And how are we all feeling this bright, shiny, happy, rainbow-infested day?

Blech. Me too. *whips out black gauze and spiderwebs, redecorates while blaring some MCR* That’s better.

I know my blog has been pretty stale lately, but I’m happy to report that my travel is finally done for the year, so things can start getting back to normal around here. Well…normal….for us, that is.

As you may recall from last year, I have tons of fabulous gothtastic ornaments for my XMas tree, and this year, we found the perfect tree, decked it out, and went about our business, as usual. Then, last night, my son Jacob was sitting in a living room chair. My daughter was doing her homework in the dining room. Uncle Paul was upstairs and the kitties (Fang and Amenti) were nowhere to be seen. BUT THEN THE TREE CAME CRASHING DOWN. It only could have been cooler if several ornaments would have EXPLODED. But alas, it crashed, two ornaments broke (one my limited edition Jack Skellington *has a sad*), and we ran off to the store to get a new tree stand, as the old tree stand perished in the Great Tree Crash of XMas 2010. But the tree is up again now, and tonight, we’ll decorate it AGAIN. Or as I like to call it…YAYXMASTREEPART2!

By the way, Minions, if you haven’t noticed yet, I do have a new contest up. And this time, you can win ME! Kinda. Check it out.

So…who’s done with their shopping? I am! It’s proof that miracles do exist, I tell ya. If you’re looking to hook a Minion up with a great gift, I really suggest you check out the Vlad journal. It’s super sweet – and I hid Elysian Code messages inside! (SQUEE!) Now that all of my shopping is done, all that’s left is work and waiting. Work is focusing on my edits for BEGINNING (SLAYER CHRONICLES #1 – which is due December 20th) and writing BLOODBOUND (which is due January 3rd). So I’m keeping busy. How about you guys? You must be DYING for winter break! Heck, I’M dying for winter break, and I don’t even get one!

Anyhoo, happy holidays, Minions. I’m going to see how many times I can watch Nightmare Before Christmas this year. Race ya!