Generally, I’m having a great new year, but there are just a few flies in my personal ointment. Okay, that sounded all wrong. What I meant to say was, even though 2010 is shaping up to be a fantastic year, nothing is perfect. So here’s the short list of things annoying me at the moment:

• Every time I turn on the TV, there’s a commercial for Lovely Bones. So unless I watch with the tivo remote in my hand, I’m constantly diving across the room to find it before my young daughter can ask–again–”Mommy, what’s abducted mean?” Yes, yes, we talk about Stranger-danger all the time, but I just don’t think she’s ready for the gory details. Plus, it’s just depressing. Come on, people, this is why I read romance!
• There are currently upwards of fifteen spare socks floating around in my children’s sock drawer. They’re all white, gray and pink. And none of them match each other.
• All day long there’s been something up with Gmail, so I can’t read the emails people send me via my website. And it looks like some of them might actually fan mail and not just the normal Sierra Club/Moveon/Repower America stuff that I normally have to wade through. Actual mail that might actually be for me and I can’t read it! How will my ego survive another day without stroking from fans??? (I’m guessing I’ll pull through, since most days I don’t get fan mail and I survive just fine.)
• And finally, the last of the Christmas cookies have been eaten and we’re almost out of fudge. Soon, very soon, I’ll have to resort to eating only foods that are good for me. Bleck.

The good news is, Lovely Bones will hit theaters soon, so those ads should go away soon. Maybe Gmail will be back up tomorrow and I’ll finally be able to read my mail (and to be brainwashed by Moveon). And, Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Sugar cookies here I come. Now if only I could do something about those socks … tiny sock puppets, perhaps?