Glad to have you back! The velvet top looks fabulous, BTW. Not a Porter Wagoner tribute in sight!

No way, I am first ???? What time are you posting ??!?
Doesn't matter how good a trip/vacation is, the BEST bit is always getting home, isn't it! Welcome home, girl. Hope you get a few days to soak up the kitty-love before they drag you off again! Oh, and do laundry, that's always a bonus ;)

*hugs*

Hahahaha, ok not first.
PS Who is Poerter Wagoner, for the hemispherically challenged among us?

I can't believe they voted her off either!!! GRRR. I like your photos. I'm glad your book tour is going well!

i completly agree with you on DWTS....i am soo disgusted with that show, sabrina rocked! i love me some pesto. i almost set the kitchen on fire once while i was toasting my pine nuts...oops. love your book. come to massachusetts!

Welcome home! I'm so glad you had a good time and your old school buddies came by to see you at the reading. I bet they were even nice to you too!

I just loved the "I had a cat named Roy and he had a cat named Bob"... My Hollie was Sassy's cat; when Sassy was old and sick Hollie would stay close to protect him. Hollie later transferred all his love and protectiveness to me, so I can share the emotion.

Make Pesto! Drink lots of Water! Get rest and do laundry while loving those cats :)

Welcome home! Hope the sky is a little friendlier down there now. That basil looks fantastic- have you ever stirred some pesto into some sour cream for a dip? I think the only thing that could improve on pesto is sour cream.
And have you (or anyone else out there) seen the new Holiday Knits stamps? Click the link to my (very new) blog for a peek (scroll down one entry). We've infiltrated the PO, next, the world mwahahaha....
-Lynne from up north-ish

I just bought your book and I loved it. I'm sorry that you had to go through all of that, but you are in a better place now and just think of all of the friends that you have now that you would have had. Anyway, I read it in one day and really enjoyed it.

Glad you are back & that TN high school folks turn out to cheer you on! The flkr pix are just full of happy people. I agree, the outfit is not Porter Wagoner, you would need looooong collars with silver points on them for Porter.
Bob-love must be like velvetness all over. As for DWTS - I started crying and cannot figure out if Sabrina's fans just aren't the call-in type or if Jane paid people to vote or what? That is so shocking and I'm with you, I don't want to watch anymore; I am crushed for Sabrina. I am also very curious about the 'votes'.

I am SOOO glad i'm not the only person who takes pictures of hotel rooms! I've been a silent reader for a while and I live in SoCal also and have 3 cats. keep up the awesome writings!

ps i've my re-elect gore in 2008 bumper sticker oin my car for over a year. i'm a "fan" as well :)

Laurie! Good to have you back...I have missed seeing the kitties!

I was also very mad about Sabrina leaving, but the pull of Cameron's and Maksim's chests is just too much for me to boycott....sorry!

Also, I'm not smart enough to figure out how to post a picture in your comments, but I keep meaning to figure it out and show you my kitty, Maggie, whom I got solely because I read the post you wrote after Roy passed on and I thought "I want that!!" :o) You are covering the world in cat hair in so many ways.....

another radio show/podcast (they are very similar, with the wine and all) awaits you....just let me know!

Hi Laurie! Okay now it's like I know you in person too because you are a fellow BioKleen fan! That stuff has changed my life. Don't you love its citrusy cleanness? As in really naturally clean, not just coating the dishes with chemicals and knock-me-out perfume that ends up in the next meal, ugh. Welcome home! -Flora

Holy cow! Is THAT your kitchen sink? Girl, you could perform brain surgery on that thing, it's so clean!!!

I'm impressed! Mine looks NOTHING like that. Ahem. Guess I know what I'm doing this weekend....

Glad you're back, safe and sound!

I know what you mean about the "revered status" of being a cat's fave human. I'm a pet nanny and there's one kitty-baby who loves me above all other babysitters and I feel very honored! There really is something special about being chosen, because THEY decide, it has nothing to do with a treat or whatever; it's just love!
One of the best things about trips, business or otherwise, is coming home. Welcome home, CAP, and thanks for sharing all the fun with us!

Welcome home! I'm almost caught up reading your blog from the very beginning (I have at least finally gotten to 2007). (It's not stalking if I admit it to you up front.)

Glad you had fun, and can't wait to see how LA feels about your Porter Wagoner (RIP) shirt!

We Canadians love you too Laurie. :)

Also - love the velvet top!

Hi, welcome back.

We love you and are glad you are sharing all this with us.

I think everyone who watches DWTS was in shock. And does anyone believe Jane had food poisoning? But I have to keep watching - if only to send evil vibes her way. BTW, Cameron is on All My Children and didn't deserve to be in the bottom 2 either. Love your blog and your book and also have a cat who loves me and only me and not only doesn't love but fears the rest of the world. Sadly, this make me feel very special.

Doh! That's right, it's All My Children. I'm not home during the day, so everything on daytime TV to me is "General Hospital." Just like the way I am with college music, where I think everything is by the same band LOL. I'll change it.

ha, I too am boycotting that show now. It's absolutely ridiculous that the only one who could dance worth a hoot is gone. Maybe now, when we all stop watching it, they will take a hint from Top Chef, and just leave the judging to the professionals, because it is apparent that the public has no taste. Sooooooooo jealous of the basil, btw, and of that clean sink. You are obviously a domestic goddess as well.

Hey Aunty Crazy Purl,

welcome back from the mad whirl of the highbrow literary booktour.

Glad the kitties have forgiven you.

I thought the top looked fabulous and the skin not elephant skin dehydrated at all.

So glad you had a fabulous time and look forward to posts about pesto.

Charo was in Nashville?

She must've come to see you!

:-)

It's easy to have a clean sink when you never cook.... I am just saying is all...

You are a fortunate woman: we had the first hard frost the other night and I had no idea it was coming, so... no more basil for us.

I want you to know that not only did I enter your Grand Prize drawing, I posted the whole process on my blog, and someone, I'm not naming names here, all but accused me of violating the Geneva Conventions. Or at least the bounds of common decency and ordinary standards of feline attire. So... I want to see *your* cats in sweaters. (Maybe just Bob and Frankie. Since I didn't do Fluffy, you don't have to do Soba.)

Oh, and welcome home! You look mahvelous, dahling, but so what else is new? (I too have a 3-Mpx camera, but I also have 12 years on you.)

Glad your trip was good and that you are back with the kitty cats. Come see us in south Louisiana! I totally agree with you about Sabrina having to leave Dancing with the Stars. She was great and should still be there and I am done with the show They don't let us know how the public voted. It could so easily be "fixed" and maybe the public shouldn't be voting on this anyway as that most likely makes it a popularity contest rather than who actually dances the best. The judges thought she should still be there too. Arrggghhhh! *stepping down off of my soapbox*

That is a lot of Basil; surely you got a green thumb, forefinger, and pinkie from the harvesting alone.

Pictures from your MSP visit are up at my flickr too.

It can be good to be home, can't it? Glad to hear it went well and you got to see some old friends (and new ones!).

Hey Laurie! Thanks so much for coming to Nashville! It was great to hear you speak! I blogged about your visit.
http://sticknits.typepad.com/stick_knits/2007/10/cap.html

thought you might enjoy a peak at the first picture.

You're home! Welcome back!!!! Glad you had so much fun, and you don't look like a ho at all!! :)

Also, too bad you didn't post this last nite - I would have come up with a Halloween costume: "goobernut sorority bowhead"

Hi Laurie,

Glad to see you had a great time! I recently found your blog and have been madly catching up on your whole story. All I have to say now is: You rock!!! And I can't wait to read your book.

Thanks for inspiring me to start knitting scarves again.

P.S. Sent you an email of my beloved cat, Q, dressed up as a Pirate (he gets dressed up every Halloween whether he likes it or not... no, he's not plotting my death, but if looks could kill...). I know about your email issues, so just think of it as something to look forward to.

I can't stop watching DWTS. I'd like to, but I just can't. Cameron's chest, Marie fainting, Jane "Drama" Seymore...God help me, I love them all.

Pesto, yum!

If you stop watch DWTS you can totally start watching House!

Welcome back Laurie. I'm so happy your tour was so successful, and I hope you will get a chance to tour the Northeast soon, or at the very least, BOSTON, where you have legions of fans.

How come I never get to see celebrities when I'm at the Nashville airport??

And the pictures you took on the highway at rush hour were right.by.my.house....yay! (p.s. Nashvillians only THINK they have a rush hour. They are so wrong.)

So glad you came to visit! You must come back more often (especially if the Titans stadium is a new thing to you!)

Glad you made it home safely. It was so nice to meet you in Minneapolis. You are just a funny and charming and sweet in person. Thanks for putting up with me and my double wide stroller in line for a signed book. :)

Enjoy your wine and your cats. :)

Charo's still alive??

DWTS? Watched it once - thought it was incredibly boring and never watched again. I just don't get the hype.

Laurie...I read your book on a long flight from Chicago to Palm Springs. Loved it.

BTW, screaming kids on airplanes should be jettisoned immediately.

Mmmmmmm - - pesto - - (now I'm HUNGRY!)

Welcome back home, Laurie! Missed your posts!

I loved meeting you in Peoria - - hope you get a chance to come back our way again someday!

By the way, I sent you copies of the pictures I took at Peoria. Hope you can access them. If you can't, just let me know!

The shirt looks fabulous on you Laurie!

Glad you had a great trip. But there is something wonderful about coming home to our furry friends. Last time I went on a trip I took part of my kitty with me unknowingly - she had peed in my suitcase all over my clothes before I left town. Ick.

I join the others in my anger over DWTS.

Hey Laurie...you just finished your first *Book Tour*! Not to be overly affirmationy, but "You Did It! Yay!"

And I love your sink, particularly your faucet and the way it attaches to the wall. Cute! And functional!

What radio station? We Canadians love you too, and I'd also love to hear the interview.

I never have seen a celeb on a plane. But that's what happens when you live in Detroit-no one good ever comes here.
My basil is frostbitten, but I still have cherry tomatoes. They would go great with your pesto.
I was spitting mad about SB and DWTS, but I know I will watch again. I won't be happy about it, but I'll be there. Stupid ballroom.
And now I must insist upon you posting a sorority picture. I need to know what a gooberhead sorority bowhead looks like!!

Pictures, pesto, poopy-cats, yay you're home!

Say, my friend and I think we should open a combination yarn store and bar. We'd call it the...YARN-BARn hahahaha. Cabernet sipping and wool sniffing.

You could come to the grand opening and satisfy all your drooling fans up here in the Bay Area.

People! It's always *been* a popularity contest! (DWTS, that is.) It has been ever since season 1 (Anyone remember Kelly Monaco v. John O'Hurley? Please - he could dance circles around her!) Take it from me (a ballroom dancer) you can't let it piss you off because the moves are insane (50% or more not leadable steps), the voting and point system is BS, and half the time the judges scores are BS too, drama = ratings, and don't get me started on the costumes. It's not really about who's the best dancer. It *is* about a good time though. (And bringing ballroom to the people, yo!)

PS Welcome home Laurie!

Ok, let me be the one to say it....I have NEVER...And I mean never ever ever EVER...watched a reality TV show.

For serious.

Also- It was so fantastical to see you at the mall of america. I almost went stupid with joy (it was close!) Enjoy your cheese transporter collage. :-)

I'm sort of rooting for Jenny and Marie, but I almost fell over when Sabrina got voted off. Total popularity contest.

*cheesey.....not cheese.

a cheese transporter collage....hmm...now THERE'S an idea to capitalize on!

A Charo sighting has to be the best way to end a book tour EVER.

I too love Karen Kane. She's hard to find anywhere. I'm also mad about Sabrina. Makes no sense at all.

Great to have you back. I'm so proud of you going out there and doing scary to you things.

Thought of you today while cleaning. Thanks so much for the tip on lemon juice getting rid of scale. I have a lemon tree with more fruit than I can use, so the ugly ones now get used to shine up the bathrooms.

Welcome back, sweetie! I'm so glad that you had a ball! Have a nice evening snuggling with the cuties!!

No. Way. Charo.

Hi Laurie!

In person, you look younger and thinner and cuter than your pictures, dang you.

My BFF Sam is so jealous that I have photographic evidence of meeting you -- she hopes you sold so many bazillion copies of your book on your tour that now the publisher will send you to Dallas/Fort Worth so she can meet you, too. (Hi Sam! Delurk and say something!) Sam's other BF lives in Franklin, so she's going to be doubly p.o.'ed.

I think you should use the vast proceeds of the Perry Publishing Empire to buy an RV (or make a downpayment, or just borrow your parents', depending on the relative vastness of the PPE) and travel around the country with your cats, meeting all your fans. You can park in our driveways and sample the country's regional variations in hot dish, maybe swapping some pesto as long as it lasts. It would be even better than riding around with us to the Grand Canyon.

Was that a typo in the title or is God really your "wine-ness." Actually, that's what I'm calling you from now on. Her Royal Winess, Laurie, Princess of Catonia, Duchess of Pinot.
And I'm all about the Jane Seymour. May I look that fabulous in ten years.

I have to say that I'm truly enjoying reading abt your adventures with the book tour! What a great experience. And how cool is it that people you knew way back when turned out to wish you well.

I still have to figure a way to get to Miami to show you a picture of my Caesar (who could be Roy's brother) and to say porn.

I love reading your blog. You are hilarious.

Your comment about being the cat's fav human reminded me of the time many years ago when my aunt died suddenly and left two scared lonely cats. I finally gave in and adopted them because no one else would. BEST decision of my life to that point (there have been others since!) because those cats gave me so much love and hated everyone else. It was special and they were too.

hi laurie!
flickr DOES indeed rock, welcome to the bandwagon. i'm obsessed... you should join the "crazy for knitting" group, it's incredible.
it was great to see you in minneapolis - i was the blonde australian (you said you liked my hair and my accent!). you're so funny and self-deprecating and downright loveable.
read the book in a day... rock on, lady!
xo yvette

Laurie,

Is this the Porteresque shirt? I think it may be. I found this site when you hinted about the shirt-as-yet-to-be-worn. As soon as I saw the pic, I remembered this shirt.

http://www.fancyandfunky.com/product.php?productid=16513&cat=270&page=2

Corinne-- yes, that's it! I love that my clothes can be found on a website called "fancy and funky" LOL

I usually never post (I'm more of a lurker), but I HAD to mention season 1 of DWTS - Kelly Monaco vs John O'Hurley. Someone mentioned it already, but after that fiasco I VOWED to never watch that show again!!! (Actually, I vowed to never watch ABC again, but I couldn't give up Lost, so... *shrug*) Anyway, she is on General Hospital, and of course they couldn't let her lose. She was the worst from day one! I could go on and on...but I'm over it...no, really.

Congrats, Laurie, on your book tour! I wish you could have come closer to Virginia, I would have loved to get your autograph!!

Kim

That shirt is not trampy. I kept looking at the photos wondering where the trampy shirt was... I expected something much more, uh, I mean much less. You know.

I don't do "less" in the clothing department. Nobody needs to see all that! LOL

p.s. Richard Simmons was on my plane to New Orleans. You still win, but I think I may be a close second.

OMG, I was on a plane once with Richard Simmons!!! To New York, I think. RB, it's like we're related now, you know that, right?

I am the favorite human to three of my cats, and my husband is the favorite human to the other two! Do any of your cats ever try to make you jealous? One of mine will ignore me and slobber all over my daughter, and I SWEAR she is trying to make me jealous!

I bet you're glad to be home!

Yes. My little sister's name is Laurie (I'm Rose) so I keep checking to make sure you're not her.

Rose, I am your little sister.

psyche!

Ok, I haven't hollered "psyche!" since I was about 12. hehehehe.

Honey.
Why all the black? Is Johnny Cash channeling through you again?

I know black is slimming but you NEED to celebrate your 14ness by wearing some colors! Celebrate your curves! I do everyfreakinday.

With your eyes, hair and gorgeous smile, one can't help but look up. BTW........I loooove those earrings! They are FABOOOOOO.

I got a big psyche when I saw there were no comments a couple of days ago and thought I would be first............PSYCHE!!! comments turned off.

As with the cats, we're all glad you're back. Safe, sound and much richer(?)

ps...........

I thought the word "winess" was intentional in the title.

You did change it, right? I'm not that outthere.

Hi Laurie-- GIRL! So fun to finally meet you! I am a Pathologist here in St. Louis and my days are filled with diagnosing tumors. Rachel and I drove to Peoria for the book signing. I look forward to your blogs just to keep me through the day which are sometimes harrowing. That's why my colleagues are always intrigued at why Lourdes is always sooo happy. They don't know my secret. Yes, thank God for the innernets. And thank you for being so candid! I also have you on my website:

http://www.thetangoconnection.com/Halloween2007.html

Lourdes xoxoxo

Welcome home, Laurie! Loved your post, and your shirt, and the comment on dancing with the stars-boo hiss. The pictures of you and your friends are adorable-it's great to have a connection to your past-it's so fun when I get together with friends from years ago. Makes you feel grounded and part of something bigger all at the same time.

Oh that's such a cute top and it looks so good on you!!

I have a Bob, but my Bob is really named Joey. She's just the cutest little thing. She whineys like a horse when she runs and it makes me laugh so damn hard. She's doesn't have a mean spirited bone in her little body, but she doesn't like a soul except for me. And just like you, I derive a gianormous not-so-secrete pleasure from knowing she won't come out for anyeone else for all the world. Hee!

Yes -- who from Canada interviewed you? Although I must admit I did watch you in Canada on the western American feed on satellite TV on (Northwestern Afternoon????). You talk real good!

I'm so glad to see someone use the phrase "bowhead". I haven't heard that one since early on in college. Is bowhead a Southern thing? My little LA college was overrun with bowheads in thr early 90's - very interesting.

Wish you had some dates in Northern California! I would sooo have been there!

Dear Laurie, I love you - I love your blog - I love your book - I love your writing - I love your cats - I love everything about you; except, since I'm a dyedinthewool south'ren girl, please please please correct your posts - it's Y'ALL not ya'll ;o)

the nitpicker up north (only transplanted, y'hear?)
xx
and welcome back to the lessthansmoky part of California, and keep up the GREAT WORK!!!!!!!!!!

seeing charo is very cool.

and a coochi coochi to you.

Yes, Yes, YES - you must come to DFW, it is wicked unfair Jill has PICTURES and EVERYTHING! Can we petition your publisher? Can we offer bribes of wine, or non-CA approved kitty litter?

Hi Laurie,

I'm SO happy that your book signing tour is going so well! How wonderful for you!

I'm sorry we missed each other on my trip to your neck of the woods last week, but I'll be in Idlywild within the next three months recording my first CD (how exciting!) Maybe if you're around, we can have dinner or drinks or something. I still need my copy of your book signed!

I'll let you know when I have the dates cemented - we have to book studio time, get our schedules coordinated, blah blah blah.

Pam
xoxo

The velvet top looks FAB!

Welcome home, girl. It was a blast meeting you at MOA! I can't tell you how much I enjoyed your reading at B&N. I drove 3 hours to see you, got a front row seat, and was thrilled to be the first book you signed. (I gave you the socks and cat toys) You are truly a star! Thank you again.

Glad you are home safely, and can make up for lost time with the fur babies. They missed you!

I just read your book and discovered your blog. You're so funny! Have you tried Vicki Vi or Laura Ashley clothing? It Always looks great, travels perfectly, easy and comfortable to wear. L. Ashley is reasonably priced too.
I'm so glad to have discovered your book, it was in the knitting/crafts section at Barns & Noble in Valparaiso, Indiana. It should be up front!!!
ps... I cried when I read about Roy, like so many other people.

We have the same feline situation you had! We have our dear old man cat, Angus, who has his own cat, Keith. Keith just never bonded with us humans. And he is a cat of very little brain. You can see the vast difference in intelligence when you look into their eyes...

The recent frost has killed off the basil, but at least I have packs of chopped basil in the freezer to relive summer by throwing it into sauces all winter. Ummmm...

We miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiissed you !

I'm so glad you had a ball. That blouse is a-dorable with you in it. Very cool. Hell, I'd wear it if I had anywhere TO wear it and anyone to wear it FOR.

Also, am I the only one wondering if they used a Bedazzler (TM) on Porter Wagoner's coffin ? Just curious.

Cheers !

I heard your interview on the Cast On podcast and had to buy your book. I told my husband that you sounded like home! Glad you got to visit your homestead and reconnect with those that loved you during the goobernut bowhead days!

Your title yesterday had me imagining cats in sweaters. Cats would love a cat sweater...or would they?
MW

Guess what! I just won 4 of your books through BookMovement for my book club. We just might have to give you a jingle to chat! How cool is that?!?

The top is so cute, and not Porter Wagoner-like at all -- not nearly sparkly enough! When my sister was little (like, pre-school), she was absolutely in love with Porter. I've always figured it was the sparkly that entranced her...

Yes, please tell us what radio station and when and where? You are one funny lady and I can't wait to see/hear what your future holds. Enjoy yourself. And it's always good to take a moment for a cat...or three. :o)

Hey Laurie! I was sooo excited to see that you were in Peoria but sadly I had to miss it. My 6 month old son was sick and I could leave him to drive the 3hrs. (which I would have being that I am that BIG of a fan if he wasnt sick). My husband was going to take me for our anniversary. :( I was soooo looking forward to having my book signed. But, I am really glad that it is going so well for you.

Pam

Hey Laurie,

So great to have seen you after all this time! Amazing how much our lives have changed in 20+ years, but Monday night was like being back in high school. All we needed was Mr. Chamberlain talking about the War of Northern Aggression to make it complete.

Laure;

I'd never before had the chance to see and hear a professional author speak before. All I can say is that your humor, grace, style and enthusiasm will see you safely through any situation. Everything in life seems to have a purpose, and all that bad karma in your past has brought you to the point you're at now.

How is the view from the top of the world? :)

Your last sink picture here gave me this huge 'earwig' for that bad 70's cheerleader song "Mickey".

Why? Because I saw the picture and just had to ask myself one question:

"Is that Basil, Toni?"

Hi Laurie

I've been reading your blog posts from start to finish over the last couple of weeks, so I've been hanging on for the next instalment! Even though I don't know you, I'm so pleased things are working out this way for you!

Oh, and Bob is fabulous!

When are you coming to Boston, or the Northeast? We Northerners love you too!

yes, so sad sabrina was voted off, i agree she should have won.

have you seen the cat wake up call video? go to youtube and type in wake up cat, it's a black and white drawn cartoon TOO FUNNY

or see if this link works http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1903943628398269208&q=cat+wake+up&total=1062&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1

I was on a flight with John Houseman once. It was a terrible flight over Lake Michigan; lots of bumping around. As soon as the seat belt light went off, Mr. Houseman, who was green at the time, made a beeline for the bathroom.

Pretty much everyone was green at that time.

Welcome home!
.

OK... just got through all the Flickr pics...

How cute were those cat shoes?????

And Laurie, you looked wonderful in the pictures! Such nice people everywhere you went!

And Lex! HUBBA HUBBA! [Since I'm *cough* older, he appeals to me.]

Now that I'm moving back to the land of my birth, you will have to come to Chicago or thereabouts for another book-signing.

Bring Bob.
.

I couldn't agree more about how nice it is to be the cat's FAVORITE human. My girlfriends who come over to visit think my little Suki is the most dreadful little furball there ever was. I am secretly MORE in love with her because she doesn't warm up to everyone and their brother.

Also, I had the same feelings of hatred towards one 'Bachelorette' show from a few years back. It was the one where the bachelorette was from Chicago. To this day I still vow that if I ever run into her around town, I'm going to make her spend 3 hours with me, because she owes me that time back for when I wasted it watching her finale where she only told us in the last 2 minutes that she and the boy had broken up. I vowed then to never watch that show again, and I've stuck to it.

I love when you talk about Canada. I live in Toronto, which doesn't have a really big object that I can think of, but we do have the biggest multicultural population in Canada. That is an awesome and wonderful thing. Sudbury, Ontario is nicknamed "The Big Nickel" and in fact does have a really big nickel:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Nickel

If you have tips on how to use that much basil before it goes bad, please post them! I don't want my own basil jungle to go to waste.

Enjoy being home and soaking up all the feline lovin'.

Hey Laurie! It was so great to meet you in Nashville - the reading was fantastic and you were hilarious! Glad you made it back home safe and sound, and hope the furballs are doing well.

P.S. you have talked before that you think your forehead looks big in pictures...well, you must feel a LOT better now after seeing your picture with me, wherein I dwarf you completely with my gi-normous head. Yikes!!!

Welcome home! Glad you had fun on your most recent journey.

those of us in canada want to know who the interview was with!?!

also, once you've had a chance to chill out and surgically remove the pile o' cats from your lap, will you let us know if you received our entries for the contest? I'm one of those weirdos who is convinced that the innernets eats each and every important email just on principle.

I started a flickr account. Only got 3 or 4 pics on there though. Because I have absolutely NO IDEA HOW TO USE FLICKR!!!!

Laurie,
My hubby was on the same flight home from Nashville with you AND Charo! What a coinkydink. Love Charo. And love you, you pusher of yarn. So much fun last night! Pimp on!

wow you saw charo? I love her shes so funny to bad you didn't get an autograph =D.
ooh I want pesto lol.
glad to see you had fun

Charo is still alive?!? Hadn't heard anything about her in a long time (but, I do kind of live under a rock, so...). Anyway, glad you are back. there's nothing like coming home to a cat who has missed you :)

Welcome back! Pet related events prevented me from getting out to see you in Peoria or Nashville, and I'm sorry I missed it. It looks like you had some great wardrobe choices and over all had a fab time. I can't believe you got to see Charo! That's too awesome for words.

But what we want to know is, is Vegas in your future??
You going to Postie Con to accept your Blooger's Choice award?? mwah hahaha!
I'll hang out and knit with ya.. I'll be at Blog World Expo next door!

Isn't it nice when the cats miss you? So when's the pesto at your house? Because you have plenty of basil. And I'm sure you have plenty of wine to wash it down.

By the way, is it wrong that the closest store to my new job is BevMo?

The big lobster was great, but you have to come to Alberta to see our big things...the Easter Egg, the bee, the goose, the UFO landing pad, dinosaur and so on.

Though I am just one in a list of hundreds of commentors, I have to say congratulations on the your successful book tour. This is really impressive, and heartening to those of us out here working toward what you have acheived.

Namaste.

DANG it's been a long time since I heard the term bowheads! 19 years, to be exact, which puts us in the same generation.

Congrats on your success - the book, yes, but the great bow escape as well.

Woo, that's some very nice basil you have there!
Random unasked-for advice you can choose to ignore but I can't help myself: you can freeze uneaten pesto in ice cube trays. yum.
And you look great in the velvet thing. I don't know what it's like in person, but it's fabulous in pictures.

that outfit looks great!

I have to chime in to say that Lex is hot!