~Dale Carnegie
Hard to believe it has been about ten days since I blogged last! Having blogging withdrawls!
But we had our chapter conference luncheon last weekend and it was a flurry of airport runs, entertaining the guests, ferrying them around, the night before dinner, and the aftermath of wrapping up a contest and conference.
Kerrelyn Sparks and Colleen Thompson were the nicest, sweetest people I have met. Have read Kerrelyn’s How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire and now working on reading her sequel Vamps in the City. Both are great and her touches of humor in them are priceless. Alicia Rasley was a fantastic workshop leader. And Editor, Allison Lyons from Harlequin, was absolutely one of the most fun and down to earth person I have ever met!
When I picked Allison up from the airport, we had just enough time to go see some sights before getting ready for the Friday night get together. I decided to run down to the Stockyards as that is part of our city’s history and thought she might be interested in seeing it. And she was.
I turned left instead of right and ended up in a not so good part of town with blocks and blocks of used car dealerships. I mentioned that I didn’t remember those being on the way and she said she thought we had ended up in New Jersey, her old hometown! We laughed and laughed. After three phone calls to DH, we ended up where we were supposed to be and she enjoyed walking around and getting the ‘flavor’ of the place (her words). But, unfortuately, all the cowboys had gone and the cattle drive was over.
Saturday night, we took her back to the stockyards and to the White Elephant Saloon to get a taste of a smoky country and western bar. Not sure she enjoyed the music but Cece, Dennie, and I did.
Now that I am just about getting caught up and the finishing touches on the contest, I am anxious to get back to writing!
Lost was great tonight! Invasion is good also. It’s like the writers of the shows are catching the hint and getting on the ball.
~Sandy
