Stepping into Traditions
My tree is up hurrah! This is the holiday of baby steps. It feels a little off to do things like trimming the tree without the kids since they are still away at school. The DS will be home in a week and the DD a few days after that. The DH and I decided to get the tree going though since time was ticking and got it up this weekend just minus the traditional new ornaments that I add every year for the kids. They will add those finishing touches when they come home and then it will . What are some of your holiday traditions?
All the best,
KMJ
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.
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The In Between
Good day lovelies. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend. So now here we are. Right smack in the beginning of the crazy patch between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Time to deck the halls, get your shop on, really all this means is time to WORK.
For some of us it’s all the final week of NanoWrimo. Best of luck to all of you who were doing Nano this month. I hope you are nearing the end of your 50,000 words. I was doing my own “Not quite Nano” which didn’t quite pan out. But that’s ok, I still have this week and I’m not giving up just yet.
What are you doing with your In between time?
All the best,
KMJ
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Talking Turkey
Happy Thanksgiving!
It’s always so much fun talking turkey with you all! To all my American peeps have a wonderful Thanksgiving! And wherever you are please remember to take time to enjoy laughter and good old turkey talk with those that you care for and give thanks for all the blessings you have.
All the best,
KMJ
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Keeping up?
Do you ever feel like you just can’t keep up with it all? I know I sure do. Like the fact that Thanksgiving is in 1 week away. Who the heck went and snuck that one in, in what feel to me is week early? Is it just me feeling this way? Oh my goodness! The stores are already filled with the 12 days of Christmas and I’ve barely taken down my decorations from The Halloween that Sandy forgot. It’s all a hot mish mash of a mess around here. I’m sure my kids will be home in two days to say, what have you been up to mom? And my answer will be just living with the day to day.
All that to say, in between the living with the day to day and to bringing this thing around to being a little bookish as I’m often to do, I have a question: Do you do Goodreads?
Goodreads is a fantastic site for readers and a great place to share books recommendations. I’m on there and have been since way before Through the Lens. I find it a great tool to keep up with what I’m reading and have read since honestly, I can’t remember what I had for dinner 2 nights ago. Go and check it out. I’m hosting my first Goodreads giveaway since Through the Lens is now out in paperback so please feel free to enter if you like. Just click on the link in my sidebar to your right >>>>>> and you’re there!
It’s a fun site and a great way to keep up. Now back to this Thanksgiving deal…Are you ready?
All the best,
KMJ
P.S. Hint! Hint! Please come back on the weekend for the start of the Crimson Wonderland Blog Hop. HUGE Prizes!! Lots of great things happening starting this weekend with the Crimson Romance authors. Look to your left at the pretty blue square. <<<<<<<
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Candy Kisses and Halloween Dreams…
In some optimistic pre-scheduled posting… Here’s hoping all your Halloween dreams come true. I’m sure hoping we have a some treats around here and no more tricks.
All the best,
KMJ
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Flying High
Happy 4th of July! I’m Flying high and feeling on top of the world. Though as you read this I may be passed out somewhere in a deep sleep, exhaustion finally having caught up with me. But no matter, you see because yesterday I handed in my edits for my book Through The Lens (due out in Sept from Crimson Romance) and I could not be happier. Yes, it was super stressful and hair pulling at times and yes, I may have been living on a steady diet of coffee, diet coke and eye drops but the fact is I made it through. THROUGH! And now I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy!
So what? 2 days off then onto the next book? Sounds about right J
Best,
Kwana
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Happy Father’s Day!
Happy Father’s day to my Dear DH and all the dads out there.
Don’t worry honey, there are no Old Golds for you today (though some old gold would never be turned away on my part) we’ve got something much better and healthier planned. Thanks for always being there for us and for me. Love you forever.
Kwana
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And we say…
Easter Greetings!
