Diary of a Mad Fat Girl by Stephanie McAfee
I love this book. Cute! 
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The Expats – book review
The Expats: A Novel by Chris Pavone
What a great book! I could not put it down. I saw the author on Fox and Friends and was excited when our library finally got this book. I wasn’t disappointed. Great story, twists, turns, sitting on the edge of my chair.
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Reliable
Yesterday, before the storm had really even started, we lost our DirecTV signal. This is standard. As soon as the wind picks up, the signal is lost.
So I tweeted it.
And it’s true. When it begins to storm I can reliably expect my TV to look like this:
(Video taken just now, not yesterday.)
Reliably unreliable. 
Death of a Trophy Wife – review
Death of a Trophy Wife by Laura Levine
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Cute, cute, cute. I had never read this author before. Now I have her first book waiting to be read.
I love Jaine Austen. She is dingy like me and loves to eat. hee hee
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Guest blogger at The Common Voice
Hey all, I’m the guest blogger over at Doug Dowen’s blog, The Common Voice, today. Go check it out!
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Meet me me me me meeeeeeeeeeeeee!
hee hee
Actually it’s Meet-meme and it’s very cool.
Right after last year’s pageant Cheryl Lawson handed me her card.
I was so excited to be able to finally talk to her after the thirty day silence period required for all judges of the pageant. I took the card and stuck it in my purse where I didn’t pull it out until a couple of months later.
“This is awesome,” I thought. “I must have one of my own!”
And I ordered them. I felt kind of bad using the same color scheme that Cheryl had used on hers but it branded well with my blog so I went for it.
I happily passed my cards out at every event. Everyone thought they were awesome.
I gave one to Becky McCray and she gave me hers. She told me that she had them color coordinated to an event that she had been part of. Cheryl had the blue and gold one, too. Kewl.
I didn’t even know what the QR code on the card did until RB Bruce scanned it for me at my See You Later party. It’s really cool, though, it takes you to the links of all of the accounts you have connected.
Now, I have learned that I’m in the 2011 Meet Meme Year Book.
How fun! Here’s my page.
Now I’m going to have to get the book.
These cards are a great conversation starter and, best of all, are inexpensive to produce. I can’t wait to see yours!
Unintended
So you know I made a deal with my BFF’s husband to run a marathon next year. And I’ve been gearing up to start running again. But…I’ve been way too afraid to go out the door and run. I was afraid someone would laugh at me.
On Saturday, there was a run here, in Bartlesville. I hadn’t heard about it so I googled it when we got back from walking Boo Boo. Turns out it was even a 10k which used to be my favorite distance.
I looked at the map and I saw that it followed the Pathfinder north and behind the police station before ending up Downtown again. Hmmm. I have seen the Pathfinder but never really knew where to get on it.
When we were driving back from grocery shopping, I asked David if we couldn’t turn on the road that would take us to that spot on the race map and he did. Guess what? There’s an entrance to the Pathfinder with a parking lot and everything!
Suddenly…
I figured that if I went down to the Pathfinder to run, there would be way fewer people to see me. And that’s what I did today.
Today was supposed to be a recon mission. Check it out, see how it goes, who was there. I planned to walk and loaded a 60 minute Latin walking file onto my iPod. I planned to run tomorrow provided the Pathfinder was suitably empty.
When I turned on my iPod, it wasn’t the Latin walking workout, it was the Jeff Galloway 30/30 Run/Walk workout. So…I decided to go for it.
It went well! Yes, running feels weird at this weight. I haven’t run since 1999 and I was considerably lighter then. But the 30 seconds running alternating with 30 seconds of walking made it into a workout that I could do.
Wee hoo! I was so excited to run. I’m really going to run a marathon. But first up is The Color Run in June.
Fudge babies
Ever since I decided to kick the sugar out of my diet once and for all, I’ve been doing pretty well.
Except for a small incident involving Lyndzee Vieweg and a shared piece of chocolate cake, that is. Shhhhhh!
Anyway, mostly I haven’t wanted anything sweet which is unusual for me. But yesterday I wanted a cookie. Badly. I started looking around the internet for paleo sweets and remembered Fudge Babies.
These little goodies are not only easy to make they are totally not bad for you!
You will need
- 1 cup of walnuts
- 1 package of dates (mine were 227 grams)
- 3-4 tbs cocoa
- 1 tsp vanilla
Place all ingredients into the food processor and whir them up. Form them into balls and voila! Almost instant chocolate paleo goodness. Nom!
Worlds oldest bridesmaid
August 1, 2005 was a day like any other.
Or so I thought.
That was the day that I “met” Lyndzee Vieweg when her registration form sailed into my email box stating that she would like to represent Oklahoma as Miss Teen Oklahoma.
The first time she tried, she won the Northern regional pageant we produced and was Miss Teen Northern Oklahoma International. But it wasn’t yet her time to wear the state crown.
In 2009, she finally captured the Miss Teen Oklahoma International title but she captured my heart straight away. Way back before I ever met her in real life.
I call Lyndzee my mini-me. No, we look nothing alike but I don’t know if I could have a child more like me even if my blood ran in her veins. We’ve actually had people ask, “Are you sure you two aren’t related?”
I adore her. We have so much fun together. We laugh and our wacky brains run on the very same track. We usually think of the same thing at the same time but if not, the one who doesn’t think of it is quick to get aboard the crazy train with the other.
Now, Lyndzee is grown up. The most beautiful young woman both inside and out. She’s getting married!
I’m so excited for her and her fiance’, Dustin, seems like the perfect match for her. He reminds me a lot of David. He lets her be her own unique self and just smiles and raises his eyebrow at times.
And now, I’m about to embark on the next role of my life: World’s Oldest Bridesmaid.
Yep, Lyndzee has asked me to be her Matron of Honor.
Whoa! What? Matron? Do I drive a station wagon? LOL!
I desperately try to not be matronly. I am, after all, tragically hip and incredibly cool.
I’m honored beyond belief to serve in this role for Lyndzee but we did have to have a discussion about the title. We have come up with Glamazon of Honor. I think I can live with that.
When Lyndzee asked me if I would stand up for her, my first reaction was to laugh. I mean, seriously? I’m old. I asked her if she was sure she didn’t want me to sit in the pew next to her mom and she emphatically told me, no, that she wants me to be her bridesmaid.
I’m beyond honored. Sincerely.
We went shopping for wedding dresses on Saturday. Of course Lyndzee had a different idea for the belts she was shown.
And she really wasn’t a bridezilla while waiting for more dresses.
She’s too much fun for that.
But it’s clear to me that Lyndzee is going to be one gorgeous bride. (This is not the dress she will be wearing.)
I’m so excited to go on this journey with my mini-me. I’ll try not to be too sappy over the next year as we head towards their wedding date, April 13, 2013.
Life is truly interesting and you never know how someone you meet will factor into your life long term. I am completely blessed to have Lyndzee as a friend.
