Win a book. Yay!

Do you ever feel so full of blessings, you're sure you're going to 'splode?


I LOVE MY LIFE! I am possibly the most blessed person in the whole wide world.


After a fun week of seeing old friends, hanging out at Disneyland, celebrating Eden's first birthday, and enjoying some new milestones as a first time author, I feel well and truly sated with life. YES!


Time to celebrate by giving away another book. This is me, visiting my first print child at the only LDS bookstore in Orange County. It required a field trip and it was totally worth it. 

If you would like to WIN one of these little beauties, all you have to do is leave a comment on today's post. That's it. That's all. That's everything. Ready, set, go!  (Reminder of what it's about: Ashley Barrett doesn’t want to get married. At least, not anytime soon. She doesn’t care how many of her friends and family members and fellow churchgoers had weddings before they finished college — the last thing she needs in her fun-loving twenties is the dead-weight of some guy. And that’s why she created The List. By the time she completes all twenty-five goals — from learning a language to skydiving to perfecting the art of making sushi — she’ll be more ready to settle down. Maybe.

This summer in California is a prime time for Ashley to cross two items off the list:learn to surf (#13) and have a summer romance (#17). And Matt Gibson, the best surf instructor in Huntington Beach and the most wanted guy in the singles ward, is the perfect man for the job. Ashley hatches a plan to love him and leave him before heading off to grad school in the fall (#4, get a master’s degree). But when Matt decides he doesn’t like the “leaving” part, Ashley’s carefully laid plans are turned sideways. Now Ashley faces an unexpected dilemma: should she stick to the safety of The List, or risk everything for a love that may tie her down — or might set her free?)

Oh, and this week's theme is fashion, so I'll be announcing other prizes tomorrow, but the book is a separate giveaway so I'm trying to keep it simple. But there will be cool handmade jewelry and a ridiculously cute dress up for grabs, so keep an eye out. 

And in other news, this is my week in bullet points:

• failed miserably to eat right and actually felt good about it
• went to boot camp and wasn't the worst one (YES!)
• Eden started a torrid love affair with her new Cookie Monster doll
• Painted my nails purple and went to a Mardi Gras lunch
• made Cuban chicken skewers with lemons from my neighbor's tree
• killed and replaced a bromeliad
• got in barely any arguments with my first child
• got to #7 on the Deseret Book romance list
• won some Facebook Scrabble games
• bought a new pair of shoes. You want to see, I know. Here:

They're Jessica Simpson brand. It embarrasses me every time I see a pair of shoes and go, "Ooh, they're cute," and then they're Jessica Simpsons, but it.just.keeps.happening.  They gay guy on the phone with me at Zappos assured me that I had impeccable taste because wedge espadrilles are the hot thing this spring. Well, gay guys know these things, I guess. But I already had a cute pair of red wedge espadrilles LAST year. Was I ahead of the trend or is he behind it? Whatever. I was just looking for a cute neutral shoe to wear with my cute spring skirts so I can shake off the wear-yoga-pants-everywhere-winter-Mom-funk. These should do the trick.

Oh, and not many of you hopped over to read the interview Sarah Eden did with me. I'm not trying to boss you or anything, but you might want to do that. This is LisAway's comment on my Friday post, totally unsolicited. I'll let her convince you. (All emphasis is hers--I just copied and pasted):

I just came back because I want TO YELL TO EVERYONE WHO SEES THIS THAT YOU MUST CHECK OUT THE INTERVIEW ON SARAH EDEN'S BLOG.

SO WORTH PROCRASTINATING WASHING DISHES FOR. CLEVEREST THING I'VE READ ALL... WEEK? MONTH?

Okay, I'll stop shouting.

Her words, not mine. But do what you gotta do, know what I'm saying?

Especially if it's commenting on the post to win a copy of The List! Contest ends Saturday. Ish.