She'll be missed

Well, it's been a difficult week so far. To start off, my mother's dog passed away yesterday. She was fifteen years old and part of the family. When she was a puppy, I fell in love with her and decided I wanted a Shetland Sheepdog for myself. If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't have had my girls Daisie and Snookie, so Momma's dog really meant a lot to me.

Now I know she's playing with Daisie in Heaven. I know that's a beautiful sight to see.

On a lighter note: I'm a contributor to a multi-authored blog called The Mischief Corner. I'm blogging with Angel Martinez, Toni Griffin, Vicktor Alexander, Freddy MacKay, Mathilde Watson and Silvia Violet. They were my cabin mates at the last months retreat and all of them are very good friends of mine. We're also writing stories for a mult-authored anthology next year. I'll have more on that later...

You can check out the blog here.

I hope all of you stop by and say hello:)

Have a great day:)

Andi

I'm back from the Retreat

I know it's been a while since my last post. I've been away on vacation and on Silver Publishing's retreat in Gatlinburg Tennessee. I have to admit, it was a big deal for me to go there. I'm a self-proclaimed homebody and I'm quite shy, so I was extremely nervous before we arrived there.

I met Leiland Dale and AKM Miles first. I'm a huge fan of both of them so I admit I was all blushing and stammering like a schoolgirl. Once we received the keys to our cabin and so forth we left to meet my cabin roommates. The cabin itself was beautiful. It was surrounded by the Smokey Mountains, so the view was very serene and stunning to look at.

The cabin itself had three levels. We stayed in the bottom level with Mathilde Watson across the way from us. In the center of our level was a pool table, jukebox and an arcade game. My husband and several others spent MANY a night playing pool until the early hours of the morning. Lucky for them, I packed a fan, so it blocked out all of the noise they made. LOL!

The second level was the main area. It had two huge tables where we all sat at and visited, a BIG kitchen, nice sized living room and a back porch with a hot tub that many of them used. (I only used it once, it was too freakin' hot!)

The third level held several bedroom and I think a pinball machine. For some reason, I never ventured up there. There was always so much activity in the main area, I forgot to explore the entire place.

My cabin mates were: Silvia Violet, Angel Martinez, Lori Bell, Vicktor Alexander, Freddy MacKay, Toni Griffin and Mathilde Watson. I have to say I loved all of them. We all became fast friends and every one of them were truly amazing people. I learned so much from all of them and our cabin was filled with laughter and joy. Once we all became acquainted with each other, we hung out together and really formed a friendship that I will personally always cherish.  If you are looking to meet six amazing people, look no further because they are all down to earth, lovely people.

I had a wonderful time and have some wonderful memories to last me a lifetime.