Tag: backpacking

Guess Who’s Looking For a Good Read

Thanks to one of my fantastic fans, Pamela, it was brought to my attention that FB founder and second youngest self-made BILLIONAIRE, Mark Zuckerberg has made a 2015 resolution to READ more BOOKS!! Pamela made a comment on his post recommending “I Grew My Boobs in China”!! Imagine […]

Record Breaking New Years Eve

    Last night’s New Year’s Eve was probably the best one yet, a great sign for a promising year ahead. We all piled into the car and drove an hour south to the beach town of Scheveningen where they built a massive castle of a bonfire for a yearly competition. They have […]

Sisterly Love

Sisterly LOVE!!!! Sometimes she drives me crazy and we fight, but overall, I’d say I have a pretty dang AWESOME, loving sister. I just had my two bottom impacted wisdom teeth removed and you know what she did? No, she didn’t hold my hand, she wrapped me up […]

Night Life

I absolutely LOVE the nightlife here in Vancouver, Canada. It’s so wild. Having a girls night includes facials, trying on clothes, watching movies and special little visitors. I wonder if our faces surprised them as much as theirs surprised us.               

Circle Craft Fair Begins

I love all of the exciting, interesting people we meet at each fair. People who come into your life and stay friends forever. This week I will be selling books at Circle Craft (Nov. 11t-16th) and Christmas in Seattle (Nov. 14-16) at both the Convention Centres. I can’t […]

#TRLT One year anniversary

I want to give a huge congratulations and thank you to Shane and Ariana, fellow founders of #TRLT and all of the amazing travellers we get to chat with each week for making today extra special. Today was our YEAR ANNIVERSARY and we broke records in our #TRLT […]

Today is the LAST day to enter to win a FREE paperback copy of the brand new release “Backpacks and Bra Straps” only one click, and you could WIN. You have 14hrs left. https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/106001-backpacks-and-bra-straps Please share around! Photo: Gabon. There’s nothing like an African sunset  If you liked […]

THANK YOU !!

Yesterday was release day! Wow. I received so many “happy release day” comments, and it has been better than any birthday or Christmas with all the posts, shares, tweets, interviews, guest posts, and reviews going live all over the web. All of this excitement has made it easy to […]

3 Days and Counting

3-DAYS….3 days…3 Days?!?!?! It seems so close and yet soooo far. Thank you for all of my beta readers who have read and reviewed “Backpacks and Bra Straps” so far. I’m so grateful and anxiously anticipating this release! Pre-Order –> Photo: 3 Adorable kids in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

7 Days and Counting

7-DAYS until launch!!! I can’t believe it’s all come down to ONE WEEK. I feel like I’m going to blink and it will all happen at once…. Don’t miss your chance to pre-order on Amazon.com.  I’m the most excited about this new addition to the book. Mom has […]

9 Days And Counting

T-MINUS 9 DAYS until “Backpacks and Bra Straps” will be released on the 30th. All the days of hard work are about to pay off! You can pre-order now, and/or read the sample. Photo: Nine happy ladies join together to spend a day on the beach. Tengalle, Sri […]

I am feeling blessed

I am feeling so blessed!!! Nearly ten years ago I was on my way to China, my life was about to change forever. Throughout the years I dreamed of sharing my tale with others and letting them wear my shoes (or rather worn flip-flops). I grew so much […]

“Backpacks and Bra Straps” Manuscript DONE!

FINALLY!!! My gosh! 42 chapters, 100,000 words, and the LAST two chapters were murder. No idea whyyyyy that was so torturous but it’s DONE!!!! Done Done Done! So you guys better LOVE it when “Backpacks and Bra Straps” is released in October and appreciate how draining those last […]