I realize April 1 was a week ago, but it's been busy! After spending last weekend at a writer's conference with a bunch of writer friends (Marley, Marianne, Diana, Hank, Becky) and my agent, this week was all about getting things caught up. Must mention that at the conference's Friday night dinner it was a "dress as your favorite character" theme for dessert. I went as, what else, Lauren from DRESS REHEARSAL, and did my part to look official in my white apron, white chef's hat, and a plate of chocolate cake in front of me - and in my tummy after about two minutes. Wish I had a picture to show what everyone else dressed as, am waiting for Diana to send me a picture of us, the patry chef and the secret society girl in a cloak.

Anyway, my kids were all excited for April Fool's day. When I woke up they were all giggly waiting for me or my husband to get fooled. Unfortunately, what they didn't expect was that the plumber would come to fix a leaky faucet in our bathroom. So when he turned off the water in the house and went to the kitchen sink to check to make sure it was off, he got a huge surprise. My kids had wrapped a rubber band around the sprayer next to the faucet so when the faucet was turned on, the person standing in front of the sink got soaked. They didn't expect that the plumber would be the first one to use the kitchen sink, and he certainly didn't expect to get sprayed by a stream of cold water. Luckily, he has a sense of humor.