K is for KATZENJAMMER

Posted on April 22, 2010 by laina

KATZENJAMMER

A hangover; anxiety or jitters; a discordant clamour.

In the sense of a hangover, this word was known in the US from the middle 1840s. It was taken from a well-established German word (it turns up in at least one work by Goethe, for example) which derives from Katzen, cats, plus Jammer, wailing or distress. In German it could also mean the unhappiness or depression that follows intoxication and so developed in American English a more general sense of what one might call a case of the willies.

Let’s have fun this weekend folks but don’t have to much fun that you have katzenjammer.
Laina

Support Multiple Sclerosis this week

Posted on April 20, 2010 by laina

This Saturday downtown Indy will be the MS walk and everyone needs to show their support for Orange is the new Pink and my friend Terri Kyle who has MS as does her daughter Michelle. Please donate to her walk link.

Walk details: The event is on the lawn at IUPUI.
walk MS: Indianapolis
IUPUI: University Library Lawn located in downtown Indianapolis at Blackford and New York Streets
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Check-in starts at 7:30 a.m. and the Walk kicks off at 9:30 a.m. with the option of 1 or 3 mile walks. Parking is available in the Sports Complex Parking Garage and lot 86. Accessible parking is available across from the Library Lawn in lot 85. $4 per car.

There will be 3 tents set up on the lawn, and Orange is the new Pink will be in the middle one.

Please stop by, say hi, and have a great time at this very important cause.
Laina

Ready for the week ahead

Posted on April 19, 2010 by laina

: Image by Shreyans Bhansali via Flickr

Saturday was an awesome day. Enjoyed the kids during the day and then went to watch the Naptown Roller Girls in their final home bout and had a very successful book signing. Having a good weekend sure makes for a better start on the week. It always seem like there is so much going on that it can be hard to plan but this week I was able to get myself prepared and I feel good! Whoo-hoo!

The Business book will be delivered to the editors for the final time this week and then I can start working more on the next Presley Thurman book. I don’t want to lose the momentum I have from the first one.
One an interesting note did you all know that there was a Hello Kitty wine.

I love wine as much as the next person but a wine branding after a character my 4 year-old daughter loves. Isn’t that a little much?
Your thoughts?
Laina