I’m Back!! (Or, the moving madness is now semi-finished) Back to Blog
Wow–finally, I’m getting back into the swing of things. Let me just say this…my move was hellish. Hell-ish.
I hate moving. It really sucks. But, after a week, I’m in the new house and I now have a solid Internet connection (switching Internet service providers so did not work for me, so I had to return to my old buddy, Comcast).
Here are a few moving highlights (for those who are just really bored):
Highlight #1: After oh, the thirtieth trip to the moving van, I returned to my old kitchen, huffing, sweating. My husband looked up, then pointed to the kitchen counter-top. He said, “I just found some really big magnets on top of your laptop. Just so you know, you may have lost all your files.” What? What? Like I needed that stress right then. Luckily, all was fine–and the magnets were thrown away.
Highlight #2: After the moving van arrived at the new house (the first of many brutal trips), my husband met me in the front yard. This time he said, “Uh, yeah, honey, one of your drawers fell out and everything in it got tossed on the ground.” Okay, so some of my clothes dropped on the grass. No big deal…at least that is what I thought, until I walked around the corner and saw my underwear scattered for the world to see. Not cool.
Other fun highlights: Nick thought he broke his hand (luckily it was just a sprain). I thought I broke my back (didn’t, just felt like it), and we finally got into the new house, all semi-safe and sound.
Now, I just have to finish unpacking the twenty or so boxes that are currently taking up every bit of space in my garage. Grr.
I’ll be back later with some pics of my house (okay, not the house, but the yard), and you’ll see why I decided to brave this horrible moving hell.
Until then, I have a few announcements to make:
1. My lovely agent Laura Bradford has a fantastic new website. I really think the site looks wonderful–and big congrats to Laura. The lady is one serious deal maker–in fact, in the list of PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY TOP DEAL MAKERS OF 2007, Laura was ranked #4. Pretty sweet, indeed.
2. Huge congrats to my Bradford sister Lauren Dane on her new book deal with Berkley Heat. Yay, lady, you rock!
3. The new eRedSage site is officially live now. Previously, Red Sage had only published print books–the popular Secrets anthologies–but now, Red Sage has ventured into the land of ebooks. Check out the site for some great, sexy reads.
Okay, well, that’s all for now. I plan to get back in the writing groove tomorrow, and I’ll put up some writing-related posts this week–so, stay tuned!
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I didn’t really think I had broken my hand. I was just looking for sympathy 🙁 It didn’t even hurt that much.
Yikes – I nearly had heart failure for you when I read the line about the magnets! So glad it all worked out. 🙂
And hopefully the wind didn’t carry any of your underwear to a neighbor’s yard… 😆
Congrats on getting in your house. Just a word of warning…we moved this summer, and I still have boxes I haven’t unpacked yet!
LOL, too funny about the flying undies, GF! And so glad you made it to your new home. Moving gives me the shivers, thinking of all the “stuff” I’d have to go through and toss out. And I feel your back pain, mine is out now and it’s so not fun.
OMG, the magnets would have scared me. So glad it turned out okay. And your back too. Almost as important, lol.
Love Laura’s new site! She did a great job. And wow! on her #4 rank of PW deal-makers!
Hi, ladies! (And Nick!) It is so good to be back!
Oh, yeah, the magnets scared me–a lot. You see, when I first tried to turn on my laptop after the whole magnet revelation, nothing happened. Nothing. Then, ahem, I realized my battery was just dead.
And as for the undies…sigh. My dad and my brother-in-law were helping me move at the time. I really could have gone my whole life without them knowing about my bra preferences.
LaDonna–so sorry to hear about your back! I hope you get better very soon!
Edie–I was so happy to hear about Laura’s news–and not surprised. The lady is an extremely hard working agent.
Natasha, I fully expect to still have those boxes in my garage next summer. But your comment makes me feel so much better about that fact! 🙂
Hi, Kate! Hmm…maybe I’d better check the neighbor’s yard, just in case…
So glad to be back!
here’s what I envision hell to be – you have to move and when you’re not doing that, you have to walk on the stairmaster and watch Tila Tequila’s reality show.
Glad it’s over and thanks for the congrats (and congrats to you as well on A Red Hot New Year!)
Eric…
I\’m not sure I agree with you….