“Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.”
~Joseph Wood Krutch

Happy Sunday!

I hope everybody is having a wonderful, fabulous week!  It’s been a good one here in The Dungeon, but busy.  So busy! :purplebat

This week, I AM HAPPY that I was in the right place at the right time.  Just yesterday, as I was leaving for an appointment, there was a little white dog in the middle of the road.  And it was a busy section of town, too (highway nearby, gas stations & truck stops, major traffic).  So of course I jumped out of the car & raced to its rescue.  Thankfully, a couple other people were trying to do the same, & two other women were actually holding on to two other dogs at one of the gas stations.  They (the dogs) were all together—four total.

At first, I didn’t know what was going on.  Then I started to think one of the dogs kinda looked familiar.  I said, “Roscoe? & the little white dog’s head came up.  Ah-ha!  I knew these dogs!  I knew where they lived!  Texted the gal I thought they belonged to (who is a dog rescuer, which is why she has so many of the little darlings; all different colors & breeds & sizes LOL) & she freaked!  Turns out, they’d all been in their outdoor pen, but one of them must be an escape artist & let the whole brood out & taken them on a Grand Adventure.  (I’ve got one of those, too, & have been there/done that, so I could sympathize with her mini panic attack.)  Well, once I knew where they’d wandered away from, I scooped them all up, put them all in the car, & drove them home.  And they loved it!  They were so cute, looking out the windows, the little white one sitting on the middle console like a queen.

So that was my very good deed for the day!  My neighbor was so happy to have them back, & so relieved none of them had gotten hurt.  (The fact that none of them got hit or killed really is a miracle, let me tell you.)  She must have hugged me & said thank you about a dozen times.  Which is exactly what I’d have done if somebody rescued my babies!  And just like the day I scooped my amazing Pekoe Boo (a.k.a Little Mr. Interstate) off the side of I-80, I feel extremely blessed to have been in the right place at the right time.  Because no one else who was helping to catch & hang on to those dogs would have had a clue where they belonged or what to do with them.  And I’m very grateful I did, or I may have had to bring them all home with me!

Whew.

I AM HAPPY—& very, very excited!—that tomorrow is Talk Like a Pirate Day!  You know what that means…oodles of swashbuckling (hopefully scruvy-free) fun here in The Dungeon all week long!  Well, okay, there may be a stray day when I lower the Jolly Roger, but otherwise…all week long!

I AM HAPPY that MUST LOVE VAMPIRES will be released in just over a week!  (Happy Bat Dance! Happy Bat Dance! :dancingbat )

And I AM HAPPY to have gotten most, if not all, of my Street Team packages out to my wonderful Street Walkers.  If you’re on the team, watch your mailbox—promo goodies & chocolate gifties are on the way! :batmoon

So things are heating up!  Lots of fun & excitement is just around the corner.

But now it’s your turn to share your happinesses (?) & gratitudes (?).  (Hey, those might be real words; you don’t know! :face )  We wanna hear the good stuff to set us on the the right path for the coming week!

Now to announce the winner of this week’s Free Book Friday giveaway—the Vegas-set (& therefore kinda MUST LOVE VAMPIRES-related ) Just for Kicks by Susan Andersen…

:dancingbat   Donna Cummings!!! :dancingbat

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

A reader sent this to me because she thought it would be perfect for our Sexy Fail Saturday feature. Oh, boy, did she get that one right! :ohcrap

A FRIDAY FUNNY

FREE BOOK FRIDAY

Since we’re gearing up for my uber-fabulous Vegas vampires release, MUST LOVE VAMPIRES, I thought I should tease you a little bit with another great Vegas-set romance—Just for Kicks by Susan Andersen.  (The heroine of his one is a showgirl, too!  Tee-hee. :dancer )

I adore Susan.  Not only is she a terrific person, & author, & friend, but she gave me a lovely quote for my “Chicks with Sticks” knitting trilogy.  Her books (namely Baby, I’m Yours; Baby, Don’t Go; Be My Baby…oh, fine, all of them!) showed me that I really could write super-funny, super-sexy contemporary romances, if I wanted to.  :vamp   So thank you, Susan!

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! :uhoh (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.)