i am still yet completely befuddled on what i am bringing to my cousin’s house for our thanksgiving meal tomorrow. last night i thought of making thanksgiving burritos. all the thanksgiving classics wrapped up in a tortilla. it couldn’t be that bad, could it?

chris thought so.

as with most people, i probably won’t be blogging too much until next week. we are wii-sitting for some friends who have a dog. and no, i didn’t switch the words “wii” and “dog”… :)

five things i am totally grateful for:

1) gentle, passionate grace
2) my husband (and his ability to cook)
3) amazing friends and family
4) people who are willing to take chances on me, believe in me
5) you

happy thanksgiving!

my wonderful (and VERRRRY sexy) husband just showed me this:

wow.

since i am still in my brain funk, i thought i’d share some good news with you guys before the holidays!

as you know, the book i am working on, mad church disease, will be released in february 2009.

i haven’t publicly (via blog) announced WHO the publisher is…

but why not today?

i am officially a zondervan author! woot!

the team there is amazing and they ooze creativity. they truly see this book as something that is needed in the church today! their excitement about the project keeps refueling my excitement about the project. i am so pumped to have such a strong partner for this adventure.

i am also VERY grateful for my agent beth jusino from alive communications. without beth’s knowledge of the industry, her passion for young writers and fresh ideas, and her willingness to hand-hold a rookie author, i would probably be neck-deep in things i don’t understand.

so those are a few things for which i am very thankful!!

what are you thankful for?

my brain has totally locked up. i have been trying to bust through as much mad church disease writing as possible, as well as finishing up some things for our move (we found a place downtown and it is totally smashing…and quite reasonably priced!)

brain-is-frozen!

texas, on the otherhand, is NOT frozen. it has been in the 80s for the last week. yet i have decided not to let the temperature outside reflect my clothing decisions. it is fall, and i want to wear a sweater. so i am today. and here is a goofy photo of me at-this-moment posing with my african autumn rooibos tea in said sweater.

that as about as interesting as it’s going to get here today. (and for you people who swear i look like kat von d…proof i really dont!)

what’s it like in your world?

just when my head and all of its grey matter gets consumed by thoughts about pastors and cars and planes and houses and what i am going to bring to my family’s thanksgiving celebration and should i attempt another cake this year and i’m happy both the mavs play tonight as well as 30 rock and the office and my 20″ screen looks so much better when there aren’t fingerprints on it and how much i didn’t like rilo kiley but now i do and where is my ipod exactly anyway…?

i am stopped dead in my tracks, my brain locks up, my heart crumples. my friend shaun is in ethiopia right now. read about his trip here. watch his video below:

chris and i sponsor a little boy in ethiopia named abdukerim wejo. i wonder if he’s in this video somewhere? i can’t wait to meet him someday. and somehow my $32/month doesn’t seem like enough when i just spent that much on makeup yesterday.

do you sponsor a child?

(Thanks, Deana).