Scribblings from the Mitchy Side

Hee! See what some of my rec.arts.mystery (RAM) buddies did for me at Bouchercon!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dfYElwBEoSo

And that would be the reason I was so disappointed not to go to Baltimore this year, they're a great bunch of people and I haven't seen them since, umm, Chicago 2005. Maybe next year in Indianapolis but if not, then San Francisco 2010 is a must!

I'm glad I got this today, I was feeling a bit melancholy this morning. Had she lived, my Mum would have been 70 today. 70! Gods, I can just imagine the frothing there would have been and the denial (I come by my stubborn refusal to age beyond 39 quite honestly). Thursday will be the 13th anniversary of her death. So it's good for me to be kept busy this week and distracted by lovely things like this video :)

I'm off out tonight to a comedy review by Pam Ayres in Hertford. My friend Pauline will pick me up so I won't have to drive, which is nice. Looking forward to it :)

OK, first of all, yesterday the print I ordered from ursulav's website arrived. You can see it here:-

http://tinyurl.com/ck79n

Believe me when I say the colours and shadows are even more gorgeous in real life :) Yay!!

I'd also emailed Ursula about the possibility of getting a print of this cartoon, only minus the text and she's replied and said yes! Squeeee!!

And lastly, a British author I chatted a lot to at Bouchercon in Chicago last year, emailed me today to let me know that some of her pictures from the event are online and that they include one of me and her in the signing room! *beams* I'm not linking to that, because it shows my real name, but it's not a bad photo. Freaky coincidence though, I'm wearing the exact same t-shirt today as in the pic. Woah :) Anyway, it was really nice of her to email and let me know :)

Ooh how much am I a happy fan girly? Let me count the ways! *bounces around*