• Is it time yet?

    November 27, 2011 /


    Okay, so, are you one who decorates for Christmas the day after Thanksgiving? Or have your lights been up since October?

    **OR**

    Do you opt out on the whole holiday decorating thing?

    I’m somewhere in the middle….

    We don’t do much outside. I mean, nothing even close to THIS:

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    But I put a little wreath on the front door.

    Does that count?

    We have a little tree we put some lights on and a few decorations throughout the house, but that’s about it. How ’bout you guys?

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  • Paranormal Reads….and other randomosity

    November 26, 2011 /


    I love finding new and fun places to hang out on the internet. And I found a good one recently.

    Paranormal Reads. You HAVE to check out their Facebook Page if you like all things paranormal.

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    I’ve been reading some interesting books lately:

    Knightfall, by Berinn Rae

    Claimed, by Rebecca Zanetti,

    The Goblin King, by Shona Husk

    The Lost, by Caridad Pineiro

    What have you guys been reading lately? Not that I need to make my TBR list grow any…LOL.

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    GINORMOUS THANKS to you guys for helping Wasteland make its mark.

    50 Goodreads ratings, averaging 4.74 out of 5 stars.

    23 reviews on Amazon, averaging 4.8 out of 5 stars.

    Wasteland is 19th out of 675 on the Goodreads Best Covers of 2011 list!

    If you’ve read Wasteland, I hope you’ll consider posting a review on Amazon and/or Goodreads. Let’s take Wasteland VIRAL!

    Awaited (Wasteland 2) is coming out in May and I’m nearing the end of the first round edits. I’m super excited to share Russell’s story with you all! A very rough draft of Wasteland 3 is DONE…it’ll simmer while I do Awaited edits, but I’m excited to get back to that story as well. Lots of fun and exciting things happening. 🙂

    THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT. YOU GUYS ROCK!!!

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    Have a fantastic day.

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  • Black Friday…

    November 25, 2011 /


    So, who’s heading out to battle the crowds?

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    I’m so not a Black Friday shopper. Never have been. It could be that extreme dislike of crowds thing I have going on. LOL!

    So, who braved the masses?

    Find any good deals?

    Or are you just scanning this post while you’re standing in line????

    Hope you had a super Thanksgiving and are enjoying the day after detox from tryptophan.

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  • Movie Quotes…Sports Style

    November 23, 2011 /


    So, you probably know by now that the past few days have been filled with Ironman posts, celebrating, etc (Click HERE for deets) so, I figured I’d have to go along that theme with movie quotes.

    Not so much Ironman movies, but movies about sports of some sort. Both old and new…..So give it a shot.

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    1. I swear, you let me down and it’ll take them a month to count the blade marks up your back

    2. My practices aren’t designed for your enjoyment

    3. A warrior does not give up what he loves, he finds the love in what he does.

    4. [about marriage] … I guess it’s like Bull Ridin’. You gotta stay on and try not to get bucked off.

    5. Forgiveness liberates the soul

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    Happy Thanksgiving EVE!!!

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  • Ironman Arizona

    November 22, 2011 /


    So…I’m an IronMATE (check out that picture). How fun. Charlie brought this home after he’d gotten his race stuff picked up.

    I was so excited to wear that at the Ironman event.

    It fits in with my writing when it comes to mates and things. I talk about that a lot in the stories I write.

    And it’s true, Charlie’s my fated mate, so it was fitting.

    We had SUCH A blast at the all day event.

    Swimming 2.4 miles

    Biking 112 miles

    Running 26.2

    I can only say one thing:

    Thank GOD it wasn’t me doing it.

    Charlie did great.

    He finished in 10 hours and 39 minutes which landed him 37th in his age group (out of 400) and 237 overall (2600 entrants)

    He trained so hard for the last 10 months. So I’m glad he did better than he’d expected!

    Here are some pictures.

    This event was for you, Lynn Boeyink (2/2/48-10/24/11)

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    Chaos of a mass start

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    Coming out of the water into transition

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    Transition from swim to bike area

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    Biking out of transition

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    On the bike. 112 miles, can you FREAKING believe that?

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    Me & RG hanging out between bike laps.

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    The two dads!!! My dad and Charlie's

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    Coming out of the bike transition to start the run

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    THE RUN....26.2 miles, how is he still smiling??? LOL

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    FINISHED!!!! Charlie and RG

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    Celebration Dessert at Arrowhead Grill

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    YUMMMMM

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    Thanks for sharing this with me.

    All your thoughts and prayers poured out on Facebook was AWESOME!!!!

    So proud of you, Char, my IronMATE!

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