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Looks like I'm really late on this one. 

I really like the art book idea the best, with a history and examples of covers. Maybe with short career bios of the most enduring authors and editors. And a CD tucked inside with the data base suggested before. 

I like postcards. I received a book of postcards of old Harlequin covers when I had a MS critiqued. I really like it, but I won't tear any of the cards out and send them. I want to keep them all. 

I like bookmarks, too. 

I like the calendar. To last longer maybe an address book or birthday reminder book. They'd have more pictures, too.

I wouldn't buy Christmas ornaments because they go in storage most of the year and I don't always put up a tree.

Nor do I have anyplace to hang plates or whatever.

I like the charm bracelet idea, traditional charms that is.  

And I'd be interested in anything Betty Neels.   

I have a PDA and love Mobi, too.  

I don't have MS reader but couldn't you put the card from your PDA into a card reader, then plug that into your computer's USB port, then drop the files to the card that way? I'm just guessing, I haven't tried to save any of my eBooks to a card yet. I have about 35 I've read and 32 yet to read.

I mostly have mp3 files on my card now. 

I'm partial to the Sierra Nevada. I spent many summers family camping at Mammoth Lakes and traveling Hwy 395 when I was a kid. I eventually moved to Carson Valley (lived my first 35 years in southern Calif).

Wave 'HI' if you take Hwy 395 through Carson Valley. I'm about 1/2 a mile west of the highway after you pass the first traffic signal!

I love the names along Hwy 395: Lone Pine, Independence, Big Pine, Bishop, Toms Place, Mammoth Lakes, June Lake (Oh, if you have time take the June Lake Loop just north of the Mammoth turnoff. Doesn't take much time.), Tioga Pass, Lee Vining (eastern gate to Yosemite), Mono Lake, Conway Summit 8143 ft., (views of Mono Lake from up high), Bridgeport, Devils Gate, Walker, Coleville, Topaz Lake (where you cross back into Nevada). They're like pearls on a necklace. Fond memories.

Have a great trip, whichever way you chose to go! And let us know how it went.

I've just returned from a trip from northwest Nevada thru Las Vegas then east through northern Arizona. 

I suggest if you are heading out from Las Vegas take Hwy 95 north to Beatty, Nevada, a small oasis town east of Death Valley. You can then take  State Route 374 into Death Valley. At the park entrance they will give you a guide map. (Now you'll be in California.) My favorite places to visit are Bad Water (lowest point in US with a view of Mt. Whitney, highest point in continental US) and Zabriski Point. You'll also want to see Scotty's Castle and Furnace Creek. It all depends on how much time you can spend there. 

Leave DV going west on State Route 190 to SR136 to Hwy 395 at Lone Pine. It's all desert south of Lone Pine, but 395 north will take you to higher elevations along the eastern Sierra Nevada mountain range. You'll have great views of Mt. Whitney, ele.14,495 ft.

 You'll drive through the small western towns of Independence, Big Pine and Bishop. Everyone stops at Schaatz's Bakery in Bishop for a great sandwich on Squaw Bread or tasty pastries. You'll drive past the turnoff that goes to Mammoth, famous ski destination. (My family spent many summer vacations camping at Mammoth Lakes.)

You'll see Mono Lake, a huge inland salt water lake. If you have time the visitors center is worthwhile. You'll go over several high passes  with beautiful mountain scenery. At Topaz Lake you'll be crossing back into Nevada and you'll pass through the small towns of Topaz, Walker and Coleville. You'll drive through Walker Canyon along side the Walker River. You'll then come to Carson Valley (my home) and enjoy views of the Sierra on the west and the Pine Nut mountains on the east.

Continue north through pastures, alfalfa fields and sage brush until you reach the south end of Carson City (capital of Nevada). There take Hwy 50 to Lake Tahoe.

Here you have a choice based on your feelings toward mountain roads and how much time you have. 50 is more mountainous than Interstate 80, but also more picturesque and intimate. I-80 is quicker. You can take 50 around the south end of the lake then west through Placerville, near where gold was discovered and then west to Sacramento where you can pick up Interstate 80 to San Francisco. Or, when you first reach Lake Tahoe you can take Hwy 28 to the north end of Lake Tahoe where you'll take Hwy 267 to Truckee and pick up I-80. Then you take I-80 through Sacramento (capital of California) to San Francisco. 

 Two days means you'll be driving long days if you allow time to stop and visit some places. Are you comfortable driving on the right? If not, that concentration will tire you out sooner. Las Vegas to Bishop is about as far as I'd want to go. (But if you have two drivers, you could probably do it in two days.) Another day from Bishop to Lake Tahoe or Sacramento, then the third day to San Francisco. 

Have a great trip! Check out the route on the internet to see if it is what you want to do. I think it's the best way scenery-wise. Why come all this way just to see a freeway? ;-)

I have tried several ereaders. I started with Acrobat 8 Digital Editions on my laptop and it works well for me, though some people have trouble with it and find Acrobat 7 works better. However, the Acrobat ebooks I can read on my laptop won't work on my PDA Acrobat reader for Palm OS. 

I have Mobipocket on my PDA and it is the one I use and like the best. At first, I thought the screen might be too small but it's fine. I turn the display to landscaped so I don't have to jump lines so often. However, Mobipocket doesn't make a computer version for my Mac.

The third ereader I have came with my PDA, a Palm TX. It works well but doesn't "look" as nice as the Mobipocket or have as many functions.

The forth ereader I have is an eBookwise. This has a larger screen, the size of a paperback book. But the device seems overly heavy to me after using the PDA. And I'm having some problems with it which I need to get resolved but can't seem to make the time to do it. You can only get books from eBookwise.com but they do carry Harlequin. 

I also have eReaderPro for my laptop. So far I only use that for dictionaries and thesaurus. I like all the functions it has.

I figure with several ereaders if one goes down I won't lose everything. BUT I'd be lost if the Mobipocket failed. It's by far my favorite.

I'm not sure about how many devices you can load an ebook on because none of my software works on both of my devices. Yet.

I hadn't thought about that injury affecting the elbow as well. Hum, there are some scenes that I should modify. I'm doing revisions now, so that's good. 

Also, thanks for the web site in answer to SandySue's question. I'm working on a 'secret pregnancy' and the site will be very helpful.  

"By the time she was thirty, Karleen Almquist had signed three sets of divorce papers, at which point she decided to make things easier on herself and just get a hamster." Pride and Pregnancy by Karen Templeton, Silhouette Speical Edition #1821, April 2007. 

With one first sentence Karen lets you know the heroine's situation in life, her outlook and that the story promises some laughs. (Karen's books are a must buy for me.)   

I have a question. My h receives a deep gash to the top of her right forearm in an auto accident. She’s an artist and one medical personnel says she may never paint and draw again, another says with patience and therapy she will. Would an injury—damaged but not severed— to the extensor digitorum and the two lesser muscles next to it have this outcome?

Thanks,