Happy Sunday!

I hope you’ve all had a wonderful week.  Despite the cold & snow (at least in my area, & where I’m hanging out vicariously in my current Harlequin Desire manuscript, the Pacific Northwest—yeep! :dropmouth ) there really is so much to be grateful for.  Even sometimes just the little things. :blowkiss

I AM HAPPY that I have all of you to hang out with.  And that you all hang out with me.  I love seeing so many comments pile up in response to each day’s blog post, & even seeing y’all chatting back & forth with each other.  Keep up the great work, my Darlings!  (And, um…don’t get caught if you’re doing it when you’re supposed to be doing real work. :oops )

I AM HAPPY, too, with the very sweet note I received this week from Darling Chris S., thanking me for the book I sent her recently after her Free Book Friday win.  You won it fair & square, my Darling, so there’s no reason to thank me…but I was delighted by your thoughtfulness nonetheless.  It was a lovely note on a lovely note card.  (Pitty-pat prints & a disappearing kitty tail.  How did she know I adore cats? I wonder. :winkwink )  Thank you for the nice surprise, & you’re very welcome for the book & keeping The Dungeon filled with naughty fun. :whip

I AM HAPPY that, quite by accident, I discovered the entire series of The Commish is now available on DVD!  Does everybody remember this show?  I used to love it!  Always wondered why it didn’t come back in repeats, frankly.  (Are you listening Cloo?!! :Huh )  Then they released the first couple of seasons on DVD, but stopped :curses & I have always hoped they’d come out with the rest.  Now they have.  Well, for the most part.  The packaging isn’t great, & from some of the customer reviews I’ve read, it seems they’ve done a bit of editing here & there that I probably won’t be thrilled about, but what can you do?  At this point, I’ll take what I can get.

Now if they could just manage to come out with the rest of the seasons of Diagnosis Murder. :angry

I AM HAPPY that I finally got some items packed up & ready to mail that have been sitting on my counter for at least a month now. :oops   A couple of Darlings—this means you. :winkwink   So if you’ve been waiting for &/or expecting something from me, it may actually arrive soon!

And last but not least, I AM HAPPY (very, very happy, actually :jumping ) about something I exciting I just found out about last week.  I’ll be sharing that with you tomorrow, though, so I won’t go into details right now.  I will give you a hint, though:  It has to do with the February issue of Allure magazine.  And, no, I’m not on the cover…that’s the March issue! :rolf

So what about you guys?  Even if you’re wrapped in a Snuggie, just trying to stay warm, I know there are at least a dozen blessings you’re probably thankful for, & this is the place to share them! :blowkiss

We have so many great prizes to give away this week!

#1 — A copy of Joan Swan’s upcoming debut release, Fever (paperback or e-book, winner’s choice) from her guest blog on Tuesday…

:twirl Hollie!!! :twirl

Congratulations, Hollie! :thumbsup   Please contact me with your full name & mailing information, & I will forward it to Joan so she can get your book to you.  Oh—be sure to let me know whether you’d like your copy of Fever in paperback or e-book, too!

#2 — Three fabulous 6 Packs/9 Lives 2012 calendars from FoundAnimals.org…

From WIPs and Chains

:twirl Anne!!! :twirl

From Twitter

:twirl   Raquel Vega-Grieder!!! :twirl

From the “Fans of Heidi Betts” Facebook page

:twirl Emily W!!! :twirl

Congratulations, ladies! :thumbsup   Please contact me with your full names (if necessary) & mailing information, & I’ll get your sweet & sexy calendars out to you as soon as I can!

And to everyone who entered, but didn’t win, please remember that you can still buy one of these wonderful calendars for yourself—& your friends!—at FoundAnimals.org!  They are only $7.99 (with free S&H) & 100% of that goes to help homeless kitties!

#3 — This week’s Free Book Friday title, Blazing Bedtime Stories, Volume 3…

:twirl Michelle Tack!!! :twirl

Congratulations, Michelle! :thumbsup   Please contact me with your mailing information, & I’ll get your book out to you as soon as I can!

One of my New Year’s resolutions was to get in shape, but not this shape.  :dropmouth

A FRIDAY FUNNY

FREE BOOK FRIDAY

Today’s Free Book Friday title is Blazing Bedtime Stories, Volume 3 by Tori Carrington & recent Dungeon vict…er, I mean guest, Tawny Weber.

To enter the giveaway for this book, 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 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! :curses

(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.)