Blame it on the deadline…
So, I have this deadline. Actually, it’s a deadline I had, oh, back *&@&*^%$%@ weeks ago, but I have emerged triumphant! Yay, me. 
The first Black Sheep book is offiically done! Woo hoo! (To see back cover copy for The Black Sheep & The Princess due Aug 07 see my reader letter on my homepage. Link in the column to your right.)
However, trying to get said monsterpiece read, revised and polished for send off today before heading off to my other job, meant no Project Runway and no Survivor for me. No Grey’s either, so you know I was serious, since that meant no naked McSteamy. I know. Seriously. (Well, that and I’m still in mourning for Maks…)
Yes, the sacrifices I make for my art, but at some point, I was going to come home and find my very lovely and exceedingly patient editor sitting on my doorstep, toe tapping, hand extended. BUT! As a reward for all my incredible hard work, I do intend to treat myself to a marathon of reality programming this weekend and perhaps some extra party MAC to celebrate finally climbing out of deadline hell. Of course, now my next Black Sheep book is due…well, we really don’t want to go there and ruin the party mood, now do we? No, no we don’t. Besides, after my post-Maks-mortem ice cream indulgence, it might be a while before I can look at chocolate chip cookie dough again.
SO! In the meantime, I do want to announce this week’s SHaQ Attack winner, and the winning Desert Island Hero. It was a tough one this week, Blog Babes, with the Chisholm brothers most definitely holding a commanding lead on all the other heroes, except for Tag Morgan, who was a stubborn, but understandable contender. In the end, the hero you most wanted to be stranded on a desert island with was, of course, a naked Scot. Of course, this made perfect sense to me. So, Tristan Chisholm was this week’s winning hero by a….uh, nose. Or something.
And Tristan’s winning Blog Babe this week is Maureen E! Woo hoo, Maureen, way to go!!! In addition to lovely fantasies about being stranded on a desert island (or anywhere else really) with the naked Scot, you win your choice of book from my bookshelf. Enjoy!
Tune in this weekend for some Bonus MAC and Monday for Amazing Race MAC and the next SHaQ Attack contest. Have a lovely fall weekend everyone. It’s going to get cold here in Virginia so I can finally break out the fleece and the flannel sheets….and more importantly, the hot chocolate and marshmallows. I love fall.
And since it’s Friday the 13th….who is dressing up for Halloween and what are you going to be this year?
Wait till you watch Grey’s!! I won’t tell but I hope you taped it!! I missed Project Runway too TG they rerun over the weekend.
Hmmm for Halloween this year - I think I’ll be Diana, Goddess of the Hunt….want to guess what I’m hunting?
Oh, Donna!! GA was most excellent last night. Funny with some heart-wrenching moments as well. Thats what i love about that show!
And did you hear? Sara Evans has filed for divorce and left DWTS so she can be with her children during this emotional time….
Not to sound cruel, but she couldn’t have done that last week? then maybe we would still have Willa and Maks. Man..that sounded cold. Am I that shallow??
Seriously, I feel bad for her. No wonder she looked so wrung out..
Most likely I won’t dress up for Hallowe’en. But I am wearing my black t-shirt witht he glow in the dark bat on it that says “BITE ME!” today..in honor of Friday the 13th.
wtg Maureen E!
I caught a little of GA last night between innings of the Mets game, which they won!!
I plan to watch it tonight.
I haven’t dressed up for Halloween since I was 16 for reasons I will not discuss! LOL
Congratulations on finishing The Black Sheep & The Princess! I’m looking forward to reading it.
Congrats Maureen!
wtg maureen
Congrats Maureen.
Donna I think you need to share.You want Maks and James Tupper,not fair.lol.
Also if that is true about Sara leaving the show because she is getting divorced I’m going to be thouroughly pissed. She had to have been having trouble with her husband for quite some time,probably before the show even started and she then shouldn’t even have been on the show to begin with. I don’t mean to sound cruel but she has a huge fan base and she is there because of them not her dancing ability and like it was mentioned Maks could still be there.
Congrats, Donna, on finishing The Black Sheep & The Princess!
Congrats Maureen!
Here’s a link to the story about Sara Evans:
http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=237642>1=7703
Diana
I coworker thought that maybe Sara thought she was going to get voted off and that she wouldn’t have to quit. Who knows. The story is something. I hope they bring Mak back.
It was a great surprise to win. Thanks so much.
The Sara Evans story is a sad one.
Congrats Maureen!
My family doesn’t celebrate Halloween. This year on Halloween night, I’ll be volunteering (serving dinner) at a local shelter for homeless teens. A couple of the volunteers and I jokingly talked about going goth on Halloween to fit in with the kids. Probably won’t happen though…
Yes, the whole Sara Evans thing is incredibly sad. I have no idea how it will affect the show, but I’m certain that’s the last thing on her mind at the moment. I saw the statement issued by her (soon to be ex) husband where he claims her accusations are false and quite seriously questions her mental state, and alludes to the fact that that has been an ongoing situation they’ve been trying to work on, so yeah, regardless of what the real story turns out to be, that ones gonna get ugly. I just feel so sorry for those kids.
Have no idea what the show will do, but I doubt Willa and Maks will return at this point. Sob. Our luck they’ll skip sending someone home and pad the results show with something like More! Disco! Exhibitions! Shudder.
And yes, Grey’s was Very Good. All the stories moved into interesting territory. With maybe the exception of Callie. Shudder squared. Say it ain’t true! I was perfectly happy with the repeat of the towel scene in the opening “Previously…” section. I could tivo that a time or two…a shame his character looks like he’s going to be a jerk. Come on, Shonda, don’t make him a one note! Unless he’s going to be naked a lot,then you can make him anything you want as long as it’s every week. Have heart, I’m going through Maks withdrawal here.
Congrats Donna on finishing.
Congrats Maureen on winning.
GA was great as usual and so was Survivor - hope you get caught up eventually. But I must say Boston Legal is my favorite.
I always dress up as a witch. It started because I had long dark hair with a natural white patch.
I’m a Boston Legal fan, too! That and Grey’s are the only scripted shows I watch now. Oh, and Men in Trees. I have BL and MiT still on my tiFaux to watch this weekend. I did get to see the Project Runway Finale Pt 1 and there will be some Bonus MAC on that tomorrow. If my son and I get to Survivor tomorrow, then I’ll have a double header Survivor/Amazing Race MAC for Monday.
Now I’m off to host the midnight crafting party event at our store. Wheee! My Halloween costume is pretty much me every morning. Scary indeed.
I haven’t been on here in awhile. It’s quite sad, I’ve missed reading your blog, Donna!
I adore Grey’s Anatomy, and Shonda actually went to my high school! I thought that was pretty cool when I found out. And Project Runway is one of my favorites. It’s so addicting. I am definitely pulling for Jeffrey (I think he spells it that way..hah).
I am going to do my best to keep up with this!
And congrats Maureen!!! =D
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