Guess what? The cover of the Operation Beautiful book is done.  🙂 I wish I could show it to everyone, but not yet.  It’s so crazy to see my blog name + my name on a book jacket!  Gulp!

I thought I’d share some information on the book creating process in case anyone is interested:

• I signed the contract in September and immediately began writing.
• I turned in the draft of the manuscript and approximately 150 photographs of Operation Beautiful notes on December 14.
• My publisher (Gotham Books) read it over and suggested changes.
• I made the revisions and sent it back.
• Gotham Books’ copywriting department is now going through the book with a fine-toothed comb to catch grammatical errors, etc.  I should get these changes in a few weeks.
• The graphics department is laying out the manuscript and photographs in a design program, which is how the book will look when it’s finally printed.
• … And then it will be published and available in stores in August!

Still can’t really believe it’s happening!

Moving on…. Breakfast!

My oatmeal contained:

• 1/2 cup oatmeal
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup rice milk
• 1 sliced banana
• Toppings: cinnamon, coconut, almonds, brown sugar

I am going through this Spices Inc Cinnamon WAY too fast!

It’s another dreary, wet day in Tennessee, but we’re going to avoiding the massive snowstorm the Northeast is expected to get – thank goodness!  I’m driving back to Orlando on Monday and would prefer to do it in sunshine and on dry roads.

My mom and I have an interesting day planned:

• Hitting the gym for some strength training and swimming.
• Going to a conference on whether UFOs are real (yes, seriously… my mom is into this kind of stuff, and I’m happy to oblige – at the minimum, it will make for good blogging later!).
• Attending the orchestra.

I’ll leave you with a funny picture of Maggie.

Better get going!