Scott - I couldn’t believe it when you guys abandoned me!!! *sob* BUT, I do understand how busy work is for you both. I would have completely awe struck if you’d managed to do both!!!

EmmaJean - YMOYL is certainly a life changing book. Just remember that you don’t have to follow all of it in order to be succesful. It doesn’t cater overly well for those with children in some sections. Happy to discuss any of it with you if you’d like.

SBW - Oh my goodness!!! I DID write a novel!!! I think it’s only just hit me. LOL. That is way cool - even if it doesn’t live up to my own expectations.

Jenn - thanks for the meme (and the link ) Heading there now to regrab the details (now that the party is over!).

I’ve been over a few times since you commented on my blog. I loved reading your about your delicious sounding meals. Yum.

If you’d like to participate in a meme, come on over to my blog. I’m tagging the people that left comments for me this month after finding me through the randomizer.

I did make it through NaBloPoMo, though some days were a bit bottom of the barrel. Bravo on your extraordinary work with your daily posts.

My trick to keeping a neat home is that we have company over a lot. I live in a neighborhood where people “drop by” with little or no notice. After many years of living here, I’m finally getting used to it.

As you probably know, I found you through SLN just before November madness started.

Hey, you wrote a NOVEL! COOL!

BTW, I love your realism in acknowledging the limitations of time and energy… and balancing everything…

Getting to be a long comment (sorry) but also have managed to get a copy of Your Money or Your Life on inter-library loan and am reading at the moment - very thought provoking.

I have just subscribed to your blog and I love to see the latest post sitting in my inbox waiting for me.

Ali - funnily enough I’m actually enjoying getting stuck into it (in small doses). Amazing what a bit of a change of focus for a while can do!

Tracy - thanks for commenting. I guess different readers suit people differently. Not sure why I had so much trouble with google reader.

Meg - I still get kind of a shock when “blogging royalty”(lol) read a little blogger like me. It’s a good reminder that BIG bloggers are just people like the rest of us. I do appreciate that you read though (as I do all my readers). Yeah, I thought I really HAD to put the housework stuff in there…… it’s important to be real!

River - absolutely!!!! *Sigh* I’m tackling it bit by bit though! As for the novel. I’m avoiding it right now and want to read it with fresh eyes (maybe in the new year). After I’ve had a chance to edit it, I *might* let people read it if they want to. As for what it’s about….it’s about a city chick who goes to help a family on a farm and her experiences there. It was supposed to be funny but I’m not sure I’m really a “funny fiction” writer….. Oh well….