my lunch date

before i talk about my lunch date today :), i just want to say thank you to everyone who has expressed interest in having me to their city. i have gotten 77 emails! there is really no way i would EVER have expected that, nor will i be able to get to everyone, so now i have to pick the cities with the most interest and decide how many i can visit in one year. if i dont get to your city this year, dont despair, 2008 will be here before know it.

so far, the cities with the most concentrated interest are:

seattle, WA
upstate NY
boston, MA
minneapolis, MN
phoenix, AZ
perth (AUS)
sydney (AUS)

i am still taking information, so if you are interested, please email me with your city/state in the subject line. i will be announcing concrete details very soon!

onto my lunch date.
anna.
my little banana.

we got these cafeteria trays at target and i have so much fun putting together meals for the kids in them. its just not complete until every section is full of something! and then it is oh so satisfying. :)

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she has to have both of her sparkly cups. and asks me to bite the ends off the pickle. i love how she closes her eyes when she takes a bite. after school we make lunch and sit and eat together, then i put her down for a nap after we read and snuggle. these are special days. they march on faster and faster. counting down to the day they are all gone, all day.

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getting ready for oh seven

in getting ready to open up my 2007 schedule, i first want to do some research.

i am so excited to talk about how i want to do things next year, but im not quite ready to yet. i will tell you that three things are changing. one is the possibility of travel!!

i have had so much out of state/international interest expressed that i want to gather more information.

so!

ive not yet decided on the pricing structure for travel, but i would need to maintain my standard rate without incurring any extra travel costs. (flight, hotel, possible rental car) what that rate will be is not yet known.

i am not able to go to every city or state or country (unfortunately!) – so if you are interested, you need to know that basically, the more people in one area who want to book have more of a chance of having that area chosen. i will probably not pick any more than 3 or 4 places to travel to in one year.

please email me if this is something you would like to do. important: this will make it so much easier for me. when you email, please put your location (city, state, or what large city you are near) in your subject title.

if you have expressed interest in the past, please do so again to confirm that you are still interested. if you have a neighborhood or a group of friends that would all like to do it together, email me with a list of names and contact information.

i will be saving this information and announcing more information as soon as i can!

and i just want to say to everyone: thank you so much! i am so happy that i have been able to do this in the last year and a half. it brings me so much. it really does. to think that i may be able to travel to different areas and experience new people and places just makes me so excited!