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Audio Baby

Written by Ann Dee Ellis
Friday, 29 August 2008
On Monday i got a call from the director of the audio version of my second book Everything Is Fine Glossary: Everything Is Fine Close Everything Is Fine Author(s): Ellis, Ann DeeISBN10: 0316013641ISBN13: 9780316013642Format: HardcoverPub. Date: 3/1/2009Publisher(s): Little Brown & Co . She was wondering how to pronounce the name of the MC. Some people wouldn't get both nervous and overly excited about talking to people on the phone especially if they are calling from LA or NYC and they sound like they drive convertibles. I am, obviously, not some people. I actually get nervous talking to the AC repairman or the receptionist at the hair salon. I'm a bad phone person. I'm a bad email person. I'm overall, just a bad person. So you can imagine my state of mind when LA director called. I told her my little MC is named Mazzy. As is Mazz (Jazz) and ee (ee). I also acted very professional and normal with an abnormally high voice and I laughed a lot. I think it went well. Which reminds me, when I got back from Hong Kong years ago, I also spoke with an abnormally high voice. To everyone. And not just on the phone. This should be important to remember some day. The baby is set to come Thursday. That's what the doctor is telling me anyway. Baby is telling me he might come earlier so we'll see. In the meantime I've had a few friends/family come and organize my house. I'm not kidding. My niece Holly made me throw away about 3/4s my clothes. But I like that skirt. Sure you do. I did too back in 1992. And now my pantry looks like there's food in there rather than piles of non-descript things. To say this was a relief is really not to say anything at all. You all know how panicked I am about my really horrifyingly unorganized nature. Now I get a fresh start. And I've kept it up for three days! Three whole days! Look out baby, you are not going to mess up my sparkling wash room (ha ha ha). But really, if you ever feel like you need a lift and you want to pay my niece Holly and my friend Kathy a lot of money, they might come and make you throw everything away. It will feel great. I wish I could post pictures just so you could all bask in my once in a lifetime clean house. And finally, I almost just posted a picture of me hugely huge at Bear Lake but then I decided this: Why? So I didn't. You're welcome. Add Comment (0)

Audio Baby

Written by Ann Dee Ellis
Friday, 29 August 2008
On Monday i got a call from the director of the audio version of my second book Everything Is Fine Glossary: Everything Is Fine Close Everything Is Fine Author(s): Ellis, Ann DeeISBN10: 0316013641ISBN13: 9780316013642Format: HardcoverPub. Date: 3/1/2009Publisher(s): Little Brown & Co . She was wondering how to pronounce the name of the MC. Some people wouldn't get both nervous and overly excited about talking to people on the phone especially if they are calling from LA or NYC and they sound like they drive convertibles. I am, obviously, not some people. I actually get nervous talking to the AC repairman or the receptionist at the hair salon. I'm a bad phone person. I'm a bad email person. I'm overall, just a bad person. So you can imagine my state of mind when LA director called. I told her my little MC is named Mazzy. As is Mazz (Jazz) and ee (ee). I also acted very professional and normal with an abnormally high voice and I laughed a lot. I think it went well. Which reminds me, when I got back from Hong Kong years ago, I also spoke with an abnormally high voice. To everyone. And not just on the phone. This should be important to remember some day. The baby is set to come Thursday. That's what the doctor is telling me anyway. Baby is telling me he might come earlier so we'll see. In the meantime I've had a few friends/family come and organize my house. I'm not kidding. My niece Holly made me throw away about 3/4s my clothes. But I like that skirt. Sure you do. I did too back in 1992. And now my pantry looks like there's food in there rather than piles of non-descript things. To say this was a relief is really not to say anything at all. You all know how panicked I am about my really horrifyingly unorganized nature. Now I get a fresh start. And I've kept it up for three days! Three whole days! Look out baby, you are not going to mess up my sparkling wash room (ha ha ha). But really, if you ever feel like you need a lift and you want to pay my niece Holly and my friend Kathy a lot of money, they might come and make you throw everything away. It will feel great. I wish I could post pictures just so you could all bask in my once in a lifetime clean house. And finally, I almost just posted a picture of me hugely huge at Bear Lake but then I decided this: Why? So I didn't. You're welcome. Add Comment (0)

Stephanie

Written by Ann Dee Ellis
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Tomorrow has been declared NieNie Day by Design Mom and I want you to know about it. Stephanie and I grew up in the same neighborhood and I know her sister Courtney well. We sang together in church when we were ten, we carpooled in high school, and more recently she blogged about my book. Well, a week or so ago, Stephanie and her husband were in a plane crash. You can read more about it on Courtney's blog or you can read Stephanie's blog that she updated daily before the crash. This tragedy is hard to understand and comprehend. By going to any of these blogs you'll find numerous ways to help. For me, I've struggled to reconcile my feelings. It feels strange to have someone I know from my childhood go through such a horrible thing. She has four small children. Children that can't possibly understand what's ahead. This isn't fiction, this is reality. I'd put an "in other news" section and talk about small things that happened to me today. A doctor's visit. Some string cheese. A new dress. But I think I'll just leave this here how it is. Add Comment (0)

Because I Can . . .

Written by Ann Dee Ellis
Tuesday, 05 August 2008
So I'm backlogged with emails and other things that I plan to get to VERY soon. Summer term is almost over so I should have more free time/think time in about a week. If you think I've forgotten you I most definitley have not. Seriously. I've just been, whew, really hot and really runningaround and really oneyearoldthrowingkiwisatme. Don't despair. I've been trying to write a little something every day. It works sometimes, other times, umm, no. It does not work. But that's okay. Today I wrote for about twenty minutes and it made me so happy. Like really happy. I took a nap first (does that make me sound busy?) because I couldn't see past the blur. Then, because I had a few minutes before baby woke up, I went for it. Usually I don't. I think, ugh, another day gone. But today i MADE myself do it and lemme tell you, it's worth it. I'm gong to be more diligent about it. I used to get up early and do it but I've been going walking instead. Question: Is it better to stay healthy or write a book? Hmmm. Obviously both are important and there's no way I'm walking in the heat so I have to improvise. Writing Prompt for today: A girl has shoes for hands. Also, if you're local, there's a big yard sale/bake sale/raffle on Saturday to raise money for an orphanage that desperately needs help. If you'd like to donate or come buy some delights, I'll post more details ASAP. UPDATE: Here is the info - Add Comment (0)

Sunscreen smells good

Written by Ann Dee Ellis
Monday, 30 June 2008
Dear Everyone, Thanks for all your kind comments and other things about BYU and Angeline Jolie. It means a lot. I have been in Park City all last week. It is nice there. It is not so nice here. I am hot. I like to walk around in my underwear. When I'm in my underwear, I feel free but not too free like naked free. I also feel like the neighbors can see me and I think, "am I the disgusting underwear wearer on the street?" That is gross. But not gross enough for me to stop immediately taking off my jeans as soon as I walk in the door. I also started teaching my summer term class last week. While I was at Park City. This meant I had/got to drive down twice during the week to get things a rolling. I am not going to complain about this because both times I was with my husband which meant I could enjoy the reservoirs, the canyon, the people on the side of the road selling things, etc. Not bad. I also got to revisit my personal essay past. Which brought back painful yet surprisingly fond memories of essays about getting kissed upside down and then dumped, of essays about feeling ugly and too hippy for all my jeans, and of my first workshop experience after everyone read my personal essay and rather than offer genuine/useful writing feedback, they all just looked embarrassed and sad for me and quietly said, "It'll be okay." My aunt died. This is the second aunt to die in two weeks. My first aunt's funeral was last week week. On the fourth of July we're having a memorial service for a cousin who died last winter in Seattle. Many of us couldn't go to the funeral so we're having one here. On the fifth of July we're having a viewing and a funeral for my second aunt (mother of the cousin who died). All this has pushed me to think about death and viewings and aunts and family and bodies and how it all fits together. Death is a strange and separating and uniting thing. If you see me in my underwear, it's your fault not mine. I've warned you. Love, Me. P.S. I am going to the hot air balloony thing this week. I must. At six thirty a.m. on the fourth of July. I will even wear clothes. Add Comment (2)

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