We usually do a lot better in the Big East competitions. That's where we show who we are.

When I dive into the pool, I go for it. I'm in there at most, five minutes a whole meet, so I give it all I've got.

It's going to cost you about $2,000 for the equipment. Relocated in a residential application, it's probably about $8,000 to $10,000 per lane.

Bowling ball, $10; shoes, $15; bowling, pin $5.

I am not only the person who wrote and sold a novel while raising a houseful of biological and foster children; I am also the person who wrote a horrific young adult novel that never sold and gave up on a foster child I couldn't handle - an experience that still haunts me.

I have spent a lot of time with foster children over the years - kids for whom I have not necessarily acted as a foster parent.