Laters 2012!
I’m saying a cheery goodbye to 2012 and a happy, hopeful hello to 2013 with one of my old faves, a chippy Time Warp two step. Won’t you don your bobby socks, put your hands on your hips, bring your knees in tight and join me?
See you all in Lucky 2013!
All the best,
KMJ
Happy Belated (really, Kwana?) 5th Blogiversary to Me!!
Oh my goodness! Here it is my blog birthday has come and gone and I totally missed it. How like me is that one?
But you see, like myself, ye old blog has become a woman of a certain age and as with women of a certain age it seems we’d rather forget such milestones and just keep things moving, you know going on with the day to day, no fanfare and all that. But you know these things must be noted and indeed celebrated just as the as the turning of the New Year.
So please raise a glass with me to ye old blog and more importantly raise that glass to all of you! Cheers and thanks so much for hanging with me all these years and for your wonderful support of by debut novel Through The Lens! I’m currently deep into writing book 2. Working to make that an even bigger, better and sexier story so please look out for updates here and on my Facebook page. Big hugs and lots of smooches all around.
In the year to come I hope to make ye old blog bigger and better and yes, I hope a bit more interesting. I also hope for myself, not to give resolutions and definitely not to be bigger, but I do hope to be better and maybe more interesting. Yeah, we’ll see how that goes but for a change I’d like to make it my plan to have more fun trying.
Here’s to living your story in 2013!
All the best.
KMJ
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Kwana
Super Christmas to All…
Merry Christmas to all of you my lovely friends!
Wishing you the very best this holiday. I hope it’s magical and bright for you all. Last night the family and I observed one of our favorite holiday tradition and headed over to Pelham Parkway in the Bronx to see “The Christmas House” as we always call it.
I’ve posted pics of the Christmas House here before and as always, this year did not disappoint. The robotic mannequins were all done up with their best glitz and glam and with sparkly new jewels and gleaming wigs. Hey, Marilyn! And there was even the addition of a Superman this year. Holy Man of Steel saving Christmas!
It was so much fun to see all the families out and the kids with bright eyes (my big kids included). Tonight we will make cookies for Santa that I hope he’ll enjoy and tomorrow spend the day sharing cheer with family.
Today I’m wishing you a Super Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Peace and Blessings.
All the best,
KMJ
Just another day…
What!? Are you still here too? Oh well, guess we’d both had better reboot and get to finishing up that Christmas shopping now. Yeesh.
Oh and that little book to the right there: Through The Lens makes for some fantastic ‘put your feet up- get away’ reading when you’re done with all that shopping and family stuff. Just a suggestion. Have a happy!
All the best,
KMJ
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Clicking with Friends
Today I’m off to knit with some friends for the last time before Christmas. Sadly, all my lofty plans of holiday knitting did not come to fruition but it was sure fun trying each week while hanging with my good friends. Isn’t always more fun when you get to do things with people you enjoy? Have a happy day and take a little time to reach out, maybe to that friend you haven’t spoken to in a bit. It may make both your day.
All the best,
KMJ
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So Fresh….Again.
Happy Monday! So it’s getting towards the end of year and time to start making those resolutions and get to thinking about all the new things we’ll all be doing to start all over and so oh so much better come January 1. Well I’m over that. I’m ready to go all in while the getting is good. Who knows come January 1st I may not be as motivated as I am today. Heck, I could be knee-deep in a New Year’s hangover by then so the way I figure it I’d better move while I still have this notion in my head before I talk myself out of it which I’ve been known to do. Now I’m not talking anything major (well, maybe I am…I don’t know something has to give) but as for now I’m talking some tweaks in the right direction. Who knows, I may just fool myself into getting healthy. Now where is it you find these things called “Fruit” and “Veg”?
Are you planning on making any Fresh Starts come the New Year?
All the best,
KMJ
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Angel’s Arms
Today I woke and like so many others with hope that yesterday was just a bad dream. But no, it happened and that overwhelming feeling of sadness is left to nestle in and find a place in the corner of our hearts where all grief goes. Then I walked past the little stone plate that I keep hung in my home and have had so many years (see it’s had its share of dings over the years as we have) that I’ve honestly forgotten where I got it but remember I was drawn to it all those years ago when my two angels where just little ones. It’s an angel holding two small babies safely in her arms.
I can imagine the angel’s arms are overflowing today. Sending hope for healing hearts in Newtown and all over the world today.
Love and Peace,
KMJ
Friday Cheers!
Cheers and Happy Friday! Thanks to all who entered my 1st Goodreads giveaway! We have 2 winners and the signed books will on the way! For those who did not win please look to your right and click on with your favorite e-tailer for TTL in an instant. I hope to have another Giveaway soon. Thanks again.
Well we’ve made it through another week and I’ll let Idris (always good hero writing inspiration) raise a glass to us all. Yay! BTW have you seen BBC’s Luther yet? If not what are you waiting for? Get on in there. Season 3 is taping already and I may want to chat!
Best,
KMJ
P.S. for all you Scandal lovers my recap of last night’s epi is up on Heroes and Heartbreakers now. Click here to check it out.
Holiday Cheer!
Happy Friday! Tick Tock people! No worries, it’s all happy happy joy over here on ye old blog. Have you started your Christmas shopping? Have you finished? Please don’t say you’ve finished and back in July too because I just may cry.
Today I’m sending you all a little holiday cheer from the 5th Avenue Lord and Taylor Christmas windows. I got to take a peek at them when coming out of my writing cave and traveling downtown for my RWA-NYC holiday brunch last week. I met up with my DH who was called into work for a bit of an emergency, well I pulled him away from that for a while and had him come with me to enjoy the cheer also.
Here’s wishing you a fabulous Friday and a Happy Hanukkah to all celebrating this weekend!
All the best,
KMJ
P.S. if you are a Scandal fan (and really why wouldn’t you be? You just MUST be!!!) Please hop on over to Heroes and Heartbreakers and check out my harried late night Scandal recap of last night’s episode. OMG did you see that? Check it out here.
Image thanks to abc.scandal official page
Making Note Of It
Check out this beautiful canvas print of my book cover that I got at Easy Canvas Prints.
I’m not sure what I’ll do with it or where I’ll put it, but still I love it! I was feeling like I needed to document this milestone in my life in some way. Who knows, hopefully this will be the start of a collection.
I’d love to know how you celebrate all the wonderful things you do? Now don’t be shy, because I know you all do quite a lot. Please share and give and give yourself that well deserved pat on the back!
All the best,
KMJ
