“I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall do till I die, to increase the stock of harmless cheerfulness.” ~Charles Dickens

Happy Sunday, everyone!  I hope everybody’s having a wonderful, happy week.

I began mine, sadly, with mind-numbing insomnia.  For three nights straight, I didn’t sleep a wink, & I still have no idea why.  I didn’t eat, drink, or do anything differently than normal, & yet I tossed & turned every night until I wanted to scream.  Or do this to myself: :bloody   Then, of course, I would be nearly catatonic all day, which was almost equally annoying. :sleep

But I AM HAPPY to say that whatever anti-sleeping bug bit me, its venom apparently wore off, & I am once again sleeping soundly.  Better than soundly, actually—I’m positively log-like from about midnight to 8am. :vday

What else?

I AM HAPPY that my wonderful blog & website have been newly updated, & it’s looking sexier than ever. :sexy   If you hadn’t noticed, wander around, see what’s new.  I’m actually thinking of doing a bit of a giveaway game one of these days related to that, so it could very well pay to be observant. :wink

I AM HAPPY to be working on the copyedits for my October Kensington Brava release, MUST LOVE VAMPIRES, because it gives me a chance to see just how well the story really does hold together.

I AM HAPPY—ecstatic, really—with my recent contest finals for a few of last year’s releases.  I won’t say too much about this today, but here’s a hint:  come back tomorrow when I will be posting fresh news & details! :jump

Did I mention how happy I am to be sleeping again?  Oh, yes, that’s a good one.

And now it’s your turn—share with us everything you’re happy about or grateful for this week so we can do a little Dungeon cheer with you! :vday

We had a guest blogger this week, which means we’ve got extra-special prize announcements to make… :chick

Jules Bennett generously offered to give away autographed copies of her two most recent releases from Harlequin Desire, From Boardroom to Wedding Bed? & Her Innocence, His Conquest.  I will announce the two winners below, then each can contact me with her first & second choices as to which title she’d like most.  We’ll give them away on a “first come, first served” basis. :hippie

So here we go…

:getdown   Carole & Anne !!! :getdown

Congratulations, ladies! :vday Please contact me with your full name, mailing information, & book choices, & I will pass it along to Jules so she can get your books out to you!

Next up, we have the winner of our first “green” Free Book Friday giveaway for the month, leading up to Earth Day…

:getdown   Emily F.!!! :getdown

Congratulations, Emily! :vday Please contact me with your full name & mailing information, & I’ll get your copy of It’s Easy Being Green out to you as soon as I can!

(P.S. I still have not received mailing information from last week’s FBF winner. If you’re still interested in your book, please contact me or your prize will be tossed back in the kitty—not literally, of course; my kittehs prefer raw meat to paper…though they do sometimes chew the corners of books :kittylaugh —for a future giveaway.)

Today’s Sexy Fail link comes to you courtesy of our very own Darling Laura J., who claims it was her husband who ran across this site, while she is completely innocent in its discovery.  I have my doubts about that particular story, however. :kittylaugh

And while I’d like to be able to say, “Belated April Fool’s!” at the end of this post…sadly, I cannot.  It’s all startlingly, horrifyingly real. :scared

So if you skipped breakfast & think you can handle it, head on over to Marvelous Man Boobs.

That’s right, it’s Marvelous Man Boobs.  And when you get there, here is just a small sampling of what you’ll find…

Now tell me you don’t want yourself some of that! :knock

A FRIDAY FUNNY

Three men were hiking through a forest when they came upon a large raging, violent river. Needing to get to the other side, the first man prayed: “God, please give me the strength to cross the river.”

Poof! God gave him big arms and strong legs, and he was able to swim across in about two hours, almost drowning twice.

After witnessing this, the second man prayed: “God, please give me the strength and the tools to cross the river.”

Poof! God gave him strong arms, strong arms, and a rowboat, and he was able to row across in about an hour, almost capsizing only once.

Seeing what happened to the first two men, the third man prayed: “God, please give me the strength, the tools, and the intelligence to cross the river.”

Poof! God turned him into a woman. She checked the map, hiked five minutes upstream, and crossed at the bridge.

FREE BOOK FRIDAY

To celebrate the upcoming Earth Day holiday (April 22nd), every Friday this month, I will be giving away an Earth-friendly, “green” book for Free Book Friday.  This week’s “green” offering is It’s Easy Being Green: A Handbook for Earth-Friendly Living by Crissy Trask.

Special guidelines for a special giveaway:

To enter the drawing for this book, please share at least one way in which you intend to be more “green” & Earth-friendly in the coming year.  And please include the code FBF—for “Free Book Friday”—to let me know you’re interested in the drawing. (U.S. residents only for the prize, please, but everyone is welcome to chat.)

Winner will be announced during our Happy Sunday post on…well, you know, Sunday. Winner is responsible for contacting me with her mailing information—i.e. I will not be contacting you—so be sure to check back in or you might not even know you won! :crying (If prize isn’t claimed within 14 days, another name may be drawn or item may be tossed back into the goody bag to be re-used for a future giveaway.)

P.S. Please note that we have a very special Earth Day Giveaway coming up later this month.  On Friday, April 22nd—which happens to be Earth Day!—we will be giving away this very special Earth Day prize pack:

So stay tuned & be sure to stop back in for details & a chance to win!