Setting High and a winner!
Thanks so much for all the birthday wishes. You all were just 2 too mucho much but I lurved it. Ended up having a quiet birthday at home. After the busy week with the dear twins I was wiped out. But on Sunday I was out celebrating the final dance get together with the DD and got this fortune at the end of our meal. So it looks like my 2 day rest period is over. Watch out world here I come!
The winner of the EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE I LEARNED FROM ROMANCE NOVELS is….
Brenda C. Brenda please email me at kwanawrites (at) yahoo (dot) com with your info this week and I will get the book out to you. Thanks for playing gang!
Best,
Kwana
42… did I say that out loud?
Well Happy Birthday to me today and yes, I am saying the number out loud.
It’s a very grown up sounding number to me. Something to own up to. The type of number that says I should have my crap together or at least be pretty much well on my way to having it together. Right? Ugh, see that ‘right’ I just added in there? I’m feeling like with the number 42 that questionable ‘right?’ should not have been included. At this point it could be all ‘yes’ or ‘no’ and ‘I got this’. And for the most part I do. Right? Ugh there I go again! LOL.
Oh heck. This morning I’m 42 and still the same old me. Though eyes a little wider open, seeing myself clearly for the blessed wife, mother, friend, daughter, writer, woman that I am. At 42.
Best,
Kwana
image from here oh and don’t forget to enter the Everything I know… Romance giveaway here
Kids as Wingmen… Yeah I said it!
First off thanks so much for all of your kind comments yesterday on the Dear Twins and their Prom Photo. This mom is happy, tired and feeling a little old. LOL.
Today please hop on over to Heroes and Heartbreakers where I’m talking about the trend of children in romance and you know me I pulled a little reality TV into the mix. Join me and give your opinion here.
Best,
Kwana
It was Prom people… PROM!
And this neurotic mother made it to morning to blog with you. Yep, it wasn’t easy letting go. Prom not too hard, though saying goodbye to the Dear Twins here and then later with their dates left a lump in my throat.
It was the letting go for the after prom go to the city to hang out all night and then see the sun rise that gave this mom and dad heart palpitations. But it was too funny seeing the girls getting off the party bus with their shoes in their hands, my dd included. Yeah I know that ouch feeling oh so well.
That said we all made it through and all is well but the house is tired on a Wednesday morning. Sorry kids but you still have to get to your intern jobs today. Time to get up. *insert evil laugh here* welcome to adulthood.
Hope you all are more awake than we are. Have a great day!
Best,
Kwana
Somebody Jolt Me
Good Monday Everyone! See I’m trying to be enthusiastic though I’ve woken with a killer migraine that plagued me all weekend. See I need to keep my energy and enthusiasm high this week because it’s a Super Social Week for the Dear Twins with….wait for it….
PROM tomorrow!!! Bells, Whistles and Whee! For all you moms out there if you think getting together prom for 1 is hard imagine prom for 2 and one is a bit of a Diva. Yes, teeth whitening was suggested. And, No, I didn’t instantly push her from the moving car but just told her she has lost it and kept on driving.
That’s what I plan on doing this week, keep on driving as the Prom is Tuesday, Sports dinner Wednesday and a Senior Cruise on Thursday. Yes I’m exhausted just thinking of it.
But it all leads up to the end of June Graduation where I will no doubt act like a well deserved fool. Prepare to be embarrassed twins…
Best,
Kwana
P.S.
Please come back toward the end of the week because this coming Saturday is my birthday and though I have not put my head around the what, we should celebrate that too right?
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Knit Wednesday
Happy Wednesday. Looking to knit myself right over that Wednesday hump. Or maybe it will be needlepoint today. Either way I’m getting crafty.
Would love these cool needles though. Aren’t they fun?
Best,
Kwana
image from here
Growing up Oprah
This is a tough post to write. I went to my TV at 4:00 yesterday, turned to channel 7 and she wasn’t there. And by she I’m sure you all that know me, know I’m talking about Oprah. No, she wasn’t there. It was the news instead, as if I wanted to hear the news an hour early.
So I blinked and let it sink in. Oh yeah, the day before she said goodbye. She told us thanks and to move on and live our own best lives. This 4:00 hour was now time to regroup and find a way to do what was and has been in our hearts to do for so long and be the best at it that we can.
So it’s time to be myself, proud and unashamed, Becoming True Me as I start on life part 3 now as a soon to be mom of college kids. No longer any label but my name. But wow I won’t have my 4:00 anchor that has helped me grow and change so much these past 25 years as I went from a high schooler watching her on television with amazement and awe, to a college aged young woman, still drawing inspiration, into a career woman and wife and then a mother of twins and oh so thankful for the 4:00 advice and a place to draw comfort.
Well, now I have my own high schoolers moving on and moving out and my 4:00 hour is free. She’s said goodbye. The news is on. The news I can’t change.
So I’m turning off the TV and turning on the DVR to say THANK YOU to her myself one more time. Then at 5:00… watch out world here I come!
Best,
Kwana
It’s an Expo People!
For the past two days I’ve been down at the Javits Center walking then hobbling my way through BEA – Book Expo America. The yearly event where who’s who or wants to be who in publishing comes out to show their wares.
What a wild time. The book lives! My back and feet? Not so much. Seriously have I met a book I didn’t like or couldn’t pick up? By day 2 I decided to bring and check my rolling case to carry them all back to my car.
As you can see from the mob scene at the Harlequin booth romance is surely in the air. As I was on line I heard one savvy woman say to a male colleague, “Yes, Blank I read romance.” I gave her a thumbs up as she went to get a book signed by a favorite author.
I saw and hung with so many fun people, The wonderful Sue Grimshaw, Leanna Renee, Katiebabs, Janicu, Young Liberian (Katie my expo pal)! Thanks for the great line chat.
I was so happy to meet one of my favorite authors and twitter friend Victoria Dahl there. She was sweet to recognize me from my tweets and run around her signing table to give me a hug.
I also got the new book from Sarah Wendell from Smart Bitches Trashy Books– Everything I learned About Love I Learned From Romance Novels. I was a lucky one as her books were gone in a flash.
Sarah Signing Katie’s book
I also stood in a crazy long line for Jimmy Fallon’s Thank You Notes Book. Seriously it was like waiting for a roller coaster at Six Flags. But on the up side they handed out the book to those waiting in line so we all had good laughs there and meeting Jimmy was lots of fun.
Another great meet was Mindy Kaling from the office who has a book coming out soon. She was smart sweet and funny. Chatting and taking pictures. Don’t ask me why I stood next to her, what a beauty, but she was so engaging that I fell right in. And my eyes are closed too. Ugh and Sigh.
And thanks to the fab Ellen –Confessions of an It Girl for hooking me up with Melanie- The Coupon Goddess and Rene Syler –Good Enough Mother. And yes, it’s that Rena formally of CBS The Early Show. That Ellen she always knows who will get along with who. We had so much fun walking the floor together and sharing a great lunch.
L to R- Rene, Melanie, Ellen
Thanks to you all my old and now new friends made. I wish I could list you all. Until next time see you on the blog or twitter!
Best,
Kwana
No Worries…
Still trying
Good Monday.
Yeah, uh, I’m still trying to get myself going. I hope I’m more alert by Tuesday. I have lots to do this week. Lots!
How are doing this morning?
Best,
Kwana
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