Award (3 of 4)

It has happened again….and the feeling never changes.  I still get excited and feel warm and fuzzy when someone leaves me that little message…”I have an award for you”.   I guess it’s because I still can’t believe there are people who really like my blog, a blog that began as a personal journal.

Teresa, from Diary of a Domestic Goddess (don’t you just love her blog’s name….I do!!!) presented me with this award on Friday.  If you haven’t visited before, please stop by, visit a bit and say hi.

Now for the criteria that comes along with accepting this award, however, I am going to take a little liberty and make some changes.  (am running out of things to tell you about myself lol)
Here are the rules:

Share 7 5 things about myself
Pass the award to 15 5 bloggers recently discovered
Notify the blogger recipients
Link to the blogger who gave the award

1.  The happiest time of my life was during my boys’ childhoods.  Our house was always the “house to go to and hangout”.  During the summer, their friends were here every single day having fun in the pool (hubby couldn’t understand why the grocery bill was so much money but had to have pickies, pizza, soda, etc etc.)  I loved it!!!!
2.  Always wished I could sing4.  I am terrified of heights

3.  I’m a crier..happy, sad, whatever the situation, I cry.

5.  I am a Nervous Nelly and worry too much…working on changing that!!

I am now passing the torch to: (in no particular order):

The Caffeinated Diva Reads



November Wrap Up (4 of 4)

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I wish I did better and made more progress with my reading this month, but real life takes a front seat.  I am determined to do better in 2011 !!!!!   Books that I did finish and write reviews for were:
11/01  Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner (Rating 4)
11/02  Hollywood Savage by Kristin McCloy (Rating 1 DNF)
11/08  Blindman’s Bluff by Faye Kellerman (Rating 3)
11/13  And One Last Thing by Molly Harper (Rating 4)
11/22  Rules of Betrayal by Christopher Reich (Rating 3)
11/28  Private by James Patterson (Rating 5)
Will do a 2010 Challenge Wrap Up next month.

And the winners are……….

………….for the  GRATITUDE FOLLOWER GIVEAWAY
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Here are your random numbers:
31

 7

Timestamp: 2010-11-29 12:54:16 UTC

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jackie b central texas said… 31    Okay since you confirmed me as a Facebook Friend one more entry in the hat…

dollycas aka Lori said… 7 I follower on GFC TOO!!

An email has been sent to the winners and they have 72 hours to respond with information of another winner will be chosen. 

Hachette Giveaway "Peace and Plenty" 12/2 to 12/15

PEACE and PLENTY
by SARAH BAN BREATHNACH
December 2nd to December 15th
Synopsis:
   “When money is plentiful, this is a man’s world. When money is scarce, it is a woman’s world.” Unearthed in a 1932 Ladies Home Journal, this quote is the call to arms that begins PEACE AND PLENTY, Sarah Ban Breathnach’s answer to the world’s– and her own personal– financial crisis. As only Ban Breathnach can, she culls together this compendium of advice, deeply personal anecdotes, and excerpts from magazines, books, and newspapers– particularly those of the Great Depression– to inspire readers who are mired in today’s financial difficulties.

   Focusing on her own personal path, Sarah Ban Breathnach will relate never-before revealed details about how she fell from the financial top to the bottom. Readers will immediately see how deeply she understands the plight of those trying to maintain a happy and comfortable home, while at the same time not even knowing if they will be able to make the mortgage to keep that home.
   Sarah has proved to be the voice of comfort for years to women who are spiritually bankrupt, and now she will reach to those who are financially strapped, showing them how to pull themselves out of their psychic and fiscal crises while providing deep comfort and reassurance throughout.

THANKS TO ANNA AND THE AWESOME
PEOPLE AT THE HACHETTE BOOK GROUP
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I HAVE THREE (3) COPIES OF THIS
INSIGHTFUL BOOK TO GIVEAWAY
CLICK HERE TO BRING YOU
TO THE ENTRY GIVEAWAY PAGE

Monday Memes (2 of 2)

MONDAY
I will be announcing the winner of the Follower Graditude Giveaway later on today.  Is it you??
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Wrap Up:
Didn’t do as much reading as I had planned.  But finished one book, wrote and posted the review and started another. 

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Hosted by Miz B at Should Be Reading
Miz B has announced that Musing Mondays has been suspended.
crying smiley icon 
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November is being hosted by Julie from Knitting and Sundries Mailbox Monday was created by Marcia of The Printed Page and is now on tour.

According to Marcia, “Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.”
Before I share what books came into my house this week, I want to thank Julie for hosting this month and doing a fabulous job!!!  Thanks Julie!!!

Monday 11/22
                      Author                              ARC Librarything               Hachette


Hosted by Java from Never Growing Old

“Meet Me On Monday!”
Blogging is a funny thing…we tell our most intimate thoughts for all to read and yet most of the time I find myself sitting and wondering, “who is this person!?” I know them…but yet I don’t know them! I want to know who the person is behind all those words so I thought of a great way for all of us to “meet” each other!
Questions:

1. What is your favorite way to eat chicken?
Baked Chicken with veggies
Don’t have a favorite..eat it all ways…baked, fried, in soup, parmigian, etc etc.
2. Have you decorated for Christmas yet?

No.  I have been spoiled for many years.  My youngest son used to
decorate the house inside and out by himself.  He now lives 5 hours away. 
So either hubby and I have to or son needs to take a ride home lol

3. What is your favorite article of clothing?
pj's
At this time of year, my flannel jammies.

4. Do you pay your bills online or write checks the old way?
Checkbook
Both

5. Do you make Christmas cookies?

Unfortunately, the baking gene did not get passed down to me.  BUT my son’s gf, Heather,
 is quite a baker and she makes delicious and so many different varieties each year.

And the winners are……….

………….for the  GRATITUDE FOLLOWER GIVEAWAY
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Here are your random numbers:
31

 7

Timestamp: 2010-11-29 12:54:16 UTC

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jackie b central texas said… 31    Okay since you confirmed me as a Facebook Friend one more entry in the hat…

dollycas aka Lori said… 7 I follower on GFC TOO!!

An email has been sent to the winners and they have 72 hours to respond with information of another winner will be chosen. 

Hachette Giveaway "Peace and Plenty" 12/2 to 12/15

PEACE and PLENTY
by SARAH BAN BREATHNACH
December 2nd to December 15th
Synopsis:
   “When money is plentiful, this is a man’s world. When money is scarce, it is a woman’s world.” Unearthed in a 1932 Ladies Home Journal, this quote is the call to arms that begins PEACE AND PLENTY, Sarah Ban Breathnach’s answer to the world’s– and her own personal– financial crisis. As only Ban Breathnach can, she culls together this compendium of advice, deeply personal anecdotes, and excerpts from magazines, books, and newspapers– particularly those of the Great Depression– to inspire readers who are mired in today’s financial difficulties.

   Focusing on her own personal path, Sarah Ban Breathnach will relate never-before revealed details about how she fell from the financial top to the bottom. Readers will immediately see how deeply she understands the plight of those trying to maintain a happy and comfortable home, while at the same time not even knowing if they will be able to make the mortgage to keep that home.
   Sarah has proved to be the voice of comfort for years to women who are spiritually bankrupt, and now she will reach to those who are financially strapped, showing them how to pull themselves out of their psychic and fiscal crises while providing deep comfort and reassurance throughout.

THANKS TO ANNA AND THE AWESOME
PEOPLE AT THE HACHETTE BOOK GROUP
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I HAVE THREE (3) COPIES OF THIS
INSIGHTFUL BOOK TO GIVEAWAY
CLICK HERE TO BRING YOU
TO THE ENTRY GIVEAWAY PAGE

Monday Memes (2 of 2)

MONDAY
I will be announcing the winner of the Follower Graditude Giveaway later on today.  Is it you??
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Wrap Up:
Didn’t do as much reading as I had planned.  But finished one book, wrote and posted the review and started another. 

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Hosted by Miz B at Should Be Reading
Miz B has announced that Musing Mondays has been suspended.
crying smiley icon 
Photobucket
November is being hosted by Julie from Knitting and Sundries Mailbox Monday was created by Marcia of The Printed Page and is now on tour.

According to Marcia, “Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.”
Before I share what books came into my house this week, I want to thank Julie for hosting this month and doing a fabulous job!!!  Thanks Julie!!!

Monday 11/22
                      Author                              ARC Librarything               Hachette


Hosted by Java from Never Growing Old

“Meet Me On Monday!”
Blogging is a funny thing…we tell our most intimate thoughts for all to read and yet most of the time I find myself sitting and wondering, “who is this person!?” I know them…but yet I don’t know them! I want to know who the person is behind all those words so I thought of a great way for all of us to “meet” each other!
Questions:

1. What is your favorite way to eat chicken?
Baked Chicken with veggies
Don’t have a favorite..eat it all ways…baked, fried, in soup, parmigian, etc etc.
2. Have you decorated for Christmas yet?

No.  I have been spoiled for many years.  My youngest son used to
decorate the house inside and out by himself.  He now lives 5 hours away. 
So either hubby and I have to or son needs to take a ride home lol

3. What is your favorite article of clothing?
pj's
At this time of year, my flannel jammies.

4. Do you pay your bills online or write checks the old way?
Checkbook
Both

5. Do you make Christmas cookies?

Unfortunately, the baking gene did not get passed down to me.  BUT my son’s gf, Heather,
 is quite a baker and she makes delicious and so many different varieties each year.