Thirteen Things that made me happy today

Thirteen Things that made me happy today1 – My first sale! I signed the contract with Samhain Publishing last night for Hunting the Huntress.
2 – The emails and im’s from my friends (and my friends that are family) telling my how happy they were about number 1.
3 – An empty inbox. Little bit slept in late today (it’s 7:30 and she’s still asleep!), and I have totally emptied my email box. Go ahead, send me an email (ember@embercase.com) – I’ll get right back to you!
4 – A clean desk. Not really sure how that happened, but my inbox is empty and the papers (except the contract that needs to be mailed today!) are all filed.
5 – Diet Mountain Dew. Since coffee has been making my system all kinds of funky, I’ve developed a new love for the yellow non-cola. Mmmm, caffine buzz.
6 – Not having to take the kids over to the in-laws this weekend. Hubby and I are out of town working almost every weekend during the spring / summer, so the kids have been over there for one night a week the past month +. But this weekend, my SIL is coming here instead. Yay, no packing the bags and dragging PreTeenBoy away from his computer!
7 – Nickelback’s “I wanna be a rock star”. It’s not really the lyrics as much as that tongue rolling, sing along beat, but the lyrics are pretty catchy too :
“I’m through with standing in line
to clubs we’ll never get in
It’s like the bottom of the ninth
and I’m never gonna win
This life hasn’t turned out
quite the way I want it to be”
8 – Watching the sun come up over the marsh on a foggy morning.
9 – Mimosa’s on a Thursday morning. Leftover bubbly from celebrating #1. I should do this more often. Yes, it does go well after Diet Mountain Dew – kind of a lemony aftertaste to the OJ.
10 – Knowing my friend Robin L. Rotham made her second sale to EC yesterday. Yay, we share a signing day!
11 – Having more stories in my head than I have time to write them. Hey, it’s much better than the alternative!
12 – Triple Scented Autumn Wreath candles from www.maximumscented.com – yummm
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