February 3 is my birthday and usually SOMETHING goes wrong. Yesterday was a fantastic day for me. First I launched the first issue of Sable Grey Magazine - MY OWN MAGAZINE!!!! And the response was phenomenal! I'm extremely excited and encouraged by howmany have downloaded the magzine and by all the positive email responses I've received about the new magazine.

I bought myself a couple of new history books for writing research which made me feel very good. It's been awhile since I visited our local bookstore and it's such a delightful little place. I can hardly go in there without sitting and talking withmeeting someone interesting. I also bought mysefl a few articles of clothing and my husband brought home the cutest card, basically telling me how young and fabulous I am. He also brought chocolate - the good man.

So being 35 has been pretty good so far.

And....because I'd blogged before about my goals of losing weight, I wanted to share that I have indeed lost weight. Since Thanksgiving I've lost ten pounds, and four of those were shed in January. I've not had to change my portions at mealtime...though I DID cut back on my after dark snacking a bit. Since I work at the computer and sometimes pull15 hour days, I tend to snack late night when I finish my work. So I thought, I'm not gonna do it. And it's helped I think.

My grandfather made it through the holidays and first of the year. He continues to have good days and very bad days. Recently, my mother was called to his house in the middle of the night because he woke up and couldn't breathe. It hurt my mother to see her father crawling around on the floor because he couldn't stand on his own legs, gasping for breath. The worst part of this experience is seeing my mother's hurt.

I saw her yesterday for my birthday and she asked about the magazine. She's very interested because she took the pictures of me that I included in the publication. She did a really awesome job and she's definitely got an eye for photography. laugh My momma made me look good!

when I told her about the response I was getting about the magazine it made her happy. So anything that make her smile makes me extra happy.

-Sable