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• I usually love Disney channel movies but Princess Protection Program kinda sucked.  #
• I think I want to do concerts in the park at the botanical gardens this weekend… anyone been? Was it cool? #
• It's hotter than snot today. #
• Okay, I have looked through the first half of my manuscript yet again, got a super positive response from a beta, and now I need SLEEP! #
• I should be editing.. instead I am watching the secret life of an American teenager. #
• When is ABC family coming to @hulu? It sure will make watching my list of teeny bopper shows easier! #
• At a book signing can you believe I've never before attended one?? http://twitpic.com/8ipn8 #
• I don't understand the genre of offbeat/quirky #
• RT @BookEndsKim: This seems as good a time as any to announce that I'm accepting YA queries now. #
• RT @jodimeadows: You know where I internet. #
• For those of you still clueless on pwn: http://bit.ly/c0M1d #
• I hate lay, lie, laid lain… ugh ALL THAT #
• Everyone who has read my book so far doesn't know what Pwn means…. is that word REALLY not common?? #
• I'm bored, but the daughter's only been fever free since last night. I have to sit here next to her or she will play! #
• Okay, so–I just got my first full request… #
• heh it's a clock for the perpetually late! http://is.gd/1exzA #
• I need a super cool new iphone case to keep me from buying a new iphone 3gS any suggestions? #
• OMG! So, I fell in love with Cuban coffee when I was in Miami, and now I am in love with these espresso cups! http://tinyurl.com/m5z7f3 #
• RT @kikarose: @menacingpickle Nothing is better than finding jeans that fit perfectly. #
• Does it help to have sinks in restaurant city #
• lol the husband was following my twitter feed, he came downstairs and said… So, Robert Pattinson, eh? #
• Why Miami was both fun and enlightening: http://linktrack.info/miami #
• Let me be clear, if you naked in your avatar, I won't be following you back UNLESS you're Robert Pattinson. #
• If you're naked in your avatar, I won't be following you back. #
• Do you like Twitter better B.O. (Before Oprah) or A.O. (After Oprah)? #
• With all the big important stuff going on in Twitter lately I feel kinda guilty tweeting about my normal life #
• Michael Jackson's Billie Jean was the first tape I ever bought. Saved up my allowance and everything. #
• I am confused, half of TV says #michaeljackson is dead and the other says he's in a coma? #
• Querying really REALLY freaks me out. #
• Okay, I need to get back into my #EASActive this week after being on vacation… anyone starting up a 30 day this week? #
• um, for the record… my last tweet cut off midtweet… #
• Where should I go to find a good house cleaner in the North Texas area? Our lady is getting out of the business, and we need someone bi- … #
• I just realized I haven 't driven a car in over a week… weird. (We were on vacation, remember?) #
• okay why do people block their door? #
• If you are playing the restaurant game and we aren't FB friends… then we should be! http://facebook.com/jamieharrington #
• Okay, so what are we doing tonight? Besides playing restaurant city, that is http://apps.facebook.com/restaurantcity/ #
• Bah! She won't sleep! I need this girl to sleep this off haha! #
• Laying in the bed with the kiddo. If I fall asleep I am so screwed so I am trying not to! #
• Bah!! Daughter threw up. I think it was just too much vacation excitement lol #
• Bah! Editing… I love and hate you. #
• You guys better be twitching @BookEndsKim #
• I wish tweetie had the landscape keyboard. I love that thing! #
• Are we still #squarespace ?? #
• Whoa husband just randomly got the day off (he has to work tonight instead) so we are off to the pool! #
• Okay, when you are editing serious villain action sequences, it's tough to make a it a good scene when the bad guys win! #
• The thing I love about @BookEndsJessica and @bookendskim 's twitching sessions is finding new writers to follow! #
• Hey guys!!! We can twitch @bookendsjessica GOGOGOG! #
• Okay, so if hubby and I want to go on a cruise, what's the best way to do it without getting screwed? #
• oh yaay! New Episode of Weeds! woot! #
• ZOMG! I am home! Hoo-ray! Vacation was great, but I am happy to be home! #
• I should be editing… Instead I am playing http://is.gd/19Pk7 sigh #
• RT @RachelleGardner: I just rec'd a 43-word query. Six of the words were misspelled. Take heart, folks! Sometimes the competition… isn't. #
• Tomorrow is the last day in Florida I'm sad and glad lol #
• Just so tired from the beach! #
• Waiting out a possible storm at the beach in Miami. I hope we get to get back in the water! #
• I shld B asleep but I cnt stp thinking abt all those alligators I saw in the everglades earlier 2day. http://twitpic.com/7zm3y #
• This little chickadee is headed to bed. I really hate East Coast time zone! It gets soo late so fast here! #

I am not a big traveler. I prefer the comforts of my own home, with big comfy couch and my perfectly positioned laptop table in front of my personally selected DVR television. But, my parents have been spending most of their time in Miami because of my dad’s job and my daughter really wanted to see what they were up to out there, so we packed up and flew out to Miami for the family vacation.

We had a total blast. We fed monkeys, swam with sting rays (not actually on purpose, they just came to visit us on the beach after the storm), saw actual crocodiles in the wild, and even went fishing. It was a great family vacation, and I am so glad we did it. It has opened my eyes to the possibilities of traveling with a child, and I discovered that it wasn’t actually all that difficult. We will definitely be doing more traveling in the future.

Miami totally opened my eyes to a different culture, and it was completely unexpected. Everywhere we went people were speaking Spanish. Now, I live in Texas-so I am no stranger to people speaking Spanish or anything, but this was different. It was everywhere. It was almost like English was the second language down there. It was really neat to see the different aspects of the Cuban culture and how they affected Miami. You saw it in the architecture, the housing designs, the clothing, and expecially the food.

I am very naive, and I just assumed that everyone in America was the same as us redneck folk here in Dallas. I thought we all kind of spoke the same language and did the same things, but there was salsa music coming from the live bands at the mall, and even at the BBQ restaurant in the Everglades, we were one of vey few English speakers.

I am not saying this is a bad thing at all. I actually thought it was REALLY cool to see a different culture like that only a short plane ride away. I hope that my parents continue to spend more time there so I can take my daughter again and again. I want her to experience the richness that Miami has to offer.

Have a Nice Day and Watch out for the Big Yellow Chicken.