Hi! Thanks everyone for your queso recipes and kind comments. Boy, there is no rest for the weary - I returned to LA late Sunday night and then had to wake up early today for jury duty! I'll post future blogs on my final Austin adventures later this week. But until then, please VOTE this Tuesday Nov. 4, 2008! (Keep reading for more details...)

Although I am publicly endorsing Barack Obama for President, I respect the diversity of opinions in this country and I welcome thoughtful and intelligent discourse and debate over the issues at stake. This is a bipartisan website!

No no matter who you want for President, what truly matters is that we VOTE! So please exercise your right to vote! America rocks, so let's make sure to rock the VOTE!!!

For more information on my Obama endorsement, please check out the websites below for these two organizations I joined:

-- YA FOR OBAMA at: http://yaforobama.ning.com/

and

-- Authors and Illustrators for Children for Obama at: http://www.aiforc.org/obama/

I'll be missing for the next few days as I either sit glued in front of my TV screen to watch the election results and also scribbling away in the writing batcave. Stay tuned for final Austin blogs later this week. And a future blog based on some yummy queso recipes I received from some of my Austin-based YA author pals, including the awesome Jennifer Ziegler! Can't wait to try out these recipes! Stay tuned for future blogs after the election...