Ho-Ho-Ho kiddies!

It is I your favorite Florida Ho checking in with you and ain't it been a while!

Here's hoping you and yours are doing wonderful. Wow! What a year 2004 was, glad it is almost over! Wasn't planning on a lot of things happening, some good, some bad, well more bad this year, but a lot of "eye opening" and I'm looking forward to such a great 2005.

Thanks for all of the cards, letters, E-mails - Yes I am still here and still kicking! A little bout of breast cancer this year for those of you who I didn't tell, but I am doing fine. My CEA count is good. No chemo or radiation right now. I'm too mean to get down with this, so I will keep truckin' on.

For those of you who haven't checked out my new endeavor for 2005 check out POW! - Promoting Outstanding Writers (also poets/muscians/artists). Go to www.promotingoutstandingwriters.com - It was not supposed to be launched until January but it has gone POW already and really, really taken off! I am so excited! This has been the joyful part of ending 2004!

Also in 2005 - look for some new book releases - YES - finally (hopefully) "Getting My Feet Wet" will be released soon - a new collection of short stories and poetry, followed by the re-release of "Living Crazy Like Fly" in both paperback and hardback by my new publisher Blue Fish Bay Publishing. Same story - updated, better edited, better ended and with a little epilogue for all of those inquiring minds that want to know. Can't wait for you to all see it. The screenplay - well we are still rewriting, hopefully still pushing it anew in 2005!

Will there be a "Country Club" reunion in Warsaw in 2005? Hope so - for my gang it will be our 30th high school reunion time, but I would just love for us "oldies" to get together if possible so Pam, Terry, Sonya, Al, Bruce, Gary, Mark, Keith - where is everyone? Let's finally plan our own reunion and get this thing in gear!

Other than that - Tom is fine. Lauryn is 21 going on 22 in 2005 - (She finally caught up to me). I have three grandkids (moi?!) not Lauryn's, time marches on.

Let's PROMISE to be better about communicating and getting together in 2005 - New Year's Resolution #1!

The happiest of holidays to you and yours! YOU ARE LOVED! You are fabulous if I have not told you lately!
You are special to me!

Go forth and conquer!

Your Fav flatter-Florida author,

Caryn aka Cruella aka Countessa xoxoxoxoxoxoxox

HO-HO-HO!! :o)