How can you tell when Mom can’t cook? I realized yesterday the bulk of our grocery budget is spent on beverages, ice cream, school snacks and paper plates. But as I use it more, I’m starting to really love my crockpot. I can start supper in the morning, when I’m already in domestic mode, rather [...]
Work, weekends & white stuff
by Shannon on January 17, 2011 in Uncategorized
What did I do this past weekend? Pretty much just this: My faithful sidekick and I spent the weekend on the couch, working. (Why, yes, that is the first two pages of the next Kowalski book.) And that’s what my faithful sidekick and I will be doing pretty much every day as deadline approaches. My [...]
Sexy wheels
by Shannon on January 14, 2011 in Uncategorized
Vehicles can be such sexy beasts. Most of the guys in my books drive trucks, or at least 4×4 SUVs. Big, bad-ass alpha dogs of the vehicular world. Most people, when they hear “sexy cars” probably think of Lamborghinis and Ferraris and Porches. Sure, they’re hot. But they’re also high maintenance and impractical and smack [...]
A little bit more about Yours By Design
by Shannon on January 13, 2011 in Uncategorized
Back in November, I mentioned that I’d be writing a third book about the Kowalski family. (It was November 5th that I started it, actually, because I was supposed be finding my missing shoe for a family wedding and I almost had to go in my sneakers because I spent too much time trying to [...]
Snow day and screwing up recipes
by Shannon on January 12, 2011 in Misadventures in Cooking, Uncategorized
Our first snow day of the winter season today. It’s ten after eight and we’re all still in pajamas, but nobody seems to be in a hurry to get dressed. My husband will have to eventually so he can get the snow out of the driveway and get his brother to a doctor appointment, but [...]









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