Thursday Thirteen

Ok, since my Dad is in surgery right now and expected to be there for the next three hours, my Thursday Thirteen is thirteen reasons I love my Dad...

1. He's my Dad, duh!

2. He always has a dirty joke for me.

3. When I was 10 the closest I came to cussing was telling my brother to "stick it in his ear." My mother was so sick of hearing this that she made my Dad take me in the bathroom to wash my mouth out. He turned on the water and laughed and laughed. We splashed water on my shirt and pretended. My Mom still doesn't know.

4. He had morning sickness when Mom was pregnant with me.

5. He used to dig up worms for me to play with.

6. He loves animals as much as I do. I had many pets as a child.

7. He taught me to shoot.

8. I learned to cuss from him.

9. I found his Playboys and smokes when I was 9. He found out and told me not to tell my mother.

10. He taught me to cook.

11. He would calmly help me hide the bodies, or pay "Uncle" Angelo to take care of it completely.

12. He found the biggest, ugliest piece of Detroit steel to put his baby girl in. That meant I could put 8 friends in my car without people sitting in one another's laps.

13. He is my Dad. The person I can't wait to tell my good news to. The man who took bites out of the cookies and carrots so that two children were convinced that Santa was real. The man who suffered through band concerts, church plays, and untold numbers of "Guess what I did today Daddy." The man that might not say I love you all the time, but could always be counted on to (fill in the blank.) I could go on and on here.

Thursday Thirteen

Of all the things that I brought home from Dallas the thing I wish I hadn't is a HEAD COLD. So this is thirteen reasons I hate being sick...

1. I really enjoy breathing. I don't know why, for some reason my brain likes oxygen.

2. I can't sleep. My nose keeps getting clogged up. I keep waking up to blow my nose.

3. I still have to work. It doesn't matter if I have had no sleep or if I can't breath.

4. My nose is a lovely shade of red. If I could fly, I'm sure I could give Roudolph a run for his money.

5. There is nothing more pleasant than having your nose literally dripping.

6. I sound like Darth Vader... Now as attractive as this is, I am a girl.

7. I have blown my nose so many times that it has actually started to bleed.

8. You don't even want to know about what I am coughing up.

9. Cold medicine tastes nasty.

10. Nothing tastes like food. I could be eating cardboard. I wouldn't know the difference.

11. A cold during the summer is worse than a winter cold.

12. I can't breath well enough to smoke, so I am also having Nicotine withdrawl.

13. Have I said that I really enjoy breathing.

Uggg, off to drink more cough medicine.

Thursday Thirteen

Ok, I know this is kinda late but I have been busy in Dallas today.

So 13 cool things that have happened in Dallas, alright I will admit that some of them are brushes with fame...

1. I was in Crystal's room just minutes after she got "THE CALL."

2. R.G. and I were smoking and Victoria Alexander bummed a smoke from me.

3. She had Stephanie Laurens in tow. Ok so I like fawned over them.

4. I shared a cab with Susan Squires. She asked me what I write. So, I say paranormal. She says, me, too. And I am like I know, I love your stuff.

5. Showed my nipples to Feisty, she took pics.

6. Talked to Nora Roberts.

7. Helped with the Literacy Signing, and got a BUTT load of free books.

8. I got Sherrilyn Kenyon's autograph.

9. I got Jax's autograph on her book.

10. I got Eden Bradley's autograph on her book.

11. I got Gemma's on a cover flat. (Someone screwed up and put all the Dorchester books in the goody room.

12. The goody room.

13. Held Crystal's hand while she was getting her celebratory tattoo. It is so cute.

Wish you all were here.

Lia