Thanks in advance for any help! (By the way, if anyone knows what page it is where Dale's horse is talked about, please let me know.don't want to miss it twice!) But it's often hard to find your own mistakes. I'm also rereading it to attempt to catch any errors. If you have any corrections, please send them to me via my website email or Facebook by July 8th. I have a small window of opportunity to correct any mistakes (Dale Evans' horse is named Buttermilk, not Buttercup! Brain hiccup.honestly I did know that). So, how can I use your help? I received an email from my editor telling me that the paperback for The Road to Cardinal Valley will be coming out in January 2014. I still carry a notebook with me and take notes.so there is something going on up there! Just not sure what. I promise, when I write again, you all will be the first to know. I have a few characters treading softly inside my head, but nothing concrete yet. I'm really just waiting on God to point me in the direction I'm meant to go. To answer your question (I know you're wondering). Keep your guest room ready and put on the coffee.I may drop by! We're looking forward to the day (God willing, six years) when Allen doesn't have to work 50-60 hours a week and we can experience more of this great country (Niagra Falls, here I come!). When Allen and I drove back to North Carolina to visit his baby sister last year and we dropped down into Mississippi for a chance to mark things off our bucket lists-Oxford and Jackson, Mississippi for me and Vicksburg Battleground for Allen-it killed me that there were so many other places we had to drive past and not visit. I have a few more planned over the next year.

There's nothing like girlfriend vacations.

There were thirty-eight quilts painted on barns, wineries, bbq restaurant, stores, Lake County Fairgrounds, even a ladder company! We found all of them but ONE! It was great fun.

I recently went on a trip with a friend to Lake County, California, where we drove the quilt trail. Boo had an operation a few months ago when they found a large tumor hooked to his jugular vein. I've also been reading a lot, traveling with friends, writing letters, doing crafts (still scrapbooking our 2005 Alaska cruise!), actually making healthy food for Allen and me. I've been cleaning and weeding through possessions (Why do I own twelve nail clippers? Because it was always the thing I forgot to pack when I was going on book tour every year). So.howdy! Things have been quiet around my house these days.

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