Raising a cyber toast to Jaci Burton. Today on her blog, she announced that her book Bound Branded & Brazen made the Barnes & Noble and Borders romance bestseller lists!

Congrats, Jaci!

Canada had a fantastic Olympics in so many ways. We finished third in the overall medal standings with 26, making it our best ever showing at the Winter Olympics. We also won the gold medal race with 14. That is the most by any nation, in a single games, in Winter Olympics history. It also means Canada set a new record for the most gold medals won by a host nation at the Winter Games.

Big kudos to all of the Canadian athletes!

And congratulations to the US for their amazing accomplishments at these games. They won the overall medal standings with 37, the most won by any country in Winter Olympics history.

To say I’ve enjoyed the first seven days of the Vancouver Olympics would be an understatement. Canada has won seven medals so far: three gold, three silver, and one bronze.  The next ten days of competition look like they might be even more exciting, which is awesome.

Yup. I’ve got me a serious case of Olympic fever.

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The opening ceremony for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games is tonight. The last time they were held here in Canada was Calgary in 1988. It was so exciting when Vancouver was announced as the 2010 host city, and the anticipation has been building ever since. It’s been heartening to watch the enthusiasm as the torch relay has passed through big cities and small towns all across Canada. The Olympics are always appointment television for me, so I’m doing an extra festive happy dance this morning.

Raising a cyber toast to Larissa Ione & Stephanie Tyler. Today on her blog, Larissa announced that her book Ecstasy Unveiled hit #23 on the New York Times bestseller list and #58 on the USA Today bestseller list. Today on her blog, Stephanie announced that her book Hold On Tight hit #22 on the New York Times bestseller list.

Woot!!! Major congrats, ladies!!!

Raising a cyber toast to Larissa Ione & Stephanie Tyler. Today is the release day for Larissa’s book Ecstasy Unveiled, & for Stephanie’s book Hold On Tight.

Congrats, ladies!

I recently tried a, new to me, snack food called Oreo Cakesters. O.M.G. They are a little slice of taste bud heaven. Basically they’re a soft cake version of Oreo cookies. I love making new discoveries like that.

Have a great weekend, everyone.

Since I love me some hot chocolate, the minute I saw this quiz I knew I was going to post it on the blog.

You Are Double Chocolate Hot Chocolate

When you do anything, you do it big. You live large, and you don’t hold back. You either love or hate things with a passion. And since you love hot chocolate, of course you want to double down. You’re the type of person most likely to make your own hot chocolate. Only you can make it as decadent as you like it. And you’re also likely to go for the good stuff - real chocolate. No wimpy cocoa packets for you!