Happy, Sunday, everyone!  We have a lot to be grateful for this week, I hope.

First, Madame Mommy Dearest has taken off for her very first Caribbean cruise.  Okay, rephrase:  It’s her first cruise ever, which just happens to be going to the Caribbean.  Down to the Cayman Islands, to be specific.  Yes, it’s true—I haz a jealous. :sadheart    But not only was I not invited, I’m on deadline, so I couldn’t have gone even if I had been.  In that case, I haz a mad. :devil

The good news, though, is that so far, she’s doing fine. Her biggest worry was dealing with flights & making her way through the airport all on her own, & she ended up having zero trouble. Now let’s hope she doesn’t get a sunburn or fall overboard. LOL

Second, it’s official—all of my Christmas cards & gifts are wrapped, tagged, & in the mail.  There were a few stragglers, but everything is crossed off my list now, & I can breathe a sigh of holiday relief.

Third, I got the sweetest holiday card from Agent Extraordinaire.  He always says the nicest things, & now even I’m excited to see what 2011 has in store for us!  (I seriously haven’t given the New Year a single thought yet—with the exception of realizing quite recently that I will soon have to write 2011 on my checks…& wondering how many times I’ll screw up & write 2010 before finally getting with the program. :smash )

Fourth, there is apparently a shortage on the only frozen raw food my cats will eat, which has had me in a bit of a tizzy.  I’m okay for right this very minute, but that window is growing smaller & smaller.  (Cats eat every day, y’know.  Sometimes more than once! :kitty )  But I think I have found a second store that can order it for me.  And they have, so now it’s fingers, toes, & whiskers crossed that the order actually comes in!

Fifth, the line edits for HER LITTLE SECRET, HIS HIDDEN HEIR arrived this week. I have to admit, I’m not terribly excited about getting them because I am rarely excited about adding more work to the pile.  However…that being said, my editor was extremely complimentary about the story & the edits are fairly light.  He also gave me until after Christmas to deal with them, which deserves a huge hurrah! :notworthy

So that’s five awesome things right off the top of my head…how about you guys?  Can any of you make your lists a cool half dozen? :gotcha

And now to announce our Free Book Friday winner:

:dancing Alex D.!!! :dancing

Congratulations, Alex! Please contact me with your full name & mailing address, & I will get your copy of CHRISTMAS IN HIS ROYAL BED out to you.

And stay tuned for upcoming Free Book Fridays…there’s more Christmas romance by Moi where that came from. :winkwink

A Friday Funny

Free Book Friday

With Christmas just around the corner, I feel almost legally obligated to give away holiday-themed reads for the next few weeks.  And what could be better than my very own Christmas titles? :mistletoe

So we’ll start with my very first Christmas book, CHRISTMAS IN HIS ROYAL BED (Silhouette Desire #1833).

To enter, simply leave a comment to today’s post that includes the code FBF—for “Free Book Friday,” of course—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 also 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! :xmastree