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This weekend will be Bella's first big trip away from home. Supervised of course - no daughter of mine gets to go out on her own before she's been properly broken in!!! Still, my little girl's all growing up way too quickly *tear*.

I'm taking her to meet the rest of the fam in Wisconsin. Today we went and had her all spiffy'd up for the big adventure ahead, but of course it had to go and SNOW all over the place the past 6 hours... which means after a 4 1/2 hour drive she'll likely be vaguely distinguishable from a sooty orphan. Meh.

Subsequently if you've been keeping track in your head or on ledger paper, you'll notice that I will be absent from the blog for a few days. Please, try to pick up around the place a bit while I'm gone. And if you get bored, you can just read about the goodness that is making brat's. Apparently getting to dig around pig intestines isn't even part of the hazing process. Who knew?!?!

Also, you have 2 other assignments while I'm gone...

FIRST) The book cover project that Le Serial Cynica and I did several months ago is BACK ON after much begging and pleading by a couple of nameless individuals *you know who you smart asses are*.

Only *this* time we're taking book title submissions from YOU.

The Rules Are: You submit the name of a book you'd like to see a cover design for. We will selectively and unfairly pick a couple of winners and present our designs at a future, unannounced date. This game is only fun if you offer up some great book titles, so put your thinking caps on.

SECOND) In about a month I will be ditching you guys, for our longest separation yet, all so I can jetisen off to Europe for a week and a half to tip back martini glasses and stumble my ass through beautiful cities and countrysides. WOO HOO!

I'd like to have some guest bloggers posting while I'm gone. But please, don't all volunteer at once.

If you don't volunteer, I *WILL* hunt several of you down and force you to do it in shifts... so best you step forward and play nicely with the big kids right now. Anyone already in the possession of a blog is on my list - you bloggers are NOT excluded FROM THE FUN THAT WILL BE THIS GAME, DAMNIT!

Have a great weekend everyone!

1. Appetizer - Where do you go when you want to relax?

My bedroom. I turn off the computer, pull the drapes, turn on the soft, warm lamp next to my bed, and curl up under the warm covers with a really good book. And some vanilla scented candles. Mmmmmmm..... And if we're going to go ahead and draw out the fantasy, I will have taken a nice, long, warm bath first (one in which the bathroom is lit only with a few candles). To finish it off, I'll throw on my big, cozy white robe after applying generous amounts of sweet-smelling lotion. Yup. That relaxes me.

2. Soup - Tell about something that made you laugh this week.

Her. The last time I talked to her she was drunk so I spent a lot of the conversation laughing *at* her instead of with her.

3. Salad - What is your favorite texture?

This one is tough! I'll have to go with the texture of my duvet cover. I can't explain it very well, but it's sown in to teeny tiny, itty bitty, diamond segmented blocks of vanilla-white goodness. Alternatively, my answer is *my skin*. No no, not my blog skin, my skin skin! Seriously, I have *freakishly* soft and smooth skin that I love to touch (particularly my shoulders and lower back). Is that weird?

4. Main Course - If you were to publish your autobiography, what would the first sentence be?

Uhhhhhhhhhhh... I will defer to my autobiographer for the answer to that one.

5. Dessert - Do you celebrate St. Patrick's Day? If so, how?

No. I'm not Irish in any way, shape, or form. Last time I check I'm American - 100% USDA certified American. However, I do enjoy green so if I've got the time I might throw up a quickie skin in honor of...