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The logo was driving me nuts, so I took it off the entry and the side column. I'm really bitchy. Low tolerance for everything.

Moving

I've stayed put for 30 months. I've hated the apartment, espcially when it is hot and sunny. If it is sunny and 20 degrees celcius outside, it is 40 degrees in my apartment by 5pm. The western sun shines through the windows and heats up everything. There is no escape.

I guess the universe doesn't want me to feel too bad about this move, because it is freakin hot by Victoria standards and my apartment is extremely hot. I don't like heat. I don't like the sun. I sold my fans. I have no relief other than sunset.

This makes me bitchy. Really bitchy. It drains me and tonight I still have packing. I have a super who can't get it through his head that we can't leave early. I can't give away my damn sofabed and will probably have to take it to the dump tomorrow even though it is a perfectly good sofa bed that my cat redecorated a bit. Doesn't anyone know how to throw a cover over old furniture anymore?

We are supposed to be on the boat to the US on Saturday morning at 8:30am. Well, at customs waiting to get on the boat. That is less than 40 hours from now and we still have so much to do. And I am too hot to do anything.

I'm going nuts with self-doubt. What the hell am I doing? I'm starting a business. I'm giving up a home. OMIGAWD!

Yet another shameless promotion

Okay, sorry that I'm all business this week. But I'm having a book sale and thought you might want to buy.

Check out my webpage that lists the books available at Amazon.ca.

Don't be fooled by the "no international shipping" -- Amazon considers shipping between US and Canada to be different than "international" (don't ask, I don't know why).

In addition, if you live outside of US and Canada, just e-mail me and I'll be happy to work something out.

I promise more personal writing soon.

thanks for all your support as we try to kick this off

Fun in HTML land

I've done more code writing in the past two days than in the past three years since I started learning html. Actually, I use Front Page to generate most of the html code, but there are little things that give me grief.

My brother is coming on board in a month or two and he is much more the programmer than I am, so you should see a jumpt to light speed in our websites. Still I don't think I've done half-bad for such an amateur.

Three Wise Twins

Well, I haven't written in over a month, but it has been a busy month.

I've hinted around here for some time that there were some big plans in the work. Well it is time to let the cat out of the bag.

We are moving back to the United States in May. There are three big things happening to prompt this move:

First, I am currently writing a book called Taking Up Space about the stigmatization placed upon fat people in North American society. I am writing from both a sociological and personal perspective. The book is scheduled to be published this summer by a specialty publisher called Pearlsong Press, Inc..

Second, my brother Steve Thomas, my husband Carl Wilkerson and I have formed a multimedia corporation called Three Wise Twins, LLC. Our corporation is committed to creating media that entertains, informs and challenges our audiences. Our first project is going to be to conduct a book tour promoting Taking Up Space and Pearlsong Press, Inc. We are currently putting the details together for the tour and will sending out updates as the schedule develops.

Third, while on tour, the twins will be developing a project we are calling The Ample Traveler© . We will be filming, writing and doing website production regarding road travel accessibility issues for larger people. We will be providing practical advice and informative critiques of the goods and services we encounter in our travel.

These are ambitious undertakings, as I am sure you can tell. Our most immediate need is to buy, borrow or trade for an RV that can carry three adults and media equipment (cameras, computers, etc.). If you have an RV or know someone who might be interested in helping us with acquiring an RV, please drop me a line. This is the first big hurdle to making our plans a reality.

We are looking for goods, services, funding and good karma to support these projects, as outlined on our website . We hope you will take a visit and help in any way you feel comfortable.

As blog friends, I'm asking you to get the word out regarding our plans and let people know that we need support.