Ok, so she said I could share the news. My mom is getting married! It’s been a whirlwind romance, and now there’s a spring wedding in the works.

I’m thrilled that she’s found someone to share her life with. She always says she doesn’t need anyone to take care of her. But love isn’t about that, is it? It’s certainly nice to have someone to kill the spiders and look after you when you’re sick, but we could manage on our own. Instead, it’s about finding someone you enjoy so much, you want to see them every day.

(On that note, belated happy 13 years to me and the hub! Our anniversary was Valentine’s Day.)

So I’m flying back to Arkansas to share in the festivities, tiny though they are. She doesn’t want to make a big deal out of her wedding. She doesn’t realize we who love her do. After all, how many of your mother’s weddings do you get to attend? (Don’t answer that one, smart alecks)

PS: Groom-to-be, I hope you don’t mind being blogged about!

Photo credit: L.C.Nøttaasen

Lately I’ve been a bit tired of the marketing and PR work I’m doing at Egg. When you stop feeling passionate about what you do, there’s a problem. And while certainly not everyone has the luxury to switch gears and try something else mid-stream in their career, I’m fortunate in that I can right now.

I’ve rediscovered writing as my passion. It’s always been there, but sometimes writing press release stifles my creativity. So I’m focusing on writing about other things. And no, I’m not writing the Great American Novel. But I am writing on Lead411 about startups, Small Business Trends about entrepreneurs, still on Marketing Eggspert (though not as much because it doesn’t pay me!) and a soon-to-be-launched site about all manner o’ things.

And it feels good.

I love writing about things that interest me or things I know nothing about. Marketing’s old hat. I could recite how to use Twitter and Facebook for marketing in my sleep. Now, disaster kits: that’s something I don’t know anything about. I learn, then I write.

When I was in college, I wanted to work for a magazine. I couldn’t have dreamed of a world where I could make a living writing on the internet (the what?). Writing how-to articles to help people do things. Writing about business. Getting published. It’s amazing, and I’m lucky I’ve got the talent to use.

So Egg’s not going anywhere just yet, though it might change its “shell” a bit. If you’re out there in cyberspace and find one of my articles, leave me a comment!

So the really big news is:

The family is going to Paris!

Just the three of us. At an indeterminate time, because my mom doesn’t want me to say in case I get robbed while I’m gone. But I have big guard dogs and round the clock surveillance, so you don’t want to rob me.

It’s been 10 years since we went to Europe, just the two of us. A million things have been more important than going again, and that’s a shame. Now that Max speaks French, we thought it was time to introduce him to the country we love so much.

We’re going an entire month. I cannot wait. We’re also making side trips to see old friends in Barcelona and Amsterdam. Facebook has really helped connect us to old buddies we met the first trips.

Things I Most Want to Do in Paris

• Eat copious amounts of fresh bread and cheese and pastries
• Visit lots of farmer’s markets. See first bullet
• Visit flea markets
• Shop. Last time we were broke college students, so it’ll be nice to actually have some money.
• Show Max the Eiffel Tower. We’ve never been up to the top.
• Get into the groove of speaking French 24/7 again.
• Reminisce with my lover about how we fell in love in Europe 10 years ago.
• Buy clothes. Chic Parisian ones everyone will envy.