Do more than vote!

This is far and away the most exciting election in decades. I'm hoping that a clear Obama victory will be announced Tuesday night and if so, I will be popping a bottle of champagne (seriously...it's cautiously chilling as I type this) and singing The Hallelujah Chorus. Please get out there and VOTE, if you haven't done so already, and then think about volunteering; make a few phone calls, drive people to the polls, knock on some doors. Let's get involved this time around. It's OUR future at stake. Let your voice be heard! And if you are awake Tuesday night and President Obama is announced, please join me in lifting your voice and raising a glass. "Hallelujah!" It's time for change.

And the winner is...

So, I put all of your names in a hat this morning and had Ron pick one. The winner is none other than the fabulous, the wondrous, the beautimous MISS KATIE MOSER! YAY, Katie! And for those of you who did not win this contest, you MUST stay tuned because there will be other give-aways! I had so much fun reading your what-ifs. Thank you to all who shared a little piece of yourselves. Katie, please email me your address and I will send your copy of Time of My Life pronto. The book is getting great reviews and tons of press, by the way. It's even featured in People Magazine! Yay, Allison Winn Scotch! She is so supportive of other writers and I believe that kind of good will comes back at ya. Allison deserves oodles of success for her generosity to the writing community. So, I know that you all join me in saying "GO, GIRL!"

Speaking of girls, PLEASE tune in to the Oprah show TODAY- Thursday and give a holla to the women who paved the way for us. Can you say GLORIA STEINEM? If you miss the show, I'm sure some fabu feminist will put it on youtube.

Lastly, we are all registered to vote, right? I don't even need to go into it, right? Preaching to the choir here, right? 'Nuff said.

PEACE OUT,

Sandra

Our first give away!

Okay, friends...I have a contest for you. I am borrowing this idea from author, Allison Winn Scotch. She had a contest on her blog and I was one of the winners of her new book, "Time of My Life". Since I had already purchased it, I now have two beautiful shiny new hard cover editions and I want to give my extra copy to one of you.

Don't we all wonder about the path not taken? No matter how happy we are with our lives, I think all of us spend a bit of mental time travelling down the road of what-if. The book, "Time of My Life" is about a woman who wakes up seven years in the past and gets to actually find out what that other road looks like for her.

So, here's the plan. Tell me your what-if and next week I will put your name in a hat and pick a winner. If you are the lucky guy/gal, just email me your address and I'll send you the book. Now, your what-if doesn't have to be a sad one. Here's one of mine: What if I had married the guy I was engaged to when I was 22? He didn't want any wife of his to be in the hedonistic world of theatre actors. Cancelling the wedding with the dress hanging in my closet and the hall, the caterer, and the flowers already paid for was the scariest thing I'd ever done. But if I had married him and stayed in the Midwest because it was what HE wanted, I would have ended up feeling trapped and unfulfilled. I wouldn't have had all of the incredible New York experiences I've had AND I never would have met and married my wondeful hubby- a man who lets me be ALL of me!

Okay, your turn. Tell me one of your what-if's. I'll pick a winner next week. Go!

What have you done today?

I just finished reading a book called "Cancer is a Bitch" by Gail Konop-Baker and I'm in the process of reading another amazing one called "Time of My Life" by Allison Winn Scotch. The first is a memoir, the second, fiction. Go to amazon this minute and order them both. They will make you think about your life differently, and appreciate it more.
It seems that every book I pick up is doing that for me lately, making me value my life-every precious and mundane minute of it- more. I pray that someday my book will do that for someone else. That's why I'm heading out in the next couple of hours to a writer's retreat for the weekend. I am committed to finishing my memoir no matter how long it takes. I recently read a wonderful quote by one of my favorite authors, Sarah Ban Breathnach. She says, "It's not how fast you make your dream come true, but how steadily you pursue it." So, let's all be about the business of pursuing our dreams. Ever heard that song "What have you done today to make you feel proud"? I want to know what you are doing TODAY to inch you toward your dream. If nothing else, order a book that will inspire you or go to itunes and download that song! Have a wonderful, productive, blissful weekend, everyone.
Sandra
p.s. Thanks for all of the birthday messages. It was truly the best one ever!