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So Kevin is always afraid that I’ll hate the new stuff he puts on the site, but I ususally love it. This time, I think he struck gold with the search engine. However, that’s about the most exciting thing that’s happened around here. I had lunch with an author last week (who shall remain nameless, because his book was not good), which was fun, but that’s about it. Please check out my Reading List for some off-the-wall offerings this month. For those of you who think that some of them are a little TOO off-the-wall, you have my Random House rep, Gianna, to blame–er, thank. Seriously, even though it sounds iffy, I highly recommend the “prison book”, as we’re affectionately calling it, although you’ll have to wait till mid-month for its official release. Let me know what you think!

So now that Kevin has put up our photo of Famous Guy, I’m sure people all over the web are mocking me as a stalker. But really, I’m NOT! It’s just that how many times in your life do you get plowed over by a famous guy? Not that I’m complaining, mind you. I loved Famous Guy in Dave! Seriously, I am glad to be back in the swing of things, but wow! Work has been a challenge this week. It seemed like we will never get caught up from Christmas! But then everything kind of pulled together, and my store is once again a shining monument to the retail experience! Have any of you checked out my reading list lately? I’m having lunch next week with the author of a book called Mrs. Paine’s Garage. The book is about the lady who housed Marina Oswald during the Fall of 1963—right before the Kennedy assassination. It’s a bit disappointing, but I’m hoping that a sit-down with the author will perk it up for me…I’ll keep you posted.

Well, we had a wonderful time in Florida, and I want to say a BIG thank you to everyone for making our stay so great. We had a nice long visit with Pat, Ken, Sonny, JoJo, Brian, and Courtney! Kevin thinks we should do this more often, especially since he got so many presents! We’re both back to the grind at work this week, but I know we both wish we were still in Florida with the gang. Kevin took me to Epcot for a day as a Christmas present. Do I have the best husband or what? Brian and Courtney are planning on spending the week of Spring Break out here in Texas, so I’m keeping busy looking for fun stuff for us to do while they’re here. Oh, and be on the lookout for Kevin to post all the pictures from the Florida Christmas, and feel free to browse through the Texas ones, too!
That’s it for now!