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Colleen Coble writes romantic suspense with a strong atmospheric element. A lovable animal of some kind--usually a dog--always populates her novels. She can be bribed with DeBrand mocha truffles.
Denise Hunter writes women's fiction and love stories with a strong emotional element. Her husband says he provides her with all her romantic material, but Denise insists a good imagination helps too.
Diann Hunt writes romantic comedy and humorous women's fiction. She has been happily married forever, loves her family, chocolate, her friends, chocolate, her dog, and well, chocolate.
Cheryl Hodde writes romantic medical suspense under the pen name of Hannah Alexander, using all the input she can get from her husband, Mel, for the medical expertise. For fun she hikes and reads. Out of guilt, she rescues discarded cats. She and Mel are presently taking orders from four pampered strays.
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One year, one of the last things I did before I put the newspaper to bed Saturday night was make sure I had the time change reminder on the cover.
That made it all the more amusing to my Sunday school class when I showed up just as they were leaving. What's worse, I didn't even understand for a minute. I thought maybe we were holding class somewhere else. Someone had to actually explain my idiocy to me.
I just figure that as of this Sunday, the the clock in my car will reflect the correct time.
I hear you, Colleen, on this time change thing. I was against it when IN changed it. The argument that got me was if we change our time then our children won't have to get on the bus in the dark. That was about the dumbest argument I have heard for time change. It doesn't matter which time we are on if you get on the bus bet. 7-8 AM at some point in the school year your child will get on the bus in the dark! It was pretty dark from about Thanksgiving until last week when my son got on the bus. It is finally starting to get light. So how does that argument for DST work? Why was it dark? They kept saying it wouldn't be dark. I havent found anyone who can give me an answer for that yet. HMMMMM wonder why?
Sorry that was my hot button in this whole mess. I much preferred Central time. But who am I? LOL
Its a done deal now so I guess I have to live with it.
Makes going to the drive-in in the summer more difficult. I am half asleep by the time the movie starts.
One more and then I am done-the lawmakers haven't had to put children to bed when it is still daylight! What a task! Glad mine are now older but I sure see my preschoolers at school half dead once the time change hits. They can't sleep because they think they should be up!
Shouldn't have gotten me started LOL
Good luck figuring out the sex of your new grand baby. He/she is already keeping you on your toes. :)
That's hilarious, Melanie! I'm going to be in Minneapolis when it changes this year so my time will already be messed up. I'll probably really be confused! LOL
It's my hot button too, Andrea. This year we got room darkening shades. I hope it lets me sleep. And now that there is proof it doesn't change energy, I'm hoping the government abolishes it for the whole country!
Donna called this morning and we had a chuckle about our day yesterday. LOL
Colleen,
GOD BLESS YOU for saying "Daylight Saving Time." My pet peeve isn't the practice of DST, it's the that its said incorrectly by the majority of folks in the media and otherwise. It's not Daylight Savings Time, people. :)
I'm laughing, Valerie! Hearing things said wrong is a pet peeve of mine too!
I had to post on DST on my blog, too. But I think I probably said it wrong :(
I didn't know it was wrong though until just now...
I've always lived with it. I can only imagine how extra frustrating it is for those who used to be free from it to have to change.
I cant beleive you start daylight saving so early. its not even spring.
I would love it to end here but we go till the first sunday in April.
(thanks to the eastern states) we also start the end of September this year not the end of October.
The problem here is the kids still get up in the dark in the morning to catch the school bus. you still have the same amount of daylight.
oh and on a hot day it takes an hour longer to cool down!
(guess whos having a heatwave)
I for one wish that when we change the clocks this weekend it'd be the last time ever. I *HATE* "falling back" in the fall. I'd much rather it be light out later in the evening than earlier in the morning. Who cares if Johnny has to stand at the bus stop in the dark at 7:00 A.M.?
Ok...no one kill me over that :)
the problem is by the time we fall back alot of us are getting tired and our bodies really want the right time.
its worse here cos we should be half an hour later than we are.
we are only half an hour different from victoria but with day light saving time if it stayed permanate it would be like we were 1 and a half hours out of whack not just the hour.
as we have it autumn i know i am more tired and with the days getting shorter im wanting to sleep in but cant. I really want it over.
when it does change its suddenly dark before 6pm and it just feels wrong. (ok i am not a winter person. the lack of sun affects me.) or is it the chopping wood and bringing it up.
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I don't really have an opinion, other than I hate springing forward because I have to be up at 7:15 in time to make it to church for sound check and I lose an hour of sleep to boot! I'm a night owl and I love my sleep!
My real woe right now is that I'm so tired of winter! It was 75 degrees on Monday, it was 39 when I went to class today at 10:30 and it's supposed to snow on Saturday!
I'm sure you catch my passion since I have punctuated every sentence up to this one with an exclamation point, perhaps in hopes that enthusiasm will warm me up.
I love hearing comments from Australia! It's my dream to visit there one day. It's so fun to hear how you guys are just the opposite of us in seasons. I didn't realize you were saddled with DST too!
thanks Colleen yep the worst is some would like it permanant!
I was thinking about it last night when i wasn't sleeping. and it was still warm. and then last night it was dark at 8 which is really 7 and i thought. that i could deal with. its when we turn back and its dark before 6 that i dont deal with as well cos the days seem to shorten quick.
seems dls is a throwback to the war where it did help to get more work done over summertime with it light longer. but the war ended in the 40's!
Of course it could be im tired and need something to blame.
I had to giggle at that late breaking announcement. I love, love, love "falling back" in the fall -- it always comes after a Saturday full of practices, games, etc. I equally hate the "springing forward" in the spring -- I still have a day full of kid events, and I lose an hour! That's the worst part of DST for me!
As far as the baby predictors. . . this was accurate with all 3 of my babies: http://selalujujur.googlepages.com/Chinese-gender-chart.pdf (the Chinese gender chart). However, THIS chinese gender chart was wrong for all 3 of my kids: http://www.chinatownconnection.com/chinese-pregnancy.htm#Chinese_Pregnancy_Calendar
The best predictor for me was the million sonograms I ended having for each one. {grin}
Colleen,
I really enjoyed your last book. I'm with you on the time change thing also. I hate having to make my kids go to bed in the daylight as well as myself on really busy days.
(I also feel funny posting on your blog as you are a real writer!)
Have a great weekend!
Heather, finally someone has tried a gender test of some kind. LOL I'll have Donna check it out.
Jenny, I'm so glad you liked the last book! It was my fave. I'm actually working on another Rock Harbor book.
Kayla, I am sick to death of winter too. We've had sooo much snow and ice and cold this year!
Like Jenny in Australia, in Turkey our DST doesn't change until 30 March. It gets a little confusing because we don't ever seem to change at the same time as the US. For a week or two our relatives end up calling us at some ungodly hour because they can't keep it straight either. (We are 7 to 9 hours ahead of the US relatives.) I had to look it up on line today because I didn't know when we change our clocks forward.
We're going to have that problem now, Jenny. Or rather my daughter will. It used to be that we stayed two hours apart in time because neither Arizona nor Indiana changed time. Now that Indiana has gone stupid, we'll be three hours apart and it's too early for her when I want to call and too late for me when she wants to call. Sigh.
Oh hey C, I heard who pushes for Daylight savings, it's the Chambers of Commerce because if people have daylight after work, they tend to go run errands and spend money.
The golf industry is another big lobbyist, they make millions on more sunlight.
It does not save energy, that part is worse. Today I feel like death as I'm adjusting. Even my puppy won't get out of bed.
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