Candy Cane Lane, RSM

December 20, 2011

Do you have a “Candy Cane Lane” in your neighborhood? Here’s ours in Rancho Santa Margarita. We went to walk it the other night, since Rene is “working” there at the Make a Wish Foundation booth. (My camera battery was out, though, so these pictures are actually from a previous year):     On the [...]

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Ricky’s Home!

December 19, 2011

He flew in Saturday morning, and the whole family went to pick him up at Long Beach airport, which is a tiny, time-warpish airport with only four small terminals, where you can sit at umbrella-shaded formica picnic tables and eat danishes while your loved one comes out at the one small baggage claim and can [...]

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3 for Thursday: 3 “Must Haves” in a Stocking

December 16, 2011

Socks? Underwear? Candy canes? Chocolate coins? I’d love to hear your traditions and your three “must haves” in a stocking. … Pin it

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Wordless Wednesday: Signs of Christmas. …

December 14, 2011

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Getting Crafty

December 13, 2011

So my relatives this year decided to revive our old “Sipka Family Craft Exchange.” It’s something we used to do when I was back in junior high, and my mom and all her sisters (who were, like, my age now I guess!) would do their Christmas crafts every year. They began the “Sipka Family Craft Exchange” [...]

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‘ello, Cupcake!

December 12, 2011

Hello, my lovely. Yes, I’m talking to you, you gorgeous cupcake. As amazing as you look to me right now, you and your friends (eclairs, buttermilk doughnuts, and brownies) need to stay away from me this holiday season and stop tempting me with your delicious good looks. You need to stop lounging around in my [...]

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Whaaaa? Pujols???

December 8, 2011

This is a family of Angels fans: And this is a family that is very happy … like champagne-toast happy … like let’s-text-each-other-all-day-about-it happy … that Albert Pujols will be joining our team next year! We can hardly believe it! Spring training, here we come. … Pin it

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How To Find Good Names for a Character

December 6, 2011

One the hard (and, simultaneously, fun/ intimidating/ nerve-wracking) parts of writing a new book is coming up with the characters’ names. Misnaming a character from the beginning is a difficult mistake. I’ve written several chapters, or in one case an entire manuscript, and then gone back and changed a character’s name. And believe you me, [...]

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Now THAT’s Cold!

December 5, 2011

Yes, our So. Cal boy is learning to deal in Montana… He sent this out this morn: And just wrote, “Well, then…” Pin it

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Happy Anniversary To Us — 22!

December 2, 2011

We celebrated our 22nd wedding anniversary on Thanksgiving weekend! The previous weekend, we had been at Superman’s brother’s house, and he gave me some pictures from our wedding day that I think my aunt took. I hadn’t seen these pictures in a long time. They made me smile:   Happy Anniversary, Superman! May we have many, many [...]

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