It Snowed & It's Freezing Out

It's ridiculously cold. The windchill yesterday made it 20 degrees on the roof in the morning! Argh. We're joking about changing our moniker to the Ice Cube State. It's been ten days of freezing temperatures since New Year, so 2010 hasn't exactly been normal.

I'm on ur roof, freezing my ass.

I did have something that kept me chuckling through the day. I was invited to a potluck party. Apparently, my roofing help have no idea what potluck parties are. Or at least, their idea is definitely not of the legal variety.

The whole day, they were trying to finagle an invitation to this "potluck" party. And of course, I had to keep a straight face through it all, telling them that "it's an invitation-only event, for people who bring special blends" and "No, my crowd isn't your kind of crowd." Bwahaha. Evil, no?

I also realized that I haven't read a book since last year! And there are so many that just came out that I've been looking forward to. What is wrong with me? It's as if my brain has become a lump of ice.

Anyway, what's the first book of the year for you? Did you like it?

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Bad Puppy Says BRRRRRR!

Florida is officially the Icecube State. Even Bad Puppy is feeling the nip. He never ever liked being under blankets before. Ha. Not tonight. Went hiding when I was calling him to go outside to do his bithnez.

"Nope, nopenopeNOPE! You can't make me go outside, mommy! You can't seeee meeee!"

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100 And It's Not The Temperature

Good news! On the third week since BBW has been on sale, I finally sold copy #100, with 80 percent sales from Amazon. I do have a 20 book order from overseas, so next week's numbers should be good too! I think that's not bad at all, considering I gave away the story in e-book form for a few months, so quite a number of people who would've bought the book probably haven't. What do you think?

It's not a lot of money but there is enough profit to maybe buy me that Esus mini notebook AND even groceries! And the month isn't over yet ;-).

Thank you, everyone. I really appreciate your buying my POD book. If you have any suggestions on how to make the book better (whether the font is too small or the paper quality not to your liking, etc.), please let me know, so I can make it a better product for you and others. And yes, glad you enjoyed Killian's story too. ;-)
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CONTEST FROM A FEW DAYS AGO (prize: Amazon gift cert) STILL OPEN TILL FRIDAY

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It is still too freaking cold for Florida. We are under a hard freeze warning tonight and tomorrow. I'm not looking forward to waking up at 5am and going outside. Yes, how I hate the miserable, cold and yucky dawn. I'll be standing outside for 45 minutes and trying to be chirpy.

Not that chirpy works.

Today, after watching me work and not saying anything for a while, the contractor asked me, "So how low are you on the totem pole that you are left to do all the nailing grunt work by yourself?"

I replied, "I'm so low on the totem pole even my last name is Low."

Didn't even. Crack. A. Smile.

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It's A Historic Day

People will talk about where they were on this day, when the first black man is officially inaugurated as the President of the United States. They will most likely also comment about his speech and watching history being made either right there in D.C. or live on television.

Unfortunately, I was freezing my ears, my nose, and toes off on a rooftop with dudes who hadn't voted in decades. The wind was whipping so furiously, I think one of ears flew off. It was so cold, my eyeballs started wheezing. It was so cold, my jacket was shivering and ran away looking around for cover. It was SO COLD I thought I was actually there in DC for the inauguration. So, I guess, in a way, I'd remember this day.

So, what where were you and what were you doing?

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Uber Race Fan Today!

REMINDER: VIRTUALLY HIS ARC CONTEST (SEE FEB 15 POST)

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Ha! The Year of the Boar brought some goodies! Check this out:



No, NOT HIM! The ticket in the foreground! That's a $150 entry to the Daytona 500 today!

YEEEHAAAA! My friend's taking me to the biggest NASCAR race! I've never been in one, although I've been an avid fan for the last dozen years. Not with ticket prices out of reach (black market is in the thousands) and the traffic after the races a nightmare.

But. Heck. It's free ;-).

This weekend is strange because not only is it Chinese New Year, it's also Mardi Gras, the NBA All-Stars Weekend and the Daytona 500 weekend (huge in this part of the world). So I think, to celebrate, I'll go with lots of beads around my neck, a basket ball in one hand, my Jeff Gordon 1995 Champion hat on my head, and a Chinese firecracker in the other hand. You think they're going to let me in?

It was cold last night, but not as cold as this:



Now you may scroll back up there and admire the background of the first pic! ;-)

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