Wow, Carole, that's all great news. I couldn't be more pleased for you.
I don't think I have sufficient courage to pitch anything. It takes a certain ballsy-ness that I'm sure I don't have and pretty sure I couldn't fake (unlike not being shy, which I fake fairly well). But scary or not, you did it and it worked!
Utah is gorgeous country. I'm not sure I could ever again live in a desert (I grew up in the Sonoran Desert, southern Arizona) but the drama of it remains stunning. Got a favorite picture to share?
In the major exciting news from my life, I just cleaned the family room, which was seriously overdue. I'm sure everyone reading this is thrilled to bits. It started with clearing the ashes out of the fireplace, but the airborne ones were settling on everything so I had to dust, and from there it just mushroomed. I found a bunch of pens and pencils, enough pieces of popcorn to fill a bowl, a thumbtack, and a shiny dime, which I'm keeping. I failed to find a place to keep all the crap associated with our recent Xbox and TV purchases, which is loosely piled in one corner. Do I know how to decorate, or what?
Maryn, whose life is indeed that exciting