8.)    Was born in the year of the fire dragon, and thus could be why I like to collect dragon things and enjoy dragon-themed books
9.)  I "do" own a kindle 3 (that I had won from a contest)  but I prefer actual books over digital ones.  Really dislike the drama involved with them, and plus, if I want to loan a friend/person a book in my collection I can without someone screaming "foul" or "frowned" upon.  Also I don't have to worry about taking a paperback in the bath with me
10.)  Have about eight/nine/ten different tarot cards (includes Pheonix cards and Oracle cards)





Questions asked from Iz...
1.)  What's your favorite book?  
Terrible question to ask a bookaholic because they could NEVER pinpoint one book... And I am the same way... Some of my favorites ARE "Phantom" by Susan Kay - you like Phantom of the Opera you have to read this one.  Oathblood by Mercedes Lackey (actually I like all the Valdemar books)

2.) Which would you rather lose; your hearing or your sight?  
Guess I would rather lose my hearing. It would be a bitch to try to write without my sight.

3.)  If you could have one thing given to you, what would it be?

4.) Mirror, Mirror on the wall who is the sexiest of them all?  Carrageenan. LOLOLOL
5.) So everything is better with twins, right? If you had a twin, what would be your favorite activity with him or her?
Ummmm asides from kilt blowing? Dunno, maybe go book shopping. It's always fun having someone along when you go book shopping. Hanging out beause I am the loneliness person.
6.) What's one thing you hate about the place you live and one thing you love?
Not within walking distances to certain stores and etc.  One things I love... that I have some really cool neighbors. If I need a ride to the school to my kids my neighbor will take me... has taken me in emergency
7.) What's your favorite scent?
Lilacs they remind me of my grandmother who always loved me no matter what.
8.) If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I would instill confidence into myself.
9.) What was your favorite stuffed animal as a child OR the name of your imaginary friend?
Never had an imaginary friend... and the only stuffed animal that I can actually remember was a stuffed unicorn. Now my favorite toy was a Hawaiian Barbie named Miko.
10) So, how 'bout them Yankees?
Umm not into sports... so couldn't tell you...


Questions --
1.)  What is your greatest treasure?
2.)  If you could be reincarnated into any animal (even mythical) what would you choose?
3.)  If you could live for a day in any time period which would you choose? What aspect about that time period prompted your answer.
4.)  Most hated food?
5.)  Favorite band/musician?
6.)  What is your thoughts on the steampunk genre?
7.)   Who is your book boyfriend? For those that don't read, who is your movie boyfriend?
8.)  You were given 24 hours to live how would you choose to live during the last hours of your life?
9.)  Introvert or extrovert?
10.)  Half full or half empty

Now I only read one book of hers: Howl's Moving Castle because I wanted to see how the story and the Anime differed.  * Sniffles * Gonna honor her memory and watch Howl's Moving Castle.

May she rest in peace and become someone's guardian muse.

Friend asked me to help pimp out an author friend. It is just a fun little competition.

The voting ends at midnight central.  Voting for Jaci's No Strings Attached.   dabwaha.com/

There is nothing quite like the scare when your nine-year-old comes in, from school and announces "There is a lost boy outside in the drive way."

     Yes, that statement was meet with stunned silence. My heart went out for the boy. There was no way I was going to sit peacefully and idly inside my home and let a child be scared out of his wits, not sure WHAT to do.

    So I shove my feet into my shoes, grabbed hubby's cell phone (since mine without being plugged in would be dead since it does not hold a charge), and out the door I went to help this child  (what makes me angry is that my husband remains laid out on the couch, not moving nor concerned).

        Austin comes with me. So we are walking at the end of the drive and I ask "How old is this boy?"

    "Fifth grade." I breath a little easier but still I can imagine the fright this boy had.

     Austin leads me to the boy and I ask "Do you know your parents number? I don't have a car to take you hom but I will remain with you until they pick you up." He nods his head and so I hand over the cell to let him call his parents. Unfortunately no one is home and find out he's suppose to be going to a babysitters. He leaves a voice message.

    Here I am trying to wrack my brain on how to help this boy.  I ask him if anything is familiar? If it was not that far I would have walked him. He asked me if I knew this one place, and I profess I really don't know Parkersburg that well, just a few choice places here or there. So, we are walking when we see a bus coming down the road close to us.

    The two of us flag the bus down. Thankfully the bus driver stops. I explain that the kid got off on the wrong place. He asks the kid where he's suppose to get off. He tells the driver the same thing as me. The driver comments that he is not going in that direction and it is a good distance away.

    I tell the man "I do not know this kid but I will NOT let him be alone."   This ultimately makes the driver come to a decision. He thanks me and tells the kid to get on his bus.  To say I am relieaved for this boy is a small description. I like to think that if such a thing happened to one of my boys, there would be a good samaritain who would do the same for them. I really hope the boy gets to his sitters safely.

Wow, seems there has been some changes since my premium membership expired and my last journal post.


      Nothing much to report on. The family has been sick for about a week. Finally getting over it. Got a new desktop tower and a laptop. Woot! So once the weather remains nice out, warm enough to enjoy the feel of the sun on my flesh, to feel the breeze/wind tussel my hair, I can plug my ipod and type away at my stories.

    Winter seriously dried up whatever creative spirit I had. It is time to either get back to Rhaedayel and Eriea or Kheldin and Kiirri. Bah who am I kidding, it would be the drow and changeling most definitely.

    The story is always foremost in my mind. Really all that I have been trying to piece together is for later scenes... The drow's descent into the demonic realm, to face this unstable and odd world, to go through his trails that leads him to the King of the Demons (Huh, never realized how much like a game that sounds like)

    Maybe once I finish that I can finally finish the half elven womanizing rogue and his quarter elven empathic holy warrior aka paladin. After that I am not sure what I'd work on. I have Ancient Ones but really no idea to continue forward.

    Then there is my paranormal ish contemporary story Burning Times. Which makes me long and yearn to visit Salem, Mass, to explore for the basis of my story.

     What I really have a hankering of doing is color some line-arts.  I know somewhere I have a picture of Bonnie (Madame Dei)'s Last Unicorn. I may have to just print that out and have a field day.

    Other than that I've mainly just kept on the sidelines, blending seemlessly in the background, and letting nature take it's course by letting people forget I'm here.

    Well except for Nathie - who tortures and torments me on Foreplay pictures * Laughs * Though I am still waiting on Foreplay Jr. LOLOL.