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I was at Costco on Saturday with a bonus burning a hole in my pocket. Should I be responsible and get a needed lawnmower...or should I go crazy and get some cool speakers for my iPod? Or even better, should I put it in the bank? Being a homeowning adult is very distressing. I remember in high school when the only decision was whether to burn the whole paycheck or save it til next week's check so I could get something better. Now I have to think about how long I could keep the house and postpone moving in with my parents if I lost my job. I walked out of Costco with a bag of lettuce and a $16 dvd. I am so dull.

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I used to think business travel sounded exotic. I wanted a job where I would jet off to interesting locations, racking up frequent flyer miles that I could use to visit places like Australia or New Zealand for vacation. Sadly, my business travel consists of flying between Boise and southern California. To mix things up a little, this trip I'm flying into LAX for a week of meetings at the Hilton, rather than the usual flight into Bob Hope. This is not quite what I had in mind. I have the misfortune of knowing people whose work sends them to England, Germany, China, Russia...etc., etc. Not that knowing them is a misfortune, it just sets up a certain level of expectation that one more flight into smogville can't live up to. Perhaps I will order some room service to celebrate when I arrive.

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Granted, it's only "Amazon.com Sales Rank: #143,791 in Books." But that's better than "Sales: none" as I was just yesterday. A couple friends tried and said it will let you complete the order, but shows as sold out and not deliverable until the first week of March. I'll be at the LAX Hilton next week for work and as it sits between a Carl's Jr. and the XXX Girly show and I will have no car -- I should have some freetime in the evening to work on the book's website.

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I have been checking every month or so, randomly, to see when my book shows up on Amazon. Yesterday afternoon I was ordering some other books by Dee Henderson (great reads!) and typed my name in while only half paying attention. I nearly fell out of my chair when it popped up. I know quite well that when you read further down it says "sales: none" -- but that doesn't destroy my unmitigated happiness at just seeing it there. Amazon.com. Wow.

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Part of the time I lived in California I went to a megachurch in Westlake Village -- Calvary Community. There was a great young adult group called Calvary PM and during my stint there I saw David Crowder and Lifehouse when they were still not widely known. Another great performer was Kendall Payne -- I loved her first cd. So a couple weeks ago I was watching Grey's Anatomy and WHAM, said to myself "I recognize that voice." A few minutes later I'd googled my way to her new album Grown. It's worth checking out -- I found it on itunes.

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So I got an e-mail back from the publisher today that I would have my copies of the book by the end of the month. I guess that means I'd better get on the ball with the website. After all this time I'm sort of numb that it's finally coming out -- for some reason it's making it hard to work up any energy or momentum to do the things that need doing. Website, marketing, etc. I think I would have been better as a writer in another era -- one where I could hide in my manse scribbling like a madwoman and only sending out a manuscript once a year. I am more the Finding Forrester type.

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