Well first let me say that I loved all the beauty product recommendations. I believe it is well documented that I am a fan of trying out new products that promise miraculous results no matter how many times I’ve been let down. Sometimes you have to kiss a lot of frogs.
And speaking of beauty products, I was getting ready to go to speaking thing yesterday and took my makeup bag ‘o assorted lipgloss and lipstick out of my purse so I could put it on in the bathroom. Then when I went to leave the house I noticed my purse was noticeably lighter and was worried I’d forgotten my wallet. But, alas, the only thing I’d forgotten was to put back my bag ‘o assorted lipgloss and lipstick. I believe it is not an exaggeration to tell you that I’m carrying around about three and a half pounds of various lip products on any given day. The first step is admitting you have a problem.
Anyway, I’ve spent most of the week trying to get a bunch of things done that I didn’t get finished over the weekend since I didn’t feel good. This list includes, but is not limited to, painting Caroline’s room, assembling her new bed and a new desk, rearranging furniture repeatedly, trying to keep the puppies from destroying my house with all the mud from the backyard and coming up with things to cook for dinner. I’ll show you pictures of Caroline’s new room next week when I get most of it finished because it’s still kind of a mess right now and I am firmly convinced that furniture assembly is a secret IQ test being performed by the government. Sadly, based on my assembly skills, it’s safe to say I will never get to fulfill my dream of being Sydney Bristow and taking down SD-6. At best, I will be put in charge of grating cheese or something equally taxing.
On Friday I’m going to go record the audio version of my new book which is both exciting and makes me feel like I need to stock up on lemon and honey. You know what’s worse than reading 65,00 words out loud in a couple of sittings? Reading 65,000 words that you wrote in a couple of sittings. I never want to edit myself more until I read it all out loud and then IT’S TOO LATE.
(And since I mentioned audio books, I’ll go ahead and tell you that my first two books are available in audio version already in case you decide you need to listen to a couple of hours of a Texas accent that might need subtitles. You can find them on Amazon or Barnes and Noble.)
While we’re on the subject of books, a bunch of you emailed or tweeted about the news of a new book by Harper Lee coming out this summer. And I’m super excited to read about Scout as a grown up, but also a little nervous. This is one of those things, like Christmas or Valentine’s Day, when it feels like it might be best to not build it up in my mind until there is no possible way it can live up to my expectations short of fireworks shooting out of my living room.
And yet I have even more to say on the subject of books. One of the questions I get asked the most is about the process of writing a book or writing in general and I generally just recommend that everyone read Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott, but Jen Hatmaker (of the Covergirl Natural Blush lipgloss fame) wrote the best post yesterday On Becoming A Writer. So from now on I will tell people to read Jen’s post and Anne Lamott’s book. The end.
So I guess that’s it for today. I’m sure I have more to say if I think about it, but I’m walking out the door to meet some friends for dinner at a place called Tacos and Tequila. Yes, please.
See you tomorrow for Fashion Friday.