Today's homeschooling lesson: Go to the farmer's market and discuss how they get little pieces of lemon inside the olives. #LifeIsAwesome

We're barbecuing steaks with big baking potatoes and beefsteak tomatoes. My dad would've been proud. Surprised and confused, but proud.

@ImmaChocoholic Based on that, I will live to be a thousand. Thank goodness for science, otherwise I never would have known. :)

@VanessaKellyAut Well, you can have Larry King, but I want first dibs on his suspenders.

@RFLong Re: your great grandfather... that is so eery! And compelling! What was he up to indeed.

Why did nobody tell me renovating was going to be such a colossal pain? Perhaps more to the point, why do I never listen?

#amwriting in my shiny new notebook. Says on the cover: "Keep Calm, Have A Cupcake".

I swear, sometimes it seems like the only reason I write books is so I can write off my stationery.

Dear three-year-old, You did not, in fact, invent lying about not being tired. I have been doing it to myself and others for many years now.

Some days, I love my dog beyond reason. Others, I would much prefer the much more two-dimensional Marmaduke.

Attention, procrastinating writers: Have you seen Write or Die? http://is.gd/bye39 I think I might try it out.

Why proofreading is important - Cookbook reprinted over 'freshly ground black people' typo - http://bit.ly/dDaIst (via Angeleque Ford)

Hate it, hate it, hate it when the little guy gets sick. I want to rip out my own lungs and let him use mine.

Just finished Friday's Child. I am not writing ONE MORE WORD until I can do it as well as Georgette Heyer.

Deep internal question of the day: Can I get away with only knowing 4 crochet stitches all my life, or is it time to learn to knit?

Swooning at Susan Mallery's description of her new book in her guest blog at Borders. What a cute concept! http://bit.ly/cAjBBn

@Lori_Ella OOOOH! That one looks delicious. Thanks for the tip.

Overheard lyric: "...and my favorite dog is buried in the yard." I love country music.

OK. Think. Focus. There must be a way to finish the novel, paint my house, and get a massage by 6 pm. I just have to figure out how.

“Publishing is the zig to my zag, the hoo in my ha, the knees to my bees.” From Similes and Metaphorrors here: http://is.gd/bE8g0