I feel like I've been severely slackin' on my blog lately. We had a really great Thanksgiving...Logan enjoyed his first one as a big boy very much! We had the whole family over and ate and ate and ate! He is definitely a fan of turkey, although we knew that before Thursday, lol!
Jon's "Shadow's Son" trilogy has sold in yet another country...welcome aboard, Czech Republic! Including the U.S., that's 5, count 'em...5 countries and counting (hopefully)!!
Logan is practically running at this point...boy, that sure didn't take him long. He's been stacking his blocks and putting legos together, not to mention playing some serious ball and vrooming his trucks around! He absolutely loves to read. He'll grab a book and plop on your lap just about any time of the day and also goes through his huge collection and "reads" to himself as well! Let's hope it sticks with him, as it did Jon and me. He also loves being outside...too bad we're getting into the cold weather now, but Jon and I were already talking about getting him a snowsuit so he can keep active during the winter. We've signed him up for a free Gymboree class this coming Thursday, so if he likes that, we'll throw that in the mix as well.
I guess that's about all for now. Keeping our fingers crossed and good thoughts going out to my Grandma, who is in the hospital right now. She's doing better and is due out tomorrow, but still...I worry about her. Get well soon, Gram!
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
World Fantasy, 2009
So Jon and I finally got to go to San Jose, CA to the World Fantasy Convention! We left on Thursday morning from Philly and after an eventless flight, arrived around 12:30 West Coast time. The Fairmont was absolutely gorgeous! I mean...top of the line hotel. We had a suite, which was so nice to be able to spread out and have some room for those few days.
Not long after we got there, we registered, poked around for a few minutes, then got a cab and headed over to the Winchester Mystery House, which has been on my "hope to see someday" list since I was a kid! It was a really good tour, two actually. One of the house, in which we got to see 110 of the 160 rooms, then a behind-the-scenes one where we got to see the outbuildings and the basement, things like that. Boy, she was one big wackjob, but also a generous employer and philanthropist, so you can't say anything bad about the woman.
On Friday, Jon had a podcast interview that went really well and Jonathan, the interviewer, was very nice. He took us out to lunch afterward. Jon went to a few seminars while I read and napped in the room. The time difference really wiped me out (it always does), and I never really got to sleep in like I hoped! That night, we went out to dinner with Jon's British publisher, who brought along some very cool and interesting fellow Brits (writers, mostly) and we laughed and ate for a long time.
Saturday, we met our cousins from Anaheim, Don & Sandy, who came up special to see us and their writer pal, Tim Powers, who was also there. We had lunch, and while Jon went to a few seminars and a meeting with his agents, they were nice enough to keep me company in the lounge. It was great getting to see them again and catch up. They are one cool couple! That night, we went out to dinner with Jon's agents and some of the other JABberwocky crew, which was alot of fun! We hung out in the lounge for awhile after that, but headed up to the room at a decent hour so we could get up for our 6:30am flight back home.
After a verrrrrrry long day (nothing like having those 3 hours dumped back on you only days after losing them), we finally got home around 8:30pm. I was very good while we were away and only called hime once a day for a few minutes! Mom gave us the final update and headed home. She was awesome and we were so glad to have her be able to take care of Logan while we were gone. She got some help from Jon's family too, so big thanks to everybody! I don't even think he realized we weren't around, lol!
It was awful nice seeing him on Monday morning...we missed him so much! He was a very good boy though and is walking so well! You wouldn't think 4 days would make such a difference, but he is a pro now! And making more and more sounds...Mom said she thinks he even said "bye-bye" once, although we haven't reproduced it yet.
All in all, it was a great trip. We'll have to do it again sometime, pending Mom's approval, hehe! :)
Not long after we got there, we registered, poked around for a few minutes, then got a cab and headed over to the Winchester Mystery House, which has been on my "hope to see someday" list since I was a kid! It was a really good tour, two actually. One of the house, in which we got to see 110 of the 160 rooms, then a behind-the-scenes one where we got to see the outbuildings and the basement, things like that. Boy, she was one big wackjob, but also a generous employer and philanthropist, so you can't say anything bad about the woman.
On Friday, Jon had a podcast interview that went really well and Jonathan, the interviewer, was very nice. He took us out to lunch afterward. Jon went to a few seminars while I read and napped in the room. The time difference really wiped me out (it always does), and I never really got to sleep in like I hoped! That night, we went out to dinner with Jon's British publisher, who brought along some very cool and interesting fellow Brits (writers, mostly) and we laughed and ate for a long time.
Saturday, we met our cousins from Anaheim, Don & Sandy, who came up special to see us and their writer pal, Tim Powers, who was also there. We had lunch, and while Jon went to a few seminars and a meeting with his agents, they were nice enough to keep me company in the lounge. It was great getting to see them again and catch up. They are one cool couple! That night, we went out to dinner with Jon's agents and some of the other JABberwocky crew, which was alot of fun! We hung out in the lounge for awhile after that, but headed up to the room at a decent hour so we could get up for our 6:30am flight back home.
After a verrrrrrry long day (nothing like having those 3 hours dumped back on you only days after losing them), we finally got home around 8:30pm. I was very good while we were away and only called hime once a day for a few minutes! Mom gave us the final update and headed home. She was awesome and we were so glad to have her be able to take care of Logan while we were gone. She got some help from Jon's family too, so big thanks to everybody! I don't even think he realized we weren't around, lol!
It was awful nice seeing him on Monday morning...we missed him so much! He was a very good boy though and is walking so well! You wouldn't think 4 days would make such a difference, but he is a pro now! And making more and more sounds...Mom said she thinks he even said "bye-bye" once, although we haven't reproduced it yet.
All in all, it was a great trip. We'll have to do it again sometime, pending Mom's approval, hehe! :)
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