hello......

hello! it's been a while but i've been real busy! i've also had a bad bout of allergies.not fun!.we've done a few clown gigs and i'm still working on my port hope book.i'm about halfway on the black in stage. we've had a lot of doggies- one of whom triggered my allergy attack! lovely dog but she shed more than any dog i've ever known!no extra exposure on my new book yet.it's proving to be more difficult than with the last ones.i still have lots of tricks up my sleeve.i'm not giving up! we finally got some bookings for our b&b ,so that will help finances a bit.my life in town has perked up a bit.i spend time with my friends and avoid all others.the balloon situation taught me not to give in.it turns out that that business is hard up for money and they figured being on the main street-they could easily take my business that i've developed over the last 14 years.it seems it's not how they thought it would play out.bummer...i -on the other hand ,have been very busy in the balloon business....interesting.anyway...life is funny!

my plan

well, i talked to one of the publishers i was interested in.he told me that even if he loved my book ,it would be 10 years before it gets published.guess he comes off my list.he asked me why i published myself to begin with.da. anyway, i will get in touch with the rest next week and who knows the plan could change again! this week rogers was in our town inteviewing entrepreneurs in creemore for an upcoming show! guess what?i wasn't asked! hmmm. oh well....this business of becoming famous is truly exhausting.

OMG!!BT!!!!

OMG!!!!!! i just heard from bt television in toronto! they will not allow fiction work on their show! that includes children's books! can you believe it? i was shocked! i engaged in conversation with the bearer of bad news and was told this was just their policy.i asked what would be wrong with children's books and the retort was that they just can't fill up a proper segment with this product.hmmmm, when i went on rogers daytime, we had NO problem filling up a 10 minute segment ,so i find this a bit weird.it looks like my goal is going to be harder to achieve than i thought!sheesh! why does everything have to be so difficult? I NEED A PUBLISHER!!!!!! are you out there????

allergies

hey! it's me!!! i know i've been gone but i've been busy!the musical is done and now em is into exam preparation! i've had crazy allergies.i think i've figured the causes but i'm stuck.first off- i used chemicals to clean my couches after em's huge party,then i cleaned out a box that's been in my closet for 14 years-not good- i sneezed and sneezed and wheezed.it was awful! next- i took delivery of 2 beautiful doggies! they are here till tommorrow night since friday.that's when the worst of theses allergies flared.i had major wheezeness and nothing could help me.i was going to go to emerg when a good friend of mine who is in the wellness industry arrived when i was still feeling wretched! she checked my lungs (nothing, thank goodness)and explained that stuff was caught in my airways and gave me a puffer to see if that would help.in seconds,my problem was gone!i still have said sheddy doggy till tommorrow so now i've taken precautions and sleep in another room.tonite however,i'm going up to the bed and breakfast on our top floor.i realized this morning ,i should be sleeping up there because no animals have been up there in 5 years.so here's to a good sleep.this past weekend ,we donned our clown suits and did international trails day.had a lot of fun.we came home in time to get ready for another event in collingwood.we didn't have to costume up.it was a decoration event.it was lots of fun but i must say, allergies or not- it was good to get home! today, i'm working on some framing,my next book(mapping it out) and contacting more publishers.i'm also going to prepare for my new b&b sign.
happy day!

whirlwind

hello!!just now had time to sit down to write a few words.it's been a busy week.i've had to clean everyday to get my house back to order! emily's cast party was a huge success.she has moved up in the popular circle because of her awsome party.i had fun too! learned a little more about teenage life than i needed to! parents TALK to your teens!!!!!i'm not kidding.this is when they need YOU the most!!!em won an award tuesday night for extraordinary work for her book.that was nice and i got to hear her sing with her group.the fellow sitting beside me nudged me and said "boy,the girl in the purple can really sing!"guess who? yep, my daughter.she even got marked for that performance.95. hmmmm........anyway, i finished in pencil my port hope book.it's probably already there.now they approve it and i finish.i'll be glad when it's done.i still have'nt found a publisher but i'm not giving up!the book store came to me and begged to have my books back.i don't want to but my friend ken told me ,he'd be very dissappointed if i didn't.so...i love him so i will. gotta go!!!!