Archive for August, 2007
Aug
22
Posted by wilderwriter on
August 22, 2007
In the past three days we’ve received something like 8 inches of rain. Seeing that we haven’t had hardly any all summer, this is a good thing. Of course the bad part is the ground can’t handle it falling all at once.
For some reason the news channels are reporting the flooding in Ohio is near Cleveland…not even close. (Where in the heck do they get their info??) I live just north east of Columbus and the worst of the flooding is about an hour away. So when you see the clip from ‘near Cleveland’ where the man is being rescued via Coast Guard helicopter – no, that’s Shelby, only two counties away.
Here in my town we’ve had extensive flooding as well as has Columbus. Luckily it has been property damage only. My neighbor’s tree came down…right across his car and it missed his house by four or five feet. A small yet very important distance. 
It’s supposed to rain for the rest of the week with many of the showers being pretty heavy. ‘Okay Mother Nature, we got the memo!’
One of the ministers I work with through the Police Department called last night and he’s organizing a caravan of food up to the Shelby High School to feed those whose houses are under water. So in about an hour my car will be loaded down and I’ll be headed north. I can only hope I’m the macaroni and cheese car – I’m HUNGRY!!
Aug
22
Posted by wilderwriter on
August 22, 2007
BLACKMAILED
by Annmarie McKenna
ISBN: 1599982137
Samhain Publishing
Brianna Wyatt is being blackmailed by her father for an heir. If she doesn’t follow through, her father threatens to put her handicapped brother into a home where she can no longer protect him. Her father wants her to get pregnant by Cole Masters, a very weathy and powerful man.
When Mr. Wyatt appears on his doorstep wanting to whore his own daughter, Cole is sure he’s about to be blackmailed. Taking Brianna into his own, they concoct their own plan to thwart her father but he fails to take into account that he desires Brianna and he can only hope that Tyler Cannon, his best friend and fellow menage partner, will want her as well.
This is one HOT book. I’ll be honest, I wasn’t prepared to enjoy this book as much as I did. I’ve always been a one-guy kind of girl so the concept of menage was foreign to me. Now, I understand the allure.
Some of the plot points were a little contrived, but seeing that this book is about fantasy it more than fulfills on it’s promise. So if you’re looking for a spicy menage with two utterly yummy males, BLACKMAILED is for you.
Aug
17
Posted by wilderwriter on
August 17, 2007
Yesterday I happened to catch a few minutes of The View (I know, I couldn’t run fast enough) and Joan Rivers was a guest host. Keeping in mind that she is a commedienne, she asked the question, “Would you rather marry for love, or money.”
Of course the romantic in all of us want to scream, ‘Love, of course’ but, I’m afraid I have to hedge just a bit.
I’m forty-one (for twenty-nine more days at least) and I’ve been in love, serious, head over heels, I-want-to-breed-with-him love three times.
Guess what, I’m still single.
The first one – we grew apart. I was young and he was nine years older than I was. Trust me, a nineteen year old really doesn’t give good conversation.
The second one – turned out to be gay. Hmm, I knew we got along just a little too well and he had fabulous taste in furniture. I caught him wearing my leopard print skirt early on in the relationship – I should’ve known then.
And the final one presented me with a pregnant mistress on Christmas Eve when I expected a diamond ring. “I love ya honey, but she’s nineteen and a gymnist.” (refer to number one)
Don’t get me wrong – I’d love to marry for love but anymore I’ll take the cash. Looking back, no matter how hard I wanted those relationships to work, I ended up paying for it in the end. Next time around, let him pick up the tab.
Aug
11
Posted by wilderwriter on
August 11, 2007
FIRST KISS
by Kylie Adams
ISBN: 0-451-21581-8
Yes, this is an older title. What can I say, I’m a book-a-holic with very little time to read.
Kiki Sonntag is an out of work soap opera actress with the desire for an A-list lifestyle that wars with her lackluster paychecks. While shopping with money she doesn’t have, she meets Tom and Kristen Brock, the ‘IT’ couple of the tabloids and someone Kiki would kill to be photographed with.
Only it didn’t work quite as she’d hoped.
Caught on film in a so-called compromising position with Tom, Kiki is on the run from the paparazzi and she finds herself checking into the oh-so-exclusive Affair hotel. Run by the very hunky Fab Tomba, a notorious playboy, Kiki settles in to wait for the madness to die down. Instead of finding peace and quiet, she’s drawn in by Fab’s personality and sexy smile. Because of him she decides that hiding out in his arms might not be such a bad thing after all.
I was lucky enough to meet Kylie Adams before her first book, FLY ME TO THE MOON, was released. Fabulous person, funny and quirky, her personality is reflected on every page. FIRST KISS is packed with enough name dropping to make any fashionista swoon. With a fast paced story line and a chick-lit feel, FIRST KISS is a fabulous read and I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a fun, escapist read.
Aug
11
Posted by wilderwriter on
August 11, 2007
I learned to paint many years ago when I met a wonderful man who showed me the colors. I continued painting, he did not.
That saddens me.
I now do 3D art in mixed media. This is done in acrylic with a photograph in the center and a variety of other objects such as sand and grass too.
If you are familiar with the musical, RENT, then you know what this is about.
I gave it to a friend for his twenty-seventh birthday and now we no longer speak. (and no, it has nothing to do with the painting – it has to do with deception and hiding things)
That makes me the saddest of all.
Aug
04
Posted by wilderwriter on
August 4, 2007
I spent the past week on the road which is something I just love to do. I cannot get enough traveling in each year and I can only wish someone would finally invent a teleport device. I’d be zipping everywhere!
As a passionate lover of American Heavy Metal, I have a big love for hot cars. When I was in high school I would date the boy with the hottest car rather than the best personality. Shallow? Yes, but a girl has to have her standards.
One of my current loves is the Ford Mustang. When I was a child my father had a midnight blue convertable with white interior. SUH-WEEEEET! I begged him to let me have the car when I turned sixteen and it didn’t happen. He sold it. Later on he told me he would’ve kept it had he known how much of a collectors item it would become.
DOH!
My family had a long affair with the volkswagon. In the early seventies we had every model they made, the beetle, super beetle, hatchback and stationwagon. I was always fascinated by the fact they could float like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Another car I adore is the Thunderbird. I like the originals and the new ones though unfortunately they have stopped making them. (sniff) That was going to be my mid-life crisis car but I’m thinking I might swing back to the Mustang.
In the mid-ninties I purchased a Chevy pickup truck. I loved that truck – it was fab. I am big into gardening and having that truck bed to haul around my purchases is so incredibly handy. I’m thinking I may purchase a pickup for my next car.
Currently I have a Jeep and I adore that car. It is a Liberty 4×4 and its a tough little thing. I drove all around the Gulf Coast doing the Katrina thing and it never let me down. Seeing that I practically lived in the thing for several months, that is something.
So what is your fantasy car?
